Just watched a couple of great documentaries to commemorate Women’s History Month;

• Nothing Compares
• The Go Go’s

When I started my seasonal position at the Virginia Film Festival I decided to put together a presentation of THE FILMS THAT INSPIRE ME. It was a fun project!

I love documentaries, movies that make me laugh, and films that make me cry. 

The last 4 movies I’ve watched as of October 15, 2022 are:

• Sidney 
• ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas
• Bad Moms
• Devotion

I’m so excited that the Virginia Film Festival 2022 program is finally released! It’s been hard to stay quiet about all the amazing films coming to Charlottesville on November 2-6. I can’t wait to see (in alphabetical order):

• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
• Black Fiddlers
• Clarissa’s Battle
• Dani’s Twins
• Empire of Light
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Good Night Oppy
• Huesera
• Karaoke
• Liquor Store Dreams
• Living
• The Lost King
• Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
• Mama’s Boy with Dustin Lance Black
• My Father’s Dragon
• Saint Omer
• Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams
• She Said
• Songs About Love
• Ten Months
• Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
• Women Talking

Wow, that’s a long list! I probably won’t get seeing all of these during the festival, but I’ll keep them on my watchlist for when they get released on demand. :) 

These panels should be really interesting;

• From Page to Screen—Screenwriter’s Panel
• The Power of Media, Storytelling, and The Muppets of Sesame Street​

Updated (10/15/22)

Watching a variety of tv series, documentaries, and movies is something that helps refocus me when I’m caught in rumination and worry. Here’s my recommendation list for inspiration. Some items I highly recommend**** and others have had an impact on me in other ways. Will delve into how exposing my mind to such amazing shows has helped me in future posts. 

Television

• Bad Sisters ****
• Girls5Eva ****
• Hacks ****
• ​The Other Two ****
• Dollface ****
• Shrill ****
• The Baby ****
• The Rehearsal ****
• Abbott Elementary ****
• We Are Lady Parts ****
• State of the Union 2nd season **** 
• Somebody Somewhere ****
• The White Lotus ****
• The Sex Lives of College Girls **** 
• Nine Perfect Strangers ****
• Succession **** (my fave show right now, watched it 100+ times)
• The Morning Show ****
• Six Feet Under ****
• In Treatment  ****
• The Leftovers ****
• Gravity Falls **** (also watched this dozens & dozens of times)
• We Own These Streets ***
• Six Feet Under ****
• The Wire ***
• The Sopranos ****
• Mrs. America ****
• Enlightened ****
• Servant
• Single Drunk Female​
• And Just Like That…
• 30 Rock
• Inventing Anna
• Little Fires Everywhere
• Only Murders in the Building
• The Bold Type 
• Suspicion
• Suspicion
• Winning Time
• The Gilded Age  
• Mare of Easttown 
• Big Little Lies

Films

• Good Luck to You, Leo Grande ***
• Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen ****
• a-ha: The Movie ****
• Don’t Look Up ****
• CODA ****
• Sing Street ****
• ​Sidney ****
• The Tinder Swindler
• Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
• WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
• MIGHTY IRA documentary

Recommended by Friends and I Still to Watch…

• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• Severence 

Shows I Tried, but Just Can’t Enjoy or Get Really into for Some Reason

• Ted Lasso
• Industry
• Euphoria
• Barry 
• House of the Dragon

• The Flight Attendant
• Irma Vep

Guilty Pleasures / Background TV

• Law & Order (ever season ever, but only the original show, no spin-offs)
• Monarch 
• Southern Charm
• Real Housewives of New York City
• Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
• House Hunters

When I started my seasonal position at the Virginia Film Festival I decided to put together a presentation of THE FILMS THAT INSPIRE ME. It was a fun project! I love documentaries, movies that make me laugh, and films that make me cry. 

The last 4 movies I’ve watched as of October 15, 2022 are:

• Sidney 
• ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas
• Bad Moms
• Devotion

Peacock has two of my favorite new shows: Girls5eva and We Are Lady Parts.. Both feature an ensemble of women in lead roles as well as some catchy tunes that’ll make you smile.