Orange Is the New Black returns June 17. The show has rightly earned praise for its nuanced, moving portrayals of female inmates of all stripes, and serves as a reminder of how far things have come in terms of images of incarcerated women on screen. In appreciation of series creator Jenji Kohan and the cast and crew's elevated take on the subject matter, we're looking back at the bleak and often exploitative history of the strange "women's prison drama" film genre. The portrayal of women in prison can be split - as most of Hollywood can - into two periods: Pre- and Post-Code.
- 6/15/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
Orange Is the New Black returns June 17. The show has rightly earned praise for its nuanced, moving portrayals of female inmates of all stripes, and serves as a reminder of how far things have come in terms of images of incarcerated women on screen. In appreciation of series creator Jenji Kohan and the cast and crew's elevated take on the subject matter, we're looking back at the bleak and often exploitative history of the strange "women's prison drama" film genre. The portrayal of women in prison can be split - as most of Hollywood can - into two periods: Pre- and Post-Code.
- 6/15/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
As any New York cinephile knows, Film Forum is in the middle of a four-week, 66-film retrospective devoted to what Dave Kehr in The New York Times called “the last full year of unbridled Hollywood filmmaking before the Code,” or what Film Forum is trumpeting as “Hollywood’s Naughtiest, Bawdiest Year.”
I’ve written about pre-Code posters before, but 1933 as a whole offers more than just silk robes and daringly revealed flesh. I’ve gathered as many posters, inserts and window cards as I could for the films programmed in the series, sticking with American posters (though there are some stunning European variations on these, like this Swedish Hold Your Man) and American films (though Bruce Goldstein has also programmed a handful of foreign titles). The quality of draughtsmanship varies wildly, with the poster for Frank Capra’s Lady for a Day, above, among the finest. But for me the...
I’ve written about pre-Code posters before, but 1933 as a whole offers more than just silk robes and daringly revealed flesh. I’ve gathered as many posters, inserts and window cards as I could for the films programmed in the series, sticking with American posters (though there are some stunning European variations on these, like this Swedish Hold Your Man) and American films (though Bruce Goldstein has also programmed a handful of foreign titles). The quality of draughtsmanship varies wildly, with the poster for Frank Capra’s Lady for a Day, above, among the finest. But for me the...
- 2/16/2013
- by Adrian Curry
- MUBI
Washington, July 23 – Movies based on life in prison have always intrigued many even though they deal with criminals.
A list of some of the best prison movies ever made shows that the movie ‘Chicago’, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger and other beautiful women, is the ultimate women-in-prison film, Fox News reported.
Next in line is the movie ‘Hold Your Man’, starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, based on a story of a cynical woman and a two-faced con man ending up in an unlikely romance.
The movie ‘Caged’, which is the first big women-in-prison.
A list of some of the best prison movies ever made shows that the movie ‘Chicago’, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renee Zellweger and other beautiful women, is the ultimate women-in-prison film, Fox News reported.
Next in line is the movie ‘Hold Your Man’, starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow, based on a story of a cynical woman and a two-faced con man ending up in an unlikely romance.
The movie ‘Caged’, which is the first big women-in-prison.
- 7/23/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
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