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2.23.2023

5 Movies Related to Friendship #DirectedbyWomen

I have never let this blog go so long between posts. 2 1/2 months is too long. I mean, obviously my ideal is to write a lot, and I'll get back to it. I've been consciously focusing on other stuff, but I'm feeling more available lately,. Baby steps, though. Right now, it's late on a Thursday, and I'm watching The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood. I earlier walked to the store and got some Cheez Wiz and Triscuits, which I'm eating and it's great. I also got a box of strawberry cake and strawberry icing. I just pulled the cake out of the oven and am waiting to ice it. I like to add a little sugar sprinkles to give it a bit of a crunch. Anyway, I thought I could get a quick 5-movies-by-lady-directors list up, and since I'm watching one about friendship, I figured I could do the list with that theme. So here ya go. Enjoys.

A Little History of These Lists

The Movies

1 The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood was directed by Callie Khouri. I think that I saw this back when it came out in 2002. It seems kinda familiar as I'm watching it right now, but not completely. I read the book back then, so I'm not sure if it was just that making it seem familiar. Anyway, my mom had read it - maybe for a book club - and recommended it to me. I might have actually listened to it on tape. I had a long commute to college and work back then, and I would often get books on cassette tape from the library. Anyway, I enjoyed it. I say if you want to watch a fluffy and dramedy about rich old southern women that have been friends since childhood, it's a good bet.

2 Girlfriends - This was directed by Claudia Weill. I actually just saw this movie today as well. It just popped up when I was searching on the HBO streaming app. It's from 1978, and I thought it was a pretty solid movie - especially as 70's indie movies go. I almost wondered if the movie Frances Ha had been influenced by it. The director, doesn't look like she did much except for an after school special after it, which sucks because I would definitely watch another movie from this write/director. It's for sure about friends.

3 Attenberg - This was directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari. I caught this a few years ago streaming. It's a Greek movie, and the friendship between 2 young women is a huge part of it. It's strange, and sweet, and sad, and I think it's well worth a watch. I'm just now thinking I should probably check out another of this women's movies.

4 Troop Zero - This was directed by the directing team Bert and Bertie. This was a sweet, fun ol' movie about a bunch of kids forming a Girl Scout style troop. It's a good watch if you haven't seen it. I think it was a pandemic watch for me.

5 Babysitter (2022) - This was directed by Monia Chokri. I'm telling you what. I just happened upon this movie, not thinking it'd be much, but I was wrong. It was weird as fuck, and I was into it. I'll let you make your own decisions, but I'd watch whatever this women makes. I can also say it's at least a little about friendship.

10.31.2022

5 Classic Style Horror Movies #DirectedByWomen

It is Beggars Night in Des Moines. If you don't know what that is, I'm not surprised. It's the strange way they do trick or treating in Des Moines...and I just now realized when I linked to the Beggars Night Wikipedia page that there are actually a few other cities that do it. It's usually the night before Halloween, although it could be different. The city sets it, and in Des Moines, the kids have to tell jokes to get candy instead of saying "trick or treat." In my few years of experience, though, a lot of kids don't tell jokes, which is a little disappointing, but I love it anyway. It's the best part of Halloween for me.

Another part of Halloween that is less cute and fun is the scary movie portion of Halloween, and that is why I'm here: to give you a list of movies you can watch while waiting for kids in costumes to knock on your door and ask for candy.

A Little History of These Lists

The Movies

1 The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)- This was directed by Amy Holden Jones. I just saw this a few days ago. I looked up a list of women directed horror movies, and I had to check this one out, amiright? Glad I did. It was an interesting watch because it was like it was trying to do some 1982 style feminist shit, but it also had to be a horror movie of the time, which is super misogynist. Like there's a whole shower scene that's just about T&A for no good reason, so many of the shots are ass level, and there's a whole drill-as-metaphor-for-dick killing a woman...which ya know thinking about it could be a feminsit statement too depending on how you look at it...maybe... Anyway, it's all classic in that way, but also, the slumber party gals are all on a basketball team wiht a cool woman coach - granted they don't seem to wear bras when they practice, but ya know they tried. Also, the telephone repairwomen and the carpenter are women, and the slumber party gals know how to check the fuses when the power goes out. I mean it's not everything, but I feel like it's an attempt at representation, and I appreciated it. Also, I looked it up, and it was written to be a spoof on the horror genre, but ended up getting shot as a straight up B horror movie - I'm assuming because that's what could get funded. Either way, I liked the little peak of progress in it, and it was silly in only the way a 1982 horror movie can be. As of Halloween 2022 - this was on Amazon Prime, so no reason not to watch.

2 Slumber Party Massacre (2021) - This was directed by Danishka Esterhazy. There's some sequels to the original directed by men that I did not seek out, but this 2021 lady-directed remake of the original, I definitely did. It's a solidly fun, yet classically ridiculous horror-style re-imagining of the original complete with Easter eggs. It also had some gratuitously unnecessary (but oh so necessary) hot-bodied dude scenes. Top notch.

3 Near Dark - This was directed by Kathryn Bigelow. It's the whole 80's western vampire teen movie vibe. Never heard of it until I found and watched it, but well worth the watch. Check it out.

4 The Velvet Vampire - This was directed by Stephanie Rothman. I mean, if you wanna check out an oh-so-70's B-movie swingin' vampire in the desert situation that makes sense sometimes, maybe...and you really do want to check it out, I'm pretty sure, then do watch this movie. I saw it on Tubi - free with commercials.

5 Buffy the Vampire Slayer - This was directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui. I saw this movie back when it came out with my BFF. We loved it - particularly that Pee-Wee Herman made his post-jacking-off-in-an-x-rated-theater-and-getting-kicked-out-of the-biz debut as a vampire in it. I hated the tv show when it came out and never watched it. I'm definitely team movie Buffy. Anyway, it's a pretty dumb, fun teen vampire comedy. Worth a watch if you haven't already seen it.

7.23.2022

5 Movies #DirectedByWomen Related To The Mother-Daughter Relationship

Hello all. things are still a bit overwhelming on my end - at least in a way that I haven't been able to prioritize this blog recently, but it's still a goal. In the meantime, I thought I'd throw up a new batch of 5 lady directed movies. This time, I picked a group that have something to do with motherhood.

A Little History of These Lists

The Movies

1 Viktoria - This was directed by Maya Viktova. I caught this 2014 movie streaming very recently, and I thought it was beautiful. It's a Bulgarian movie that takes place in Communist Bulgaria from the 70's on. The mother daughter relationship is central. I recommend if you are into slow, strange, Eastern Eurpoean movies.

2 Labor Pains - This movie is directed by Lara Shapiro. This is a 2009 Lindsey Lohan romcom that involves a faked pregnancy. It's all you might imagine, so if that's what you're looking for, then check this out.

3 Barrage - This was directed by Laura Schroeder. This is an angsty, slow indie movie about mother-daughter stuff from Luxembourg. I saw it recently streaming - I think on Mubi (my new fave).

4 Zero Fucks Given - This was directed by Julie Lecoustre and Emmanuel Marre. I saw this one on Mubi as well. It's quite angsty too, but also fun and there's soem interesting working-in-air-travel stuff. The mother daughter relationship is kind of a hidden element of this. Anyway, I do recommend this one.

5 The Lost Daughter - This was directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. I believe I saw this on Netflix close to when it came out in 2021. It's a lovely movie, and I highly recommend.

5.22.2022

5 Top Notch Docs #DirectedByWomen

Hello all. In my neck of the woods it's getting nice out, and you'd think I'd be spending more time outside, but I'm not. I'm watching movies on my new favorite streaming app Mubi. I'm not getting paid by them at all. I just love to watch random, yet curated, movies. I love the idea of just turning something on without knowing shit about it and seeing where it goes. I mean I could do that on any streaming service, but Mubi hand picks this shit, and I've been very pleased so far. It's pretty much the only streaming we've been watching. I might even get rid of some of my other ones. I mean we really do subscribe to too many.

All that to say, I've seen some good lady-directed movies on there - particularly some docs. So I'm going to give you 5 great lady-directed docs (3 are on Mubi).

Also, my college-age niece is coming to visit tomorrow for the week, and I'm super excited. It's really my only real dream in life (besides deep cultural change regarding knowledge of the female orgasm) to have my nieces and nephews come visit me as they grow older. So, I wanted to get up a quick post, whichi s this post...ya know?

A Little History of These Lists

The Movies

1 Taming the Garden - This was directed by Salome Jashi. This I saw on Mubi just last week, and I was into this shit. It's not, what you might call a fast paced or particularly exciting doc. To be fair, it's probably not for everyone or for anyone if they are sleepy, but it's gorgeous and interesting. It's about the transportation of these giant trees out of the countryside and into the garden of Georgia's (the country not the state) forme Prime Minister.

2 My Octopus Teacher - This was directed by Pippa Ehlrich and James Reed. I think I saw this on Netflix? Maybe? Anyway, it was also a beautiful movie under the sea. I do recommend.

3 The Queen of Versailles - This was directed by Lauren Greenfield. This had been on my list to watch for a few years. It came out in 2012, but I only finally did it about a month ago. It's a classic, long-follow doc, and it does it well.

4 Truth or Consequences - This was directed by Hannah Jayanti. This was for sure a Mubi find as well. It's about this interesting town and its people, and it's just a kind of lovely slow look. I liked it a lot.

5 Crip Camp - This was directed by James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham. This is just a great, informative, doc about the camp that ended up cultivating some of the most important people in the disability rights movement. Very worth a watch.

2.26.2022

5 Comedies My Dad Would Be Into #DirectedByWomen

I'm saying this a lot lately, but I apologize for the almost month delay in the posts. I was already a bit behind, and then my dad got sick, so I traveled back to Indy and have been living at my sister's house. I've certainly gone through the whole hospital/doctor/grave diagnosis thing before but this is the first time anything has happened to my dad since my mom passed. It's just me and my sister now, and it's just a lot of things to do and places to be. People in the hospital system need an advocate with them - at least that's my take after many a time being with a patient going through it. There are great people in healthcare but a lot of the time there are just systematic breaks in communication and a lot to think about and remember, and frankly a sick person isn't the best person to be there for themselves. Plus, we both want to be with my dad and make sure he's not feeling alone thorugh as much of this process as we can be. All that to say, that's my priority at the moment. Well that and ya know, work, but also, I want to keep up on this blog and let it be known I'm still at it.

So, as I often do I'm going for a quick post, and as you might have noticed, the 5 Movies series is a fairly easy one for me to get up, so here we are. That said, I also really like this series because I LOVE movies and I truly believe in getting a variety of lady voices behind our media.

Okay, so to the movies. I wanted to do a list dedicated to my dad, and frankly my first choice at this point in his life would be Westerns - because I don't know, he's a 70 year old man that doesn't have cable and watches mostly the Grit station. However, not a lot of old Westerns in my list for various reasons including that I don't watch them, and there weren't a ton of women directing them back in the day. My second choice, for dad, would be comedies - because my dad sure do be loving a comedy. So that's where I landed. These are 5 Comedic movies directed by women that I have actually seen and that I believe or know my dad would like.

A Little History of These Lists

It's a bit off-topic from my normal fare, ya know, being that it's not specifically about lady-gasms or anything like that, but I think it fits the blog because
1. this blog is also about indie movie-making, and
2. this blog is partially about getting the female perspective of sexuality into our media. So, to me, supporting female voices in our media means we're creating more room for female voices to speak on all types of things, which sometimes will be sex, orgasms, and sexuality.

You can find all my 5-movie lists HERE.

So, here friends, are 5 Comedies directed by women that my dad would like (and that I've actually seen). I had to go back and pull some that I've already posted about because my current list of options I haven't yet written about is a little light on this type of movie.

So, like ol' dad might have done back in the day - order an Aunt Polly's pizza, get a generic cola from Marsh, make some jiffy pop, and laugh your ass off to these movies.

The Movies

1 Fast Times at Ridgemont High - This was directed by Amy Heckerling. I saw this on TV at some point in my youth with my sister. I kinda think we were babysitting together somewhere and the kids were asleep, although we didn't babysit together much. Anyway, it seemed cool and funny and super edgy, which I liked, and I watched it later as an adult, and knew the actors better, so that was fun - and I did an SSL Review in 2010 about the dugout sex. Also, I can't be certain my dad would like this, it was after his time, but he likes generally this kind of stuff, so I'm going with it.

2 Shrek- This was directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicki Jenson - I saw this in the theater with some of my nieces and/or nephews. I honestly can't remember which ones, but it was 2011, so it had to have been the older ones. Anyway, I liked it and thought it was a solid kids movie. Top notch really. My dad does indeed like this one. I know that for certain. It's his level of dumb comedy.

3 Speed Racer - This was directed by Lana and Lilly Wachowski. I also saw this at the theater with Charlie, and I think Barnaby. I thought it was done really well, and thinking about it it makes me want to watch it again. Anyway, my dad liked the Speed Racer cartoon, and I believe he liked this revamp of it.

4 Wayne's World -This was directed by Penelope Spheeris. I think I first saw this on VHS with my BFF Leslie. We were already fans of the Wayne's World SNL skit, so, obviously we loved it, and I also believe I had the Soundtrack tape for it. My dad liked it too I believe - mostly because it's dumb.

5 National Lampoon's European Vacation - This was also directed by Amy Heckerling. I definitely first say this in my childhood living room on VHS. I believe that there was another family there with us when we were watching it, but honestly that seems weird because we had a tiny living room, and I don't remember having other families over to do things like watch movies, but I also kinda feel like it was our across the street neighbors who had the exact same size living room, so maybe it was fine and we were all used to being packed in tight. The thing I most remember about this movie, though was when the German gal exposes her boobs to the son in this. It was reeeaaal dirty, and I was into it. My dad would clearly love this because it's the people and comedy of his era and all that. It's his vibe for sure.

11.13.2021

5 Teen-based Movies #DirectedByWomen

Forgive me for my continued lateness on these posts. I'm focusing a lot on my day job, but also, let's be honest, on watching Netflix/Hulu. I'm still slowly working on some things. For instance, the badass Scandinavian book called I Accuse by Mette Ejersen. It's on point like a motha fucka. I'm also still thinking about summarizing Masters and Johnson's research in Human Sexual Response. There's plenty of SSL Reviews of TV, movies and advice articles I have in the queue as well. There's also a discussion of the Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) - a self-reporting questionnaire commonly used to assess female sexual 'dysfunction' in both studies (including many related to female orgasm) and in actual ladies looking to get professional help. My partner in crime mentioned the FSFI as a good topic, and I agree. She also sent some more articles on the use and critiques of it.

BUT...for now, I just need to put something up so everyone knows I'm still at it, and as you might have noticed, the 5 Movies series is a fairly easy one for me to get up, so here we are. That said, I also really like this series because I LOVE movies and I truly believe in getting a variety of lady voices behind our media.

Okay, so to the movies. These are all movies that involve teens and teen stuff. We all love teen stuff, right?

A Little History of These Lists

It's a bit off-topic from my normal fare, ya know, being that it's not specifically about lady-gasms or anything like that, but I think it fits the blog because
1. this blog is also about indie movie-making, and
2. this blog is partially about getting the female perspective of sexuality into our media. So, to me, supporting female voices in our media means we're creating more room for female voices to speak on all types of things, which sometimes will be sex, orgasms, and sexuality.

You can find all my 5-movie lists HERE.

So, get ready for relationship drama, best friends, angst, sexual experimentation, risky behavior, and figuring out life. I recommend Oreos dunked in milk, Ding Dongs (which were better when they were wrapped in foil btw), chocolate chip cookie dough, Doritos, and Mozzi's cheese pizza - much like me and my BBF Leslie would have snacked on while movie watching in our younger days during one of our many, many, many sleepovers.

The Movies

1 Booksmart - This was directed by Olivia Wilde. I went to the movies to see this, and guess what? Worth it. This is a good ass teen buddy comedy - funny, sweet, full of lady-friend stuff, and although I haven't done the SSL Review on it yet, it's got great lady-gasm content (high vulva rating folks!). It's not only a great watch, but it's great for orgasm equality, so check it.

2 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen - This was directed by Sara Sugarman.. I like to watch random teen dramas I find on streaming sights, and this was one I saw recently. It's got a young Lindsay Lohan and is almost 20 years old at this point. If you are looking for PG early 2000's drama - this is the one.

3 It Felt Like Love - This was directed by Eliza Hittman, I'm not sure why I noticed and watched this movie, but I did, a couple years ago streaming, and I'm glad I did. It's a beautiful, poignant movie, and I also loved another of her movies I saw. I'll watch anything she directs. This is the most gritty, realistic, somber teen movie in this list, and although I do very much love me a wacky teen comedy for its own reasons, this one is not to be missed.

4 Slut in a Good Way - This was directed by Sophie Lorain. It's a 2018 French Canadian romp about, largely, a teen girl, her friends and her sex and love relationships. I'll be honest, I haven't SSL Reviewed this one yet, but it wouldn't be great - there's some classic unrealistic banged to orgasm situations in it. Overall, though, it's a fun black and white indie vibe of a movie.

5 Dude - This is directed by Olivia Milch. I saw this one as soon as I heard about it online. It's a sleeper, man. It's a funny ass teen stoner movie - easily up there with any of the best ones, and it doesn't seem like it gets the credit it deserves. Anyway - watch it.

8.30.2021

5 Movies #DirectedByWomen Focused Around A Career

Hello! I'm on a road trip vacation at the moment. It's the 3rd day. I just visited my only friend from college and her wife (I didn't live on campus, so ya know...). We see each other maybe every 5 years or so, but it's always like it's been no time at all. Anyway, they were great and have 2 beautiful cats, so it was pretty amazing. Me and Charlie just walked around a shit ton and are now chilling in an AirBnB watching Karate Kid while we wait to pick up Barnaby (long-time friend and movie partner - the 3rd director of Science Sex and the Ladies) from his flight. He'll be road tripping with us for about 12 days and then we'll drop him at another city to fly home.

Since I have soem time, I thought I should post something. A little update, I ordered Homosexuality in Perspective from Master's and Johnson because in that 1979 Playboy interview with them that I just reviewed, it seemed like there's some female orgasm stuff in there I was to get straight from the source. That's my vacation book, so hopefully by the time I get done with the trip, I'll be ready to post something about it.

My awesome online friend also just sent me a link to what seems like a badass Scandinavian book called I Accuse by Mette Ejersen. I ordered that, so that's going to be my next read.

Okay, so to the movies. These are all movies that involve a person and their career. and particularly how they grow within, outside, or towards these careers.

A Little History of These Lists

It's a bit off-topic from my normal fare, ya know, being that it's not specifically about lady-gasms or anything like that, but I think it fits the blog because
1. this blog is also about indie movie-making, and
2. this blog is partially about getting the female perspective of sexuality into our media. So, to me, supporting female voices in our media means we're creating more room for female voices to speak on all types of things, which sometimes will be sex, orgasms, and sexuality.

You can find all my 5-movie lists HERE.

So, get ready for career driven movies. Prep the food, the drinks, and the blankets - because you are not working on your careere at the moment. You are watching a movie.

The Movies

1 Cargo - This was directed by Arati Kadav. This is a 2020 Indian movie that Charlie somehow heard about, and we watched it on Netflix. I highly recommend this one. It's a little sci-fi, a little fantast, a little buddy movie, and it's just really fun and sweet. I would tell you what the career int his movie was, but it's kinda hard to explain, and it'd be better for you to just watch it.

2 A Woman A Part - This was directed by Elisabeth Subrin. I caught this streaming about a year ago. It's about an actress reassessing her whole deal. It's definitely focused on actor and struggling artist type kinds of issues, so if you're into that, for sure check it out.

3 Welcome To Me - This was directed by Shira Piven. I saw this somewhere streaming probably 5 years after it came out. I don't know how I found this, but it's probably because I watch a Kristen Wiig movie whenever it can and the internet knows this. This movie is part of the reason that I will watch anything she's in. She keeps it interesting with her movie choices. This one was weird and sweet and sometimes unexpected, and I'd recommend it for sure. It also only fits into the career category in a sideways fashion, and when you see it, you'll know why.

4 Late Night - This was directed by Nisha Gantra. I remember specifically when I watched this. It was about this time 2 years ago. Barnaby (see above) was visiting and he, Charlie, and I had just gone to the Iowa State Fair. We actually saw 3 different 2020 presidential candidates that day, because if you weren't aware, ya ain't running for president if your ass ain't at the Iowa State fair the year before the election. That's just the truth. So, we got home and watched this. Although we enjoyed the watch and the commentary during, it's not what I would call a a top notch movie - even though it's got a lot of top actors. It's got some problems if you ask me. But, again, I didn't hate the watch. Oh - and this is squarely a late night talk show career movie, so fits the list.

5 Pure - This was directed by Lisa Langseth. Again, caught this streaming somehow. It's a Swedish movie, and ya know, I thought it was pretty great, and career is at the heart of it...and I say definitely check it out.

7.05.2021

5 Movies #DirectedByWomen About Real People

Hello all! Per usual, I'm slacking off, and am going to post my house special 5-movie-list of films I've actually seen directed by women ...because it's quick and easy. I'm at my sister's house at the moment. There's 2 weddings 2 weeks apart with a lake vacation with family in between, so I've been working from another city. I had lots of niece and nephew graduations before that I was traveling for. We had 5 graduate this year. Also found out there are 2 more on the way. I've also got to hang with friends recently which has been excellent, might have drank a bit too much recently. One of my friends saw that I had no clothes worthy of wearing out in the summer and made me buy something - which I actually appreciate. I need to be forced to buy new clothes sometimes. I'm also training for a new job while doing my old job, and that's probably been the biggest time suck, but I think I'm gonna like it.

Anyway, that's my update about my life. I'm working on the summary/discussion of the Masters and Johnson 1979 Playboy interview, but it's not quite done yet. As always, it will be way too long when it is. So for now, please enjoy this list of 5 movies I've seen, directed by women and about real people.

A Little History of These Lists

It's a bit off-topic from my normal fare, ya know, being that it's not specifically about lady-gasms or anything like that, but I think it fits the blog because
1. this blog is also about indie movie-making, and
2. this blog is partially about getting the female perspective of sexuality into our media. So, to me, supporting female voices in our media means we're creating more room for female voices to speak on all types of things, which sometimes will be sex, orgasms, and sexuality.

You can find all my 5-movie lists HERE.

So, get ready for bio-pics and not quite bio-pics. I suggest popcorn while watching these movies, because I suggest popcorn at all times and in any circumstance.

The Movies

1 Can You Ever Forgive Me - This was directed by Marielle Heller (who also directed Diary of a Teenage Girl, which is one of my very faves). It has Melissa McCarthy, who I think is just straight tops as an actor. If you ask me, she brings it - anytime and in any role. I saw this streaming a year or so after it came out. I thought it was great and would recommend to anyone.

2 Nico 1988 - This was directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. I was drawn to this when I saw it on a streaming site because I like Nico's (probably most famous song) These Days. When I watched the move though, I was tired as shit, and I don't think it got the attention it deserved. It was cool though, and worth checking out. Maybe I'll hit it up again as well.

3 Mapplethorpe - This was directed by Ondi Timoner. ME and Charlie are always up for an artist biopic, and this happened to be one we saw some Saturday when we just kinda kept finding and watching them. It's a good one, and I hadn't known about his connection to Patty Smith, which was a cool surprise.

4 Misbehaviour - This was directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. I thought this movie was a great ride of feminism, beauty pageants, and schemes - a really well done popcorn movie with some depth and history and poignancy behind it. I don't know, but I wonder if it got screwed a little because of Covid. I think it could have done really well at the box office. This is a great choice for movie night.

5 The Art of Loving: Story of Michalina Wislocka - This was directed by Maria Sadowska. I knew nothing about this woman, but caught this streaming somewhere. It's a great movie, and a great story. Again, highly recommend. Plus, SSL bonus - this movie is about ladies talking to ladies about sex - learning shit that the world doesn't want the ladies to know. So, respect.

4.15.2021

5 Lower Budget Indie Movies You Can Stream That Are #DirectedByWomen

Hey there all - I got bangs today, and I'm into it. Also, I'm still not finished with the post I've been working on. It's a summary of a book, and it will be way too long, and no one will read it, but I will know I finished it, and really that's all that matters. Also, I'm helping Charlie shoot a video in Detroit soon and we've been prepping for that, which has been fun. What else??...??...I am slowly changing out all the bulbs in my house with those colored ones you can control with your phone, so I'm for real living my dream of a house full of colored light. I'm also taking a Spanish class with my sister over Zoom. Me gusto.

All that to say that life is going forward per usual, and I want to get a post up before it moves any further. So, here is an old trusty post theme where I give you 5 movies directed by women that I have actually seen. I'm not here to review them or anything, but I will tell you something about how I saw them and anything else I thin is relevant.

These 5 movies will all be solidly lower budget indie movies that you can find streaming.

A Little History of These Lists

The Movies

1 American Honey - This was directed by Andrea Arnold. I saw this online and although it does have Shia LaBeouf, it's still lower budget. It's a good watch. I'd say it's worth a stream, if you ask me.

2 Odd Brodsky - This was directed by Cindy Baer. I caught this one while chillin' alone one night. I was specifically searching for women directed movies. This is straight up indie low-budget that's working the quirky angle.

3 Everything Beautiful is Far Away - This was directed by Andrea Sisson and Pete Ohs. I actually just saw this last weekend. It had a 'steampunk lite' sort of low-budget sci-fi feel. I will say they used their budget super well, I thought. And, it had that curly haired woman from Ozark that I like.

4 The Year of Spectacular Men - This was directed by Lea Thompson. Lea Thompson being the one that was in Back to the Future and Howard the Duck and shit back in the 80's. The movie stars her and her 2 daughters. I watched it about a year ago, and SSL Reviewed it HERE (it got 2 out of 5 vulvas).

5 Hateship Loveship - This was directed by Liza Johnson. It's a 2013 movie staring Kristen Wig that I saw a few months ago. I have to say Kristen wig has some super excellently weird hidden gems out there, and this is one of the more subdued of those.

12.22.2020

5 Christmas Movies Directed By Women

Sooooo....it's been almost a month since my last post. I would say that there was some crazy thing that happened to keep me from this sweet sweet blog of mine, but there wasn't - just life and work and all that. I'm home from work real early today. I took a walk, put on my Christmas cat pj pants my sister got me, and it's still not even dinner time. So, Charlie went back to editing photos, and I decided a quick blog might be nice; nothing important or even that exciting, but just something so you remember I'm still around thinking about how more women can get more clit diddling in their lives.

This blog is not gonna specifically be about clits though - more about Christmas and stuff (although let's never forget all the women in all those Christmas movies have clits that are probably not getting touched near as mcuh as they should).. As I'm writing this, I'm watching "The Princess Switch: Switched Again" You may have seen "The Princess Switch." Well this is the sequel. It's a Hallmark-style Netflix Original Christmas movie. Do I love it? Yes. I do indeed like a holiday themed movie.

Here, my friends, are some more of these movies that you might want to enjoy this holiday season...ya know, if you're into that sort of thing.

A Little History of These Lists

The Movies

1 Home for the Holidays - This was directed by Jodie Foster. This is a 1995 movie, and I saw this way back sometime around then. I like Jodie Foster, but honestly don't remember the movie much. That might mean I need to watch it again.

2 Black Nativity - This was directed by Kasi Lemmons. I saw this on the plane to Brazil for a work trip right before Christmas in 2014. Thoroughly enjoyed it. It was exactly what I wanted to watch.

3 Christmas Crush - This was directed by Marita Grabiak. I just watched this recently streaming. It's a bonker Christmas movie, and if you are going to watch one of these (as I am wont to do), why not watch one directed by a woman?

4 The Preacher's Wife - This was directed by Penny Marshall. Okay, so the story with me and this movie is as follows. My 2nd date with my now husband Charlie...maybe my 3rd...The first was probably Snow Whirl, our high school's winter dance, and the 2nd was to Burger King and the movie Jerry Maquire. Anyway, the 3rd was like the Saturday before Christmas and we were supposed to go see The Preacher's Wife. However, as we were approaching, I suggested we park and make out instead, and that's what we did. I didn't actually see the movie until probably 10 years later, and I thought it was a lovely Christmas movie. Watch it.

5 The Knight Before Christmas - This was directed by Monika Mitchell. Listen, this is a Hallmark-style Christmas movie in all it's glory and I loved it. It's the same main character as the Princess Switch that I'm currently watching, and honestly, I kinda feel like the Christmas movies she's in are a bit more high quality - mostly as in the technically aspects and set design. Anyway, I watched this very recently, and it's about a Knight from medieval times that gets timetraveled to modern day Christmas time, and falls in love...so...it's awesome.

10.10.2020

5 Halloween Season Movies #DirectedByWomen

Good afternoon. Here is another 5 Movie list for you, again, while I'm procrastinating on the next post. It's mid October, so these are scary or creepy or suspenseful, or just Haloweeny type movies directed by women that you might just enjoy for your Halloween season viewing. I'm including a couple that I've already put into lists before - but just because they are classics.

To be completely transparent here, overall I'm not that into horror or the Halloween watching season. I love me a lot of movies and will pretty much watch any genre, but horror just feels boring and thirsty to me most of the time, so I don't often choose it (same with super hero movies). I'm biased. I get that. I'm obviously no expert on the genre and probably miss a lot of the homages to past classics and all Easter eggs people really enjoy, I also get that there's a particular humor in certain horror niches that people love, and I've actually seen a fair amount of the indie B-movie horror of the last 10 years because I know a few people working in that game. So I've definitely seen some stuff I'm into, it's just at the bottom of my go-to type of movie. That said. I really did enjoy and do recommend all of these 5. They truly are all worth a watch in my opinion and this is for sure the month to do it.

A Little History of These Lists

It's a bit off-topic from my normal fare, ya know, being that it's not specifically about lady-gasms or anything like that, but I think it fits the blog because
1. this blog is also about indie movie-making, and
2. this blog is partially about getting the female perspective of sexuality into our media. So, to me, supporting female voices in our media means we're creating more room for female voices to speak on all types of things, which sometimes will be sex, orgasms, and sexuality.

You can find all my 5-movie lists HERE.

So, grab some snacks (maybe Halloween candy or some popcorn balls or something like that), and check of these lovely documentaries directed by women.

The Movies

1 The Babadook - This is directed by Jennifer Kent. Even though friends were telling me I should, I was resistant to watch this simply because, as I discussed above, I'm not that excited about horror movies. However, I was wrong. It's a really well done movie. Highly recommend. Also, bonus, I SSL Reviewed it (reviews specifically on depictions or discussions of female masturbation, female orgasm, cunnilingus, or the clit) and it got a full 5 out of 5 vulva rating (!)(!)(!)(!)(!).

2 High Life - This was directed by Claire Denis. I saw this at the theater, and granted, it's pretty bonkers, but I really liked it. Maybe not for everyone, but it's got the kind of shit I go to the movies hoping to find.

3 The Love Witch - This was directed by Anna Biller. I couldn't resist including this one because it's just a lovely Halloween watching choice. I just happened upon this one on Netflix...or some other streaming thing. It's a modern indie movie, but created like a particular 60's genre, and it's fun and witchy as shit. Also one of the characters has my name, and I always like that.

4 Woodshock - This was directed by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy. I happened upon this streaming fairly recently. It was an early pandemic watch for me. It's also weird as fuck, and guess what? I liked that shit. Again, maybe not for everyone, but if you are into a psychedelic, suspenseful movie with a somewhat incomprehensible plot, this is the one for you...and I say that with the utmost love - for real.

5 Pet Sematary - This was directed by Mary Lambert. I mean it's a classic. I happen to see it at the Drive In last year. Excellent Halloween-time watch. Plus, Herman Munster is in it as the neighbor.

6.06.2020

5 Black Woman Directed Movies Touching on Racial Injustice in Law Enforcement

Good morning. I've been procrastinating on finishing my latest post. I missed a week of posting, and I truly intend not to do that. This Saturday morning I'm working from home. I'm mostly just monitoring things on my computer, but I'm also not motivated to finish that damn post at the moment, so instead I'm just going to do another, quicker post that I am motivated to do.

I don't actually know much about the demographic of my readers. I assume most of you are Americans, but even if you are not, the protesting after George Floyd's death was shared and has affected people worldwide, and I'm going to talk about it real quick. It's really just some basic chiming in, but I'm going to do it anyway because what is happening is important, and chiming in is literally the least I can do.

I think truly a lot more people are talking about the systemic problems of police brutality and race and thinking about/expecting solutions this week than last, and I think that's in no small part to the raw anger and desperation that is clearly in the background of even the most peaceful protests.

People, of course, aren't just protesting this recent death. They are trying to make us all pay attention to lifetimes of small as well as other really fucked up instances of bad treatment, and that's really important activism. Anyone out there doing this damn thing - however you are approaching this activism - much respect to you and keep on truckin'.

In the end what's happening now is all just part of the bed we Americans made throughout our history, and now we're lying in it…and trying our best, in that messy, imperfect way of large growth, to manage through it as a country. And honestly, even though at times this activism is messier, more chaotic, more costly, and more violent than some would prefer, real change in America often comes with that. In fact, The People rising up for cultural and political change is the greatest and most precious of American traditions.

So, it's really quite beautiful to see Americans trying to force grass roots change and seeing Americans that don't always listen, really listening. Despite the immense tragedy of what these protests are about, I actually feel a lot of optimism and patriotism about what The People are doing right now. May this be a start for long-needed real change.

On that note, and in the original spirit of this SSL blog, I'm going to conclude this post with one of my lists of 5 Movies Directed by Women that I have actually seen.

This time, however, I am going to spotlight movies directed by black women, and specifically movies related to police brutality and legal injustice for black people...because artists and activists have been trying to get this issue out there in the world for, ya know, ever.

The Movies

1 Queen and Slim - This is directed by Melina Matsoukas. I watched this streaming a few weeks ago, and I highly recommend it. It's really beautifully shot, and just a solid movie.

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2 Whose Streets? - This was directed by Sabaah Folayan - I actually can't remember how I saw this. I had thought it was an Academy nominated doc, and that I saw it a program for those, but looking it up, I can see it wasn't nominated -so that's not it. I feel pretty certain it was in a small theater somewhere, so who knows. Looking at the trailer, though, I definitely saw and remember it, and again, I'd definitely recommend. It's a thoughtful, eye-opening doc.

3 Talk to Me - This was directed by Kasi Lemmons. This came out in 2007, and I rented it sometime during that period. I remember liking the movie quite a bit, but it's been too long now to remember a lot of details, but I know I hadn't before heard of 'Petey' Greene, the late-60's D.C. D.J. that played a role in the city's civil rights struggle a the time. Check it out for sure.

4 13th - This was directed by Ava DuVernay. This I saw streaming as well. It's a great doc. 100% check this one out. Also, if you haven't seen this woman's movie, Selma about the Civil Rights march from Selma to Montgomery - check that one out too. It's narrative not doc, but it shows the strategy and politics and disagreements around that march that I had not really understood before.

5 Mudbound - This was directed by Dee Rees. This I saw with a buddy that worked on this production as a medic. We saw it at a independent theater in Nashville. This is more of a historical perspective, and as you might expect, the law doesn't come off well.

Honorable Mention:

Traffic Stop - This was directed by a woman, just not a black woman - Kate Davis. It is, however, about an incident between a black woman and law enforcement. I saw this at an Oscars Shorts Doc series. Worth a watch.

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4.10.2020

5 Good-ass Lady Directed Movies to Watch During a Pandemic

I started doing this categorized List of 5 movies thing where I showcase movies that were directed by women and that I have actually seen. It all started during the Directed By Women Worldwide Viewing Party in September 2015, and it was pretty fun, so I've continued doing it from time to time.

It's a bit off-topic from my normal fare, ya know, being that it's not specifically about lady-gasms or anything like that, but I think it fits the blog because
1. this blog is also about indie movie-making, and
2. this blog is partially about getting the female perspective of sexuality into our media. So, to me, supporting female voices in our media means we're creating more room for female voices to speak on all types of things, which sometimes will be sex, orgasms, and sexuality.

You can find all my 5-movie lists HERE.

These are all kinda slightly indie movies I've seen lately that I like. That's it simple as that.

So, given that there's a worldwide pandemic and none of you should be going out and hanging with friends tonight or tomorrow night or many nights after that, you have time to find these on a streaming service and watch them. Enjoy.

1. Ginger and Rosa - This was directed by Sally Potter. It's from 2012, and I basically found it because I was looking for movies directed by women, and saw a movie, Orlando, she did that I really liked. So, I checked this one out, and I really liked it too. I love a movie about lady friends - but like a gritty interesting one.

2 Hustlers - This was directed by Lorene Scarafia. It's got Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lizzo, Cardi B. I mean you can't go wrong. Well, you can, but you don't. It had been on my radar for a while, and I'm glad i checked it out. It's a again, a gritty intersting one about lady friends, ya'll, but in a very different way than the last. For real - a well done movie.

3 The Love Witch - This was directed by Anna Biller. Again, just found this searching around for top lady-directed movies, and there it was. I love stumbling onto shit like that. It's for sure witchy, it's real 60's (but made in 2016) and it's a good watch - I recommend it for your isolation.

4 Mudbound - This was directed by Dee Rees. I actually got to see this in a cool ass Nashville independent movie theater with a friend that had worked on the film and got some backstory on the production which was cool. It's a beautiful film. Check it out.

5 Honey Boy - It was directed by Alma Har'el. I saw this fairly recently at our local Flour Cinema her in Des Moines, and I'll tell ya, I was pleasantly surprised. Like, I really like this movie. I think it's well done as fuck. It's written by Shia LaBeouf during rehab as a form of therapy about his childhood with his father. Ya think, Shia LaBeouf? Are we gonna really get a thoughtful, gentle, raw look at his relationship with his father? Well, pair him with a really on-point lady director, and yes - yes we will. It's a good movie.