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The murderous Mona — the starring villain in Romeo is Bleeding, a 1993 film noir set in New York City — is just one of the femme fatales being celebrated in a new film series at Edmonton’s Metro Cinema.
The film series will feature ‘unapologetically different, difficult, and sometimes deadly women’
Wallis Snowdon · CBC News · Posted: Jan 04, 2017 1:45 PM EST | Last Updated: January 4, 2017
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A psychopathic Russian mob assassin, Mona Demarkov seduces her victims only to bury them alive, or maybe cut off one of their toes.
The murderous Mona — the starring villain in Romeo is Bleeding, a 1993 film noir set in New York City — is just one of the femme fatales being celebrated in a new film series at Edmonton’s Metro Cinema.
The Bad Girls Movie Club will be showcasing «unapologetically different, difficult — and sometimes deadly – women.»
«It’s good movies about bad women,» said Jana Pruden, a journalist and Edmonton movie buff who is curating the project, after answering a call for special series submissions from Metro.
«It’s a celebration of these great female characters, badass female characters.»
The series, which will span through 2017, will feature an eclectic mix of films not often seen on Edmonton big screens. Romeo krvácí will show at the inaugural screening on Jan 14.
«[Mona] may be one of the most bad ass, intense female film characters ever written,» Pruden said in an interview with CBC Radio’s Edmonton AM.
«It certainly comes out of the femme fatale genre that started in the 1940s. She is just this ruthless character, even by gang, mob character standards.»
‘You don’t have to be breaking things to be a badass’
Although dark and dangerous characters will be featured on screen, Pruden also wants to recognize real women of strength here in Alberta.
«Part of the characters we’re celebrating in this series, some of them are murderers or gangsters, so it’s not necessarily the badass qualities that we would celebrate in a real life person,» she said.
«But I think there are some similarities in that it’s these women who are strong, who are bold, who don’t necessarily do what society expects from them.
«So [we are also] taking some time to pay attention to some real-life badassery.»
Proceeds from membership cards and club merchandise will be donated to women’s charities across the city.
Each screening will feature a short Q&A with a «badass of honour» — a powerful woman from the Edmonton region. These everyday heroes don’t wear capes or carry machine guns, but have more power than any fictional femme fatale, said Pruden.
«We’re celebrating women that are strong, that are unapologetically different and there are so many of them,» Pruden said.
«It takes many forms, especially in our community. I always say, you don’t have to be breaking things to be a badass.»
To mark the pending launch of the new film series, Edmonton AM asked its listeners to name their favourite femme fatale or female heroine.
With files from Edmonton AM
50 Essential Movies About Exhilaratingly Bad Women
Martin Scorsese Wolf Wall Street is a three-hour epic featuring a number of debaucheries committed by the men who rule the country’s financial institutions. While the film has sparked debate over its depiction of drugs and sex, many critics have complained of its lack of a feminine perspective. If you’re looking for the chance to see female characters going head-to-head with their devious male counterparts, you’ll likely have to skip Scorsese’s latest picture. The good news, however, is that cinema has a long history of devious women and femmes fatales, as seen in these 50 movies. Here are some of the most notorious and downright thrilling bad women in movie history.
Rychleji, Pussycat! Zabít! Zabít!
Russ Meyer’s most famous film, Rychleji, kočko! follows three wild women with a penchant for fast cars and murder.
Heathers
High school comedies were never the same after teenage murder was introduced as a comic trope. I know the Heathers are the bad guys, but aren’t they kind of the best?
Občan Ruth
Laura Dern stars in Alexander Payne’s first film as a paint-huffing homeless woman who finds herself pregnant (again) and at the center of the abortion debate. No woman looks more charming with a ring of spray paint around her nose.
Bad Teacher
Cameron Diaz plays the titular terrible educator in Jake Kasdan’s dark comedy, which already has a TV adaptation heading to the small screen this year.
Mladý dospělý
Charlize Theron was robbed of an Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Mavis Gary, a sociopathic icy blonde who returns to her Minnesota hometown to steal her high-school sweetheart from his wife and daughter.
Smrt jí sluší
Robert Zemeckis took the catfight to a new level with this dark comedy, in which Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn literally tear each other to pieces.
Mamka seriálu
John Waters’ put the husky-voiced Kathleen Turner in one of the most deliciously perfect roles of her career: a serial-murdering suburbanite.
Set It Off
Four friends, struggling to make ends meet, turn to bank robbery in this action film starring Jada Pinkett-Smith, Queen Latifah, and Vivica A. Fox.
Rozloučení se svobodou
On the eve of their high school frenemy’s wedding, three bridesmaids rip up the wedding dress, snort a mountain of cocaine, and find themselves in heaps of trouble in Leslye Headland’s biting feminist comedy.
Opak sexu
Christina Ricci plays the pregnant teenager from hell who steals her half-brother’s dimwitted boyfriend. Bonus: Lisa Kudrow plays a Plain Jane who steals the show with the most caustic lines.
Addams Family Values
Christina Ricci turns up again as Wednesday Addams, burning down a repressively cheerful summer camp. Meanwhile, Joan Cusack delivers her greatest performance as gold-digging serial murderer.
Ďáblice
Oscar winner Meryl Streep goes head-to-head against Rosanne. Enough said.
Foxfire
Five teenage girls form a bond after attacking the teacher who sexually harasses them in this drama starring Angelina Jolie and Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis.
Jawbreaker
Je to jako Heathers, but trashier, sexier, and more ’90s. Marilyn Manson and The Donnas show up, after all.
Ilsa, vlčice z SS [NSFW]
Who doesn’t love a Holocaust exploitation film featuring a sadistic blonde Nazi?
Kill Bill
Quentin Tarantino’s two-part epic stars a slew of badass women, although only one makes it to the end alive.
Mommie Nejdražší
Faye Dunaway plays History’s Greatest Monster, Joan Crawford. I know she’s awful, but… isn’t she kinda great?
Za údolím panenek
Forget the melodramatic original: Russ Meyer and Roger Ebert co-wrote a pseudo-sequel / remake that no one really wanted, and it’s a delirious camp classic.
Čarodějky z Eastwicku
Long before Jessica Lange and company hexed around New Orleans, Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Susan Sarandon were casting spells and sleeping with the devil (played by Jack Nicholson) in this dark comedy.
101 Dalmatinů
I never want to see animals hurt in movies, but Glenn Close nailed Cruella de Vil to the extent that I was a little sad that she didn’t get what she wanted.
Kathy Bates’ obsessive fan takes a gleeful sledgehammer to James Caan’s poor, tired legs in Rob Reiner’s comic thriller based on the Stephen King novel.
Ďábel nosí Pradu
Sure, you have the disgustingly sweet and quirky Anne Hathway to deal with, but that’s balanced out by the one-two punch of Oscar nominees Meryl Streep and Emily Blunt playing mean-girl fashionistas to perfection.
Pink Flamingos
Divine eats shit and miluje to.
Poznámky ke skandálu
Oh, you’re looking for a female antihero? Here are two perfect examples.
Angelina Jolie’s star-making role was as drug-addled beauty Gia Carangi in this HBO biopic.
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Jodie Foster and The Runaways’ Cherie Currie star in the original Jaro Breakers (save for the handgun fellatio), as rebellious teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley.
9 5 na
Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, and Dolly Parton ushered in an ’80s comedy trope — the spitfire working woman — in this comedy about three office workers who take revenge on their sexist boss.
Bezohlední lidé
Why on earth would anyone want to kill Bette Midler?
Družičky
Kristen Wiig’s lovably miserable single lady acts out in a variety of socially unacceptable ways in this comedy, which earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
Thelma a Louise
Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis both earned Oscar nominations for Best Actress in this modern feminist classic that turns the typical buddy comedy / road-trip genre on its head.
Jackie Brown
In Quentin Tarantino’s plot-heavy caper, Pam Grier stars as the titular character determined to best a pair of feds and her gun-dealing boss. And don’t rule out Bridget Fonda, who knocks it out of the park as a hilariously cunning stoner.
Zemřít pro
Nicole Kidman stars as an ambitious woman who will stop at nothing to achieve success — not even having her husband murdered by her teenage lover.
Vše o Evě
Bette Davis stars as a spiteful Broadway diva determined to prevent her backstabbing assistant and biggest fan, the titular Eve, from stealing her spotlight.
Ženské potíže
Could there possibly be a better line in a film than, “I wouldn’t suck your dick if I was suffocating and you had oxygen flowing from your balls”? I doubt it.
George Cukor’s catty comedy classic is notable for its all-female cast, and a star-studded one at that.
Drop Dead Gorgeous
This mockumentary features an all-star cast of women (Denise Richards, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams, to name a few) in a send-up of small-town beauty pageants with a murderous twist.
Pro dobrý čas volejte…
Ari Graynor and Lauren Miller star as two clever New York women who come up with an ingenious way to pay their rent: they start their own phone sex line from their home.
Dům Ano
Parker Posey shines as the mentally disturbed yet unabashed Jackie O enthusiast with an unnatural affection for her twin brother in this creepy comedy.
Nebezpečné známosti
Glenn Close gives the performance of her career as one of literature’s most notorious villains, the cruel and cunning Marquise de Merteuil.
Podnikavá dívka
Melanie Griffith plays a sweet Staten Island gal working her way up the company ladder, but it’s Sigourney Weaver as a high-powered corporate bitch who steals the show.
Vojín Benjamin
Goldie Hawn plays a spoiled rich woman who joins the Army on a whim, only to be whipped into shape by Eileen Brennan’s domineering Army Captain.
Showgirls
One of the greatest, trashiest cinematic failures of all time, Showgirls is worth watching for Gina Gershon’s Crystal Connors alone.
Tank Girl
Lori Petty stars as the titular renegade in a dystopian future in this film based on a wildly popular British comic book.
V Grifters
Anjelica Houston and a young Annette Bening act laps around a befuddled John Cusack as two sexy and wicked con artists in Stephen Frears’ neo-noir.
Svobodná bílá žena
Finding a roommate in New York is never ideal, especially when she steals your haircut and your boyfriend before trying to murder you.
Tělesného tepla
Kathleen Turner is a sultry femme fatale in this neo-noir from director Lawrence Kasdan.
vázaný
The Wachowski siblings made their directorial debut with this erotic modern noir film starring Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gershon, known for its unabashedly graphic lesbian sex scenes choreographed by sex therapist and queer cinema critic Susie Bright.
Poslední svádění
This erotic thriller follows a woman who ropes her husband into a drug deal, steals the earnings, runs off to New York, and finds a new man she can dupe into getting rid of her husband once and for all.
Basic Instinct
Sharon Stone’s murderous bisexual mystery author with a penchant for forgoing underwear is one of modern cinema’s most notorious femmes fatales.
Mean Girls
What hath Heathers wrought? A ton of dark teen comedies, including this fan favorite that introduced us to Lizzy Caplan, Amanda Seyfried, and Rachel McAdams, offered a ton of quotable lines, and gave us the last great performance from Lindsay Lohan.
Over the years, I’ve heard many actors tell me they have more fun playing unsympathetic parts.
I imagine there’s a sort of freedom in being allowed to be nasty with no real life consequences. Besides, being good all the time must be boring — and potentially career limiting.
In looking at some of the vilest females in the history of film, I have consciously omitted femmes fatales (beautiful women who use their wiles to ensnare men) and female nut jobs/serial killers. Each of these categories merits a piece of its own.
For the most part, in the films listed below the female exerts her malignant influence more subtly. Sometimes, she does it consciously, sometimes it’s beyond her awareness and control.
However the villainy gets portrayed, it’s always fascinating. Here’s a dozen top films featuring nefarious female characters.
Movie: “Rebecca” (1940)
Znak: Mrs. Danvers
Wicked Deed: Obsessed with the memory of her employer’s first wife, she tries to make the second wife (Joan Fontaine) go mad, and comes close to succeeding.
Movie: “The Little Foxes” (1941)
Znak: Regina Giddens (Bette Davis)
Wicked Deed: Regina’s overwhelming greed makes her consider any scheme to get what she wants, including murder. Pity her poor husband!
Movie: “Gun Crazy” (1950)
Postava: Annie Laurie Starr (Peggy Cummins)
Wicked Deed: A love of firearms and money inspires her to go on a robbery spree, corrupting her weak boyfriend. She sure can shoot, though.
Movie: “All About Eve” (1950)
Znak: Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter)
Wicked Deed: The quietest and most patient of predators, the worshipful Eve gets close to an aging Broadway diva and then, over time, takes her place in the spotlight.
Movie: “Johnny Guitar” (1954)
Znak: Emma Small (Mercedes McCambridge)
Wicked Deed: Her repressed lesbian desire for Vienna (Joan Crawford) makes her want to kill the thing she can’t love. Watch how sex can turn to hate!
Movie: “The Bad Seed” (1956)
Znak: Rhoda Penmark (Patty McCormack)
Wicked Deed: Eight year-old Rhoda skillfully manipulates adults into believing she’s a good girl when she’s really very bad. Could this sweet little thing kill?
Movie: “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962)
Znak: Eleanor Shaw Iselin (Angela Lansbury)
Wicked Deed: Mrs. Iselin is part of a plan to brainwash her own son into committing an unspeakable act against the country. Though evil, she looks great in pearls.
Movie: “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” (1966)
Znak: Martha (Elizabeth Taylor)
Wicked Deed: Martha’s bitterness causes her to go on a nasty, alcohol-fueled rant against husband George. It ain’t pretty; this couple certainly earns their drinks.
Movie: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975)
Znak: Nurse Ratched (Louise Fletcher)
Wicked Deed: This remote supposed caregiver cares nothing for her charges at a mental hospital, and her cold indifference brings about tragedy. She could at least smile.
Movie: “Ordinary People” (1980)
Znak: (Mary Tyler Moore)
Wicked Deed: A repressed mother grieves the drowning death of her favorite son, and blames her guilt-ridden surviving son. Though he sees a shrink, she needs one even more.
Movie: “The Grifters” (1990)
Znak: Lilly Dillon (Anjelica Huston)
Wicked Deed: Working hard for the mob, Lilly was never there for her now-grown con man son, so her advice to him comes a bit late. Hardly a role model for clean living.
Movie: “Animal Kingdom” (2010)
Znak: Janine “Smurf” Cody (Jackie Weaver)
Wicked Deed: The smiling but deadly “Smurf” happily cares for her three sons, who deal drugs and pull off robberies with abandon. Mama knows best!
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