Martha Coolidge – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

I’LL FIND YOU – Review by Lois Alter Mark

February 18, 2022February 19, 2022 Lois Alter Mark Adelaide Clemens, I’ll Find You, Leo Suter, Martha Coolidge, Stellan Skarsgård

Martha Coolidge may not be the first director you’d think of to helm a tear-jerking Holocaust love story but she has created a small gem with I’ll Find You, a beautiful new film inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 1930s and 1940s. It feels like you’re watching a movie that was actually filmed back in the ‘30s/’40s rather than a modern movie about that time period. There’s something about the cinematography and the whole style that is so authentic, it’s like you’re watching a beloved old classic. One day, it just might be.

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Martha Coolidge’s REAL GENIUS Celebrates 35th Anniversary – Brandy McDonnell reports

August 19, 2020August 24, 2020 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments Martha Coolidge, Real Genius, the week in women, twiw

Martha Coolidge’s Real Genius is a quotable comedy that provides big laughs without the discomfort of wildly inappropriate material. The film about two teenage science whizzes who are tricked by their duplicitous professor into building a laser for a top-secret military assassination program also illustrates how far we’ve come technologically – and how far we still have to go in terms of gender equality in the film industry.

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THE WEEK IN WOMEN: Martha Coolidge’s REAL GENIUS Anni Spotlights Static Stats, plus Emma Thompson, Thelma Schoonmaker and 25 Top Female Directors – Brandy McDonnell comments

August 3, 2015January 21, 2020 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments Emma Thompsson, Martha Coolidge, Real Genius, Sue Kroll, the week in women, thelma schoonmaker, Warner Bros.

Thirty years after Martha Coolidge released Real Genius, she’s still a rarity in Hollywood: A female director. After advances in the 1980s and ’90s, women have lost ground in the entertainment industry during the past 20 years. This week, Decider.com lists 25 female directors you should know, Emma Thompson speaks out against Hollywood agism and sexism, the DGA honors Thelma Schoonmaker and Sue Kroll at Warner Bros. Read more>>