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We're putting 'our' statistics under POINT OF VIEW. We do need reliably researched statistics to keep our p.o.v. sharp. Not to lay blame, not to satisfy ourselves by pointing a finger or conversely by ignoring the facts, but to understand the specifics that do shape our world. We need to get some thinking done. Statistics will inform our p.o.v.
Reviews are in POV too. Of documentaries, films and television shows. Not every week, but when there's something remarkable or compelling to note, from a woman's pov. One of our reviewers, Grace McKeaney, will also be reviewing films already consigned to dvd heaven by the "business" (that part mesmerized by the opening weekend "strategy"), but nevertheless wonderful. As she points out, our counter strategy might be: let's find them and then we'll rent them.
We also have, in this section, a collection of Sheila Benson's critical best (LA Times critic from 1981 to 1991, msn.com after that, Seattle Weekly now etc ). There is something different from the "usual" in Select Takes: Sheila Benson, something more available, another way of observing, another way of delivering the emotional center of the movie, a kind of delight in 'other' things than 'usual' ......it's nice to pay respect and give credence to that here on these pages.
We hope readers will bring their own critical observations to our attention and add their voices to this section via Letters to the Editor
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| | | Statistical Research contains statistical analysis on what's taking place in the industry today. Dr. Martha Lauzens superb annual studies will provide you with an in-depth look at the roles of women - and answer questions like "How many women are employed in influential positions in the industry?" and "What percentage do women comprise of all creators, executive producers, producers, directors, writers, editors, and directors of photography?". We need to keep reliably researched statistics in mind in order to sharpen our pov. Not to lay blame, not to satisfy ourselves by pointing a finger or conversely by ignoring the facts, but to understand the specifics that do shape our world. We need to get some thinking done. These will inform you. | | Proceed to Statistical Research > | | |
As noted elsewhere we aren't going to carry reviews-of-the-day or the-week or stacked up on Fridays. We're asking our reviewers to write when they have something to say (Eleanor Roosevelt: "Have something to say, say it and sit down."), when they think the film or documentary or television show will mean something particular to women. Maybe those reviewed will have come and gone, couldn't get traction, got canceled or bounced and/or we didn't even know about them. Maybe the advertisers/exhibitors/studos think, because we didn't say anything about losing these stories, that we liked being sold boy things. It might of course be that these stories are better enjoyed privately whereas the great action films are more suited to deliberate nights-out. It might be that, like our grandmothers, we talk about them with each other instead of marketing them in the public square. So maybe here we tell each other about the good ones and write about them using our language and then, whether or not the business takes note, we can find them. Maybe even at year's end we will have enough stacked up that we'll look like a marketing block (more than even a niche).
Under Reviews you'll also find "Select Takes: Sheila Benson" - a collection of past reviews by Shiela Benson, well worth checking out.
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