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In the mid-’70s, when women (among them Claudia Weill, Joan Micklin Silver, Joan Darling) were getting the chance to direct mainstream movies, Pauline Kael cautioned against expecting great things right away. Filmmakers needed a chance to learn and develop, she said, and there was always a chance they might not, or might simply become proficient…
Most film fans have never seen 1981′s “Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains,” the hard-charging, potent tale of an all-girl punk band’s meteoric rise and fall, which featured supporting performances by members of the Sex Pistols and The Clash (and a young Ray Winstone, who played the lead singer of the Stains’ tourmates The Looters).…
