Yearly Archives: 2015
Movie Quote of the Day – Elles, 2012 (dir. Malgorzata Szumowska)
Anne: Could you share it with anyone?
Charlotte: No, I didn’t tell anyone.
Anne: Doesn’t that make you feel a little lonely?
Charlotte: Not really because. . .we’re all alone, aren’t we?
Interview: Artemis Women in Action Film Festival Founder Melanie Wise
I was fortunate enough to speak with Melanie Wise, the founder of the Artemis Women in Action Film Festival yesterday, and what perfect timing since today is International Women’s Day! After the cut, please find the interview. I hope you enjoy and if you can spare even $5 please donate to the festival’s IndieGoGo campaign!
Movie Quote of the Day – Sunshine Cleaning, 2009 (dir. Christine Jeffs)
Rose: A lot of times, when people die, it can be kind of, messy,you know. So, what we do is we go in and clean up the mess. Make sure that everything is clean and sanitary. I mean because people don’t realize the safety risks involved with the removal of blood and body fluids. Heather: I cannot imagine. You like doing it? Rose: Yeah. I do. Um, we come into people’s lives when they have experienced something profound and sad. And they’ve lost somebody, you know? And um, the circumstances, they’re always different. But that’s the same. And we help. In some small way we, um, we help.
Movie Quote of the Day – Johnny Dangerously, 1984 (dir. Amy Heckerling)
Lil: I got a real, old-fashioned streak in me. I wanna live a normal life.
Johnny Dangerously: Johnny Dangerously can’t live a normal life. It ain’t in the cards. People like me, we’re like shooting stars. We cross the sky, burning hot for one moment in time, and then we…plunge to earth, disappear. Jesus Christ, I’m starting to upset myself.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Prince & Me, 2004 (dir. Martha Coolidge)
Paige: Am I supposed to be able to breathe?
Dressmaker: No.
Paige: Oh, well, then it’s perfect.
Movie Quote of the Day – And While We Were Here, 2012 (dir. Kat Coiro)
Caleb: You make me nervous.
[beat]
Jane: You make me calm.
Movie Quote of the Day – Los insólitos peces gato (The Amazing Catfish), 2014 (dir. Claudia Sainte-Luce)
Alejandra: If I could I would change my personality, my ideas. . .
Claudia: If I could I would change my face. . .my family. . . I would change my whole life.
Movie Quote of the Day – Carolina, 2003 (dir. Marleen Gorris)
Carolina Mirabeau: It’s like you’re this beautiful, expensive Italian suit. And I just don’t have the faintest idea where I’m gonna wear you.
Movie Quote of the Day – Mansfield Park, 1999 (dir. Patricia Rozema)
Henry Crawford: Fanny, you have created sensations which my heart has never known before.
Fanny Price: Please.
Henry Crawford: There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.
Fanny Price: Mr. Crawford, do not speak nonsense.
Henry Crawford: Nonsense?
Fanny Price: You are such a fine speaker that I’m afraid you may actually end in convincing yourself.
Henry Crawford: Fanny. You are killing me.
Fanny Price: No man dies of love but on the stage, Mr. Crawford.
A Year With Women: February 2015 in Films
So it appears I only watched 21 new-to-me movies in February, but I did see at least one new release in theaters every weekend in February (one weekend I saw three!). I got behind because on Tuesday nights I’ve been watching Jane the Virgin and Agent Carter, but now that the latter has ended (at least for now), I should pick my pace back up. Also, a reminder that I am making an exception for the TCM Classic Film Festival, which is coming up in three weeks, and will be watching a handful of (very old) films that weekend that aren’t written or directed by women. When I set out the guidelines for this back in December, I mentioned I would do this because this will be my 5th year at TCMFF. But after TCMFF, it’s back to nothing but ladies, I promise! I would also like to point out that in the first two months of the year I watched nine 2015 releases. For comparison, by this time in 2014 I’d seen three and in 2013, 2012 and 2011, I hadn’t seen any! As always, all the movies I watched last month are listed after the cut, as well as a breakdown by decade and a few favorites.
the diary of a film history fanatic 