elaine may – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

VULCANIZADORA (Fantasia IFF 2024) – Review by Nadine Whitney

Vulcanizadora is a detritus filled masterwork of loneliness and lives which are lived without notice or social significance. There is a deep well of beauty in Vulcanizadora for all the ugliness. Not only in the grainy cinematography capturing the Grand Rapids area and the excellent transitional shots, but in the devastatingly soulful script. Vulcanizadora is supremely accomplished, unbearably sad, and the kind of film which is hard to shake off. Magnificient.

SPOTLIGHT

SPOTLIGHT March 2022: Elaine May, Entertainment Icon and 2022 Oscars Honoree

February 26, 2022April 1, 2022 Karen Peterson a new leaf, Academy Awards, elaine may, ishtar, jeannie berlin, mike nichols, mikey and nicky, primary colors, the birdcage

This month, Elaine May is getting an Oscar! One of Hollywood’s funniest and most talented ladies will, at long last, receive an Honorary Academy Award for her long history of great work in the film industry. In announcing the honor, Academy president David Rubin said, “Elaine May’s bold, uncompromising approach to filmmaking, as a writer, director and actress, reverberates as loudly as ever with movie lovers.” Honoring Elaine May’s work and career accomplishments will introduce a new generation to her particular sensibilities, wit, unique perspective and voice.

News

WEEK IN WOMEN: Record number of femme-helmed films added to National Film Registry – Brandy McDonnell reports

December 23, 2019December 29, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments claudia weill, elaine may, female filmmakers, greta schiller, library of congress, madeline anderson, patricia cardoso, twiw, week in women

An unprecedented seven motion pictures directed by women are on this year’s list of films added to , the most in a single year since the inaugural registry in 1989.

Books Commentaries

ReFocus: The Films of Elaine May – Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (Exclusive Book Excerpt)

August 21, 2019February 27, 2022 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 0 Comments elaine may, jack lemmon, Maria Ouspenskaya, mike nichols, ReFocus: The Films of Elaine May

Across her impressive career, the manifestation of Elaine May’s remarkable skillset reveals itself primarily through a three-pronged attack of writer, filmmaker, and performer. That these overlap so significantly in her 1971 debut feature film as director-writer-actor A New Leaf typify how difficult it is at times to individually extract each thread for analysis, yet this chapter seeks to do precisely that.