Directed by Mark Cousins • 2018 • United Kingdom
“Politics”
Another aspect of everyday life. From silent cinema to the twenty-first century, movies from the visually astonishing THE ENCHANTED DESNA to DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE to STRANGE DAYS have gained their energy and attack from their politics.
“Gear Change”
We like to be taken by surprise in films. This short chapter, narrated by Sharmila Tagore, looks at such surprises.
“Comedy”
Is comedy universal? Who have been the great comedy filmmakers around the world? Narrator Sharmila Tagore talks us through scenes from BIG with Tom Hanks, Ida Lupino’s THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS, the great movies of Elaine May, the classic Norwegian comedy FOOLS IN THE MOUNTAINS, and more.
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WOMEN MAKE FILM: Episode 10
Directed by Mark Cousins • 2018 • United Kingdom
“Melodrama”
A genre as popular as comedy, but what are some of the great scenes in melodrama? Sharmila Tagore narrates a story that takes us from the silent American film SHOES to Kira Muratova’s brilliant CHEKHOV’S MOTIFS to Binka Zhelyazkova’s v... -
WOMEN MAKE FILM: Episode 11
Directed by Mark Cousins • 2018 • United Kingdom
“Tension”
Thrillers, and so much more. We look at gripping scenes in films as diverse as Joel DeMott’s documentary DEMON LOVER DIARY, Kathryn Bigelow’s BLUE STEEL, Carol Morley’s DREAMS OF A LIFE, Mimi Leder’s THE PEACEMAKER, and Marleen Gorris’s ... -
WOMEN MAKE FILM: Episode 12
Directed by Mark Cousins • 2018 • United Kingdom
“Reveal”
How does Lynne Ramsay do a reveal, in MORVEN CALLAR? How does the great actor-director Kinuyo Tanaka? Or Sarah Polley? Or Alice Rohrwacher?“Memory”
As cinema is a kind of time machine, it’s no surprise that it’s great at representing me...
