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Scarecrow Academy presents Women In Trouble: Great Melodrama in Film
Year Five of Scarecrow Academy brings an ambitious discussion series titled “Women in Trouble: Great Melodrama in Film,” an in-depth look at an often-derided, but frequently glorious genre sometimes called “women’s pictures.” In these ten weeks of free online conversations, we explore the way imaginative filmmakers have put women at the center of their hothouse creative universes. David Lynch refuses to describe his films, but has sometimes summed them up with the phrase “A Woman in Trouble.” In this series we’ll see how potent that situation can be.
Discussions are led by National Society of Film Critics member Robert Horton, author of the Seasoned Ticket column at the Scarecrow blog and Scarecrow’s “Historian-Programmer in Residence.” The Zoom sessions are free and open to all; there’s no homework, but we ask that you register online in advance. We’ll be meeting on Saturdays at 2 p.m., beginning March 4, 2023.
The Seasoned Ticket #216
Robert Horton is a Scarecrow board member and a longtime film critic. He will be contributing a series of “critic’s notes” to the Scarecrow blog—a chance to highlight worthy films playing locally and connecting them to the riches of Scarecrow’s collection.
SUPER MARIO BROS and LOVE STREAMS Are Unstreamable
Not Love Streams.
It’s Unstreamable! Where Jas Keimig and Chase Burns recommend movies and TV shows you can’t watch on major streaming services in the United States. We post every Wednesday unless we’re tired or busy 😊
CHASE: Mama mia, the new Mario movie comes out in a few weeks, so hey, why not, let’s revisit the bad egg that came before it, Super Mario Bros (1993).
JAS: And this week, I wanted to dwell, once again, on whether or not love is a continuous stream…
CHASE: …pretty sure these movies have never been suggested together before.
Got a recommendation? Give us the scoop at unstreamablemovies@gmail.com.
The Seasoned Ticket #215
Robert Horton is a Scarecrow board member and a longtime film critic. He will be contributing a series of “critic’s notes” to the Scarecrow blog—a chance to highlight worthy films playing locally and connecting them to the riches of Scarecrow’s collection.
YEAST and FREAKED Are Unstreamable
Hardcore mumblecore
It’s Unstreamable! Where Jas Keimig and Chase Burns recommend movies and TV shows you can’t watch on major streaming services in the United States. We post every Wednesday unless we’re tired or busy 😊
CHASE: One of my fav parts of this project is learning about a movie I can’t seem to find anywhere—not streaming, not at Scarecrow, not on eBay. Mary Bronstein’s Yeast fits that category, and I’m loving the three Unstreamable readers who managed to get me copies after I asked for help finding it. Bless u all.
JAS: And this week, I did a deep dive into the gutter with Freaked, probably one of the most heinous (lovingly) films I’ve watched recently.
Got a recommendation? Give us the scoop at unstreamablemovies@gmail.com.
The Seasoned Ticket #214
Robert Horton is a Scarecrow board member and a longtime film critic. He will be contributing a series of “critic’s notes” to the Scarecrow blog—a chance to highlight worthy films playing locally and connecting them to the riches of Scarecrow’s collection.
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