Image from   Grbavica: Land of My Dreams/ Esma's Secret: Grbavica ( Jasmila Žbanić , 2006), an example of 'global women's cine...

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Masculine 'musculinity' (almost) all grown up -  Sylvester Stallone , in The Expendables ( Stallone, 2010). (See Yvonne Tasker...

Screencap from Peggy Ahwesh 's The Color of Love (1994) "Peggy Ahwesh is a cinematic alchemist with a penchant for transforming t...

 Image of Grace Kelly as Lisa Fremont in Rear Window ( Alfred Hitchcock , 1954) For some time now, Film Studies For Free has been enjoyin...

In memoriam Dede Allen   (December 3, 1923 – April 17, 2010) The below entry was originally published the day before Dede Allen died. Alle...

Updated with video and new links on April 12, 2010 Jamie Lee Curtis as Megan Turner in Blue Steel ( Kathryn Bigelow , 1990) [Kathryn] Bige...

Like some film blogs of great note , Film Studies For Free has been pondering Kathryn Bigelow 's recent Oscar for achieveme...