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"The Virgin Suicides" Essays

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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
"The Virgin Suicides" Essays

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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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10 of Rebecca’s Favorite Films

by Rebecca Martin

November 4, 2018

One of the raffle prizes at our launch party with be Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin’s personal collection of Criterion Collection films. Here, Rebecca writes about what each film means

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Cinema Femme Launch Party

by cinemafemme

November 4, 2018

Our launch party at this Music Box Theatre is this Thursday! We will have raffle prizes from… #1: Revolution Brewing Company Cheers to the weekend! One of our awesome raffle

"The Virgin Suicides" Essays

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Cinema Femme Inaugural Issue — Editor’s Letter

by Rebecca Martin

October 10, 2018

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Cinema Femme magazine, the voice of the female film experience! Cinema Femme is a digital magazine that voices the female film experience through personal essays and interviews, accompanied

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My Journey with Sofia

by Rebecca Martin

October 6, 2018

I’ve followed Sofia Coppola’s career closely, ever since 2003. In 2003, I saw the film that became my gateway in to the cinephile world: Lost in Translation. Friends in college (where