Tag Archives: Maggie Cheung

“People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.” — Maggie Cheung

Posted on September 20, 2025 by sheila

Maggie Cheung inspires a passionate – almost monastic – love and fascination in her devoted worldwide fanbase. Her fanbase has maintained itself for over three decades, even with her deciding not to work as much in the last 20 years. … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies, On This Day | Tagged China, Hong Kong, Maggie Cheung | Leave a comment

For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love

Posted on March 8, 2025 by sheila

I post edited versions of this every year. I add names. I take names off if I feel like it. I enjoy compiling it. It’s not just about enjoyment. As women’s rights are up for grabs more than ever, like … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Art/Photography, Directors, Personal, writers | Tagged A.S. Byatt, Abigail Adams, Agnes Varda, Aline MacMahon, Amy Heckerling, 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, Croatia, Diane Keaton, Dolly Parton, Drew Barrymore, Dubravka Ugrešić, Edie Sedgwick, Ellen von Unwerth, England, Etta James, 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 Adjani, Isabelle Huppert, Italy, Janet Malcolm, Japan, Jean Arthur, Jeanette Winterson, Jill Clayburgh, Joan Crawford, Joan Didion, Joan Jett, Joanna Hogg, Josephine Decker, Judy Garland, Julie Christie, Kate Lyn Sheil, Kay Francis, Keri Hulme, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, L.M. Montgomery, Laura Dern, Laurette Taylor, Leila Hatami, Lily Tomlin, Liv Ullmann, Louise Glück, Madeleine L'Engle, Madeline Kahn, Maggie Cheung, Maggie Smith, 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 | 106 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 films, Some Like It Hot, Spain, Stanley Kubrick, Sweden, Thomas J. Wright, Tom Noonan, true crime, war movies, What Happened Was, women directors, WWII, X-Files | 23 Comments

For Ebert: On Stanley Kwan’s 1991 masterpiece Center Stage

Posted on March 12, 2021 by sheila

It’s Women Writers Week over on Ebert (Table of Contents), and I wrote about the biopic with which I measure all other biopics: Stanley Kwan’s Center Stage about the brief intense life of “the Chinese Greta Garbo,” silent film star … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged biopic, China, Hong Kong, Maggie Cheung, reviews, silent films | Leave a comment

20 most surprising female performances (Part 2)

Posted on June 13, 2010 by sheila

Here is Part 1 of the series, great conversation going on in the comments. Join in! HEDY LAMARR, Comrade X Hedy Lamarr, is, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful women in the history of cinema. Cameramen fell all … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors | Tagged Arizona Dream, Bibi Andersson, Catherine Deneuve, Don't Bother to Knock, Faye Dunaway, Hedy Lamarr, Husbands and Wives, Judy Davis, Maggie Cheung, Marilyn Monroe, Meryl Streep, Patricia Clarkson, Persona, Repulsion | 27 Comments

What the Radio Sees: Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love

Posted on April 11, 2010 by sheila

There were a couple of shots in Shutter Island (I am thinking of one in particular in Ben Kingsley’s office) that made me ache for directors who know what to do with the camera. It was so specific, so emotionally … Continue reading →

Posted in Directors, Movies | Tagged Maggie Cheung | 16 Comments

Great Mad Women in Cinema

Posted on October 11, 2009 by sheila

Some of these women probably would not qualify for a diagnosis from the psychiatric profession. And perhaps their madness is actually a heightened level of sanity, as is often the case. Nevertheless, they are mad. Wonderfully mad.

Posted in Movies | Tagged A Streetcar Named Desire, Barbara Stanwyck, Bibi Andersson, Catherine Deneuve, Double Indemnity, Ellen Burstyn, Gena Rowlands, Gloria Swanson, Holly Hunter, Julianne Moore, Liv Ullmann, Maggie Cheung, Nicole Kidman, Opening Night, Persona, Repulsion, Sunset Boulevard, The Rapture, Vivien Leigh | 29 Comments

20 Favorite Actresses: Part 2

Posted on December 13, 2008 by sheila

If I had to choose, here are my favorite performances of my 20 choices – the performance may not be what they are most famous for, but that’s no matter. Gena Rowlands: Opening Night Barbara Stanwyck: Ball of Fire Sissy … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors | Tagged Barbara Stanwyck, Carole Lombard, Catherine O'Hara, Charlotte Rampling, Diane Keaton, Gena Rowlands, Hediyeh Tehrani, Ingrid Bergman, Isabelle Adjani, Jean Arthur, Joanne Woodward, Julie Christie, Kate Winslet, Madeline Kahn, Maggie Cheung, Marilyn Monroe, Meryl Streep, Rosalind Russell, Sanaa Lathan, Sissy Spacek | 8 Comments

20 Favorite Actresses

Posted on December 10, 2008 by sheila

Where does my heart lie? The meme going around now is 20 favorite actresses. Please go here to see the compilation of links as well as Nathaniel’s choices. I had a hard time with the “all time” part of things … Continue reading →

End of Summer Movie Quiz: My Answers

Posted on August 31, 2008 by sheila

Dennis Cozzalio presents: Dr. Smithâs Lost in the Space at the End of Summer Movie Quiz. I live for his seasonal quizzes! I have answered (in my typical fashion) with images and Youtube clips rather than just words. It’s been … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged All That Jazz, Bob Fosse, Cyd Charisse, Dana Andrews, Eminem, Ewan McGregor, Howard Hawks, Jim Carrey, Joan Crawford, John Travolta, Lance Kerwin, Leo McCarey, Liza Minnelli, Maggie Cheung, Marlene Dietrich, Nicole Kidman, Oliver, Only Angels Have Wings, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ralph Macchio, Rita Hayworth, Running on Empty, Saturday Night Fever, Sidney Lumet, Strait Jacket, The Darjeeling Limited, The Double Life of Veronique, Wes Anderson, Zodiac | 11 Comments

Tag Archives: Maggie Cheung

“People get surprised by my choices. But that comes from me looking for something new.” — Maggie Cheung

For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love

January/February/March 2021 Viewing Diary

For Ebert: On Stanley Kwan’s 1991 masterpiece Center Stage

20 most surprising female performances (Part 2)

What the Radio Sees: Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love

Great Mad Women in Cinema

20 Favorite Actresses: Part 2

20 Favorite Actresses

End of Summer Movie Quiz: My Answers

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