It's Mother's Day

Rise and shine.

Do you have big plans? Whatever your mother wants today, she should have. Whether that's a bouquet of flowers, breakfast in bed, a night out on the town, "me" time, or any more unusual request... like, say, delivering a secret message to her lover that she's been forbidden to see, it should be hers...

Hey, some mothers are more complicated than others!

Okay, yes, that's right. Run along now and do as you're told.

WHAT? Why are you stopping?

YOU'RE GOING THE WRONG WAY, YOU UNGRATEFUL DEVIL-CHILD!

[This post has been brought to you by The Film Experience's fantasy that Anna Paquin calls Holly Hunter up every Mother's Day to apologize and reminisce; The Piano is always worth revisiting.]

Comments

[James T]

I'm thinking that people who have lost their mothers, or never met them, or don't have a good relationship with them, are not really happy this day.
Not to ruin the celebration and all but maybe this particular holiday is more sad for some than it is happy for others :/

Anyway, to anyone who has or has had a mother, I dedicate Mildred Pierce.
Yes, no matter what we've done, we're better kids than Veda was ;)

[NATHANIEL R]

James T -- but this mix of sadness and joy is part of most holiday experiences, yes? As for Mildred and Vera: GOOD POINT!

[cal roth]

Best moms

1 - Sigourney Weaver in Aliens
2 - Bjork in Dancer in Dark
3 - Jane Greer in The Grapes of Wrath
4 - Katina Paxinou in Rocco and His Brothers
5 - Brenda Fricker in My Left Foot
6 - Frances McDormand in Almost Famous
7 - Joan Bennet in The Reckless Moment
8 - Juanita Moore in Imitation of Life
9 - Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce
10 - Shirley MacLaine in Terms od Endearment

No, thank you

1 - Katharine Hepburn in Suddenly Last Summer
2 - Ingrid Bergman in Autumn Sonata
3 - Piper Laurie in Carrie
4 - Jo Van Fleet in East of Eden
5 - Catherine Deneuve in Un Conte de Noel
6 - Anne Bancroft in The Graduate
7 - Gena Rowlands in A Woman Under The Influence
8 - Isabelle Huppert in Ma Mère
9 - Lea Massari in Murmur of the Heart
10 - Geraldine Page, Interiors

[Holly French]

I adore The Piano. It was easily my favorite in 93. I know I can't begrudge the Schindler's List win because it's SCHINDLER'S LIST but still. The Piano makes my heart ache in wonderful ways.

[Colin Low]

So I wrote this on Twitter but I'll say it here too: I've always watched The Piano without subtitles, but it strikes me that the movie might be a fundamentally different experience if all of Ada McGrath's sign language was subtitled, because I wouldn't have as much difficulty trying to decipher what she's thinking.

Sorta like when originally I watched Annie Hall without subtitles for their "He probably thinks I'm a yoyo" scene on Annie's balcony. It gets so much more awkwaaaard