Tag Archives: Kristen Wiig

“If you’re creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think.” — Kristen Wiig

Posted on August 22, 2023 by sheila

Today is the birthday of one of the greatest actors working today. I can’t seem to stop mentioning Kristen Wiig in my writing. I mention her even if she isn’t the main subject. She’s my favorite. I am in awe … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies, On This Day, Television | Tagged backting, comedy, drama, Kristen Wiig, mirrors | 4 Comments

For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love

Posted on March 8, 2023 by sheila

These women inspire, entertain, challenge, comfort, provoke, or were “there” in my formative years as an inspiration. The list is huge. Below the jump.

Posted in Actors, Art/Photography, Directors, Personal, writers | Tagged A.S. Byatt, Abigail Adams, Agnes Varda, Aline MacMahon, Ann Savage, Anna Karina, Anne Frank, Anne V. Coates, Annie Proulx, art, Aubrey Plaza, Australia, Austria, Barbara Bel Geddes, Barbara Stanwyck, Barbra Streisand, Bette Davis, Bibi Andersson, Brazil, Britney Spears, Busby Berkeley, Camille Paglia, Canada, Carole Lombard, Cate Blanchett, Charlotte Bronte, Charlotte Rampling, China, Diane Keaton, Dolly Parton, Drew Barrymore, Ellen von Unwerth, England, Eve Babitz, France, Frances Farmer, Gena Rowlands, George Eliot, Georgia, Germany, Gloria Grahame, Golshifteh Farahani, Greta Garbo, Greta Gerwig, Harriet Andersson, Hediyeh Tehrani, Hong Kong, Ida Lupino, Ingrid Thulin, Iran, Ireland, Isabelle Huppert, Italy, Janet Malcolm, Japan, Jean Arthur, Jeanette Winterson, Jill Clayburgh, Joan Crawford, Joan Didion, Joanna Hogg, Josephine Decker, Judy Garland, Julie Christie, Kate Lyn Sheil, Keri Hulme, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, L.M. Montgomery, Laura Dern, Laurette Taylor, Leila Hatami, Lily Tomlin, Liv Ullmann, Madeleine L'Engle, Madeline Kahn, Maggie Cheung, Marianne Moore, Marilyn Monroe, Martha Graham, Mary Oliver, Maud Gonne, Mélanie Laurent, Mia Hansen-Løve, Nancy Savoca, Natalie Portman, Nina Hoss, Nina Simone, Olivia Laing, Olympia Dukakis, Patricia Highsmith, Pauline Kael, photography, Poland, Rebecca West, Romania, Rosalind Russell, Russia, Sandrine Bonnaire, Shabnam Toloui, Shirley Jackson, Sophia Takal, South Korea, Spain, Supernatural, Sweden, Tana French, Taraneh Alidoosti, The Netherlands, Tiffany Haddish, Tina Turner, Tuesday Weld, Wanda Jackson, women directors | 96 Comments

January/February/March 2021 Viewing Diary

Posted on April 11, 2021 by sheila

Better late than never. I moved at the end of January – a big interstate move – so I’ve been a bit, how you say, busy. Not too busy to keep up my viewing schedule but too busy to put … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged animation, Ball of Fire, Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Reynolds, Cary Grant, children's movies, Cliff Bole, comedy, coming of age, David Mamet, documentary, drama, Eminem, England, France, Gary Cooper, Hong Kong, horror, Howard Hawks, Ireland, Irene Dunne, Jack Lemmon, Jack Nicholson, Jean Renoir, Joe Berlinger, Julianne Moore, Katharine Hepburn, Kim Manners, Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Leo McCarey, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Maggie Cheung, Marilyn Monroe, Mark Wahlberg, Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ralph Bellamy, Russia, sci-fi, short film, Some Like It Hot, Spain, Stanley Kubrick, Sweden, Thomas J. Wright, true crime, war movies, What Happened Was, women directors, WWII, X-Files | 23 Comments

Review: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)

Posted on February 12, 2021 by sheila

God, I needed this silliness. Silliness like this practically reaches profundity. My review for Ebert.

Posted in Movies | Tagged comedy, Kristen Wiig, reviews | Leave a comment

August 2019 Viewing Diary

Posted on September 4, 2019 by sheila

While We’re Young (2014; d. Noah Baumbach) Part of my own Noah Baumbach retrospective in preparation for writing a piece for Film Comment about his filmography. On stands now. Or order here! I love this one. It’s so honest and … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Ben Stiller, comedy, David Duchovny, Dennis Hopper, documentary, drama, England, Joe Berlinger, Kristen Wiig, Matthias Schoenaerts, Meryl Streep, Ralph Macchio, Supernatural, Walter Hill, women directors, Zac Efron | 25 Comments

Present Tense: Female Comedians

Posted on August 23, 2019 by sheila

For my next column at Film Comment, I wrote about actresses who come from a comedy/improv background, and the special gifts they bring to bear in dramatic material. Featuring a couple of interviews I did with circus people, and also … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies | Tagged Catherine O'Hara, Kristen Wiig, Lily Tomlin, Lon Chaney, Meryl Streep, Present Tense, Robert Altman | 2 Comments

July 2019 Viewing Diary

Posted on August 1, 2019 by sheila

Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love (2019; d. Nick Broomfield) I reviewed this documentary – about the relationship between Marianne Ihlen and Leonard Cohen – for Rogerebert.com. Leonard Cohen: I’m Your Man (2005; d. Lian Lunson) I watched this beautiful … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged backting, Bette Davis, Christian Petzold, comedy, documentary, drama, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Germany, heist, Jack Black, James Gandolfini, Kristen Wiig, Nicole Kidman, Quentin Tarantino, romantic drama, Russia, Supernatural, What Happened Was, Will Ferrell, William Wyler, women directors | 44 Comments

Present Tense: On that thing we call “back-ting”

Posted on July 25, 2019 by sheila

For my latest “Present Tense” column at Film Comment, I wrote about something that’s been percolating for decades. In college, my friend Mitchell coined the phrase “back-ting” – moments where actors perform scenes with their backs to the camera (or … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, backting, Bette Davis, Cary Grant, Jafar Panahi, John Wayne, Kristen Wiig, Present Tense, William Wyler | 8 Comments

May 2018 Viewing Diary

Posted on June 2, 2018 by sheila

First Reformed (2018; d. Paul Schrader) The best film of the year thus far. This is not an exaggeration: I had trouble breathing during the final sequence (as in: I felt like I stopped breathing) – and once the film … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Denmark, documentary, France, Kate Winslet, Kristen Wiig, Link Wray, Margaret Atwood, Sandra Bullock, Steven Spielberg, Supernatural, war, women directors | 25 Comments

October 2015 Viewing Diary

Posted on November 1, 2015 by sheila

Moontide (1942; d. Archie Mayo – and an uncredited Fritz Lang) And John O’Hara wrote the screenplay. How I love this film. Ida Lupino plays a suicidal girl, rescued from the waves by Bobo (a to-die-for Jean Gabin). Bobo is … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Australia, Channing Tatum, Chantal Akerman, Charles Vidor, Claude Rains, documentary, England, France, Gena Rowlands, Gilda, Ida Lupino, Iran, Iranian film, Ireland, Joe Berlinger, John Ford, John Sturges, John Wayne, Kristen Wiig, Maureen O'Hara, Mexico, Nicholas Ray, Peter Weir, Poland, Ridley Scott, Rita Hayworth, Supernatural, Thomas Mitchell, William Wellman | 70 Comments

Tag Archives: Kristen Wiig

“If you’re creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think.” — Kristen Wiig

For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love

January/February/March 2021 Viewing Diary

Review: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)

August 2019 Viewing Diary

Present Tense: Female Comedians

July 2019 Viewing Diary

Present Tense: On that thing we call “back-ting”

May 2018 Viewing Diary

October 2015 Viewing Diary

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