Tag Archives: mother and son

AQUARIUS (2016) partial analysis

Posted on November 25, 2017 by rinaross

In The Greater London Pensioner Association newsletter (October 2017) Judith Olley writes about the Representation of Older People on Film. It is refreshing to read about films from an older person’s viewpoint and I picked up two films that I … Continue reading →

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Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. An older woman’s view.

Posted on November 14, 2016 by rinaross

When I first saw Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, years ago I did not record my thoughts or the film group’s. I just remember that I had a strong feeling that Fassbinder explored ageing and ageism as well as racism … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Ageism, critics | Tagged Ageism, arabic music, bar, being seen, betrayals, body, communication, family, fassbinder, fiction, film reviews, food, foreign workers, isolation, love, melodrama, moroccan customs, mother and daughter, mother and son, old woman young man, racism, reviews, seeing, tenderness, women, working women | 2 Comments

A WOMAN’S TALE : an overview

Posted on July 25, 2016 by rinaross

I have written about Paul Cox’s Innocence (2000) three years ago but I have wanted to consider this great director’s A Woman’s Tale ( 1991) for a very long time. In June this year Paul Cox died at the age … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, carer, caring, death, dying, dying at home, friendship, loneliness, metaphors, mother, mother and son, old man, old woman, Paul Cox, social contacts, terminal cancer, war trauma | 2 Comments

Ballad of Narayama (1958)

Posted on February 8, 2016 by rinaross

I had written about this film exactly three years ago and seeing it again proved to be as fascinating. I had shown it to the film group of the time but did not record responses. The membership of the film group … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing | Tagged Ageing, assisted suicide], daughter-in-law, death, family, film reception, grandmother, grief, intergeneration, japanese film, looks, mother, mother and son, narayama, old woman, representation old woman, sons and mothers | Leave a comment

LA VIEILLE FEMME INDIGNE (1965)

Posted on December 23, 2015 by rinaross

Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are. Bertolt Brecht. When I decided to look at the representation of the old woman in films for my MA in 1997 I thought I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged age and society, Ageing, Ageism, Allio, Bertolt Brecht, change, death, family, friendship, grandmother, grief, housewife, intergeneration, mother and son, motherhood, old woman, realism, representation old woman, sons and mothers, widow, wrinkles | Leave a comment

PORA UMIERAĆ (2007)

Posted on November 21, 2015 by rinaross

My young friend brought me back from Poland a dvd of Pora umierać (time to die 2007 english subtitles.). I checked online and notice that there are still some copies available but I imagine not for long. Get one before it disappears … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing | Tagged black and white film, BŁAZEJ HRAPKOWICZ, cinematography, death, granddaughter, grandmother, intergeneration, Legacy, mother and son, music school, old woman /young boy, old woman and pet dog, old woman swing, polish film | 6 Comments

Make Way for Tomorrow. Blatant Ageism in film guide.

Posted on October 8, 2015 by rinaross

Make Way For Tomorrow (MWFT) was added to the America’s National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2010. America’s Film Legacy (2011) by Daniel Eagan …is a reference guide to the most significant films ever made in the United States. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Ageism, critics | Tagged ageing couple, ageist critics, America's National Film Registry, American Film Legacy, critics, Daniel Egan, film critics, film guide, grandmother, intergeneration, mother and son, representation old woman | Leave a comment

SINCE OTAR LEFT… (2003) or Women’s Lives.

Posted on November 17, 2014 by rinaross

“Pour moi qui suis issue d’un univers familial plutôt matriarcal, je pouvais y mettre beaucoup de ma propre vie, parler des rapports mère-filles qui m’ont structuré ou destructuré…” What made me choose this film for our October film group session? … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged daughter, documentary, family, family secrets, film reception, grandmother, grief, intergeneration, lies, mother, mother and son, mother/daughter, old woman, old women coping with loss, representation old woman, secrets, separation | 1 Comment

MAMADRAMA (2001) The Jewish Mother Stereotype

Posted on October 15, 2014 by rinaross

http://www.jewishfilm.org/Catalogue/films/mamadrama.html This will be a very personal view of the documentary Mamadrama: The Jewish Mother in Cinema.(2001). When I arrived from the Middle East and settled in London I was puzzled by the expression “She is such a Jewish Mother”. … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Ageism, documentary | Tagged Ageing, Ageism, daughter, documentary, family, grotesque old woman in film, intergeneration, mother and son, mother/daughter, sons and mothers | 1 Comment

UNHOOK THE STARS (1996)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by rinaross

I am glad I rediscovered this film after seeing Opening Night and am once again surprised that such a relevant film has never been mentioned in any list of older women in film that I have come across. Nick Cassavetes in his interviews declares … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing | Tagged Ageing, child minder, daughter, empty house, family, family conflicts, father as role model, friendship, gentle giant, grandmother, intergeneration, mother and son, mother/daughter, separation | Leave a comment

LES TEMPS QUI CHANGENT – Changing Times

Posted on January 21, 2014 by rinaross

I have a soft spot for Téchiné’s Les Temps Qui Changent (2004). It has had very little exposure in the UK and is unavailable on DVD Region 2. A family drama without histrionics, it places Cécile played by Catherine Deneuve … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged Deneuve, Depardieu, French protectorate, gay relationship, intergeneration, modernisation, mother and son, multicultural, obsessive love, siblings, Tangier, Techine, twins | 3 Comments

Innocence (2000)

Posted on December 12, 2013 by rinaross

Innocence is a beautiful and complex film. Long before The Mother (2003) was hailed as a breakthrough in the cinematic representation of sexual desire in an older woman, and Cloud 9 (2006) widely given as an example of images of an old couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged affair, Ageing, death, desire, editing, falling in love, film style, flashbacks, husband/wife relationship, intergeneration, love, memories, metphores, mother, mother and son, motifs, representation old woman | Leave a comment

THE OLD WOMAN IN ‘MAKE WAY FOR TOMORROW’ AND ‘TOKYO STORY’

Posted on August 24, 2013 by rinaross

The film group is on holiday so I can come back to my three years old project. This is to consider the old woman in two classic films with the same story. For there is no magic that will draw … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Analysis | Tagged Ageing, daughter, daughter-in-law, death, family, grandmother, intergeneration, make way for tomorrow, mother, mother and son, mother/daughter, old woman, oldwoman/teenager, representation old woman, separation, tokyo story | Leave a comment

BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958) and AGEWISE

Posted on February 14, 2013 by rinaross

I was rereading chapter 1 of Margaret Morganroth Gullette’s book AGEWISE : The Eskimo On the Ice Floe. At the back of my mind lurked vague thoughts about a film group. I decided to revisit The Ballad of Narayama which has the same theme as the Eskimo … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Film Analysis | Tagged abandonment, Ageing, Ageism, Agewise., caring, death, folk myth, Gullette, Imamura, intergeneration, Kinoshita, mother and son, obasute, old woman, otherness, ritual | Leave a comment

THE MOTHER (2002) Old woman’s sexuality or Thatcher’s Britain?

Posted on December 9, 2012 by rinaross

The film-maker daughter of a friend of mine challenged me the other day. From agreement over Last Tango in Halifax that we both found a well written TV drama, we slid into disagreement and misunderstanding about The Mother (2002). She liked The … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing, Ageism, Conferences and comments, Film Analysis | Tagged Ageism, daughter, grandmother, intergeneration, Kureishi, mother and son, mother/daughter, old women sexual feelings | 4 Comments

The Imposter and the Mother between Grief and Guilt

Posted on September 23, 2012 by rinaross

The Imposter elicits amazement at the story and praise at the way the director tells the story. At the heart of this dramatised documentary is the incredible fact that a mother and sister are fooled into accepting a serial imposter … Continue reading →

Posted in Ageing | Tagged Bourdin, daughter, documentary, family, grandmother, grief, guilt, imposter, interviews, mother and son, old woman, representation old woman, siblings, teenager | Leave a comment

Mrs. Caldicot’s Cabbage War

Posted on December 21, 2009 by rinaross

This month people braved the snow flurries and bitter cold, to come to the Lexi for our film club. They all enjoyed the film, so imagine my surprise to read Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian the very next day … Continue reading →

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