Trinity Films

TRINITY FILMS are proud to present another exciting series of films this term: FILM & WOMEN!

We are showing a collection of 10 films, eclectic as usual, throwing light on this theme from different angles. This is a fantastic series for all cinephiles, no matter if you are male, female or whatever.

All showings are at the Winstanley Lecture Theatre, Trinity College, from 8:30pm, and are FREE!

Mon 17/10/2005 8:30pm

FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE

A beautiful and atmospheric film film on female friendship with a high feel-good-factor to kick of our series. An unhappy housewife befriends an old lady in a nursing home and is enthralled by the tales she tells of the friendships she once had. Friendship +

Mon 24/10/2005 8:30pm

LOVER COME BACK

Doris Day is the prime example of the Blonde Virgin in film history. From a modern perspective, her films (and this one in particular) are sexist to the point of being ridiculous, but they shed light on the role (or at least a particular image) of women prevalent in the 50s and 60s. Here, she plays the role of Carol Templeton, an advertising agent, who is in fierce business competition with super-macho Jerry Webster. That's of course the start of a romantic love story... Stereotype: Virgin +

Mon 31/10/2005

THE BLUE ANGEL

The counterpart to the Virgin is the Vamp, the clichéd category of the sexually domineering woman. No one embodied this role better than German actress Marlene Dietrich. In this milestone of film history that propelled her into world stardom 1930, Marlene Dietrich plays Lola-Lola, the cabaret entertainer who ruins the life of the stuffy professor who falls in love with her. Stereotype: Vamp +

Sun 6/11/2005 8:30pm

AIMEE & JAGUAR

Berlin 1944: in the midst of an almost lost war, Lilly, a conventional Nazi housewife, befriends Felice, a mysterious Jewish lady. A passionate love affair between the two women begins, amidst the bombing raids and the threats of persecution by the Gestapo. One hot day in August 1944, the Gestapo is waiting in Lilly's flat... Love +

Mon 7/11/2005 8:30pm

LOST AND DELIRIOUS

Pauline and Victoria are lovers, and two teenagers in an all-girl boarding school. When the two are caught in bed by Victoria's little sister who threatens tell her parents, Victoria breaks up with Pauline, who resorts to desperate means to win her lover back. This is a very romantic, sad film that will make you cry. The film is also a good example of a "lesbian film", with a clearly lesbian perspective - which makes it particularly interesting from a cinematic perspective. Lesbian +

Mon 14/11/2005 8:30pm

THE VIRGIN SUICIDES

Sofia Coppola is one of the few contemporary female directors that have made it to the top rank in the US film industry. We are showing her first film, featuring flawless acting and cinematography. The film is about the lifes and suicides of a group of mysterious sisters, told from the perspective of five boys who are obsessed with them. Beautiful, mysterious, haunting, invariably fatal. Just like life. Female Contemporary Director +

Mon 21/11/2005 8:30pm

ONCE WERE WARRIORS

This is a powerful and deeply affecting film about a contemporary urban Maori family, alienated from their cultural traditions and wracked by violence and alcoholism. Hard to watch at times for its unvarnished brutality, Once Were Warriors painfully dissects the forces that lead to domestic violence. A truly memorable film. Domestic violence +

Mon 28/11/2005 8:30pm

MY SUMMER OF LOVE

From BBC Films: A long, hot English summer creeps up on the emotions of two 16-year-old girls, who live in the same Yorkshire village but are really a world apart. Mona has had a tough time growing up, but has a wit and intelligence which combine to make her yearn for something beyond the daily grind. Tamsin is rich and spoilt and seems to offer an open door to a life of exotic fascination. This new friendship becomes all consuming and they plan to run away, but as the summer draws to a close it becomes clear that their passion will take a different and darker path. Adolescence +

Sun 4/12/2005 8:30pm

BOYS DON'T CRY

The film tells the true story of a girl who has a "sexual identity crisis," tapes her breasts and cuts her hair very short to appear like a man. She goes around as 'Brandon Teena,' dating women, and eventually falling in love with Lana. He also befriends Lana's friends John and Tom. At First, Brandon's new friends like him and treat him as a buddy. But when Brandon's sexual identity is revealed, the deception triggers a spiral of horrific violence. A distinguished feature debut for director Kimberly Peirce, Boys Don't Cry was enthusiastically received in its showings at 1999 film festivals in Venice, Toronto, and New York. Transgender +

Mon 5/12/2005 8:30pm

THE WONDERFUL, HORRIBLE LIFE OF LENI RIEFENSTAHL

Leni Riefenstahl is often said to be the greatest woman director of the 20th century. Her visual artistry and sense of composition rank her among the very best directors, yet her name will forever endure in infamy, as she inadvertently promoted Nazism with the greatest propaganda film ever created in Triumph of the Will, commissioned by Hitler to cover the second Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg in 1934. Ray Müller's documentary gives the most thorough and illuminating look at the controversial director, and the most direct explanation of how she came to be Hitler's official film propagandist. Biography +