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Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)
A woman should have directed this movie!
I loved this film. The Jessica Stein character is amazing, and totally relateable to the point where I found myself in tears. She is what Ali Mcbeal should have been, but failed to be. However, as much as I left this movie moved, I felt like something was missing. It was as if the director was apologizing for the lesbian references. The scenes with the two women seemed awkward at best, and I felt like the director just didn't get it. It was truly a shame, because this movie, in every other sense was spectacular. I may be coming from a feminist-filmmaker perspective here, but I think the screenplay would have been far better served if a woman would have tackled it. It is, after all, a girl's story.
Seven Hours to Burn (2000)
Amazing!
This is a truly unique and spectacular short film. It combines experimental techniques with documentary content to provide a pointed, personal story about the filmmaker's ambivalent heritage. This movie is obviously well-researched and beautifully made. The director uses archive footage superimposed with original images in a way that is truly breathtaking.