Mary Pickford — the most powerful woman in Hollywood who in the end wanted to burn her fameWhen starting to research Mary Pickford, I’ve come across a lot of superlatives:Oct 5, 2020Oct 5, 2020
Germaine Dulac vs. Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dali — The Origin of Surrealist CinemaUn Chien Andalou (1929) by Buñuel & Dali is considered to be the first surrealist film and — if you check the wikipedia entry — was…Aug 25, 2020Aug 25, 2020
Pearl White, Helen Holmes — Meet the Daredevil Serial Action Queens of the 1910sInspired by Michelle Muldoon’s interview about her western Last Stand to Nowhere, I decided to dig deeper into early female role models…Aug 22, 2020Aug 22, 2020
Join me on my round-the-world cruise during the COVID19 lockdownI’m planning to visit more than 50 countries. Virtually. Actually, I re-visit them in writing, and I hope you’ll join me on the journey…Jun 30, 2020Jun 30, 2020
Lois Weber — Once the Highest Paid Director in all of HollywoodYou read that right, she wasn’t the highest paid female director, once she even outranked her male peers like D. W. Griffith and Cecil B…Jun 27, 2020Jun 27, 2020
Greta Gerwig’s Ladybird vs. Rocky — Or: The Importance of the Female PerspectiveLast night my partner and I were looking for a film to watch. I wanted to watch Greta Gerwig’s new film ‘Little Women’ after reading and…Jun 16, 2020Jun 16, 2020
Tazuko Sakane & Kinuyo TanakaWhen I was thinking about my next blog post, a lot of western filmmakers came to mind. Actually, not a lot, but enough. In case you don’t…May 14, 2020May 14, 2020