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Jan has a new blog:
The Hot Pink Pen
Note: Unless you’re a crossword puzzle freak, you may not know
that “a pen” is a female swan ;-)
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Jan is also writing full reviews of films by women
filmmakers for the Fund for Women
Artists.
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Archive of columns written for
The Woman's
NewspapersTM:
CHICAGO WOMAN
NORTH SHORE WOMAN
NORTHWEST INDIANA WOMAN
SOUTH SUBURBAN WOMAN
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TAMPA BAY WOMAN
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Published between 1/1/04 & 5/1/06.
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SPOTLIGHT ON DEEPA
MEHTA (May/June 2006):
CAMILLA, EARTH, FIRE, WATER |
| VISIONS OF AN EARLIER AMERICA:
Films by Women Filmmakers (March/April 2006)
THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO, THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO,
THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, THE WEIGHT OF WATER |
| LONG LIVE THE
KING! (January/February 2006)
KING KONG remake is FF2’s Top Film of 2005
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| WOMEN DIRECTORS SHINE at 2005 FILM FESTS
(November/December 2005)
FREE ZONE, LOOK BOTH WAYS, NORTH COUNTRY, THE UNSEEN |
| Labor Day (September/October 2005)
(13 CONVERSATIONS, BEAUTY SHOP, ERIN BROCKOVICH, JAPANESE STORY) |
| Spotlight on British Director Sally Potter
(July/August 2005):
ORLANDO, THE MAN WHO CRIED, THE TANGO LESSON, YES |
| The Mother/Daughter Dance
(May/June 2005):
FREAKY FRIDAY, LOSING ISAIAH, SAVING FACE, VIRGIN |
| Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence
(March/April 2005):
A JURY OF HER PEERS, A THOUSAND ACRES, I SHOT ANDY WARHOL, MONSTER |
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WOMEN FILMMAKERS EXPLORE LOVE’S
MYSTERIES (January/February 2005):
DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, SHALL WE DANCE?, VANITY FAIR, ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS
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Women
Directors Shine at 2004 Film Fests (November / December 2004)
BORN INTO BROTHELS, DEAR FRANKIE, NATHALIE, THE WOODSMAN
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Women & War
(September/October 2004)
RUNNING ON EMPTY, HEIR TO AN EXECUTION, EARTH, ROSENSTRASSE |
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Musical Women
(July/August 2004)
ANNE B. REAL, FUNNY GIRL, GRACE OF MY HEART, SONGCATCHER
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Women Artists (May/June 2004):
THE COMPANY, CROSS CREEK, FRIDA, THE GOVERNESS |
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Women Athletes
(March/April 2004):
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, BLUE CRUSH, GIRLFIGHT, LOVE & BASKETBALL |
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Consistent with Jan’s interest in promoting the work of
women filmmakers,
all films reviewed for The Woman’s NewspapersTM will have
either a woman director and/or a woman screenwriter.
The opinions expressed in these reviews are always Jan’s.
For Rich’s perspective, see his ratings & our FF2 haikus.
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