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Women In Film

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Women In Film

Hollywood prefers blondes (as index patients)

by Elizabeth Horkley

Attrac­tive women of ques­tion­able virtue have long been a scape­goat for society’s lit­er­al ills.
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Women In Film

A take-down of movies about nice guys who pester women

by Leila Latif

Explor­ing the rich and dis­turb­ing cin­e­mat­ic his­to­ry of benign stalk­ing. Who­ev­er said nice guys fin­ish last?
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Women In Film

The Lost Careers of Difficult Women

by Emma Fraser

When women have their movie careers ruined by vin­dic­tive, con­trol­ling men, what hap­pens next?
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Women In Film

A new documentary is reclaiming the legacy of Alice Guy-Blaché

by Stefania Sarrubba

Pamela B Green’s Be Nat­ur­al presents the untold sto­ry of this pio­neer­ing female filmmaker.
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In Praise Of

How Gillian Armstrong feminised Australian Cinema

by Laura Venning

In 1979, the first Aus­tralian film direct­ed by a woman since the silent era sig­nalled a new dawn for female authorship.
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Women In Film

Why should we care who writes film history?

by Justine Smith

Reflec­tions on direc­tor Mark Cousins’ lat­est cin­e­mat­ic road trip, Women Make Film.
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Women In Film

South Korea’s female filmmakers are finally making their voices heard

by Darren Carver-Balsiger

At the 63rd BFI Lon­don Film Fes­ti­val, five films direct­ed by women sig­nalled a new chap­ter for Kore­an cinema.
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Women In Film

Why are there so few female film composers?

by Natasha Jagger

We list six great com­posers who aren’t one of the small pool of men who seem to get all the big com­pos­ing gigs in Hollywood.
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Women In Film

Meet the Israeli filmmaker tackling sexual harassment in the work place

by Zoe Whitfield

With Work­ing Woman, direc­tor Michal Avi­ad hopes to move the con­ver­sa­tion forward.
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Women In Film

How I broke into the film industry: Five women share their stories

by Hannah Strong

Indis­pens­able first-hand advice for Inter­na­tion­al Women’s Day 2019.