ENTRIES HERE ABOUT FILMS DIRECTED BY WOMEN

Below, in alphabetical order, are the titles of films that have been directed wholly or in part by one or more women and about which I have written somewhere on this blogsite. About some of these films I have written full pieces (“film reviews”), 300-word entries (“formal capsule film comments”) or more conversational jottings (“informal capsule film comments”). There are, in addition, various lists where you will find 300-word entries for some of these films. These are the lists: (A) 100 Greatest Films; (B) 100 Greatest Films from the Soviet Union, Russia, Ukraine and Eastern Europe; (C) 100 Greatest Films from Germany, Scandinavia, Finland and Austria; (D) 100 Greatest English-Language Films; (E) 100 Greatest Films from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean; and (F) 100 Greatest Asian Films. Because these entries are otherwise not indexed on this blogsite, I have followed each of those entries with the letter that corresponds to the list where you will find it. After the key letter, in some cases you will also see “fp.” This indicates that a full piece (“film review”) of that particular film, as well as the 300-word list entry, exists on this blogsite. Of course, there are many other full pieces on this blogsite about films listed below, but I have added “fp” only when there exists for that film here both a list entry and a full review. There are one or two films written about on this blogsite for which I could not determine the filmmaker’s gender, and these I have omitted from this list.

ADOPTION (Márta Mészáros, 1975)
AFTER THE WEDDING (Susanne Bier, 2006)
AMERICAN PSYCHO (Mary Harron, 2000)
AN AMERICAN RHAPSODY (Éva Gárdos, 2001)
THE APPLE (Samira Makhmalbaf, 1997)
ASCENT (Larisa Shepitko, 1976) (B)
AT FIVE IN THE AFTERNOON (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2003)
AWAY FROM HER (Sarah Polley, 2006)
BALLETS RUSSES (Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine, 2005)
THE BIGAMIST (Ida Lupino, 1953)
BITTER SWEAT (Sonia Valentín, 2003)
BLACKBOARDS (Samira Makhmalbaf, 2000) (F)
BLACK KITES (Jo Andres, 1996) (D)
LE BONHEUR (Agnès Varda, 1964)
BROTHERS (Susanne Bier, 2004)
LA BUCHE (Danièle Thompson, 1999)
BUSINESS AS USUAL (Lezli-An Barrett, 1988)
LA CAPTIVE (Chantal Äkerman, 2000)
CARMELITA TROPICANA: YOUR KUNST IS YOUR WAFFEN (Ela Troyano, 1994)
THE CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG (Byambasuren Davaa, 2005)
CHILD MURDERS (Ildikó Szabó, 1993)
CHILDREN OF THE CENTURY (Diane Kurys, 1999)
CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA BACH (Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet, 1967) (C)
EL CIELITO (María Victoria Menis, 2004)
CITY OF GOD (Fernando Meirelles, Kátia Lund, 2002) (E); fp
CLASS RELATIONS (Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet, 1984) (C)
CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (Agnès Varda, 1961)
DAISIES (Vera Chytilová, 1966) (B)
DANZÓN (María Novaro, 1991) (E)
DE CIERTA MANERA (Sara Gómez Yera, Julio García Espinosa, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1977) (E)
DANCE, GIRL, DANCE (Dorothy Arzner, 1940)
THE DAY I BECAME A WOMAN (Marzieh Meshkini, 2000)
DELUGE (Salem Mekuria, 1995) (E)
D’EST (Chantal Äkerman, 1993) (A); fp
DIARY FOR MY CHILDREN (Márta Mészáros, 1981; 1984)
DIVAN (Pearl Gluck, 2003)
THE EIGHTH DAY OF CREATION (Juan José Medina, Rita Basulto, 2000)
EMPORTE-MOI (Léa Pool, 1999)
FAITHLESS (Liv Ullmann, 2000)
THE FALL OF FUJIMORI (Ellen Perry, 2005)
THE FALL OF THE ROMANOV DYNASTY (Esther Shub, 1927) (B)
THE FIFTH REACTION (Tahmineh Milani, 2003)
THE FOOL (Christine Edzard, 1990)
FRIDAY NIGHT (Claire Denis, 2004)
FROM THE OTHER SIDE (Chantal Äkerman, 2002) (E); fp
THE FRUIT OF PARADISE (Vera Chytilová, 1969) (B)
LES GLANEURS ET LA GLANEUSE (Agnès Varda, 2000)
GOAL DREAMS (Maya Sanbar, Jeffrey Saunders, 2006)
GOLDEN EIGHTIES (Chantal Äkerman, 1986)
GRBAVICA (Jasmila Žbanić, 2006)
HARVEST TIME (Marina Razbezhkina, 2004) (B); fp
HERE AND PERHAPS ELSEWHERE (Lamia Joreige, 2003) (F)
HIGH SEASON (Clare Peploe, 1987)
THE HITCH-HIKER (Ida Lupino, 1953)
HOLLOW CITY (Maria João Ganga, 2004) (E); fp
HONEY AND ASHES (Nadia Farès, 1996)
HOTEL MONTEREY (Chantal Äkerman, 1972)
HOUR OF THE STAR (Suzana Amaral, 1985) (E)
THE HOUSE IS BLACK (Forough Farrokhzad, 1962) (F)
INCH’ALLAH DIMANCHE (Yamina Benguigui, 2001)
INNOCENCE (Lucile Hadzihalilovic, 2004)
ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS (Lone Scherfig, 2000) (C); fp
EL JARDÍN DEL EDÉN (María Novaro, 1994) (E)
JEANNE DIELMAN, 23 QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (Chantal Äkerman, 1975)
JOSÉ RIZAL (Marilou Diaz-Abaya, 1998)
JOURNEY TO THE SUN (Yesim Ustaoglu, 1999) (F); fp
LE JUPON ROUGE (Geneviève Lefebvre, 1987)
KHAK-E SAR BEH MORH (Marva Nabili, 1977) (A)
THE LAST STOP (Wanda Jakubowska, 1947)
LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (Xu Jinglei, 2004)
LIFE AND DEBT (Stephanie Black, 2001) (E)
LIONS LOVE (Agnès Varda, 1969)
LITTLE DORRIT (Christine Edzard, 1988)
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE (Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris, 2006)
LITTLE WOMEN (Gillian Armstrong, 1994)
LOST AND DELIRIOUS (Léa Pool, 2001)
THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM (Margarethe von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff, 1975) (C)
LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola, 2003)
LOVING COUPLES (Mai Zetterling, 1964)
MADEINUSA (Claudia Llosa, 2006)
THE MAN WHO CRIED (Sally Potter, 2000)
MONSOON WEDDING (Mira Nair, 2002)
MONSTER (Patty Jenkins, 2003)
MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY (Laura Poitras, 2006)
MY NAME WAS SABINA SPIELREIN (Elisabeth Márton, 2002)
THE NAMESAKE (Mira Nair, 2006)
NEAR DARK (Kathryn Bigelow, 1987)
NENETTE AND BONI (Claire Denis, 1996)
THE NEW LAND (Orna Ben-Dor Niv, 1994)
NEWS FROM HOME (Chantal Äkerman, 1977) (D)
NICO ICON (Susanne Ofteringer, 1995)
NIGHT AND DAY (Chantal Äkerman, 1991)
NIGHTSONGS (Marva Nabili, 1983)
NINA’S JOURNEY (Lena Einhorn, 2005) (C); fp
NOWHERE IN AFRICA (Caroline Link, 2001)
NUMERO DEUX/ESSAI TITRES (Jean-Luc Godard, Anne-Marie Miéville, 1975)
OLD BELIEVERS (Jana Sevciková, 2001) (B)
OLD ENOUGH (Marisa Silver, 1984)
OLD JOY (Kelly Reichardt, 2006)
OLIVIER, OLIVIER (Agnieszka Holland, 1992)
OR (Keren Yedaya, 2004)
PARIS, JE T’AIME (Gurinder Chadha, Isabel Coixet, Daniela Thomas and a bunch of guys, 2006)
THE PASSION OF MARIA ELENA (Mercedes Moncada Rodríguez, 2003) (E); fp
PERMANENT RECORD (Marisa Silver, 1988)
PERSEPOLIS (Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud, 2007)
LA PETITE JERUSALEM (Karin Albou, 2005)
THE PIANO (Jane Campion, 1993)
PIEMULE (Jana Sevciková, 1984; 1992) (B)
PLACE VENDOME (Nicole Garcia, 1998)
PRIEST (Antonia Bird, 1994)
PRIVATE CONFESSIONS (Liv Ullmann, 1996) (C); fp
THE PROMISE (Margarethe von Trotta, 1995)
PROOF (Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1991) (D); fp
RACHIDA (Yamina Bachir Chouikh, 2002)
REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES (Patricia Cardoso, 2002)
RED ROAD (Andrea Arnold, 2006)
LES RENDEZ-VOUS D’ANNA (Chantal Äkerman, 1978)
RESPIRO (Emanuele Crialese, 2002)
RETURN TO ME (Bonnie Hunt, 2000)
THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED (Kim Bartley, Donnacha O’Briain, 2003) (E)
ROSA LUXEMBURG (Margarethe von Trotta, 1986) (C)
ROSENSTRASSE (Margarethe von Trotta, 2003)
RYNA (Ruxandra Zenide, 2005)
THE SCARLET FLOWER (Irina Povolotskaya, 1977)
THE SEASON OF MEN (Moufida Tlatli, 2000)
7 SONGS FROM THE TUNDRA (Markku Lehmuskallio, Anastasia Lapsui, 1999)
SEX IS COMEDY (Catherine Breillat, 2002)
SHEER MADNESS (Margarethe von Trotta, 1982) (C); fp
SHEM (Caroline Roboh, 2004)
SHREK (Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson, 2001)
THE SILENCES OF THE PALACE (Moufida Tlatli, 1994) (E)
SILENT WATERS (Subiha Sumar, 2003) (F); fp
SIN DEJAR HUELLA (María Novaro, 2000) (E)
SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVE (Nancy Meyers, 2003)
STOLEN LIFE (Li Shaohong, 2005)
STRANGE CULTURE (Lynn Hershman Leeson, 2007)
STRANGER INSIDE (Cheryl Dunye, 2001)
THE TANGO LESSON (Sally Potter, 1997) (D); fp
THESE HANDS (Flora M’mbugu-Schelling, 1992) (E)
THINGS WE LOST IN THE FIRE (Susanne Bier, 2007)
THE THIRD MIRACLE (Agnieszka Holland, 1999)
TIES THAT BIND (Su Friedrich, 1985) (D)
TOMORROW WE MOVE (Chantal Äkerman, 2004)
TOUTE UNE NUIT (Chantal Äkerman, 1982)
TOWARDS EVENING (Francesca Archibugi, 1991)
TROUBLE EVERY DAY (Claire Denis, 2001)
TWO WOMEN (Tahmineh Milani, 1999)
UNDER THE SKIN OF THE CITY (Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, 2001) (F); fp
VAGABOND (Agnès Varda, 1985)
VERY ANNIE MARY (Sara Sugarman, 2001)
THE WATERMELON WOMAN (Cheryl Dunye, 1996)
WHALE RIDER (Niki Caro, 2002)
WHEN NIGHT IS FALLING (Patricia Rozema, 1995)
WILBUR WANTS TO KILL HIMSELF (Lone Scherfig, 2002)
WINGS OF DESIRE (Wim Wenders, Claire Denis, 1987)
YES (Sally Potter, 2004)