Sentences with phrase «about films directed by women»

You can mostly forget about films directed by women, at least for now.

Not exact matches

It's so rare to see a film about a woman, written by a woman and directed by a woman do so well during the awards season.

It's the kind of costume drama that BAFTA usually eats up, about an important historical event, and an excellent film to boot, except of course, it's about a black woman, and directed by a black woman, so why would it be nominated?

As an intern at FF2 Media, since January of 2018, I watch films written and / or directed by women every week and write reviews about them.

36 % of the reviews written by women and 21 % of reviews written by men were about films directed by and / or written by at least one woman writer.

Male critics write slightly longer reviews, on average, about films directed by and / or with at least one woman writer (average of 485 words) than about films directed and / or written by males (average of 473 words).

Fox has released a trailer for a film called Hidden Figures, directed by Theodore (Ted) Melfi, a drama about the many African - American women who worked at NASA.

The ultimate haptic heroine of the AFI FEST was the unnamed protagonist of Krotkaya (A Gentle Creature), the third narrative film of the Berlin - based Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitza.45 The Russian title is that of the original short story by Dostoyevsky (1876) about a meek young woman inexplicably committing suicide, but, in its country of production (France), the film is called Une Femme douce — like the 1969 adaptation of the same story by Robert Bresson directed.

It's a film about a female protagonist, written and directed by a woman.

Some other notable films from female directors include the Telluride breakout «Lady Bird» by Greta Gerwig, a semi-autobiographical coming - of - age movie about women and female familial relationships; Brie Larson's magical realist directorial debut «Unicorn Store»; and «Battle of the Sexes,» a chronicling of the run - up to the landmark 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, directed by Valerie Faris and her husband, Jonathan Dayton.

Unless those films are also about men they will get ignored here even worse than films directed by men about women.

At a roundtable interview, DeWitt discussed her research for the role, how playing a real - life person informed her approach to the character, what it was like meeting the real Sue Webb, what she enjoyed most about working with Renner, what she learned about journalists and their determination to get to the truth of their story, her new film «Men, Women & Children» directed by Jason Reitman, and her upcoming projects: Joe Swanberg's «Digging for Fire,» Sam Raimi's remake of «Poltergeist» with Sam Rockwell, and a small part in the TV mini-series «Olive Kitteridge.»

In the 1980s, Gilbert directed Educating Rita, which introduced Julie Walters to a wide audience, and Shirley Valentine — both films about brave and funny women trying to find themselves by stepping outside their harsh social conditions.

My favorite piece of the film happens to be the last, directed by Alexander Payne (Sideways, About Schmidt), which features a middle - aged American woman traveling alone, with a voiceover done entirely in French with a thick American accent, commenting from her humble - but - naive American perspective on Parisian life.

Gal Gadot's Wonder Woman was the best thing about the swampy Batman v Superman, and now her solo outing is the far superior film: Wonder Woman, directed by Patty Jenkins, elevates her from third wheel to real deal.

Although the criteria presumably remain constant («One narrative film directed by or written by a woman... making its North American, International or World premiere»), TFF has been a bit oblique about who the actual candidates were this year for this prestigious award.

Elena Lazic, our Berlinale correspondent, takes a look at the most exciting films in the festival, including films directed by and about women, and films from...

Jane Rosenthal, co-founder of the festival and chief executive of Tribeca Enterprises, particularly wanted to launch this year's festival with the premiere of a film directed by a woman, about a woman.

It's a very good film and deserving of awards, but if we're talking about a 70 % white male middle - aged Academy we have to think about what movies directed by women those voters respond to, and they are responding to this one.

These narrative films ``... would help to break ground in Hollywood in terms of funding women storytellers and women who were directing the films...» The 2018 Sundance Film Festival will premiere three Gamechanger films: The Tale, a story about sexual abuse written and directed by Jennifer Fox; Nancy, a dramatic story blurring the lines of fact and fiction written and directed by Christina Choe; and The Long Dumb Road, a road trip movie filled with detours and bumps along the way, written and directed by Hannah Fidell.

Mari Rodríguez - Ichaso (b. 1943 Havana): After working in journalism, TV production and film for more than 30 years, Rodríguez - Ichaso wrote and directed the documentary Branded by Paradise, about women in Cuba, and Made in Cuba: Children of Paradise.

FILM REVIEW: My Art Written, directed by and starring Laurie Simmons Opens in LA January 19 Laemmle Ahyra Fine Arts Theatre, Beverly Hills By Shana Nys Dambrot Laurie Simmons basically plays herself in this wry, pensive narrative about a woman artist in her 60s who is moved to confront metrics of success, agencies of authorship,.by and starring Laurie Simmons Opens in LA January 19 Laemmle Ahyra Fine Arts Theatre, Beverly Hills By Shana Nys Dambrot Laurie Simmons basically plays herself in this wry, pensive narrative about a woman artist in her 60s who is moved to confront metrics of success, agencies of authorship,.By Shana Nys Dambrot Laurie Simmons basically plays herself in this wry, pensive narrative about a woman artist in her 60s who is moved to confront metrics of success, agencies of authorship,...

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