Filmes: casinha na pradaria

(Mais um episódio de: coisas estranhas para ver antes de dormir. Na verdade, acho que talvez tivesse sido melhor se a história se focasse só na parte psicológica sem as partes de terror que são um bocado meh..Mas gostei de qualquer modo e recomendo. A actriz principal é óptima e a fotografia também - e filmes realizados e escritos por mulheres centrados em personagens femininas, we stan)

The Wind

Emma Tammi

2018

"Lizzy is a tough, resourceful frontierswoman settling a remote stretch of land on the 19th-century American frontier. Isolated from civilization in a desolate wilderness where the wind never stops howling, she begins to sense a sinister presence that seems to be borne of the land itself (...) When a newlywed couple arrive at a nearby homestead, their presence amplifies Lizzy's fears, setting into motion a shocking chain of events"

Filmes: Unholy Women

(Os dois primeiros vi algures o ano passado, mas seria injusto não serem mencionados aqui. Também é injusto que sejam títulos obscuros. O terceiro vi recentemente - há meses que não via nada, apesar de ter uma lista de coisas para ver do comprimento de uma baleia azul. Entretanto comecei também a ler de novo. Estava a ficar embrutecida...)

Messiah of Evil

Gloria Katz e Willard Huyck

1974

"With influences taken from Night of the Living Dead and the works of H.P Lovecraft, the story revolves around a young woman searching for her missing artist father who had been sending her increasingly cryptic letters about esoteric oceanic rituals. She travels to Point Dune, a small town located on the West coast, and comes across a plethora of strange characters and a mysterious cult"

(Tirado daqui e daqui)

The Mafu Cage

Karen Arthur

1978

"This dark film explores the bizarre relationship between two adult sisters, both the daughters of a late anthropologist, residing in a dilapidated Los Angeles mansion -  Ellen is a successful astronomer saddled with caring for mentally disturbed Cissy, who lives in the shadow of their father work in Africa and who likes to keep apes as pets"

(Tirado daqui e daqui)

Censor

Prano Bailey-Bond

2021

"Film censor Enid takes pride in her meticulous work, guarding unsuspecting audiences from the deleterious effects of watching gore-filled decapitations and eye-gougings (...) Her sense of duty to protect is amplified by guilt over her inability to recall details of the long-ago disappearance of her sister (...) When Enid is assigned to review a disturbing film from the archive that echoes her hazy childhood memories, she begins to unravel how this eerie work might be tied to her past"

(Tirado daqui)

Filmes: especial queer

1996

"The movie - the first directed by a 'out' black lesbian in US - follows Cheryl, played by Dunye, an aspiring black lesbian filmmaker working in a video store as she attempts to make a documentary about Faye Richards, better known as the Watermelon Woman: a gay, black 1930s actress whose roles as mammies and housemaids did not do justice to her elusive and complex life. In the process Cheryl experiences an upheaval in her own life"

(Tirado daqui)

  Elisa y Marcela

Isabel Coixet

2019

"Este filme retrata a história verídica de Elisa Sanchez Loriga e Marcela Gracias Ibeas, duas professoras espanholas que se tornaram o primeiro casal gay a contrair matrimónio no país, mais de cem anos antes da sua aprovação em 2005 - a 8 de Junho de 1901 depois de Elisa se disfarçar de homem e inventar uma identidade falsa, assim elas conseguiram enganar o padre"

2018

"In early 90s Montana, orphaned teen Cameron Post is discovered making out with her best friend in the back seat of a car. In an attempt to exorcise her “SSA” (“same-sex attraction”), Cameron is sent by her evangelical aunt to God’s Promise – a religious conversion camp that is supposed to “cure” homosexuality"

(Tirado daqui)