52 Films by Women Vol 2. 32. STRANGE WEATHER (Director: Katherine Dieckmann)
Writer-director Katherine Dieckmann ( A Good Baby, Diggers, Motherhood ) has a mission: to make films centred on women aged 40 plus. It isn’t just that Hollywood neglects this demographic but actresses like Ellen Barkin and Debra Winger are relegated to supporting roles once they reach the big Four-whoa! First item of business: Strange Weather , a drama about the search for truth and justice by a grieving divorcee, University Administrator, Darcy Baylor, played by the estimable Holly Hunter, a name to enunciated in boxing commentator terms - ‘presenting in the blue corner, multiple Academy Award nominee, winner of one Oscar, the one, the only Hollllllleee Hunnnn-tuh!’ OK, maybe after the first time, it would lose its novelty. But try enunciating Meryl Streep that way - it sounds like a deflating balloon. Seven years ago, Darcy’s son committed suicide. When Darcy discovers that his business plan, the one she helped type up and gave him the inspiration for, god damn it, has bee...