52 Films by Women Vol 5. 43. I’M YOUR WOMAN (Director: Julia Hart)
Julia Hart’s fourth feature film as director, I’m Your Woman , is conspicuous for a lack of swear words. Perhaps it is because Hart, who co-wrote the film with her husband, Jordan Horowitz, had just made a film for Disney +, Stargirl , a teen romance starring America’s Got Talent winner Grace VanderWaal who at one point plays the ukulele at a football match. Maybe it is because Hart wanted to redefine the 1970s thriller, the decade in which the film is set. Maybe it is because with cinemas being closed during the Covid pandemic, film is turning into television – and not cable television with few holds barred but television suitable for general audiences. This is not to say there aren’t gunshots in I’m Your Woman – the main character, Jean (Rachel Brosnahan, best known for the Amazon Prime show The Marvellous Mrs Maizel ) is married to a career criminal, Eddie (Bill Heck). However, the makers are intent on tackling some tropes. When we first see Jean, she is lounging in ...