Frills and Fright

Watching the start of FX's television show  Feud , my love for Bette Davis has resurfaced. She has a special place in my heart as she reminds me so much of my Grandma, and as a child we would watch Bette Davis movies together. The show also reminded me of how I had never seen her well-known hit  All About Eve! I knew nothing of the plot going into the movie, and was I pleasantly surprised. The film is about how conniving and manipulative women are. It's about friendships amongst women and men in show business, and the illusion of friendship that is used to climb the ladder to become a famous entertainer. Essentially, what dark side of fame. Bette outshone everyone in this movie, and my favorite sequence is the day of her boyfriend's birthday party. Bette's character, Margo, knows that a certain female character is double crossing her, and when she confides in her boyfriend he thinks her to be a jealous and overreacting woman. Thus she does wh...

An independent film shot in black and white, this classic and simple horror movie is definitely one of the most unique films I have seen on Netflix. The majority of the horror movies offered on Netflix stream are bloody with in-your-face-creatures, while A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is more about the cinematography, music, and thrill of not seeing the gore. This film is more than a horror movie- its a drama set in Iran's underbelly - a population that's poverty stricken, desperate, and exploitable. While it is slow at times, I really appreciated the beauty of the black and white cinematography, and I loved the soundtrack. My favorite scene is when the young man and woman are listening to a record in her room, and the intensity that is built as the two finally embrace, all the while wondering if one is going to murder the other. Another aspect I loved about this film was its pro-feminist ideology. Of the two main characters, one is a female vampire who kicks a...