Category: Women
Mary Pickford: The Heart of the Movies in 50 Beats
So iconic, wonderful, inspiring, a treasure for all film-lovers, Mary Pickford might well be the most important woman in the history of cinema. So varied,…
Directed By Women September – Location: Winter's Bone
Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone takes place in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, where teenage Ree (Jennifer Lawrence) is trying to provide for her household: her…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Julia Ducournau's Raw
Justine (Garance Marillier ) is a first-year veterinary student. Her elder sister (Ella Rump) is studying the same course at the university. Justine was raised…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Land Without Evil – Kati Egely
Throughout history people have always been searching for a perfect place. Their own slice of Eden. However, the question should be whether we can find…
Directed By Women September – Scene: The Dinner from The Invitation
A series of short, snappy pieces of Players, Scenes, Quotes, Shots, Locations, from films directed by women throughout September. Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation is a…
Directed By Women September – Quote: “I Wanted to Shoot People” from Blue Steel
Director Kathryn Bigelow’s third full-length feature, a serial-killer thriller about an NYPD rookie (Jamie Lee Curtis, in a performance that should have made her a…
Directed By Women September – Shot: Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
A series of short, snappy pieces of Players, Scenes, Quotes, Shots, Locations, from films directed by women throughout September. In recent years, you will struggle…
Around the World in 80 Films: Persepolis
Persepolis is a perfect example of how animated films are not just for children, but can be aimed towards a more mature, adult audience. It…
The Receptionist
Many of us have fallen on hard times, trying to make our pennies stretch until the end of the month, worrying about how we will…
Femme Filmmakers Festival: 2018 Full Line-Up Announced
Femme Filmmakers Festival is an online film festival showcasing the works directed by women. This year’s event runs Friday 7th September – Sunday 16th September…
Money! Money! Money! Generation Wealth Review
Just what can money buy you? Status, class, authority, respect, infamy, a presidency? The list of things you can gain with a little (or rather…
The Day in a Life of a Woman: Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
There is nothing quite like the 1975 domestic drama Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. A three-hour epic, that follows the life of mother,…
Let's get critical: A new study confirms that film critics are mostly white men
What do Roger Ebert, Peter Travers, David Edelstein, Glenn Kenny, Owen Gleiberman and Mark Kermode all have in common? Well, three things: firstly their occupation,…
Cate Blanchett – Ten from a “10”
Every generation has one, maybe two, if they’re lucky. So solid are their statures that when they are tagged with just a first or last name, a stream of images and sound bites cascades in one’s memory. Streep, Redgrave, Signoret, Christie, Hepburn, Garbo and Bergman. Add to that, Blanchett.
