MetaFilter posts tagged with Gender and movies

Frolicking Through Farmer's Markets Is Extra

The Whelk — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:57:06 -0800

Somtimes a guy just wants a curiously asexual sprite to whimsicaly break the chains of his workaday world for an hour or so - cue the Manic Pixie Prostitute!

"...the first decade of the 21st century can be viewed as a singularly male-dominated era in American cinema."

zarq — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 08:42:41 -0800

New York Times Magazine "Hollywood Issue": Hollywood’s Year of Heroine Worship. Accompanied by an online web series of 13 original, short films: Wide Awake, each starring an actress whose performance helped 'define the year in film.' The shorts were directed by fine-art photographer Tierney Gearon. Behind the Scenes. Photo slideshow: Hollywood Heroines. Q&A with A.O. Scott. Mentioned in his article: The Bechdel Test Previously on MeFi, Michael Calleri and the Niagara Falls Reporter

I think you're a sexist, misogynist dinosaur. A relic of the Cold War.

sendai sleep master — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 18:07:58 -0800

The new James Bond movie, Skyfall, has largely been well received by critics some of who have suggested that the film is less sexist than its predecessors. Others have disagreed and stated that the new film has is quite problematic and may be "abandoning the moral intelligence of the times". Giles Coren, writer for The Times, put forth a piece that calls Skyfall "a sick, reactionary, depressing film". The Times refused to run the piece saying that "it was about James Bond and there's been too much Bond". So Coren's wife and fellow journalist, Esther Walker, agreed to run the piece in her blog.

Only in Israel

Silky Slim — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 04:24:27 -0800

The Dealers is a new Israeli crime comedy, released here this weekend. The poster features the film's central players sitting around a table loaded with booze, weed, bongs, joints and other drug paraphernalia. For the stricter populace of Jerusalem, a modified version of the poster was prepared, one which removes all trace of... You guessed it: Women. The pot and booze? Untouched. In recent years, with the increased orthodox presence in Jerusalem, billboards featuring women have been systematically vandalized by orthodox Jews. To placate them, billboard companies have begun excising women completely from ads displayed in Jerusalem. For instance, The Jerusalem International Film Festival, held earlier this month, had its posters defaced all around the city after choosing a woman on a bicycle as its symbol. Many in Israel's secular majority, in Jerusalem and elsewhere, have reacted indignantly. In this Haaretz (English) piece from November, a PR person is quoted as saying: "It is not surprising that the middle class and young secular people are abandoning Jerusalem. What remains of this charming city that should have been a magnificent city is injustice and dreariness and the repression of women". Examples of this are everywhere. The poster for Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" was modified for conservative audiences. 13-year-old Kara Hayward wasn't cut out of it entirely, but someone saw fit to lengthen her skirt. A particularly stupid instance of vandalism occurred last year, when Jerusalem vandals decided to "improve" the posters for the Adam Sandler vehicle, "Jack & Jill"; Apparently fooled, they blacked out Sandler's bewigged, lipsticked visage while leaving his male-identified face intact.

Lydia Nibley's "Two Spirits"

Trurl — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:25:00 -0800

Fred Martinez was nádleehí, a male-bodied person with a feminine nature, a special gift according to his ancient Navajo culture. He was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16. Two Spirits explores the life and death of this boy who was also a girl, and the essentially spiritual nature of gender. (previously)

Liquid Sky

Trurl — Wed, 11 May 2011 18:58:04 -0800

It’s about time people started rendering unto Liquid Sky. Its long lipstick trace is smudged through much of indie cinema. The sights we see in Liquid Sky are riding the wave of genius punk sensibility from the late 70s, but by '83 are in full morph into the weird, technological forms we love. The broad bell-bottom analog curves of the 70's had given way to neon grids and skinny ties, and it was great.

The Boys Club

hippybear — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:50:50 -0800

Pixar has released ten feature films thus far, and none of them have had a female main character. This has not gone unnoticed. In fact, it has been the subject of commentary for years. But when Linda Holmes at NPR weighs in on the subject (with thoughtful comments), some of the counter-blogs get downright nasty.

Women/Football? Obscene!

Shane — Thu, 26 Feb 2004 06:24:11 -0800

From the Liberation Journal, Gregory Flanagan's "Libercratic" [?] Website:

Misogyny on TV; Feminazi Propaganda: Portrayals of amazon freaks denigrate and pervert females, attack feminine identity and incite in men a lust for sexual violence...
#4. Charlie's Angels (80s) ... Among the many barbaric and obscene shows, one featured women playing tackle football.
#18. Buffy, The Vampire Slayer (90s) ... the idiotic vampires are just the excuse--their real enemy is femininity.
#25. Xena: Warrior Princess (90s) ... Extreme, obscene violence that provokes in men an overwhelming, obsessive lust to rape and slaughter these bitches.

See also: Misogyny in the Movies, etc etc.
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