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Christoph Waltz Joins True Crimes

Roman Polanski is a contender to direct this true-story adaptation about a Polish writer convicted of a murder he was never suspected of. [...]

Sundance Selects Acquires Roman Polanski’s ‘Venus In Fur’

Sundance Selects grabbed U.S. rights to the Roman Polanski-directed Venus In Fur. Polanski and David Ives wrote it based on the Tony winning stage play by Ives. Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric star and Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde produced it. Show More Summary

Polanski Blames The Pill For Loss Of Romance

Roman Polanski blames the pill for the current state of gender politics, controversially citing the advent of hormonal birth control as a factor in eradicating “romance” and straining relationships between men and women. It’s not exactly clear by what mechanism Polanski blames the pill — whether it’s an effect of hormones (ones that mimic the [...]Show More Summary

Roman Polanski Gripes The Birth Control Pill Has “Masculinized” Women

I know you care about the opinions of a man who, in 1977, gave a Quaalude and champagne to a 13-year-old girl before he raped her. This weekend, filmmaker Roman Polanski said that the birth control pill has “masculinized” women and taken the “romance” out of our lives. You know, the romance of yore, like giving [...]

Roman Polanski Criticizes The Pill, Calls Sexual Equality ‘Idiotic’

Filmmaker Roman Polanski thinks leveling the playing field between the sexes is “idiotic.”

Femininity and The Felon: Polanski Laments How Pill Is “Masculinising” Women

As many on this blog know, I am not a big fan of Roman Polanski and his successful evasion of arrest for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl in 1977. Many folks in France continue to rally behind Polanski who has successfully fought extradition for decades. Now, during the unveiling of his movie “Venus […]

Child Rapist Thinks Gender Equality Is Bad

What a guy! You might not suppose Roman Polanski and the 87-year-old Jerry Lewis had a great deal in common, but today the director followed Lewis’ suggestion that broad comedy is inappropriate for women actors by complaining that aiming for female equality is “a great pity”. Speaking at the Cannes film festival of his latest [...]

Roman Polanski: ‘Birth Control Pills Have Had Masculinizing Effect On Women’

Roman Polanski has come up with a rather unique analysis of the impact birth control has had on women. The famed director and convicted statutory rapist, claims it has had… READ ON

More on the mainstreaming of pedophilia

It's been an exciting Cannes Film Festival, according to the France 24 news agency. What sort of uplifting artistic achievements have been competing for this year's prize? Cinema heavyweights Roman Polanski and Jim Jarmusch wrapped up...Show More Summary

Roman Polanski Says the Pill 'Masculinized' Women and Ruined Romance

Post by Sheri Reed I bristle immediately anytime I hear the name of well-known Director Roman Polanski. I hate that dude -- mostly because he was convicted of raping a 13-year-old girl years ago and ran off to France to avoid serving his time, and I also believe he probably got away with the raping several other women as well. Show More Summary

Roman Polanski Blames The Pill For ‘Chasing Away The Romance’

Controversial director Roman Polanski is blaming the pill for the death of romance in modern society. He also has some strong feelings about gender equality. The filmmaker attended this year’s Cannes Film Festival to promote his latest feature Venus in Fur. The Chinatown director’s latest effort stars his wife Emmanuelle Seigner. According to AFI, Polanski [...]Show More Summary

Roman Polanski's Shocking Words On Women

CANNES, France — Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinizing" effect on women and that the leveling of the sexes is...

Repulsion: Roman Polanski Whines About The Pill's 'Masculinizing' Effect On Women

Roman Polanski, the brilliant filmmaker and also one of the last people on earth you want giving a lecture on gender relations, waxed nostalgic about the good old days before birth control at the premiere of his film "Venus in Fur." [ more › ]

Artsy Male Directors At Cannes Say Sexist Shit Too. Who'da Thunk?

These might the kind of sound bites you'd think would come from, say, the premiere of a Michael Bay movie, but — nope! Roman Polanski and Francois Ozon, two iconic male directors, with scores of nuanced, sensitive and artistic filmsShow More Summary

Roman Polanski complains birth control pills are ‘masculinizing’ women

Polanski’s Venus seduces on last day of Cannes festival

CANNES (Reuters) - An avenging Venus settling the psychological and sexual score is the star of acclaimed director Roman Polanski's "La Venus a la Fourrure" ("Venus in Fur"), one of the Cannes film festival's two final movies in main competition to pre...

Cannes: Roman Polanski’s ‘Weekend Of A Champion’ – Poster

Roman Polanski‘s 1971 feature documentary Weekend Of A Champion is being sold at Cannes this week after Brett Ratner’s Rat Documentary Films acquired the docu in February as part of a 12-picture deal with Netflix to produce and acquire feature-length documentaries. Show More Summary

Horror Whores: The Ninth Gate (1999)

How do you guys feel about Roman Polanski's THE NINTH GATE? This one kind of gets lost in the shuffle doesn't it? Perhaps for good reason. Say what you want about the flick it definitely has it's moments. One of those moments is today's Horror Whores where the sexy Lena Olin seduces Mr. Show More Summary

Cannes Line-Up Includes New Films From the Coen Brothers, Nicolas Winding Refn, Alexander Payne, and Roman Polanski

The lineup for the 2013 Cannes Film Festival was released this morning, and as ever it is a list that represents great promise and potential for the coming year in film. A number of films that we fully expected to see on the list are here: Only God Forgives from Nicolas Winding Refn, Inside Llewyn Davis [...]

Coens, Soderbergh, Coppola, Polanski, and More Highlight 2013 Cannes Slate

New films from the Coen Brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Sofia Coppola, Nicolas Winding Refn, Alexander Payne, Roman Polanski, Claire Denis,… Read More