Cast: Angel Aviles, Seidy Lopez, Jacob Vargas
Written and Directed by Allison Anders
Music by John Taylor
Cinematography by Rodrigo García
Film Editing by Richard Chew, Tracy Granger, Kathryn Himoff
Category Archives: love
“Gas, Food, Lodging” by Allison Anders (USA, 1993)
Surprising, great personages
Cast: Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk
Director: Allison Anders
Writers: Richard Peck (novel), Allison Anders (screenplay)
Music by J. Mascis
Cinematography by Dean Lent
Film Editing by Tracy Granger
“Princess Cyd” by Stephen Cone (USA, 2017)
Lesbian love seen through the eyes of male directors
Sex and relationships in the eyes of a teenage girl and a woman in her late 40’s.
Stages 3 women in a finely-tuned coming-of-age and out-of-the-closet story, with balanced personages, multi-faceted sexual identities, and an healthy racial distribution.
“You may look at Miranda, and think immediately, ‘Oh, okay, I know who that woman is’. You would be wrong. The same for Cyd. ‘Oh, okay. Bored teenager sunbathing in a bikini. I know who that is’. Again, you would be wrong.” writes Sheila O’Malley.
Cast: Rebecca Spence, Jessie Pinnick, Malic White, James Vincent Meredith, Tyler Ross, Matthew Quattrocki
Director: Stephen Cone
Writer: Stephen Cone
Editor: Christopher Gotschall
Director of Photography: Zoe White
Original Music Composer: Heather McIntosh
“Thelma” by Joachim Trier (Norway, 2017)
Lesbian love through the eyes of male directors
A girl succeeds at accepting her sexual identity by resisting the religious constraints imposed on her
Cast: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen. Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Grethe Eltervåg
Director: Joachim Trier
Writer: Joachim Trier, Eskil Vogt
Cinematographer: Jakob Ihre
Editor: Olivier Bugge Coutté
Composer: Ola Fløttum
“Blue Is The Warmest Color” (La Vie d’Adèle) by Abdellatif Kechiche (France, 2013)
Lesbian love through the eyes of male directors
Heavily sexualized approach, missing intimacy / Great lead personage / Could have been 60 min. shorter
Cast: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Léa Seydoux, Catherine Salée, Jeremie Laheurte, Aurélien Recoing, Sandor Funtek, Salim Kechiouche, Mona Walravens
Director: Abdellatif Kechiche
Screenplay: Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalia Lacroix
Cinematography by Sofian El Fani
Film Editing by Sophie Brunet, Ghalia Lacroix, Albertine Lastera, Jean-Marie Lengelle, Camille Toubkis
“Room In Rome” by Julio Medem (Spain, 2010)
Lesbian love through the eyes of male directors
Fantasy over two women who fall in love for one night / physical without much intimacy / beautiful images mired in superficiality
Cast: Elena Anaya, Natasha Yarovenko, Enrico Lo Verso
Director: Julio Medem
Writers: Julio Rojas, Julio Medem
Music by Jocelyn Pook
Cinematography by Alex Catalán
Film Editing by Julio Medem
“Imagine Me & You” by Ol Parker (UK, 2005)
Lesbian love through the eyes of male directors
Light but excellent humor and dialogues
Cast: Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Matthew Goode, Celia Imrie, Anthony Head, Darren Boyd, Sharon Horgan
Written and directed by Ol Parker
Music by Alex Heffes
Cinematography by Ben Davis
Film Editing by Alex Mackie
“Novitiate” by Maggie Betts (USA, 2017)
A somewhat stereotyped nun story with vocational doubts and hierarchical abuse, enriched with an intricate historical perspective
Cast: Margaret Qualley, Melissa Leo, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron, Morgan Saylor, Liana Liberato, Denis O’Hare
Director: Maggie Betts
Writer: Maggie Betts
Cinematographer: Kat Westergaard
Editor: Susan E. Morse
Composer: Christopher Stark
“The Falling” by Carol Morley (USA, 2014)
A girl grieves for her best friend
Cast: Maxine Peake, Maisie Williams, Florence Pugh
Director: Carol Morley
Writer: Carol Morley
Music by Tracey Thorn
Cinematography by Agnès Godard
Film Editing by Chris Wyatt
“Life Happens” by Kat Coiro (USA, 2011)
At times witty but pointless dialogues
Cast: Krysten Ritter, Kate Bosworth, Rachel Bilson
Director: Kat Coiro
Writers: Kat Coiro, Krysten Ritter
Music by Mateo Messina
Cinematography by Doug Chamberlain
Film Editing by Adam Catino, Eli Nilsen