Tag: The Piano
Femme Film Fest 23 Review: The Piano (Jane Campion)
The first film directed by a woman to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes (it shared the victory with Chen Kaige’s Farewell My Concubine), New…
Day Two of the Femme Filmmakers Festival 2023
I spy with my little eye something beginning with Academy Award winner for Best Director. Wowsers. Day two of the 8th Femme Filmmakers Festival features…
Festival de Cannes 72 Countdown: The Piano, 1993
We excitedly countdown to the 72nd Festival de Cannes with a different prize winning film each day. The Piano, 1993 Palme d’Or – Jane Campion…
The Female Gaze: Great Film Moments Directed by Women
We have all heard of the term ‘male gaze’ (termed by the feminist sociologist Laura Mulvey), which is often used to describe how the camera…
100 Not Nominated For Oscars – Part 5
Two perfectly pleasant and accomplished movies, with a taste of France and the movies, went head to head in 2012. But we are not going…
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…
