Alien (film)

"Alien" was the first in several films featuring Sigourney Weaver as the ass-kicking Ellen Ripley, who manages to defeat some really heinous aliens, several times.

• "Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott
• "Aliens" (1986) dir. James Cameron
• "Alien 3" (1992) dir. David Fincher
• "Alien: Resurrection" (1997) dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Criticism and commentary

Rebecca Bell-Metereau.

• "Woman: The Other Alien in Alien", in Women Worldwalkers: New Dimensions of Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Jane B. Weedman. Lubbock: Texas Tch Press, 1985, pp. 9-24.

Catherine Constable

• "Becoming the Monster's Mother: Morphologies of Identity in the Alien Series." in Alien Zone II: The Spaces of Science Fiction Cinema, ed. Annette Kuhn, pp. 173-202. NY: Verso, 1999.

Ximena Gallardo C. and C. Jason Smith.

• Alien Woman: The Making of Lt. Ellen Ripley. NY: Continuum, 2004.

Harvey R. Greenberg.

• "Fembo: Aliens' Intensions." Journal of Popular Film and TV, v.15, n.4 (Winter 1988), pp. 165-171.

Susan Jeffords.

• "The Battle of the Big Mamas: Feminism and the Alienation of Women", Journal of American Culture, v.10, n.3 (1987): pp. 73-84.