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Jan is the new film critic for The Woman's NewspapersTM:

  CHICAGO WOMAN
  NORTH SHORE WOMAN
  NORTHWEST INDIANA WOMAN
  SOUTH SUBURBAN WOMAN  
  +
  TAMPA BAY WOMAN

 

Featured Treasure:

SPOTLIGHT ON DEEPA MEHTA:
CAMILLA, EARTH, FIRE, WATER

Treasures Archive:

VISIONS OF AN EARLIER AMERICA:
Films by Women Filmmakers

THE BALLAD OF LITTLE JO, THE PRIZE WINNER OF DEFIANCE, OHIO, THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD, THE WEIGHT OF WATER

LONG LIVE THE KING!
Remake is FF2’s Top Film of 2005  

WOMEN DIRECTORS SHINE at 2005 FILM FESTS
(November/December 2005)

FREE ZONE, LOOK BOTH WAYS, NORTH COUNTRY, THE UNSEEN

Labor Day (September/October 2005)
(13 CONVERSATIONS, BEAUTY SHOP, ERIN BROCKOVICH, JAPANESE STORY)

Spotlight on British Director Sally Potter (July/August 2005):
ORLANDO, THE MAN WHO CRIED, THE TANGO LESSON, YES

The Mother/Daughter Dance (May/June 2005):
FREAKY FRIDAY, LOSING ISAIAH, SAVING FACE, VIRGIN

Speaking Out Against Domestic Violence (March/April 2005):
A JURY OF HER PEERS, A THOUSAND ACRES, I SHOT ANDY WARHOL, MONSTER

WOMEN FILMMAKERS EXPLORE LOVE’S MYSTERIES (January/February 2005):
DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN, SHALL WE DANCE?, VANITY FAIR, ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS

Women Directors Shine at 2004 Film Fests (November / December 2004) 
BORN INTO BROTHELS, DEAR FRANKIE, NATHALIE, THE WOODSMAN

Women & War (September/October 2004)
RUNNING ON EMPTY, HEIR TO AN EXECUTION, EARTH, ROSENSTRASSE

Musical Women (July/August 2004)
ANNE B. REAL, FUNNY GIRL, GRACE OF MY HEART, SONGCATCHER

Women Artists (May/June 2004):
THE COMPANY, CROSS CREEK, FRIDA, THE GOVERNESS

Women Athletes (March/April 2004):
BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM, BLUE CRUSH, GIRLFIGHT, LOVE & BASKETBALL

New Beginnings (January/February 2004):
MOSTLY MARTHA, THE PEREZ FAMILY, THE SAFETY OF OBJECTS, UNDER THE TUSCAN SUN

 

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Consistent with Jan’s interest in promoting the work of women filmmakers, 
all films reviewed for The Woman’s NewspapersTM will have 
either a woman director and/or a woman screenwriter.

The opinions expressed in these reviews are always Jan’s.
For Rich’s perspective, see his ratings & our FF2 haikus.