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Talking Sofia Coppola at the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival

I am joined by Morgan Roberts to talk about the films of Sofia Coppola. This was on the back of Morgan’s Letteboxd ranking that she…

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Priscilla Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy
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Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Priscilla (Sofia Coppola)

Gliding across the pristine pink carpet Priscilla Presley (Cailee Spaeny) readies herself for the hospital. The young mother, already a picture of perfection, ensures her…

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Coralie Fargeat The Substance Femme Filmmakers Festival Filmotomy
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Day One of the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival

Friday 20 September The Substance (Coralie Fargeat) feature film library On general release today, 20th September. Priscilla (Sofia Coppola) feature film library Head over to…

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Marie Antoinette
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FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)

Growing up in the shadow of a father who crafted some of the most influential and talked about films of the 20th century, would likely…

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Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: The Beguiled, 2017

We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. The Beguiled, 2017 Prix de la mise en…

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Life Interrupted: The Journey to get The Virgin Suicides from Page to Screen

“I never thought I would be a film-maker. It wasn’t something I ever planned. I had so many interests but I just couldn’t find one medium…

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Directors’ Weekend Catch-Up: The Beguiled

Sofia Coppola’s latest feature, The Beguiled, carries the theme of loneliness, which was present in her previous work like The Virgin Suicides and Lost In…

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Welcome to The Bling Ring Generation

Originally published over at On The Screen Reviews Before Hollywood discovered the benefit of locking their doors when leaving town, a group of gutsy, celebrity-obsessed…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival 2017: Day Three Program

Femme Filmmakers Festival — Day Three Program — Sunday 3rd September 2017 So here we are a Day Three of the Femme Filmmakers Festival already….

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Lost in Translation: Visual Appreciation

  “I just don’t know what I’m supposed to be.”  In her sophomore smash hit, Sofia Coppola introduces us to a familiar world within the realms…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival 2017: Day Two Program

Femme Filmmakers Festival — Day Two Program — Saturday 2nd September 2017 The Femme Filmmakers Festival flies into its second day, and with it the…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival 2017: Day One Program

Femme Filmmakers Festival — Day One Program — Friday 1st September 2017 Like all the fine female filmmakers you are hopefully about to embark on,…

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Femme Filmmakers Festival 2017 – Line-Up Announced

Here we are once again. I literally salivate at the mouth at the prospect of spending hours and hours in a darkened room with all…

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10 Female Directors Who Could Have Won At Cannes

Sofia Coppola’s Best Director win at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival not only put a huge pin in the map of film history, it also…

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