5 Movies About Someone Real #DirectedByWomen

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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, 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, not usually 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, this is my 5 MOVIES ABOUT REAL PEOPLE LIST! That's right, these movies are about real people, so get a snack, a beverage, your lap-top to fact check aspects of these people's lives as you watch, and enjoy the show.

1 I Shot Andy Warhol - This was directed by Mary Harron. I saw this probably a couple years after it came out...probably on a VHS I rented from the Blockbuster on East Washington Street. To be real honest, I don't remember it that well, but I remember thinking it was cool and interesting. You just might think that too.




2 Monster - This was directed by Patti Jenkins. I saw this at the movies when it came out, but the thing is, I had just seen the documentary of the main character's life, and I really really liked it (I often have a hard time with a fiction version after I've seen a doc on the same thing). so, I was probably less enthused about this than someone who never saw the documentary, but it's a good movie, and Charlize Theron did win an Oscar for it!





3 Wig'd Out - This was directed by a local gal by the name of Kate Chaplin. I saw this at the Indy premiere at a packed Brewhouse Theater. Good music, fun teen antics, and a spunky young lady with alopicia? Oh yeah, it had it all. It was a fun time and the beer was good too!






4 Private Parts - This was directed by Betty Thomas. I think I saw this on video too. I hadn't had much thought either way about Howard Stern before the movie. I knew about him, of course, but he wasn't on the radio or anything in my area. I remember enjoying this movie, but don't know if I can remember much about his life anymore....I guess it was close to 20 years ago, huh??





5 American Splendor - This was directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. I thought this was a really good movie. I hadn't really known anything about Harvey Pekar going into it. It's been over a decade and a lot of the details are gone, but I remember thinking the style and the way the story was woven together was pretty awesome. It should definitely be on your watch list.

Kate's Take Gave SSL a 2014 Honorable Mention!

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Hello! It seems Science, Sex and the Ladies got a shout out on the blog Kate's Take as an Honorable mention for their top 5 Best Films of 2014! It's a podcast where Kate Chaplin, an Indie Indy producer, writer, and director, "chooses a film that has shaped her life and dissects it to find meaning and universality in that film's message." Kate was at our Indianapolis premiere, and by golly, she liked it! She found it to be super science-y and informational, but hysterically funny too. She even pointed out that although SSL gets into pretty uncomfortable detail, it does it in an approachable and funny "fluffy bunny" kind of way so it really felt like it was educational and fine. She (thank you, Kate) hopes it explodes in a great way this year. We're with you on that :)

This particular episode was a a special one and a bit different given that it was about top movies instead of about 1 particular movie...and let me comment on that a sec. I actually really like this podcast's normal platform of talking about 1 particular movie in a long form podcast. I think that's just not a common thing. It's actually a fairly new monthly podcast, and I had listened to, what for some reason I didn't realize was, the first episode about the 1998 Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr. movie, What Dreams May Come. I like the interaction between Kate and her co-host Wil, but what I really like is more in depth discussion about movies. It is very personal, but movies are very personal, and very much dependent on the circumstances of the time/culture and person watching. That movie actually had a somewhat depthy-ish affect on me too - not quite in the same way as Kate, but it was was really fun and interesting to hear those two talk about it. Obviously, this isn't for those who want to not get any spoilers, but it is for people who really like to talk about movies - what they mean, how they look, how they and their topic fit into the scape of other films.

Anyway, my point is, Kate's Take is a good, thoughtful listen for people who like movies.Check it out...I mean they liked SSL, they must be high quality, right? :)