Well, I was going to write something about Drunk Feminist Films screening of Spice World at The Royal, but it’s already sold out. If you have tickets, I’m sure you’re going to have a blast. Everyone else, bookmark DFF’s Facebook page and keep an eye out for the next event.
And if you’re still looking for gender-relevant commentary on cinema, maybe get out to the Revue Cinema this Sunday night (April 24) for the launch of Bechdel Tested.
This new bi-monthly series – curated by Erica Shiner and Liz Leia, sponsored by cléo journal and hosted by Liisa Ladouceur – is dedicated to films that focus on women in a specific industry.
The inaugural title is Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang, an Oscar-nominated drama about five Turkish sisters finding ways to resist the expectations of their oppressive culture. (If you missed it earlier this year, catch up to Susan G. Cole’s review.)
Each screening will be followed by a panel discussion and reception tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door. You should check it out.
Oh, and given the shock of Prince’s death yesterday, I thought it might be a nice distraction to remind you all of one of his finest screen performances: as himself, on a charming 2014 episode of New Girl. It’s available in HD to Shomi subscribers, but if you don’t subscribe to that service, it’s still streaming on Slate.com for some reason.
Go ahead, click over and remember him as the playful pancake-obsessed weirdo he almost certainly was. It’ll help, honest.
