Women In Film

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Women In Film

Adding the voices of rebellious women back into the British film archives

by Hannah Clugston

The producer of Born a Rebel speaks about the challenge of documenting more than a century of female protest.
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Festivals

How wild women stole the show at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A crop of complex and fascinating female characters were at the heart of this year’s LFF.
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Women In Film

Mommie Dearest: The changing face of maternal horror cinema

by Leila Latif

A Quiet Place and Hereditary are the latest films to challenge idealised notions of motherhood.
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Women In Film

A new study confirms that film critics are mostly white men

by Hannah Strong

Encouraging new voices from diverse backgrounds into a stagnant industry can only be a positive thing.
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Long Read

In defence of funny women

by Lydia Figes

Female-driven comedies such as The Marvellous Mrs Maisel and Funny Cow are challenging archaic notions about women on screen.
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Women In Film

25 new films by female directors you need to see in 2018

by Shane O’Reilly

Start getting excited for new works from Amma Asante, Marielle Heller and Mia Hansen-Løve.
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Women In Film

A brief history of female masturbation in the movies

by Christina Newland

Inspired by The Shape of Water, we survey the various ways female self-pleasure has been portrayed.
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Women In Film

Proud Mary and the return of the black female action hero

by Richard Watson

Taraji P Henson’s gun-toting assassin harks back to an era of Lola Colt, Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones.
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Women In Film

Meryl Streep: It’s time for women in Hollywood to seize their moment

by Sarah Bradbury

The actor issued a rallying cry at a press conference for The Post.
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Women In Film

All The Rage: How angry women powered cinema in 2017

by Nicole Davis

This year filmmakers like Alice Lowe have openly flouted the notion that female characters should be likeable.

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