Tag: female filmmakers
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Kristen Stewart’s Come Swim
Originally published November 15, 2017 Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live. — Norman…
Filmotomy Podcast Episode 41: Femme Filmmakers Festival 2018 Preview
Episode 41 of the Filmotomy Podcast lands on the opening day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2018. Ten days of over fifty films showcasing is…
Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day One Program, Friday 7th September
Femme Filmmakers Festival: Day One Program, Friday 7th September And so it begins. Finally. The months of searching and scouting and sorting. Hours of films…
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…
Unseen – Call for Support
Here at Filmotomy we like to promote new and emerging talent, and films from female, LGBT and minority directors, the films that don’t get enough…
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,…
First Reactions: Rafiki
What should have been a happy time for director Wanuri Kahiu was peppered with sadness. Her moving drama about two young Kenyan girls falling in…
Filmotomy Exclusive Interview: Jillian Clare the Director of ‘To The Beat.’
Here at Filmotomy we were given the exclusive opportunity to view To The Beat, a highly enjoyable, teen dance flick that will leave you with…
