Hi, You should look at the Dutch film "A Question of Silence", directed by Marlene Gorris. It's a radical feminist film that was made in the '80s. I think that it may have been funded by an independent group called Cinema For Women. There was also a French film screened at my university's annual film festival called "Baise Moi" that caused much controversy as it contained extreme violence. It was directed by Virginie Despentes & Coralie Trin-Thi. Hope this helps. Regards, Subeshini Moodley University of Natal (Durban, South Africa) >>> [log in to unmask] 11/19/02 07:51PM >>> I'm teaching a spring course on "Violent Screen Women." Here are the films I have used in teaching this course before (or plan to add), but I'm looking for others that any of you might recommend as insightful or significant. Also, does anyone know if THE BROOD is available on VHS/DVD in the United States? It's only available in Britain according to IMDB.com. Psycho [videorecording] / dir. Alfred Hitchcock Alien [videorecording] / dir. Ridley Scott Aliens [videorecording] / directed by James Cameron. Alien3 [videorecording] / a film by David Fincher. Alien resurrection [videorecording] /directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet Beloved, dir Jonathan Demme The exorcist [videorecording] /Warner Bros. Pictures ; a William Friedkin film. The Hunger [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; directed by Tony Scott. Carrie [videorecording] / United Artists ; directed by Brian De Palma. I spit on your grave [videorecording] / Cinemagic Pictures, directed by Meir Zarchi. Sisters (De Palma, 1973) The Silence of the lambs [videorecording] Interview with a Vampire Bram Stoker's Dracula [videorecording] / directed by Francis Ford Coppola Thelma and Louise Fatal attraction [videorecording] Basic instinct [videorecording] : directed byPaul Verhoeven. Terminator 2 [videorecording] : judgment day / directed by James Cameron Death And The Maiden / [Videorecording] Roman Polanski WITCHES OF EASTWICK, dir. George Miller (1987) BLUE STEEL (1990, dir. Kathryn Bigelow) MORTAL THOUGHTS (1991, dir. Alan Rudolph) BLACK WIDOW (1986, dir. Bob Rafelson) DEATH BECOMES HER (1992, dir. Zemeckis) Diabolique (Les diaboliques), 1955. Director, Henri-Georges Clouzot Diabolique [videorecording] / Directed by Jeremiah Chechik. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, dir. Ang Lee (2000) HEAVENLY CREATURES, dir. Peter Jackson (1994) HEATHERS, dir. Michael Lehmann (1989) THE STEPFATHER, dir. Joseph Ruben (1987) Extremities (Robert M. Young, 1986) The Brood (David Cronenberg, 1979) Mark Pizzato, PhD Assoc. Prof. of Theatre Dept. of Dance and Theatre Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223 Phone: (704) 687-4488 FAX: 704-687-3795 [log in to unmask] (visit www.quickdonations.com and give life with a click of your mouse) ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu