The Bechdel Test was named for Allison Bechdel, whose comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For in 1985 measured female presence in movies by employing three criteria: Are there two or more women in it, with names? Do the women talk to each other? About something other than a man? Far too many mainstream movies [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Coming of age'
A Bunch of Bad Ass Chicks on Skates
September 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments
Tags: Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Coming of age · Drunk scene · High school · Mother/daughter relationship · No opening credits · Road trip · Shot In Texas · Small town · Sports
Our Name Has Become d’Urberville
August 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments
Roman Polanski was born August 18, 1933 in Paris. The sordid details of his flight from the United States in 1978 have often overshadowed discussion of the director’s work, which at the age of 77, includes one of the best films of 2010. Is he a world class filmmaker? In the month of August, I [...]
Tags: Based on novel · Coming of age · Drunk scene · Father/daughter relationship · Father/son relationship · Small town · Train · Unconventional romance
Time With One Cold-Blooded Bastard
July 16th, 2010 · 5 Comments
In the month of July, I take a look at films released in my very favorite film stock and aspect ratio: black & white in anamorphic. Unless they’re being financed with credit cards, movies are rarely shot like this anymore because they’re impossible to sell to television. Yet these dreams sneak [...]
Tags: Based on novel · Coming of age · Drunk scene · Famous line · Grandfather/grandson relationship · Master and pupil · Shot In Texas · Small town · Western
Widowed By War, The Auto Plant and Their Wives
May 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments
Gran Torino (2008)
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Screenplay by Nick Schenk, story by Dave Johannson & Nick Schenk
Produced by Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Bill Gerber
116 minutes
Gran Torino belongs in the pocket full of great Clint Eastwood films. This story seems so tailored to his persona as an actor and his partialities as a filmmaker that it’s [...]
Tags: Bathtub scene · Brother/sister relationship · Coming of age · Famous line · Gangsters and hoodlums · Master and pupil · No opening credits










