My Year Without Sex (dir Sarah Watt, 2009) Netflix says: "In the wake of a near-fatal brain aneurysm, a thirtysomething mom and her affable hubby enter a period of doctor-ordered abstinence while they raise their two children. Coping with myriad problems in the bedroom and out, they have a year to remember."
Down to the Bone (dir Debra Granik, 2004) Netflix says: "Irene (Vera Farmiga), a drug-addled, working-class mother of two, decides to check herself into a rehab center in upstate New York, where she meets and falls in love with a fellow addict (Hugh Dillon) who's working hard to mend his ways. But when one of them relapses into addiction, can their commitment to each other prevail over the lure of narcotics? Debra Granik won the Director's Award and Farmiga won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance." Vera Farmiga is sooooo good in this film.
Puccini for Beginners (dir Maria Maggenti, 2006) Netflix says: "Allegra is recovering from a breakup with her girlfriend when she starts to fall for a member of the opposite sex. Philip is the tidy professor who's romancing the ambivalent Allegra while she pursues a straight woman who's recently become single."
Morvern Caller (dir Lynne Ramsay, 2002) Netflix says: "Morvern Callar, a poor Scottish clerk, wakes to find that her boyfriend has committed suicide. Sensing an opportunity, Morvern claims authorship of his unpublished novel. When the money starts pouring in, Morvern and her pal Lanna take off for Spain."
Conventioneers (dir Mora Stephens, 2005) Netflix says: "In this razor-sharp satire, director Mora Stephens imagines what might have happened if Romeo had been a Republican and Juliet had been a Democrat. When Dave Massey, a delegate to the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York, runs into Lea Jones, an old college acquaintance, he quickly discovers she's a liberal who's protesting everything that he believes in. But as the old saying goes, opposites attract."
QUEUE THIS! is a weekly post by Destri Martino that appears on the Broad Humor Blog every Thursday morning. The goal of the post is to get more women-directed films in Netflix queues in order to make a sizable impact on Netflix analytics and buying patterns; thus, getting more films by women directors distributed and seen, and generally heightening awareness about this often overlooked pool of talent. View the past two QUEUE THIS! posts here and here
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