52 Films Directed By Women: 18. BY THE SEA (Director: Angelina Jolie Pitt)
If By The Sea were not written and directed by one half of a Hollywood power couple, Angelina Jolie Pitt and not starring herself …
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52 Films Directed By Women: 17. MY SKINNY SISTER (Director: Sanna Lenken)
My Skinny Sister (Min Lilla Syster) is the feature debut of Swedish writer-director Sanna Lenken. It deals with anorexia, specific…
52 Films Directed By Women: 16. THE IDEALIST (Director: Christina Rosendahl)
At Thule US Air Base, Greenland in 1968, a B-52 bomber armed with four hydrogen bombs crashed into the snow. Its crew had bailed o…
52 Films Directed By Women: 15. THE HOST (Director: Miranda Pennell)
The third film in a decade to be given such a title after the genre films by Bong Joon Ho and Andrew Niccol, The Host is narrator-…
52 Films Directed By Women: 14. A SECOND CHANCE (Director: Susanne Bier)
Working with screenwriter Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish director Susanne Bier makes modern morality tales. What would you do if you…
52 Films Directed By Women: 13. THE DRESSMAKER (Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse)
The Dressmaker is Australian director Jocelyn Moorhouses first film since 1997s A Thousand Acres, an ill-fated and long forgotten …
52 Films Directed By Women: 12. THE VIOLATORS (Director: Helen Walsh)
Still of Lauren McQueen in The Violators courtesy of Red Union Films There arent many novelists who have moved successfully into f…
52 Films Directed By Women: 11. PRINCESS (Director: Tali Shalom-Ezer)
You cant watch Princess, director Tali Shalom-Ezers film, taking it literally. Ostensibly it is the story of a twelve year old gir…
52 Films Directed By Women: 10. A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (Director: Ana Lily Amirpour)
Although horror films traditionally present women as victims, the genre allows female protagonists to emerge victorious. They are …
52 Films Directed By Women: 9. LA TÊTE HAUTE (Director: Emmanuelle Bercot)
How do you deal with a problem like troublesome teens? This is the subject of actress-turned-director Emmanuelle Bercots film, La …
