Author Archives: rinaross

About rinaross

Born in 1935. MA in Film and Television Studies at the University of Westminster 1998. Studying the representation of older women in film since then.

Shoplifters (2018) – Palme d’Or Cannes – Director Kore-eda

Posted on December 31, 2019

I did not grasp all the richness of this film on my first viewing in the cinema. As a rule I make a point of not reading the reviews or synopsis before seeing a film. What struck me in the … Continue reading →

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AFTER THE STORM (2016)

Posted on November 13, 2019

AFTER THE STORM ( 2016)  Warm and equal relationships between old woman and adult daughter are very rare in the films I have written about.  Kore Eda in Still Walking (2008) portrays mother and daughter conversing and cooking together but the … Continue reading →

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THE FAREWELL ( 2019)

Posted on October 7, 2019

The Farewell Of all the films featuring an old woman that I have seen and written about none has coincided with my experiences as much as this film. I saw it in my local cinema on a Saturday at 18h … Continue reading →

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STILL WALKING (2008)

Posted on August 20, 2019

Still Walking (2008)  As with some family reunions, my second viewing of Still Walking was quite painful. I saw it at home with a cousin with whom I had shared family reunions in my youth. Her general comment was: there … Continue reading →

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POETRY (2010) -2-

Posted on August 13, 2019

Recently, a friend recommended Lucy Bolton’s chapter The Intertextual Stardom of Iris: Winslet, Dench, Murdoch, and Alzheimer’s Disease,Feminisms: Diversity, Difference and Multiplicity in Contemporary Film Cultures (2015).  This took me years back before I started my blog. Coming back to … Continue reading →

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POETRY (2010)

Posted on June 17, 2019

POETRY (2010) How did I miss this great film featuring a 66 years old grandmother? Directed by Lee Chang-dong,  it won the 2010 Cannes Best Screenplay Award and many more.  I discovered it recently while searching for films that have … Continue reading →

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My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010) take 2

Posted on May 4, 2019

Brent U3A film group session. We were 5 women and 2 men.   None of the group attending had seen the film when I showed it in 2011. In my post  then I concentrated on the representation of the old … Continue reading →

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