CinéFemme - Annakarinaland

When she received the Grand Prize at Créteil Films de Femmes in Paris in 1983, Lizzie Borden said that the film took over four years to make because they ran out of money.  The total production cost for this 16mm film was $40,000. French feminists were so moved by the film that they called it a dream and believed it accurately reported their reality and the issues they were struggling with at the time. There has not been a film like Born in Flames since then at Créteil. It lives on as one of the best feminist films ever made. Born in Flames takes up how class, race and gender affect working conditions and how women are treated, at home and on the streets. And because women are not treated very well in any of these areas, a woman’s army is created. Women on bicycles come to the rescue of women harassed or assaulted in the streets, and patrol the metro helping female commuters in distress ( Dana Johnson )  All of this is reported on by the media and twisted and turn...

Angelina Jolie as 007 Agent Salt August 1, 2010  6:53 PM MST  Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin   Google Plus   Comment     Play Jolie as the New Bond, Not Bond Girl Angelina Jolie  is Evelyn SALT - a CIA agent with a Russian past. A new James Bond who jumps out of buildings, on to moving trucks and strong arms agents like they were silly putty. 007 Salt on the move.... View all  3 photos Lifestyle And unlike 007, Jolie has a husband, a German arachnologist, and his safety is paramount. Here’s why James Bond never marries, pretty much through all of the film, he is her main concern, and why she needs to stay on the run. Watching Jolie escape the bad guys which are both American and Russian is an exhilarating roller coaster ride, and her bag of tricks includes knowing about the secret sauce of spiders and being able to get herself out of the most amazing situations with th...

Marga Gomez Illuminates Almodóvar's "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" at The Vogue July 14, 2010  3:27 AM MST  Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin   Google Plus   Comment     Play Mujeres The Spanish translation of "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" is organically different from the English, explained local comedienne wonder of the world  Marga Gomez to spectators at the  Vogue Theatre  in San Francisco.  As part of a week long program of local standup comics introducing films at this vintage cinema house,  LOL SF  , (July 8-15) Gomez said that "Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios" is something quite different from the stereotype of women just losing it. She emphasizes that nervous breakdowns in Spanish are called "nervous attacks". She reported that these attacks involve a loss of emotional control that is often religious where women rip off their clo...

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Plays with Fire July 9, 2010  11:49 AM MST  Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin   Google Plus   Comment     Play The Girl Who Played with Fire, US trailer, and Swedish Trailer (Danish subtitles) Noomi Rapace  as ace hacker Lisbeth Salander and  Michael Nyqvist  as investigative journalist Mikael Blomqvist are back in the second part of the Millennium series written by the late Stieg Larsson:  The Girl Who Played with Fire .  Published last July, this trilogy is the first translated novel(s) to be on the  New York Times Bestseller list  in a quarter of a century. This time the translation of the title of this new film and novel is true to the original Swedish. ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" the first part of the trilogy in Swedish is  Män som Hatar Kvinnor-  Men Who Hate Women). Music Box Films We last left Lisb...

Joan Jett is Queen of Rock N Roll June 26, 2010  3:34 PM MST  Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin   Google Plus   Comment     Play "Androgynous" Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (2006) She does not cease to amaze, and she did a heart pounding, chest expanding show at the  Sonoma Marin Fair , June 25. Arriving recently from a tour that included Dublin and together with the formidable Blackhearts,  Joan Jett   belted out new songs, first songs ("School Days"), and classics ("Cherry Bomb"). In homage to Pride (June 25-27) in  San Francisco , which she referred to as "that weekend", she sang "ACDC" (2006) and "Androgynous" (2006).  Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Sonoma Marin Fair June 25 View all  5 photos © Moira Sullivan Here comes Dick He's wearing a skirt Here comes Jane ? You know she's sporting a chain ? Same hair revolution ? Same build e...

Cheryl Dunye "The Owls" Hits Home at Frameline LGBT Film Festival June 19, 2010  9:51 PM MST  Facebook   Twitter   Pinterest   Linkedin   Google Plus   Comment     The Owls Cheryl Dunye’s  latest feature  The Owls  is an experimental narrative tour de force. It made its debut at the 2010  Berlin Film Festival  and is now at  Frameline , smartly written by Sarah Shulman. The premise of the film concerns four middle aged dykes who cover up the accidental murder of a baby dyke. The initial moments of the film blast footage of  Riot Girrl band "The Screech" with captivating music saturated with feminist political lyrics and jarring imagery to boot. With this the veteran director pulls you in from the first seconds. Baby dyke Deak Evgenikos as Cricket. View all  5 photos Frameline34 The Owls  is an odyssey about lesbian/queer personal politics and featur...