I’m interested not so much in which movies you pick but in how you draw meaning from each, using a consistently satisfying style of critical thinking.
For one example, while I’ve seen enough cruelty to never want to see horror movies I appreciate how you can explain the director’s mindset, a hyperbolic story arc and any social metaphors being attempted.
Lord of the Rings is high on my list. It’s still, sadly, super relevant. Frodo “I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this ha happened.” Gandalf “So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work, Frodo, than the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring. In which case you also were meant to have it, and that is an encouraging thought.“
Rest of my list is pretty standard stuff you’d find on a lot of lists. With having young kids for the past several years it’s been hard to seek out even slightly less mainstream stuff.
You seem to blame yourself for only picking six movies directed by women (30%). That's only your problem if the movie industry has reached parity for women directors, including in genres like Bollywood. If women directors have reached parity in the movie industry, that's news to me.
I’m interested not so much in which movies you pick but in how you draw meaning from each, using a consistently satisfying style of critical thinking.
For one example, while I’ve seen enough cruelty to never want to see horror movies I appreciate how you can explain the director’s mindset, a hyperbolic story arc and any social metaphors being attempted.
Keep up the good work, to coin a phrase.
Lord of the Rings is high on my list. It’s still, sadly, super relevant. Frodo “I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this ha happened.” Gandalf “So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other forces at work, Frodo, than the will of evil. Bilbo was meant to find the ring. In which case you also were meant to have it, and that is an encouraging thought.“
Rest of my list is pretty standard stuff you’d find on a lot of lists. With having young kids for the past several years it’s been hard to seek out even slightly less mainstream stuff.
You seem to blame yourself for only picking six movies directed by women (30%). That's only your problem if the movie industry has reached parity for women directors, including in genres like Bollywood. If women directors have reached parity in the movie industry, that's news to me.
oh they haven’t even close…but there are still tons of movies by women directors out there!