52 Films Directed By Women: 45. THE INTERVENTION (Director: Clea DuVall)
The Intervention is an actors movie, in as much as star names get to play against type, there are some highly emotional scenes and…
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52 Films Directed By Women: 44.5 WEINER (Directors: Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman)
I knew little about Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner beyond being the punchline of a joke on The Tonight Show. Elyse Steinber…
52 Films Directed By Women: 44. TALLULAH (Director: Siân Heder)
The road to expanding a short film to a feature can be mighty long, but in the case of Tallulah, writer-director Sin Heders featur…
52 Films Directed By Women: 43. ADULT LIFE SKILLS (Director: Rachel Tunnard)
Missing a dead twin is a recognised psychological condition. I remember when one stick of my Twix bar fell on the pavement and I w…
52 Films Directed By Women: 42. ME BEFORE YOU (Director: Thea Sharrock)
Directors can make stars of actresses. Thea Sharrock, who became the theatre director of the Southwark Playhouse aged 24, fifteen …
52 Films Directed By Women: 41. MONEY MONSTER (Director: Jodie Foster)
The question of whether a woman can direct a taut Hollywood thriller as well as a man in answered in Money Monster, Jodie Fosters …
52 Films Directed By Women: 40. AMERICAN HONEY (Director: Andrea Arnold)
Opening scenes can be a statement of intent. In the first seconds of American Honey title taken from a Lady Antebellum song - eig…
52 Films Directed By Women: 39. ALL ABOUT E (Director: Louise Wadley)
At some point during the writing of All About E, or maybe during a crackly telephone conversation that led to the idea, the follow…
‘Calling The Shots?’ Counting the women in British film
In the effort to see 52 (new) films directed by women within a twelve month period, I have thus far travelled to film festivals in…
52 Films Directed By Women: 38. THE INVITATION (Director: Karyn Kusama)
Just what exactly does a great film like The Invitation have to do to get a decent cinema release? Of all the titles that I have s…
