Mar 08
Avon Barksdale Story: Legends of the Unwired
Beaches of Agnes
Boondock Saints 2
Breaking Bad, S.2
The World of Buckminster Fuller
Welcome
Capitalisim: A Love Story
Gigante
L’armee Du Crime (The Army of Crime)
Ninja Assasins
Planet 51
Precious
Wonderful World
Up In The Air
Some older titles new to the store…
Satan’s Blood
The Ogre
Ivan The Terrible I & II
The Oscars are over and I for one, am glad Avatar did not clean up. HA!
March 8th is International Womens Day so I’ve compiled a list of Women working in film!
It seems appropriate to start the list off with Kathryn Bigelow- She is the first woman to win the Director’s Guild of America award for Outstanding Direction of a feature film for The Hurt Locker, 2008. She’s the fourth woman to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Director and the first woman to win Best Director at the Directors Guild Awards.
Lynne Ramsay- Graduated from the UK’s National Film and Television School in 1995. Trained as a camera operator. If you haven’t seem then, check out; Movern Callar and Ratcatcher.
Jane Campion- Became the second female to be nominated for an Oscar in the Best Director category for her film The Piano,1993. Her latest film is Bright Star, other notably films worth seeing are Sweetie and An Angel At My Table.
Anne Fontaine- Director of Coco Avant Chanel. Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figure in 20th-century fashion. The film also stars Audry Tautou, who has appeared in a long list of high quality films such as Amelie.
Margaret Cho- Throughout her career, she has been honored by American Women in Radio and Television, the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund , and PFLAG for making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of race, sexual orientation or gender identity. Check out any of Margaret’s stand up DVDs.
Chloe Sevigny- Stands out as one of the most prominent queens of contemporary independent cinema. Known for signing on to projects based on her interest in a good script rather than a hefty price tag. Cholie’s list of films is long but here are a few worth checking out! Gummo, The Last Days of Disco and if you haven’t seen it, check out the TV series Big Love.
Catherine Breillat- is a Paris based filmmaker and writer who became famous for her distinctively personal films on sexuality, gender trouble and sibling rivalry. Accused of being a “porno auteuriste”, Breillat allowed for an unbiased view of sexuality and extended the language of mainstream movies. Put A Ma Soeur! and The Last Mistress on your list of films to see.
Eddie Falco- you may know her as Carmela Soprano but now she’s in a fantastic new dramatic TV series called Nurse Jackie. In 2000 Falco became the first actress in history to sweep all of the major television awards (the Emmy, the Golden Globe and the SAG Award) in one year for a dramatic role. She is also the first female actor ever to receive the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama.
Claire Denis- Her debut feature film Chocolat, 1988, a semi-autobiographical meditation on African colonialism, won her critical acclaim. With films such as Beau travail, 1999 and Trouble Every Day, 2001, she established a reputation as a filmmaker who “has been able to reconcile the lyricism of French cinema with the impulse to capture the often harsh face of contemporary France.”
Deepa Mehta- Toronto-based director has earned international attention with her films. She is considered by many as one of the finest new directors on the horizon. With films such as the trilogy that consists of Fire,1996, Earth,1998, and Water,2005, she is quickly becoming the voice of a new India.
