Mediascape's top 100 American films by female directo...

  • MABEL'S BUSY DAY (Mabel Normand, 1914)
  • SOMETHING NEW (Nell Shipman & Bert Van-Tuyle, 1920)
  • THE LOVE LIGHT (Frances Marion, 1921)
  • THE BLOT (Lois Weber, 1921)
  • TWO WISE WIVES (Lois Weber, 1921)
  • THE WILD PARTY (Dorothy Arzner, 1929)
  • LINDA (Dorothy Davenport aka Mrs. Wallace Reid, 1929)
  • CHRISTOPHER STRONG (Dorothy Arzner, 1933)
  • DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)
  • FIRST COMES COURAGE (Dorothy Arzner, 1943)
  • MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON (Maya Deren & Alexander Hammid, 1943)
  • NOT WANTED (Ida Lupino & Elmer Clifton, 1949)
  • OUTRAGE (Ida Lupino, 1950)
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  • Write down your dreams, your goals, and all the steps you can think of to achieve them. Be fearless when you put it in writing. Don't censor; be specific.
  • But be reasonable with yourself about what you can and will accomplish this year.
  • Be less hard on yourself.
  • Pick out things you want to do in your city, write them down, and then make time to go do them. The internet will still be there when you get back.
  • Support more local businesses. Make it habit by looking in those places for what you want first.
  • Walk more; use your car less.
  • See movies alone at the theatre, even the ones you think will make you cry.
  • See more movies at home, especially if you're just sitting around on the internet anyway.
  • But also get off the internet sometimes a...
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Episode 1

Introduction

  • Saving Private Ryan (1998) dir. Steven Spielberg
  • Three Colors: Blue (1993) dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
  • Casablanca (1942) dir. Michael Curtiz
  • The Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947) dir. Yasujirō Ozu
  • Odd Man Out (1947) dir. Carol Reed
  • Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967) dir. Jean-Luc Godard
  • Taxi Driver (1976) dir. Martin Scorsese
  • The French Connection (1971) dir. William Friedkin

1895-1918: The World Discovers A New Artform

  • Traffic Crossing Leeds Bridge (1888) dir. Louis Le Prince
  • The Kiss (1896 film) (aka May Irwin Kiss)...
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