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5 Female-Directed Movies We Love

October 21, 2014

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Here’s a fact we heard this week: San Diego State University’s Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film found only nine percent of the directors of 2012’s 250 top-grossing films were women. The study stated that number had increased (up 4% from the previous year) but long term growth has been sluggish. In light of this brush with the celluloid ceiling and the fact that, upon reflection, tons of our favourite movies have female directors, we thought to put together a small celebration of women in cinema and the films they’ve created that inspire, entertain, and teach us. 3…2…1…

—Adrienne Matei

5 Female-Directed Films We Love

By Vitamin Daily

Check out just some of our favourite films directed by women.

  • Lost in Translation – Sofia Coppola, 2003

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    Coppola captured the disorientation of Tokyo and liminal interpersonal connections in a film that will never leave us.

  • Paris is Burning – Jennie Livingston, 1990

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    A chronicle of 1980’s NYC ballroom culture and the queer, drag and transgender communities whose styles, voguing and aspirations defined an era (superficial takeaway: we can’t dance).

  • American Psycho – Mary Harron, 2000

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    The film forever altered the The Beach Boys’ role in our consciousness and instilled within us a suspicion of men with elaborate personal grooming habits.

  • The Hurt Locker- Kathryn Bigelow, 2008

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    The Academy Award-winning, overwhelming triumph portrayed war journalism with heady, white-knuckle intensity.    

  • Wayne’s World – Penelope Spheeris, 1992

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    After which our childhood selves were obsessed with watching planes take off, Mike Myers, referring to things as “excellent.” Did we miss your favourite film? Tell us in the comments!

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