Keeping secrets from Nonna is like saying no to cannoli, impossible. For this week's feature we are doubling down on fabulous women creators by sharing the comedy web series Welcome To The Family written by and starring Elisa Cristallo and Directed by Angela Pezzano. I asked what attracted them both to the film industry. "I've …
Have The Golden Globes Just Ended Inequality?
Does a majority of female directing nominees mean that gender inequality is over? Well, not quite but it's a step in the right direction. If you have yet to hear, which if you're a follower of this blog I imagine you most likely have, but the Golden Globes have announced their nominations for this year …
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Featured Female Filmmakers – Part 35
It's 2021 and our 35th featured filmmaker on the blog! Jessica Redish's comedy short film The Last Croissant garnered enough interest to spawn filmic sequel Airway, a second short comedy about flying which also boasts a 98% female crew.
My 52 Films By Women Challenge In 2020
52 Weeks = 52 Female Directed Films & Tv Shows So normally at this point in the year I would talk about the Top 10 female directed films I saw released in 2020. Unfortunately with the little something called Coronavirus cinemas shut down and I barely even saw any new releases before becoming a hermit …
Is It Really The Happiest Season? – Review
It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year For A New Take On The Classic Christmas Movie Happiest Season pitches itself as a light-hearted comedic romp when closeted lesbian Harper brings her long-term girlfriend home to her conservative parents for the holidays. What the film is however is a much more in-depth and heartfelt exploration …
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Promising Young Woman – Review
Dark, Poignant, Funny and Full of Style; I Promise You'll Be Blown Away Emerald Fennell's feature film debut Promising Young Woman is a tantalizingly dark yet comedic delve into the victim blaming culture of female sexual abuse. Staring Carey Mulligan as Cassie, a woman in her 30's that can't let go of the events of …
5 Tips To Be A Better Runner
It's considered the entry point into the film industry for a lot of people. A great place to start to gain experience on set, observe the process in action and make contacts along the way. If you do a good job it can also be a good way to gain respect from others as most people will have done their time with the role at the start of their careers. I am of course talking about being a Runner.
How Women Have Redefined the Horror Genre
For the longest time the term horror film was synonymous to women being tormented by x threat for 90mins through an intensified predatory male gaze. So I thought I would walk through some of the key ways the genre is shifting for the better under the female gaze.
Sit Back, Relax, and Stand Up for Women in Comedy
All Joking Aside! Women Are Funny Too. 2 Years ago I shared an article on this blog to support the crowdfunding campaign for Animal Mother Films production All Joking Aside. Directed by Shannon Kohli and Produced by Jon Ornoy the film has since gone into production with it's 50/50 gender split crew and come out …
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Featured Female Filmmakers – Part 34
How Much Of Who You Are Is What You Look Like? Independent short film The Flip Side boasts an entire female crew and explores the concept of revenge through use of doppelgängers. The film has just opened up a crowd-funding campaign so I spoke to Director, Producer and Actress Rosalie Carn about the campaign, the …