Comments on: Movie Recommendations?

By: ander

ander — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:42:36 +0000

I second Towelhead… it’s such a nuanced movie about a young girl coming of age and her different experiences with sex, exploring intersections of race and gender, and deals with the sexuality of a young person in a way that probably makes some uncomfortable… almost every male who reviewed the movie seems to have rated it poorly, but all the feminists and women i know thought it was amazingly real and poignant. Such a good movie and spoke to my experiences for sure.

By: Phenobarbarella

Phenobarbarella — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:30:40 +0000

The Believer.

It’s sorta like a non-sucky “American History X,” only with the gloves off.

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:41:51 +0000

Mansoon Wedding
Beauty and the Beast (1946)
Peeping Tom
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Butterfield 8
Umrao Jaan (1981)
The complete Lone Wolf and Cub series (5 movies)
Samoan Wedding
The Philadelphia Story
Dark Habits
La Ronde
Salaam Namaste
Scenes from a Marriage
Children of Heaven
Tongan Ninja

By: Tar

Tar — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:26:58 +0000

Frozen River–good indy by female director

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:49:13 +0000

I second, third, 100,000 Saving Face. Wonderful, loving film that refuses to condemn anyone, even the old patriarch (even when he’s obviously, terribly wrong). A great story of love, culture and family.

I can’t recommend it enough.

By: Bianca Reagan

Bianca Reagan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:19:09 +0000

I recently watched U People on Logo. It was enlightening and thought-provoking. It's not available on Netflix, as far as I know. But you can watch the whole thing on LogoOnline.

By: zooeyibz

zooeyibz — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:18:54 +0000

If it’s available get Generation Kill — a 7 hour HBO mini-series about Marines in Iraq… easily the best, most revealing programme about the war you’ll ever see.

A couple of good docos: Man On Wire — about the French wire walker who walked between the Twin Towers, awesome. And Patti Smith: Dream of Life (not such a great film, but her presence and power are mind-blowing).

By: Rosemary Grace

Rosemary Grace — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:06:55 +0000

“Yesterday” by Darrel Roodt, first internationally distributed Zulu-language film. I watched it for an HIV/AIDS class, and it’s wonderful.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 11:37:29 +0000

Second Mirrormask and the Fall.

The Fall in a lot of ways is shaped like a gorgeous fairytale, but at every point that would have annoyed me the little girl being told the story objected and changed it. Also think the idea of having him narrate a western, and having her visualize it with her more expanded knowledge of the world was very cool.

Lisa G: you liked Paprika? I’m a fan of Satoshi Kon in general, but I was really disappointed by it. The torture scene aside, I felt like the name was false advertising. Paprika herself was a cool character/concept, but was given a backseat to the male leads throughout.

By: Clarisse Thorn

Clarisse Thorn — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:32:38 +0000

For my sex-positive documentary film series, I have done nothing but research sex-positive documentaries. I’m not sure how many of them are available on Netflix, but I’m always adding more to my “documentary” Delicious tag: [ http://delicious.com/clarissethorn/documentary ]