- 1. 5 great female-focused French films to watch tout suite!
- (Movies)
- ... is going on in the world. Watch for $2.99 on Vudu or rent it on Amazon Prime. Photo, top: still image from Girlhood trailer More from BUST "Portrait Of A Lady On Fire" Is An Exquisite Look At Love, ...
- Created on 08 February 2021
- 2. Does Your Favorite Lesbian Film Pass This Test?
- (Movies)
- ... the past two years alone, we’ve had FOUR major films that take place in colonial garments: Wild Nights with Emily, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, the Favourite, and Ammonite. (In the time I began writing ...
- Created on 05 February 2021
- 3. “Ammonite” Overlooks the Real Life Story of Paleontologist Mary Anning
- (Movies)
- ... follows in the footsteps of films like Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite and Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire—period dramas that rightly emphasize the fact that lesbians have always existed. But ...
- Created on 13 November 2020
- 4. "Ammonite" Trailer: A Queer Period Piece Starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Rona
- (Movies)
- If you liked Portrait of a Lady on Fire, get ready for Ammonite: a film starring Saoirse Ronan and Kate Winslet. Directed by Francis Lee, Ammonite has the same breathtaking seaside setting as that of ...
- Created on 26 August 2020
- 5. Why Lesbians Are Freaking Out Over Taylor Swift's New Album, "Folklor
- (Music)
- ... like falling in love with a woman even though you’re not supposed to. And the “secret language” of this relationship is strangely reminiscent of the language that Céline Sciamma talks about in Portrait ...
- Created on 24 July 2020
- 6. In Honor Of Hulu's “The Great,” Here Are Some Other Women In History We'd Love To See Onscre
- (TV)
- ... from BUST Autumn De Wilde Talks “Emma.,” Antiheroines, And Female Friendship: BUST Interview When Classic Books Are Turned Into Movies "Portrait Of A Lady On Fire" Is An Exquisite Look At Love, Art, ...
- Created on 25 March 2020
- 7. “Bravo la Pédophilie”: Actress Adèle Haenel Walks out of César Film Awards After Roman Polanski Wins Best Director
- (Feminism)
- Adèle Haenel, French actress and star of Céline Schiamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire, walked out of the 45th César Film Awards and appeared to say, “Shame,” after convicted pedophile and film director ...
- Created on 02 March 2020
- 8. Natalie Portman’s Cape and 9 Other Feminist Moments We Loved From The 92nd Academy Awards
- (Entertainment)
- ... of Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma and Mati Diop of Atlantics. All of these women easily deserved an Oscar, and none of them made the list of what turned out to be all-men nominees. While Portman’s ...
- Created on 10 February 2020
- 9. “The Turning” is a Let Down in ’90s Grunge Retelling of Victorian Classic
- (Movies)
- THE TURNING Directed by Floria Sigismondi Out January 24 In her latest film, The Turning, Italian-Canadian director Floria Sigismondi retells the deeply haunting 100-year-old short story by Henry ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 10. "Portrait of a Lady on Fire" Is An Exquisite Look At Love, Art, And Intimac
- (Movies)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire Written and directed by Céline Sciamma Out December 6 Portrait of a Lady on Fire is an exquisite period piece about love between headstrong women, with a large dollop ...
- Created on 06 December 2019
- 11. Week Of Women: December 6-12, 2019
- (Entertainment)
- ... ranging from funny to a bit more serious. Here’s what to watch out for this week. MOVIES/TV Portrait of a Lady on Fire Adèle Haenel and Noémie Merlant co-star in this stunning period film about ...
- Created on 05 December 2019
- 12. Here's What It Once Meant To Dress "Like A Woma
- (Style)
- ... all over the pitch. For example, if you were a woman in the court of Charles ll, then your neckline would be low to the extent that nipple paint would be a thing in your life – go and find any portrait ...
- Created on 28 June 2019
- 13. You Will Swoon After Reading Love Letters From These 2 Military Leaders
- (Living)
- ... of the Army of Italy), he wrote the following: “Seven o’clock in the morning. “My waking thoughts are all of thee. Your portrait and the remembrance of last night’s delirium have robbed my senses of ...
- Created on 13 May 2019
- 14. 15-Year-Old Claudette Colvin Refused To Give Up Her Bus Seat, Nine Months Before Rosa Parks
- (Feminism)
- ... Rosa Parks was there, making her peanut butter on crackers and delivering much-needed letters of support. And then everything changed. Because Claudette was pregnant. Portrait of Claudette Colvin by ...
- Created on 03 December 2018
- 15. "Worlds Of Ursula K. Le Guin" Shows The Evolution Of A Wizard, Writer, And Feminist ...
- (Movies)
- ... that it’s not a static, fawning picture of a literary great, but a fantastic and challenging portrait of Le Guin's growth as both writer and feminist. Le Guin, author of classics like the genderqueer ...
- Created on 26 November 2018
- 16. Lord Byron's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" Caroline Lamb Had A Fascinating Li
- (Living)
- ... on Caroline, which looks at why she has been so vilified in history. This post originally appeared on F Yeah History and is reprinted here with permission. Photo Credit: Portrait by Thomas Lawrence ...
- Created on 30 July 2018
- 17. "Seeing Allred" Celebrates Feminist Lawyer Gloria Allred's Controversial Care
- (Movies)
- ... and Roberta Grossman), which presents us with a portrait one of the singular figures who has, through sheer nerve and hard work and incredible bravery, made it possible for me to grow up the way I did. ...
- Created on 01 May 2018
- 18. This Photo Project Celebrates Jessamyn Stanley, Lauren Duca, And Other Women Leaders Working For Change
- (Feminism)
- ... Inspired by the spirit of the Women’s March on Washington, these portraits by Jena Cumbo, accompanied by written profiles, feature 33 women leaders of different backgrounds, races, sexualities, ages, and ...
- Created on 14 March 2018
- 19. This New Orleans Pop Artist Pokes Fun At Trophy Wives And Tells Women To Get To Work: BUST Interview
- (Arts)
- ... Those were really hard moments, but it’s fun now to tell them. When you can get through that shit, you can get through anything. The cover is a self-portrait of you dressed as Wonder Woman. How’d ...
- Created on 15 May 2017
- 20. Femvertising Jumps The Shark With Horrible “Eyepowerment” Ad
- (Feminism)
- ... series of iconic feminists’ portraits fades in and out to the strain of an acoustic version of “Bette Davis Eyes,” broken up only by a title card reading, “Before we had our voice, we had our eyes.” Oh, ...
- Created on 17 March 2017
