Month: March 2024

FEMININITY IN ALL ITS FORMS

A section focused on films who carry feminist message could not be missing: from the silent yet expressive incarnation created by Renée Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc – redesigned by the designer of Chinese origins Zi Xu – up to the performance by Salma Hayek in the role of Frida, in which the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo is gently revised through pastel shades from Le Nevralgie Costanti.

Following are some representative works of the recent goals achieved by films where women play roles of fundamental importance: starting from two films directed by Greta Gerwig such as Little Women – which inspired the Los Angeles artist Nan Lawson – and Barbie – extraordinary box office record from whose scenography was born the work that the English illustrator George Townley dedicates to the film – up to Poor Things, a tale of female self-determination enriched by the interpretation of Emma Stone, here also producer, protagonist of the surreal work of Milanese artist Matteo Costa.

Finally, a survey is dedicated to the cinema of the Coen brothers, full of violence and poetry at the same time, on the occasion of the release in cinemas on March 7 of Drive-Away Dolls, written and edited by Ethan Coen together with his wife Tricia Cooke and characterized by a female cast in which the protagonists Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan stand out.

The collaboration between the Coen brothers and Tricia Cooke has deep roots, starting from their third film, MILLER’S CROSSING, to which the American graphic designer Maxwell Joseph Hargreaves dedicated a highly immersive work. In addition to masterpieces such as The Big Lebowski and Fargo, the exhibition also includes films less known to the general public such as Blood Simple, the Coens’ debut film starring a young and lethal Frances McDormand.