yay for Lucy! Nice to see her branch out of directing just for Elementary.



looking forward to this. I like all the shows from this Netflix MCU except Daredevil

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you liked iron fist? no shade, i just haven't encountered anyone yet who actually watched it all the way through.

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I did, I thought Iron Fist made the absolute best use of Claire (her scenes with Colleen absolutely slay, and I think that she is like a character prop in the other series), and I thought Danny was adorable and sweet. And I think he and Colleen are the best ship in this little part of the MCU by far.



Daredevil put me to fucking sleep. I expected Iron Fist to be terrible and found that it was surprisingly enjoyable. Probably my second favorite after Jessica Jones? I got into this version of the MCU for Rosario Dawson and found myself MASSIVELY disappointed with the way the writers treat her character most of the time. In Daredevil it was like she only existed to suffer for Matt's manpain. In Iron Fist you have her and Colleen actually killing the Bechdel Test multiple times.

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I haven't been watching a lot of movies lately but I've been seeing Eva Longoria's name pop up as a director on some of the shows I watch and she's pretty good.

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had no idea salli directed. good for her + loved her in eureka.



to answer OP's question, a wrinkle in time. NGL, i was disappointed.

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thats awesome! i cant wait <3

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I'm watching Take Your Pills right now.



I'm up to 21 films for #52 Films by Women for the year.



1. The Light of the Moon*, directed by Jessica M. Thompson

2. Mr. Roosevelt, directed by Noël Wells (Netflix)

3. The Viceroy's House, directed by Gurinder Chadha (Netflix)

4. Black Field, directed by Danishka Esterhazy (Amazon Prime)

5. The Wedding Party*, directed by Kemi Adetiba (Netflix)

6. Marie Antoinette*, directed by Sofia Coppola (Netflix)

7. Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story*, directed by Alexandra Dean

8. Battle of the Sexes*, directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris

9. Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Kathryn Bigelow

10. The Breadwinner*, directed by Nora Twomey (Netflix)

11. Novitiate, directed by Margaret Betts

12. The Female Brain, directed by Whitney Cummings

13. The Polka King, directed by Maya Forbes (Netflix)

14. Furlough, directed by Laurie Collyer

15. Meditation Park*, directed by Mina Shum (Netflix)

16. Dear Dictator, directed by Lisa Addario and Joe Syracuse

17. Naturally Native*, directed by Valerie Red-Horse and Jennifer Wynne Farmer (Vimeo)

18. The Boy Downstairs*, directed by Sophie Brooks (Kanopy)

19. Water & Power: A California Heist, directed by Marina Zenovich (Netflix)

20. Dare to be Wild*, directed by Vivienne De Courcy (Netflix)

21. 6 Ballons, directed by Marja-Lewis Ryan (Netflix)

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What do the asterixes mean? Ones you liked?

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I liked more than just those, so those are more, like...ones I'd recommend to other people, whether because I loved them or just feel they're important enough to watch.

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The preview for take your pills made it look like it glamorized tf out of adderall. It's funny bc everyone I know who takes it is an absolute wreck after a few years on it, but they think they can't survive without it (and are obviously addicted). I don't know anyone who has been prescribed it longterm who hasn't started abusing it after a few years, whose face doesn't look tore the fuck up, etc. but they all seem to think that they're better off on it even if they very clearly are not if you objectively compare them now to how they were before going on it.



Does it glamorize it as much as it seems?

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I need a new Charlie’s Angels with three Lucy Liu’s

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Salli Richardson-Whitfield



Omg, I had no idea she was directing now. This is an awesome list of directors. Yay Lucy!

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lol, excellent choice!

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That's awesome. Go Lucy! I'll be watching even though I didn't see Basic Fist and The Defenders and I know Danny Bland will be in this so ugh. Also I choose to pretend S1 of Luke Cage ended after Cottonmouth died b/c the season would've been perfect.



Really disappointed with how bad Jessica Jones S2 was.

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Not film but I have been making way through JJ s2

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Do we think that more women directing in television will mean more women directing in film? It seems like the role of director is seen as a lot less important in TV (as opposed to the showrunner or producer). But then again, TV is also growing in prestige.

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Now I wanna rewatch Eureka immediately

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i watched 6 balloons by marja-lewis ryan last night. it’s about heroin addiction and i liked it.

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last films directed by women i watched was lady bird and mystere a la tour eiffel. the latter was adorable and fun and there should be more like it. even just for more A+ headlines like this:

yessss lucy!!!!!last films directed by women i watched was lady bird and mystere a la tour eiffel. the latter was adorable and fun and there should be more like it. even just for more A+ headlines like this:

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