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"The Virgin Suicides" Essays

6 min read

The watchers: the compelling gaze in ‘The Virgin Suicides’

by Marjorie H. Morgan

November 16, 2018

“The Virgin Suicides” film is a feast of watchers: it confirms that we are all watched and we all watch. Like George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” this film reminds the viewer
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"The Virgin Suicides" Essays

5 min read

Enchanted by the Details

by Rebecca Martin

November 8, 2018

I don’t know about you, but I get chills by the intimacy of the details. Her films vary in story, but no matter what the story is about—a seventeenth-century queen,
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Halloween, Interviews, Production Design, Short Films

5 min read

A conversation between Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin and filmmaker Laura Moss

by Rebecca Martin

November 8, 2018

I had the pleasure of interviewing Laura Moss, NYC-based filmmaker. I met Laura last year at the Chicago Critics Film Festival, where I saw her short film “Fry Day.” I

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"The Virgin Suicides" Essays

4 min read

American Animals

by Stephanie Dykes

November 8, 2018

The question of who might be trustworthy is a constant point of contention in Bart Layton’s vision in the 2018 film “American Animals.” Can we trust the characters? Can we
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