Dan and Kailey are joined by Colin Peacock from RNZ's Mediawatch to talk about the acclaimed drama Spotlight (about the Boston Globe's investigation of child abuse and cover-ups by the Catholic church). Dan and Kailey square off over The Revenant and discuss the recent Academy Award nominations.
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Show notes
Kevin Hart is the diminutive actor from Ride Along 2 whose name Dan forgot.
Dan also got The Wire seasons wrong. Season 5 was the one set in the Baltimore Sun newspaper and featured Spotlight writer-director Tom McCarthy.
Dan also couldn’t remember the name of the recent romcom Sleeping with Other People despite having reviewed the film here back in November.
Alex Casey’s great work at The Spinoff (recommended by Colin).
Turns out Dan’s assertion that the Academy is acting to improve diversity in the membership was overstated. Mark Harris has actually crunched some numbers:
And in terms of gender representation, the Actors branch has actually moved backward. 57% of 2008-11 invitees were male: 61% since then.
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) January 19, 2016
The Women in Film #52filmsbywomen page.
A list of 103 films by women to get you started.
Kailey’s own work-in-progress list:
|
FILM |
DIRECTOR |
YEAR |
|
Across the Universe |
Julie Taymor |
2007 |
|
Whale Rider |
Niki Caro |
2002 |
|
Paris is Burning |
Jennie Livingston |
1990 |
|
Born in Flames |
Lizzie Borden |
1983 |
|
Winter’s Bone |
Debra Granik |
2010 |
|
Point Break |
Kathryn Bigelow |
1991 |
|
The Piano |
Jane Campion |
1993 |
|
Europa Europa |
Agnieszka Holland |
1990 |
|
Waitress |
Adrienne Shelly |
2007 |
|
White Material |
Claire Denis |
2009 |
|
Monster |
Patty Jenkins |
2003 |
|
Morvern Callar |
Lynne Ramsay |
2002 |
|
But I’m a Cheerleader |
Jamie Babbit |
1999 |
|
Tomboy |
Céline Sciamma |
2011 |
|
Bend it Like Beckham |
Gurinder Chadha |
2002 |
|
Wendy and Lucy |
Kelly Reichardt |
2008 |
|
Wadjda |
Haifaa Al Mansour |
2012 |
|
Persepolis |
Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi |
2007 |
|
An Education |
Lone Scherfig |
2009 |
|
Boys Don’t Cry |
Kimberly Peirce |
1999 |
|
Fish Tank |
Andrea Arnold |
2009 |
|
Clueless |
Amy Heckerling |
1995 |
|
Old Joy |
Kelly Reichardt |
2006 |
|
Fire |
Christine Jeffs |
2001 |
|
Snakeskin |
Gillian Ashurst |
2001 |
|
Skylab |
Julie Delpy |
2011 |
|
Suffragette |
Sarah Gavron |
2015 |
|
Now and Then |
Lesli Linka Glatter |
1995 |
|
American Psycho |
Mary Harron |
2000 |
|
For Ellen |
SoYong Kim |
2012 |
|
Disorder |
Alice Wincour |
2015 |
|
Daisies |
Vera Chytilová |
1966 |
|
American Splendor |
Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini |
2003 |
|
Sister |
Ursula Meier |
2012 |
|
The Perverts Guide to Ideology |
Sophie Fiennes |
2012 |
|
Bang Gang (A Modern Love Story) |
Eva Husson |
2016 |
|
Kawa |
Katie Wolfe |
2010 |
|
About Ray |
Gaby Dellal |
2016 |
|
Patu! |
Merata Mita |
1983 |
|
Beyond the Edge |
Leanne Pooley |
2013 |
|
Ruby and Rata |
Gaylene Preston |
1990 |
