Tag Archives: Mélanie Laurent

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

“I’m really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears.” — Mélanie Laurent

Posted on February 21, 2025 by sheila

Today is the birthday of French actress and director Mélanie Laurent. Probably most American audiences (and international audiences, outside of France) were first introduced to the extraordinary Mélanie Laurent in her perfoƒrmance as the revolutionary Shoshanna in Inglourious Basterds. Laurent … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Directors, Movies, On This Day | Tagged France, Mélanie Laurent, Quentin Tarantino, women directors | 10 Comments

November 2023 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 16, 2023 by sheila

After Everything (2018; d. Hannah Marks, Joey Power) In early November, I holed up in a cozy little house in Connecticut with Allison and Carol. I had to work the whole time, which was a bummer but the night was … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged animation, biopic, Chile, Christian Petzold, coming of age, David Fincher, documentary, drama, Elvis Presley, England, family, France, Germany, historical drama, Isabelle Adjani, Japan, Julianne Moore, July and Half of August, Mélanie Laurent, Mexico, Russia, short films, Sofia Coppola, South Korea, thrillers, Tilda Swinton, Ukraine, women directors | 3 Comments

Review: Wingwomen (2023)

Posted on November 3, 2023 by sheila

This heist-romp was so much fun. I have a soft spot for heist movies. Mélanie Laurent, a wonderful actress, is also an excellent film-maker (I’ve reviewed a couple of her films: Breathe and last year’s The Mad Women’s Ball – … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged action movies, France, heist movies, Isabelle Adjani, Mélanie Laurent, reviews, women directors | 7 Comments

September 2021 Viewing Diary

Posted on October 3, 2021 by sheila

Busy month. I found an apartment. I moved. AGAIN. Second time this year. Plus, a family wedding. Plus a new job. It’s been a full year of upheaval, no stability, nothing regular, my stuff scattered in storage units. I’m doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Barbra Streisand, David Fincher, documentary, drama, Ethiopia, France, historical drama, horror, Madeline Kahn, Mélanie Laurent, Peter Bogdanovich, screwball comedy, South Korea, What's Up Doc, women directors, Zodiac | 5 Comments

Review: The Mad Women’s Ball (2021)

Posted on September 17, 2021 by sheila

I loved the latest from Mélanie Laurent (also an actress. I wrote about one of her moments in Inglourious Basterds – a great “teaching tool” for anyone who wants to learn something about acting and technique). Laurent is also a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged France, historical drama, Mélanie Laurent, reviews, women directors | 3 Comments

December 2016 Viewing Diary

Posted on January 1, 2017 by sheila

Supernatural, Season 7, Episode 22, “There Will Be Blood” (2012; d. Guy Norman Bee) I had started a re-watch of Season 7 in November, so I finished it out this month. Season 7 was one of my least favorites, when … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Viewing Diary, Movies, Television | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Belfast, Carole Lombard, Cary Grant, Channing Tatum, Chantal Akerman, Claude Rains, Coen brothers, Cyd Charisse, documentary, East of Eden, Elia Kazan, Ewan McGregor, France, George Clooney, Gloria Grahame, Greta Garbo, Horton Foote, Humphrey Bogart, Isabelle Huppert, James Dean, Japan, Jean-Luc Godard, Jeff Bridges, John Steinbeck, Julie Harris, Kentucker Audley, Kristen Stewart, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese, Mélanie Laurent, Nicholas Ray, Norway, Robert Duvall, Robert Mitchum, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Scarlett Johansson, Supernatural, Tilda Swinton, Warren Oates, William Faulkner, women directors | 148 Comments

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by sheila

For Rogerebert.com: R.I.P. Edward Herrmann. “The moment lasts two seconds and consists of only two words: “Welcome home.” Two seconds and two words is all an actor like Edward Herrmann needs to get the job done.” On Seth Rogen’s controversial … Continue reading →

Posted in Actors, Movies | Tagged Albert Maysles, Angelina Jolie, Asghar Farhadi, Christian Petzold, Corneliu Porumboiu, Drew Barrymore, Elvis Presley, Gena Rowlands, Guillermo del Toro, Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Hugh Grant, Ida Lupino, Jafar Panahi, Jennifer Aniston, John Wayne, Marion Cotillard, Mélanie Laurent, Mia Hansen-Løve, Nina Hoss, Nirvana, Richard Linklater, Seth Rogen, Tom Hardy, year in writing | 4 Comments

On By the Sea … Again

Posted on December 10, 2015 by sheila

It’s been a long time since I’ve been pissed off by the critical dismissal of a film the way I’ve been pissed off by the reaction to By the Sea. (And this, before I had even seen it, so I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Angelina Jolie, Barbra Streisand, Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, reviews | 41 Comments

Review: By the Sea (2015); d. Angelina Jolie

Posted on November 17, 2015 by sheila

A lot of the commentary I’ve seen about Angelina Jolie’s By the Sea has been that it is a self-indulgent vanity project. I have some different feelings about all of that, and also have a suspicion that “self-indulgent” means different … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Tagged Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, drama, Mélanie Laurent, reviews | 66 Comments

Tag Archives: Mélanie Laurent

For International Women’s Day: Ladies I Love

“I’m really confident. I had a perfect childhood. I had perfect parents and grandparents. They just love me, simply. So I have no fears.” — Mélanie Laurent

November 2023 Viewing Diary

Review: Wingwomen (2023)

September 2021 Viewing Diary

Review: The Mad Women’s Ball (2021)

December 2016 Viewing Diary

Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2015

On By the Sea … Again

Review: By the Sea (2015); d. Angelina Jolie

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