Ladies Behind the Lens: PLAN B

 by Rosalie Lewis

I’m turning 40 in a month, so my ability to relate to teenage movie characters theoretically diminishes by a magnitude of a million by the day.

Ladies Behind the Lens: SEA FEVER

by Rosalie Lewis 

“What came of the things we once believed? All lost to the depths of an angry sea.”

Ladies Behind the Lens: STARSTRUCK

by Rosalie Lewis

My heart is racing, I’m smiling from ear to ear, and I have this barely contained urge to jump up on my balcony railing and start singing about the “Monkey In Me.”

Ladies Behind the Lens: CROSSING DELANCEY

by Rosalie Lewis

I love movies set in New York City.

Ladies Behind the Lens: Supersized Edition

by Rosalie Lewis

On January 1st of this year, I made a movie resolution: I would watch at least one film per week directed by a woman. I’m happy to say that as of this writing, I’ve seen 96 movies by women in 2019 and hope to hit 100 before the clock strikes midnight on December 31. The funny thing is, I feel like I’ve barely scratched the surface of all the amazing women directors and their filmographies. If anything, this year-long viewing party has made me eager to seek out even more movies by female filmmakers.

Ladies Behind the Lens: RIOT GIRLS

by Rosalie Lewis

Not another teen movie.

Ladies Behind the Lens: GAS, FOOD, LODGING

by Rosalie Lewis

“Some people are afraid of disappointment. Me, I’m just afraid of not having any daydreams left,” muses Shade (Fairuza Balk) after a failed romantic overture in Gas, Food, Lodging. Allison Anders’ 1991 solo feature feels like the wistful escapism of Terence Malick’s Badlands confronted by the chorus of The Replacements’ song "Unsatisfied":

Look me in the eye and tell me that I’m satisfied...
Everything you dream of is right in front of you
And everything is a lie.

Ladies Behind the Lens: LITTLE

by Rosalie Lewis

If we’re being honest with ourselves, we each have a weakness for some kind of film formula.

Ladies Behind the Lens: SMITHEREENS

by Rosalie Lewis

Certain movies have a smell.