Bird Watching
Bird Watching – I Don’t Get Nicole Holofcener
Every time I watch a film by Nicole Holofcener, I really, really want to like it. Well, I always want to like a film I’m about to spend time watching, but I especially want to like films by women. And I especially especially want to…
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Bird Watching – Andrea Arnold’s “Fish Tank”
The protagonist of the 2009 indie drama Fish Tank radiates anger. Mia is 15, lives in a working class area of Essex with her mother (drinks too much, spouts hate) and little sister (foul-mouthed beyond her eleven or so years), and seems to have lost…
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Bird Watching – In Defense of “Jennifer’s Body”
I get why Jennifer’s Body (2009), from screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Karyn Kusama, wasn’t going to be loved by everyone. Probably the two genres that are the most subjective as far as whether they “work” for a viewer are horror and comedy, and a…
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Bird Watching – Zombies!
A dear friend of mine, a literature professor at a local university, recently told me a list of feelings she believes are currently in vogue with the “hip Seattleite.” Among these: fear of clowns; love of bacon; fondness of letterpress designs of squirrels and birds;…
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Bird Watching – “The Slumber Party Massacre” series
This week, I’m continuing my quest to fill in some of the holes in my track record as a horror lover, as a part of Women in Horror month. Last week I finally watched Pet Sematary, and this week I’m visiting the Slumber Party Massacre…
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Bird Watching – Mary Lambert’s “Pet Sematary”
Because February is Women in Horror month (you can get lots of information on that here), I’ll be devoting the month’s Bird Watching columns to horror films. As a big horror fan, and as someone who pays a lot of attention to female-directed films, I’m…
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Bird Watching – Susanne Bier’s “Brothers”
Bird Watching is a new column that will appear on Mondays, in which I’ll discuss films that were directed or written by women. I’ve only seen two of Susanne Bier‘s films, but I’m prepared to call her one of my new favorite directors. It was…
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