Tag: Film
NZIFF: The Square
Following the astonishing Animation NOW! programmes that opened the New Zealand International Film Festival, over in Auckland the first feature film to screen is the…
100 More Films Made By Women – Part 10 of 20
Some productions so small in scale, budget, and running time, can sit alongside films made by iconic women also know for their singing and acting….
100 More Films Made By Women – Part 9 of 20
The scope of female film-makers transcends the mere role they have in the big bad film industry. They are greater than you assume. Track down…
100 More Films Made By Women – Part 8 of 20
Here we have 5 more far from “girly” films at your disposal. Girls that can cut into a marriage bond, that can gyrate inappropriately at a…
100 More Films Made By Women – Part 7 of 20
So let’s hear it for the girls. They can escape their confined lifestyles to watch a soccer game. They can become terrorists. What is also…
100 More Films Made By Women – Part 6 of 20
Beauty itself is depicted in the following films, in various forms. Characters also struggling with inner family conflict, or of the sexual or violent variety….
100 More Films Made By Women – Part 5 of 20
In the midst of some momentous historical changes here in the UK, and across the vast European continent (and the world) I am in such…
100 More Films Made By Women – Part 4 of 20
The following eclectic bunch of films offer an abundance of female-driven stories, regardless of a potential male lead (and there are not many here). As…
100 More Films Made By Women – Part 3 of 20
It’s no surprise to see many of the films directed by women featured here and elsewhere focus on the female story perspective – you could…
Film Honors: 1987
My own personal choices for the year. They reflect not just necessarily what I think is the best or essential cinema, but perhaps resonate with…
100 More Films Made By Women – Part 2 of 20
Our second venture into films directed by women tell stories of a disgruntled dinner party, a young girl on a road trip to potential stardom,…
100 More Films Made By Women – Part 1 of 20
And so it is. The second 100 Films Made by Women. There’s many you have seen, and many you have likely not even heard of…
NZIFF: Animation NOW! Dark Hearts
Already three days into the New Zealand International Film Festival, with animated shorts galore. The Animation NOW! section of the festival rounds itself off with…
NZIFF: New Chinese Animation
How much of your daily thoughts are dedicated to independent Chinese animation? I thought so. Film is an education, of course, and the New Zealand…
