The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women

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The term “male gaze” was first coined in the 1970s to describe what happens to all of us when the majority of our entertainment has been created by men. The viewer is forced to see female characters through a male lens, which distorts how all of us see women, and even how women see themselves.
Typically, the keepers of film history and writers of film criticism have also been men. Yet, since the very birth of cinema, women have been making movies. So, what does the world look like through the “female gaze”? This is the question bestselling author and film reporter Alicia Malone poses, as she presents The Female Gaze―a collection of essays on fifty-two movies made by women. These films encompass various eras, nationalities, and stories, yet each movie is distinctly feminine. Joining Alicia Malone is a variety of established and aspiring female film critics, who write about their favorite film made by a female director.

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    Les résultats du féminisme

    1906 — a.k.a. The Consequences of Feminism, in 1 top list Check
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    La souriante Madame Beudet

    1923 — a.k.a. The Smiling Madame Beudet, in 3 top lists Check
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    Dance, Girl, Dance

    1940, in 4 top lists Check
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    Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943, in 10 top lists Check
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    Cléo de 5 à 7

    1962 — a.k.a. Cleo from 5 to 7, in 15 top lists Check
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    Sedmikrásky

    1966 — a.k.a. Daisies, in 19 top lists Check
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    The Heartbreak Kid

    1972, in 6 top lists Check
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    Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080...

    1975, in 12 top lists Check
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    Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum

    1975 — a.k.a. The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, in 2 top lists Check
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    Pasqualino Settebellezze

    1975 — a.k.a. Seven Beauties, in 6 top lists Check
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    News from Home

    1976, in 7 top lists Check
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    My Brilliant Career

    1979, in 7 top lists Check
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    Desperately Seeking Susan

    1985, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Decline of Western Civilization

    1981, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Decline of Western Civilization Part II:...

    1988, in 1 top list Check
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    Big

    1988, in 7 top lists Check
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    Paris Is Burning

    1990, in 12 top lists Check
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    Daughters of the Dust

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
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    Point Break

    1991, in 9 top lists Check
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    Orlando

    1992, in 7 top lists Check
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    A League of Their Own

    1992, in 5 top lists Check
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    The Piano

    1993, in 15 top lists Check
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    Little Women

    1994, in 3 top lists Check
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    Clueless

    1995, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Watermelon Woman

    1996, in 7 top lists Check
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    Eve's Bayou

    1997, in 6 top lists Check
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    The Virgin Suicides

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
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    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
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    Songcatcher

    2000, in 0 top lists Check
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    Whale Rider

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
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    Real Women Have Curves

    2002, in 1 top list Check
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    Bend It Like Beckham

    2002, in 2 top lists Check
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    Thirteen

    2003, in 1 top list Check
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    Innocence

    2004, in 2 top lists Check
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    La mujer sin cabeza

    2008 — a.k.a. The Headless Woman, in 8 top lists Check
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    Wendy and Lucy

    2008, in 5 top lists Check
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    Zanan-e bedun-e mardan

    2009 — a.k.a. Women Without Men, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bright Star

    2009, in 4 top lists Check
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    Fish Tank

    2009, in 8 top lists Check
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    The Kids Are All Right

    2010, in 6 top lists Check
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    We Need to Talk About Kevin

    2011, in 5 top lists Check
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    Wadjda

    2012, in 3 top lists Check
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    The Babadook

    2014, in 4 top lists Check
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    Bande de filles

    2014 — a.k.a. Girlhood, in 4 top lists Check
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    Córki dancingu

    2015 — a.k.a. The Lure, in 2 top lists Check
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    Mustang

    2015, in 4 top lists Check
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    The Edge of Seventeen

    2016, in 0 top lists Check
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    Lady Bird

    2017, in 11 top lists Check
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    Lemon

    2017, in 0 top lists
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    Chemi bednieri ojakhi

    2017 — a.k.a. My Happy Family, in 0 top lists
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