The Unofficial Female Film Canon
Interesting list at the House of Mirth and Movies of a 100 films focused on women. I've only seen 28 of these, but the selections seem very good to me. The blogger, who is only identified as mrsemmapeel, writes:
I’m still not sure what I qualify an “essential” film about women, I hope my list presents a huge cross-section of different kinds of women and experiences, but at the very least I’m looking for films that have at least one female protagonist, which rules out a lot of films that may have interesting or strong female supporting characters and roles unfortunately. I’m also not attempting to paint only a positive portrait of womanhood, I think many of these film reveal many imperfect, even downright cruel women… but that is part of a reality.
This list got me thinking about the Bechdel Test again, although it doesn't seem to be any part of the equation here.
I’m still not sure what I qualify an “essential” film about women, I hope my list presents a huge cross-section of different kinds of women and experiences, but at the very least I’m looking for films that have at least one female protagonist, which rules out a lot of films that may have interesting or strong female supporting characters and roles unfortunately. I’m also not attempting to paint only a positive portrait of womanhood, I think many of these film reveal many imperfect, even downright cruel women… but that is part of a reality.
This list got me thinking about the Bechdel Test again, although it doesn't seem to be any part of the equation here.