#yearlongproject

[madebymontoya]

Happy Friday!!! My blanket is really coming along! The warmer days are adding more colors to my cools tones! #crochet #temperatureblanket #friday #week9 #progress #yearlongproject #green #yellow #blue (at Reno, Nevada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMCzzKkrs9J/?igshid=9uv69h1qfdgt

[bettinalevyisdetermined]

Day 10, done with stitching the Riverperson! 🚣‍♀️ Tra la la. Tri li li. Tre le le. 😁 #undertalecrossstitch #giantcrossstitch #yearlongproject https://www.instagram.com/p/B8fjKdZn0eS/?igshid=fr8lghw1eo1k

[shinydinosaur]

Finished the week 2 pattern the day it came out, and almost finished the whole outline for section 1. I couldn't help myself! 😂 It's so soothing to make these delicate fine lines connect so neatly. Don't worry, I'm still definitely working on other commissions! 😅 They're just all WIPs. . . . #crossstitch #xstitch #blackwork #crosstitchersofinstagram #crossstitchismytherapy #peppermintpurplesal2020 #yearlongproject #biflag #multicolor #prideflag #lgbtart #embroidery #18ctaida https://www.instagram.com/p/B7JYW_iJ9uB/?igshid=cyrgkoh3w06q

[serenitysera]

Day 141. • • • #palm #man #trim #jobs #climb #cojones #sky #hues #blues #clouds #birds #up #youClimbUpThere #day141 #dailyUpload #141 #yearLongProject https://www.instagram.com/p/BxyjwqDBU0y/?igshid=vcouj90x5czu

[strryeyedreamr27]

Taking my #Hamilton #DayToDayCalendar pages and aging them up with #coffee to make other stuff. Mostly these #Origami #stars, but I think I’ll also use some of the pages with more text to make a flower ball eventually…and I’m keeping the #silhouette art page for some other piece I haven’t figured out yet. I might add some gold metallic to some of these papers too, not sure yet. Guess I have the whole year to figure that out! . . . #YearLongProject #ideas https://www.instagram.com/p/BsMwfJKFv0M/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=qydrnaqair81

[inthevintagekitchen]

Happy New Year!!!! This was the view from the Kitchen balcony last night as we clinked champagne glasses and toasted to a new and exciting year ahead. Oh the potential! Cheers to the possibilities! So excited to embrace this new month in a new decade. There are lots of fun kitchen projects in the works for this year, one of which is a year-long weekly project that gets unveiled on Friday. In the meantime, hope everyone has a wonderful start to the new year. So looking forward to adventuring with in the Kitchen! - - - - #happnewyear #fireworks #january1 #hello2020 #newyear #upcomingproject #kitchenstories #yearlongproject #cheers #inthevintagekitchen #soexcited #cookinglife https://www.instagram.com/p/B6yUJAcAutw/?igshid=1u1ddprlwdx8e

[seeko82]

All the loose ends are woven in, which means this blanket is FINELY finished. #temperatureblanketproject . . . #craftproject #missouriweather #missouriweatherprobs #crochet #crochetingeveryday #firsttry #firstblanketproject #newstitch #learninganewstitch #crochetproject #temperatureblanket #yearlongproject #projectoftheyear #crochetersofig #thinksocial #thinksocial2019 #notdone #colddayproject #snuggleup #moderndaywitchcraft #witchcrafteveryday #stitchingiswitching https://www.instagram.com/p/B6e3U8bJtWh/?igshid=d8874l2lbatx

[jalessabettisbooks]

So, I said I would be doing this challenge with @lou.wilham and @ellebeaumontbooks. Unfortunately, I’m slow. Really! Luckily, I kept note of my word count. Here is the corner. I have not caught up yet and I fully believe this will be a big blanket. 🧐 #everydaywriting #writingeveryday #crochetingablanket #writingblanketchallenge #crocheting #crochetchallengeforfun #increasingwordcount #yearlongproject #yearlongblanket https://www.instagram.com/p/BtKhEjHn9SC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11htzgjlixwgg

[robyn-vaughan]

Temperature Afghan, 9 rows down... 356 more to go... #NeedToCatchUp #crochet #YearLongProject (at Halifax, Nova Scotia)

[shannon-perrine]

Too much pain to sleep. So I'm working on finally finishing this. It WILL be in the mail by Friday. #crochet #blanket #yearlongproject @tdr_dragonqueen (at Troy, New York)

[bettinalevyisdetermined]

Presenting Monster Kid and one of Gaster's followers! #undertalecrossstitch #giantcrossstitch #yearlongproject https://www.instagram.com/p/B_c3Z8eHZEm/?igshid=zntr8xyostla

[shinydinosaur]

Up through week 12 done - now I'm all caught up! The Celtic knots were so fun to stitch up once I worked out the best way to do the pattern. Can you tell I've been doing this whole thing in-hand almost the whole time? No hoops! It's a nice challenge to keep my tension even. . . . #crossstitch #xstitch #blackwork #crosstitchersofinstagram #crossstitchismytherapy #peppermintpurplesal2020 #yearlongproject #biflag #multicolor #prideflag #lgbtart #embroidery #18ctaida #stitchalong https://www.instagram.com/p/B-AL7BjnFAR/?igshid=arfh5bhs5bu6

[serenitysera]

Day 112. • • • • #late #yesterday #texture #stud #velvetStud #throwPillow #mustard #livingForIt #112 #dailyUpload #orDoubleDayUploloadBcFail #yearLongProject #day112 https://www.instagram.com/p/BwoL2V3ANNk/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1makh9o15w6jv

[seeko82]

I made this too! #Repost @jammin_w_crystal with @get_repost ・・・ 59 days of weather represented in 177 rows of yarn. For reference, this bed is a queen. #temperatureblanketproject . . . #craftproject #missouriweather #missouriweatherprobs #crochet #crochetingeveryday #firsttry #firstblanketproject #newstitch #learninganewstitch #crochetproject #temperatureblanket #yearlongproject #projectoftheyear #crochetersofig #thinksocial #thinksocial2019 #notdone #colddayproject #snuggleup #moderndaywitchcraft #witchcrafteveryday #stitchingiswitching #blankie #thatsabigblanket https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvp_0t8BLgmWvUY2t53Qbr7Fee21-LPfsRcKgM0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=7msjd1cg2vbe

[yarnutopiabynadiafuad]

Number 283 of our 365 Days of Granny Squares is on the blog! Thanks to Rachele for designing this Alma Square for the Vibrant Vintage Crochet Along! Be sure to follow along with the written pattern and share your photos of your fabulous squares!! ❤ Nadia #crochet #crocheted #yarn #yarnutopia #imadethis #handmade #diy #crafty #yarnballs #yarnball #fiber #fancy #365daysofgrannysquares #365days #yearlongproject #yearlong #granny #grannysquares #grannysquare #redheartyarns #crochetersofinstagram

[hipsville29ad]

It used to be a director could make six or seven pictures before achieving success with a masterpiece. All this time was spent experimenting and honing one’s craft. Nowadays, you have to have a sizable hit right out of the gate to matter to anyone. With the studio system essentially gone and distribution being minuscule, tremendous stress is put upon a debut pictures. Feature debuts can show directors finding themselves and other debuts show directors arriving fully formed. It should be noted however that most of these directors that had successes so early on didn’t just step into the directing a feature film with no experience. Claire Denis cut her teeth as an assistant director for years and Lynne Ramsay’s short films are stepping stones that lead to her debut feature, each step showing her grow more and more. All of this work however, does not take the pressure off the importance of the needed success of a debut feature.

Selecting the feature debuts for September wasn’t easy and I had to overlook some directors that A) I had already watched their debut feature earlier this year or B) I had already watched their debut feature in a previous year or C) I could not get my hands on some debut features. Marguerite Duras’s filmography still eludes me. So, going in I knew I’d have to choose carefully. I strove for the same diversity I have always sought with this project and I had to hit some well known titles that were always going to be a part of this project. The inclusion of the only Sofia Coppola (whom I am a big fan of) picture featured in my year long project is solely because it is the only picture of her’s I had not seen yet. It was great finally seeing the works of Mira Nair, Lucrecia Martel, and Haifaa Al-Mansour (who made the first motion picture ever in Saudi Arabia!). And if it isn’t apparent to anyone, many directors featured on this list are reoccurring names in this project as I am attempting to cover all or most of their respective filmographies.

The idea of focusing on feature debuts for a month was absolutely thrilling. Seeing where directors began and how or if they grew was the goal, but seeing how these prolific filmmakers all seemed to have such strong grasps on cinematic form at such young ages was inspiring. We see so many mediocre movies released weekend after weekend by Hollywood from directors that continue dumbing down cinema, that by comparison seeing a first feature that is fresh and brave is exhilarating. The pictures that follow are all by great talents and they all illustrate each director’s spirit and what they sought at the beginning of their careers. And each picture here, made careers for many of cinema’s great talents. So, without rambling any further, here are the debut features I focused on in September.

Reviews for each individual feature can be found here  http://letterboxd.com/hipsville29ad/films/diary/

9. Wadjda (2012, dir. Haifaa Al-Mansour)

8. La Cienaga (2001, dir. Lucrecia Martel)

7. Salaam Bombay! (1988, dir. Mira Nair)

6. Virgin Suicides (1999, dir. Sofia Coppola)

5. Sweetie (1989, dir. Jane Campion)

4. River of Grass (1994, dir. Kelly Reichardt)

3. Ratcatcher (1999, dir. Lynne Ramsay)

2. Red Road (2006, dir. Andrea Arnold)

1. Chocolat (1988, dir. Claire Denis)

Some of the directors I wanted to feature this month but had to overlook because their pictures were unavailable to me or I couldn’t fit them in were Jackie Kong, Ann Hui, Celine Sciamma, Mia Hansen-Love, Catherine Breillat, Susanne Bier, Ava DuVernay (who I just fucking overlooked), and Vera Chytilova. 

First Features you should definitely check out: Kathryn Bigelow’s The Loveless, Chantal Akerman’s Ju, Tu, Il, Elle, Samira Makhmalbaf’s The Apple, Agnes Varda’s La Pointe-Courte, Julie Taymor’s Titus, Marzieh Makhmalbaf’s The Day I Became a Woman, Ida Lupino’s Not Wanted, Marina de Van’s In My Skin, Ana Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Barbara Loden’s Wanda, and Mania Akbari’s 20 Fingers.

And only one of the directors previously mentioned in this project will carry over to next month, where I’m steering into pictures from Spain, Central America, and South America. If you are looking for horror movies from women filmmakers for the Halloween season, go check out my March list. 

See you next month!