Tag: Women
Interview: Screenwriter, Ella Valentine Discusses Her New Film, Revolution X
Writer and Screenwriter, Ella Valentine discusses her new film, Revolution X and her screenwriting journey so far. From her beginnings to her new film, Revolution X, which is streaming on Apple TV in North America right now. Ella’s new magazine, Horror Valentine’s is dedicated for women in Thriller and Horror.
Makeovers: Analysing the Stages of the ‘Makeover Scene’ in Hollywood Rom-Com Movies
An analysis on the makeover scenes in Hollywood Romantic-Comedy movies. From ’90s classics like Pretty Woman to modern makeovers. Movies in this article include Moonstruck, Clueless, Miss Congeniality, The Princess Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada and The House Bunny. The different stages analysed include hairstyles, makeup, manners and new clothes.
‘Aftersun’ (2022), ‘How to Have Sex’ (2023) and the Dreams and Nightmares of the British Package Holiday
British tourists have always had a reputation. Since the days of Byron, Shelley and Keats in Geneva and Italy and the Grand Tour which wealthy…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Petite Maman (Céline Sciamma)
Autumn in its full glory is celebrated to the fullest in Petite Maman. It is a charming, delightful film from renowned French filmmaker Céline Sciamma…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: An In-depth Conversation with ‘Makeover Movie’ Director, Sue Ding
Writer, Editor and Director of Makeover Movie, Sue Ding discusses her film background, movie influences and the typical makeover movie montages seen in so many Hollywood Rom-Coms. The playful editing of this essay-style film covers pop-culture references from Old Hollywood to modern cinema. Get to know Sue and the influences behind the making of Makeover Movie.
Femme Filmmakers Festival Spotlight: Larisa Shepitko – Wings Of Ascension
One of the most influential figures of the film from the Soviet Union is a woman nearly forgotten to film history. With Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Dovzhenko,…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: ‘The Rider’ Is A Beautiful Slice of Tragic Americana
The Western is a genre that has been reinvented time and time again. Many creatives have interpolated the classic American genre but no modern interpretation…
9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Classic Short Weekend: Land Without Evil (Katalin Egely)
What a journey this is. Katalin Egely, an extremely well-travelled Hungarian filmmaker, incorporates her extensive prowess with animation story-telling to not only embrace the indefinable…
9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Classic Short Weekend: Aria (Myrsini Aristidou)
The Cannes Film Festival get Rosetta so the Femme Filmmakers Festival get Aria. The comparisons to the Dardennes’ Palme d’Or winning drama are clear as…
Day Ten of the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival
Sunday 29 September Obvious Child (Gillian Robespierre) feature film library Head over to JustWatch to see all the streaming availability based on your country. The…
9th Femme Filmmakers Festival Classic Short Weekend: Hysterical Girl (Kate Novack)
The opening seconds of Kate Novack‘s terrific visual case study, Hysterical Girl, sifts your psyche through several potential discourses of film story-telling. A blizzard of…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Goodbye First Love (Mia Hansen-Løve)
First loves can be sweet and fleeting, or intense and tumultuous. Goodbye First Love, the 2011 third feature from director Mia Hansen-Løve, lands in the…
Day Nine of the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival
Saturday 28 September Goodbye First Love (Mia Hansen-Løve) feature film library Head over to JustWatch to see all the streaming availability based on your country….
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Confessions (Stephanie Kaznocha)
Once you understand the tone of Stephanie Kaznocha‘s Confessions, you’ll soon realize how much fun a pair of old ladies can be. And when they…
