Tag: Women in film
The Woman King Leads Women Film Critics Circle Nominations
Gina Prince-Bythewood’s The Woman King leads this year’s nominations from the Women Film Critics Circle with six nods including Best Movie About Women, Best Movie…
Femme Filmmakers Festival 2021 – Day Ten
Well folks, this is it! We’ve reached the final day of our 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival. It’s been a wild ride in our celebration of…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt)
The Oregon Trail was not a nice hike in the sun. In 19th century America, it was a 3,500 km ordeal across a harsh and…
FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: ‘Diagonal’ director Anne Thorens
Robin Write speaks to the talented director behind the short film Diagonal, Anne Thorens, part of the Competition Selection at the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival….
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #44: The Love Light with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion
They say that great, great things come in sevens. Okay, they don’t really say that. But at Filmotomy and the sporadic link sharing series Reading,…
FemmeFilmFest21: Children of a Lesser God – Selfishness and Ableism Disguised as Love
Children of a Lesser God (1986)¸ directed by Randa Haines and written by Hesper Anderson based on the stage play by Mark Medoff, turned out…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Bird of Paradise (Mareike Engelhardt)
The short film Bird of Paradise (Nos Lions) effectively builds a sense of danger but gets lost in its own sense of mystery. The story…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Awake (Katherine DuBois)
What does it look like to grieve? That is what Katherine DuBois explores in her short film, Awake. Through the under-15 minute journey, we see an…
Berlinale 2021 Review: Petite Maman
At a recent virtual event for Berlinale Talents, writer-director Céline Sciamma was given a moment to close the q&a. “You can do anything,” the interviewer,…
The Cinematic Power of a Woman Reflected in these Female Film Characters on International Women’s Day
“I like the freedom inherent in being on my own, and I like the growth and learning processes that develop from taking chances … I…
Sundance 2021 Review: The World To Come
An adaptation of a short story by Jim Shepard, The World to Come meanders through Upstate New York in the mid-19th century. Mona Fastvold’s film…
How Promising Young Woman’s Ending is Enraging at Best and Problematic at Worse
This piece contains spoilers of Promising Young Woman, especially the ending. Please, if you have not watched the movie, stop reading this, go watch…
Raw, Thelma, and the Monstrous Feminine Coming of Age
2017 will always be the year of my favorite coming-of-age movies. And while I am a huge fan of Lady Bird, I don’t think it…
What We Never See About Sexual Trauma Onscreen
In Jessica M. Thompson’s The Light of the Moon, a woman rediscovers intimacy with her boyfriend after she is raped while walking home. The film…
