I actually didn't realize anyone was hoping for an Attack the Block 2. I loved the movie, but it seems like it said what it wanted to say and did what it wanted to do and wrapped things up pretty nicely. Not every movie (or book or video game or whatever) needs a sequel.

I just watched that tonight. It’s an exceptional science fiction film, though hoo boy, is it ever depressing.

Yeah, Testament is pretty good. It gets a little bit too bogged down into the melodrama for my tastes, so I tend to see Threads as the better nuclear destruction film -- but yeah, it's good enough that it's worth a watch. 

Yeah, I debated included A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night in my list. It’s a great movie. Ultimately I figured it (like Near Dark) would mostly be considered horror. And io9 did include it in their list of horror films directed by women. So.

Fast Color is so good. I’m actually surprised it wasn’t on the io9 list.

The Hurt Locker is really good, but it’s neither a science fiction nor a fantasy film. But they did include Bigelow’s Strange Days, and in their horror list they’ve got her Near Dark.

They mention in the preface to the list that they have a separate list for female-directed horror films. And yes, American Psycho is on that one.

I was mulling over some more and realized one particularly obvious film got neglected from my first list — Shrek, co-directed by Vicky Jensen. It’s a pretty highly regarded film, it’s a fantasy, and it had a huge impact on the CG animated film industry. Definitely essential viewing as much as anything else on this…

As someone who participates in the 52 Films By Women challenge every year (the goal being to watch 52 films in a year directed or co-directed by a woman) and as someone whose favorite genres are science fiction and fantasy, I can vouch for the fact that it’s pretty tough finding good fantasy and sci-fi films directed…

Theatre of Blood and The Abominable Dr Phibes are probably tied as my two favorites. He's just so delightful at campy horror.

“Why are you dressed like someone died?”

I really enjoyed it. It had a lot more of the traditional Marvel battle spectaculars, but still left plenty of time for the quiet character moments that have made this such a great show.

Marshall’s small role in Lost in America is one of the funniest scenes ever filmed.

That advice from Matthau is wonderful. Do a good job, be professional, learn about the people you’re working with, and be the kind of person other people want to work with. Hard to go wrong with that. He’s one of my favorite actors so I’m glad to hear good things about him behind the scenes, too.

“... and the short film Pariah, about a young lesbian woman leading a double life to avoid rejection and ridicule.”

Every time a new film or television project based on one of George Martin's stories is announced and it isn't Fevre Dream another piece of me dies.

He just wants his kids back.

And they hired Sam Raimi to direct it. And while he's not new to whimsical or general superhero fare, he's also quite adept at horror (and horror comedy!) So I'm pretty excited to see what he does with the first horror film in the MCU.

““difficult women” are Hollywood pariahs whereas difficult men are simply artists.”

Return to Oz is fantastic. It's a shame it was so critically reviled on its release (because people thought kids couldn't handle the darkness! When that was exactly why I loved it!) that it's barely thought of these days and that it led to Murch not directing any more films.