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.

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