I watched 42 films in March, 26 by men and 16 by women with 11 rewatches. For some reason my French, US and Japanese intellectuals are interspersed with all kinds of horror, sleaze and exploitation cinema from all over the place. Lockdown is clearly interfering in my usual encounters with perversion and desire – lol, I wish. 😁
Lows? Josie and the Pussycats, Russ Meyer
Highs, keeping me vaguely sane? Mia Hansen-Løve (rewatched all of them, reinforcing my admiration and love), Miranda July, SHOWGIRLS, Mädchen in Uniform, Shunya Ito and Meiko Kaji, Éric Rohmer. My favourite bit of knowledge was learning in Adam Naman's It Doesn't Suck that Mia Hansen-Løve loves Showgirls. First viewing for me and straight into my favourite films of all time.
Feminist Friday: Mädchen in Uniform & Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41
Weird Wednesday: The Wicker Man & The Future.
Super Showgirls Saturday: Eden, Showgirls & You Don’t Nomi.
Sublime Sunday: The Green Ray & Pauline at the Beach.
1. California Suite (1978) (Herbert Ross)
2. Ginger Snaps (2000) (John Fawcett)
3. All is Forgiven (2007) (Mia Hansen-Løve)
4. Let the Right One In (2008) (Tomas Alfredson)
5. About Some Meaningless Events (1974) (Mostafa Derkaoui)
6. Father of My Children (2009) (Mia Hansen-Løve)
7. Eden (2014) (Mia Hansen-Løve)
8. Once (2007) (John Carney)
9. Little Woods (2018) (Nia DaCosta)
10. Moxie (2021) (Amy Poehler)
11. Things to Come (2016) (Mia Hansen-Løve)
12. Mädchen in Uniform (1931) (Leontine Sagan)
13. Crossing Delancey (1988) (Joan Micklin Silver)
14. Sing Street (2016) (John Carney)
15. Air Doll (2009) (Hirokazu Koreeda)
16. Hospital Massacre (1981) (Boaz Davidson)
17. Josie and the Pussycats (2001) (Deborah Kaplan & Harry Elfont)
18. The Aviator’s Wife (1981) (Éric Rohmer)
19. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion (1972) (Shunya Ito)
20. The Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) (Piers Haggard)
21. WandaVision (2021) (Matt Shakman)
22. The Wicker Man (1973) (Robin Hardy)
23. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) (Amy Holden Jones)
24. Showgirls (1995) (Paul Verhoeven)
25. Vixen (1968) (Russ Meyer)
26. You Don’t Nomi (2019) (Jeffrey McHale)
27. Blind Woman’s Curse (1970) (Teruo Ishii)
28. Supervixens (1975) (Russ Meyer)
29. Total Recall (1990) (Paul Verhoeven)
30. Flesh + Blood (1985) (Paul Verhoeven)
31. A Good Marriage (1982) (Éric Rohmer)
32. Daughters of Darkness (1970) (Harry Kümel)
33. Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972) (Shunya Ito)
34. The Green Ray (1986) (Éric Rohmer)
34. Pauline at the Beach (1983) (Éric Rohmer)
35. The Future (2011) (Miranda July)
36. Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) (Miranda July).
37. Fascination (1979) (Jean Rollin)
38. But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) (Jamie Babbit)
39. You Were Never Really Here (2017) (Lynne Ramsay)
40. Frankenhooker (1990) (Frank Henonlotter)
41. American Honey (2016) (Andrea Arnold)
42. Booksmart (2019) (Olivia Wilde)
