#motherhood in cinema

[dgspeaks]

Finding Strength: A Review of "A Thousand and One"

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival and winning the prestigious Grand Jury Prize, “A Thousand and One” is a captivating drama that explores the themes of family, resilience, and identity. Directed by A.V. Rockwell, this powerful film delves into the complexities of motherhood and the indomitable spirit of survival in the face of adversity. A Story of Unwavering Determination “A Thousand…

[gregor-samsung]

Une famille à louer [Family for rent] (Jean-Pierre Améris, 2015)

[u-n-c-o-m-m-o-n]

Mother (2017) Directed by Darren Aranofsky

[satin-carmin]

Veins of the earth, dir. Byambasuren Davaa, 2020

[darkness-holds-eternal-light]

I really enjoy "Monkey Business" (1952) because of course, Ginger was insanely beautiful, it's like she got more beautiful as she aged for a long time. She was so beautiful in the 1930s but she got even more and differently beautiful in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, she was truly gifted a unique and butterfly-like splendor, she could pull off everything! 💖

But the reason I really, really enjoy "Monkey Business" is because it's basically a movie-taped version of childhood-regression and it's so fun to watch and so immensely beautiful! 😍 I could watch a 10-hour movie of just Ginger being in her child-self. She's adorable and completely lovely, it makes me so happy to just watch her unbounded self. ☺️ I can only deduce that her child-parts were pretty close under the surface as well and I relate to that so much and I love it! 🥰

The combination with Cary Grant also worked pretty well, not necessarily as an overwhelmingly romantic pairing, I can't really ship them. But in a comedic sense and in balancing each other out, especially for the childhood-parts. They really worked well together as 'kids' basically (and also as a friendly kind of spouses). 😄

One could also say that she did this age-regression with Fred too (in "Carefree" especially but in "Follow the fleet" too) and also when I'm thinking about "The major and the minor".

I think Ginger had this child-like spirit kept pretty alive in her and it seems to have been one of her life's themes too, which I love.

And lastly I really need to mention how most wonderful Ginger was with that baby in the last part of the film, the baby was cuter than the one she had in "Bachelor Mother" (1939) too, in my opinion. Her age for this and her interactions with that baby were perfect I think. 💗 Ginger so deserved to be a mother! 😭🤧😊😍

I can only recommend watching this movie very much. If you're not a Ginger-fan already, you might grow to like her even more with this cute and lighthearted little movie. 😊😄

[wisterianwoman]

Barbie Movie: an unexpected perspective on life and womanhood

I didn't expect the Barbie movie to be a cinematic masterpiece that shatters stereotypes, celebrates motherhood, and unravels life's mysteries. Prepare to be moved, inspired, and forever changed. #BarbieMovie #Empowerment #MovieMagic

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 5 out of 5. a movie I didn’t plan on changing my life The Barbie movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, you’ve certainly heard about it. Admittedly, I was talked into going. When I heard the words “Barbie” and “movie” together in a sentence, I made a couple of assumptions. First, that it was a movie for kids; and secondly, that it would be full of the usual tropes we see from Barbie.…

[germenis]

"Aren't you his mother?" On Sons, Mothers, & Rosemary's Baby

“Aren’t you his mother?” On Sons, Mothers, & Rosemary’s Baby

My mother doesn’t do horror. If it’s scarier or gorier than a Hitchcock thriller, good luck getting her to watch. I’m pretty sure she’s scarred to this day from joining my father and I to see Blade II in theaters. It wasn’t the last Del Toro picture I convinced her to see, but it was certainly the last time she ever saw a spine exposed in an underground vampire BDSM club. While she likely hasn’t…

[ohcarolina]

On a lighter note, i finally get to see tbosas tomorrow, that's a yay for me

[filmhoundsmag]

"It taps into so many elements of what it is to be a woman" Sophie Von Haselberg on Give Me Pity

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[theghostofwilburtheworm]

Barbie movie is goood!!!! 👍🔥🔥also oughhgh

[littlethriftywalker]

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Ayrılık / Die Fremde [When We Leave] (Feo Aladag, 2010)

[oh-no-bummer]

I'm gonna be fixated on this for a while and I hate to be the voice of negativity but I'm just really disappointed with how Agatha's story was handled. The thing is at the beginning of the series when it was clear they had made the choice to give Agatha a son I suspended my disbelief, because there are many ways in which that could've fit and it wouldn't have had to be a damning choice for her to also be a mother. But it was. I'm tired of cinema but marvel in particular using motherhood as a way to categorise women and compromise their stories. I hated it when it happened with Wanda and I hate it now. Why are women not allowed to be ? I get it that is also all a thing in the comics, but that doesn't mean it's right. Agatha was a villain and she in many ways remained one but the focus on her personhood as one centered on being a mother took so much away from her. I'm just so disappointed because there are a thousand ways to make that coexist! It could have been a beautiful story about loss and grief and empowerment and repression and love. But I believe marvel really has a problem with tying things up, they always mess up everything at the end and apparently women's stories are just not meant to be. Even if Agatha had to die, there are many other ways in which that death could've been more rewarding and peaceful. But what gets me the most is that the fears we exposed did come true, the show was not ultimately about Agatha and her grief or her love but about how she's a tool for Billy who disappointingly but predictably become the focus of the show. Rio was villainized, because she is death, which is such a flat interpretation of her character. The fact that the love Agatha and Rio clearly had for each other was so cruelly undermined by the writing. The fact that we have no closure for them, for Agatha's son or Agatha's story. The fact she now is just narrowed down to be Billy's mentor, a literal ghost of who she was, used to perpetuate the more central role of a man's story. And with this I don't mean to say that I hate Billy or his storyline nor that I hate Agatha being a mother, what I absolutely abhor is how those things became so central they obscured her story and deprived us, the audience of seeing it complete. Fine, I get it Billy needed to be introduced, but did that introduction have to destroy Agatha's story? Was there no other resolution? Obviously not. Agatha could've still become his mentor while alive, could have remained with Jennifer and decided to actually try, or Agatha could've died, and finally confronted her grief and Rio. There's so many ways in which her role as a mother and mentor didn't have to impede her character's arc. There's so many ways this show could've been good. I'm sorry if my anger comes true but I truly am disappointed in the way the media and marvel especially continue to treat women and their story. Let's not even talk about Alice, or Jen , because neither of those stories were complete, the way they had Jen's binding sloppily be caused by Agatha felt like such a rushed decision with absolutely no explanation. Where did Jennifer's story go? Her role as high priestess? I get it that it might be picked up again in the future but this is what the fucking show was supposed to be about, witches walking the road and growing and facing themselves. I have even more to say about Agatha and Rio specifically, but for now I'm just gonna conclude by saying that it didn't have to be this way, it's just proof of how little they care about women's stories that they think they can be used to further the narrative without any consequences. It feels cheap, it feels illogical and rushed. It seems like horrible writing. It saddens me greatly and I hate it.

[fly-chicken]

Also it. Is. Funded. By. Mattel.

At the end of the day, whatever message you or the creators wanted to tell was funnelled 2x if not more, than the average movie since it went through both Hollywood producers AND a Toy Conglomerate to exist (I say if not more bc it’s going to be scrutinized more as a result of being so feminine and created and produced by women in a very Male Dominated industry).

Some of y’all want a different movie and frankly, a movie that probably won’t be allowed to exist using a corporations IP

Honestly a lot of the criticism of barbie (not including the criticism of how it did or didn't handle feminism) seems to come from a place of wanting a different type of story.

Like if you feel that the world should have been fleshed out or the characters should have been deeper or that some of the fun parts should have been cut because it wasn't "plot relevant" then what you want is a totally different kind of story. Which is fine, but that's your personal preference, not a flaw of the movie. Barbie was never trying to be a hard fantasy.

It's a movie trying to be fun and camp and reflect on certain themes and it does all that well.

[brujitaadinbo]

This image does not belong to me… it is from Sopita Pog and you can follow it on Instagram.

If there is something that as humans identifies us as such; It is the fact that thanks to our emotions and feelings we can recognize our own humanity. A person in constant growth must know that this is elementary. This and the fact that being sociable beings and living in a community (it's not my thing, look for related information and you'll have to agree with me) we have that tendency and need to live in groups, live with others, relate technically.

All this forms that inevitable process; growing up And although this is palpable, it has been part of many stories, part of the narrative from reading, cinema, series, etc… I explain this so that you understand my point. If we live it, it is nothing out of the ordinary, it is not wrong, nor is it bad, that growth is experienced by the characters that we like so much. A growth that allows them to improve or worsen. In the case of Din, Grogu and Bo, it's a blessing that this growth goes straight to something positive.

It irritates me that they want to deny that possibility to these characters and continue pigeonholing them into "I'm the tough one, the tough one, the one who's never going to get better and that's fine."

It is definitely throwing away the entire process experienced in the seasons or the content. It is not understanding that "being someone powerful" does not only consist of an important position, having a lot of money, causing fear in others, etc etc… the true intention of having power, of being powerful, of feeling fulfilled is to be happy, to live a change, having friends or a partner or family, not always ending up alone, having others who contribute to you, and that you know that empowers you, enriches you, not only materially.

Well, it is appreciated that Din and Grogu are together because that was always the purpose, denying Grogu or wanting to throw him away is ruining the series, it is wanting to spoil Din and his new path. Now to say that Bo Katan, they only want to pigeonhole her into being Din's girlfriend or just being Grogu's mom… it seems ridiculous to me and a pathetic and meaningless argument.

If you know Bo's story, everything she has experienced and that she has always been surrounded by war, you will understand her point when she said it in "Clone Wars" "I would like to be good at something else, not just fighting."

I said it before, I say it now and I will continue to say it; If by her own decision she wanted to continue as Mandalore, retire, be alone, or be with Din, her right is and she has it and has earned it. Taking care of Grogu, being his friend and betting on the role of mother does not make her weaker or less important; on the contrary, the desired motherhood is a blessing, a right that many people like to minimize. A very important act of love and responsibility, a high position that not everyone fulfills and the fact that she decides and applies it does not make her any less and it is very wrong that people take it that way, interpret it that way and want to impose it. as such. Mothers have an important role in our lives, in our environment, obviously in this content, if you don't believe me, just go check out this great character from Hera Syndulla. I applaud the fact that this line of growth is visible.

I applaud you for bringing Din and Bo closer and making the possibility of them being together, walking and continuing to grow together visible and palpable. Because growing is an internal process but there is always the option of not experiencing this process alone. And with Grogu by the hand, what better

[meloncolliemovies]

THE SUBSTANCE (2024)

Director: Coralie Fargeat

Demi Moore (Elisabeth Sparkle), Margaret Qualley (Sue)

"Take care of yourself."

4.5/5

REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS

TW// BODY HORROR, GENDER DYSPHORIA, NEEDLES, PROFANITY

Ok- I know what you're all thinking. "This is a queer film blog, The Substance isn't queer!" and let me state this- nothing can sum up the feeling of gender dysphoria more than some good uncomfortable body horror.

The Substance is almost like what Poor Things wanted to be (I am uploading my Poor Things review oh so very soon). I came out of the cinema at exactly 5:30pm with a feeling in my body which can only be described as euphoric disgust. From start to finish, Fargeat set out to do something phenomenal, and that is what she did.

I think my best springboard for this review would be the sound. Fargeat opens this film with an egg, injected with brat green "substance" and I was immediately disgusted. We hear everything. The visceral sound of everything in this film, needles, heels, eyes, and of course a body being morphed into a horrific pile of skin and bones, accompanies a score from Raffertie like no other. The score is punchy, funky, and dark, and it's even got song names like "Blood, More Blood". I'm sure you could figure out the plot of this film from song titles alone. But my favourite part, the "2001, A Space Odyssey" needle drop. It reminds viewers of who Fargeat is- she's asserting a genre which Kubrick couldn't even begin to create, in my opinion. That needle drop sums it all up, this hope for filmmaking, this new invention which made me think "we are so fucking back".

The Kubrick references in this film got a cinephile like me excited for horror again. My favourite little reference was the classic hallway from "The Shining"- the mise-en-scene of the "Hall of Fame" which Elisabeth (Demi Moore) once walked down, and now Sue (Margaret Qualley), was very similar to the classic horror film, and it also represented the reminder of blood- I mean, what is a film without blood? This film was not short of it. It made me question my body as an afab person, how much blood really is in me? This film felt like my period. My body being destroyed and the insecurity which comes with it. I think that many a body dysmorphic person can relate to this feeling. Now, I'm not saying that Elisabeth is trans, but I am saying that Fargeat has captured an experience, maybe purely by accident, of the negative feelings that come with womanhood as someone who was born differently from it.

Which leads me on to talk about performance, Dennis Quaid as the disgusting, exaggerated male he is. "Girls look prettier when they smile", is unforgettable. The line delivered at the perfect point, as if it is a punchline to the whole film, and we watch as his "beautiful creation" becomes a monster worth shooting, one who smiles for nothing. On the topic of, "we are so fucking back", Demi Moore was perfect for her role because she is Elisabeth, an unfortunately fading star, and this role reminds viewers, that this is Demi Moore after all, and she can act. I love anything with Margaret Qualley in it, she's fucking fantastic.

My only criticism about this film is really quite silly, but I think it is slightly obvious. I was trying to find deeper and different meanings to it, because I wanted to think more, but it didn't require me to think more, which was enjoyable except when I found myself thinking about heroin, motherhood and all sorts of stuff which Fargeat probably didn't even think about during the creation of this film

Summing up this review, I think this film is everything it needs to be. It's here, it's new, it's satirical and completely unrealistic and it is down right disgusting. Fargeat is bringing back films in a big way, and I can't wait to see her next.

If you liked my review my letterboxd is @1nd1g0o, I review on there too.