Cannes Film Festival 2018: The Fight for Inclusion Continues — Moira Sullivan reports
Officially, this was the year for women at Cannes. It is a year that is only meaningful if the number
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THE WEEK IN WOMEN: Women Protest at Cannes, Chastain-led 355 Scores Deal, Witherspoon’s Girls Film Program — Brandy McDonnell reports
Cannes Film Festival 2018 Jury Chair Cate Blanchett and Palme d’Or-winning director Agnes Varda stood among 82 women in film
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SPOTLIGHT April 2018: Lynne Ramsey, Glaswegian, Director of YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
Scottish auteur Lynne Ramsay has created distinctively lyrical, deeply disturbing, and always unforgettable films about tormented people. Many film buffs consider her to be one of the greatest living film directors. Her latest, You Were Never Really Here opens this month. Continue reading…
THE VILLAINESS — Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
The reputation of South Korean genre film has been growing exponentially as a force to be reckoned with. The Cannes
Read moreTHE WEEK IN WOMEN: Jenkins and Coppola Make Movie History
Between Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman and Sofia Coppola’ The Beguiled, the past two weeks have been benchmark for female filmmakers.
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SPOTLIGHT DECEMBER 2016: Maren Ade, Director and Producer, TONI ERDMANN — by Julide Tanriverdi
The German filmmaker Maren Ade is making waves with her third feature Toni Erdmann which caused a sensation at the Cannes Film Festival. Now it opens in theaters and this is a movie no one should miss.
Nancy Buirski Talks SIDNEY LUMET, Doc Form and Women in Film — Dana Knight interviews (Exclusive)
Filmmaker Nancy Buirski’s engaging documentary about filmmaker Sidney Lumet premiered at Cannes 2015, where THE FEMALE GAZE frequent contributor Dana
Read moreFrances McDormand Talks Cinema and Women @ Cannes – Dana Knight reports (Exclusive)
At the 68th Cannes International Film Festival, Kering and the Festival de Cannes launched the first edition of the Women
Read moreHonoring Agnès Varda at Cannes 2015 – Quendrith Johnson comments
French New Wave Director Agnès Varda is the first female filmmaker to receive the Cannes Film Festival’s coveted Palme d’Or
Read moreOn High Heels and Hollywood’s Real Heels – Brandy McDonnell comments
While the Cannes Film Festival created a controversy over its rule that women must wear high heels to walk the
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