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Though Unbroken made it in, the NBR threw a polite but very insulting bone to the other film by a female director who is on the rise, Ava DuVernay's powerful film Selma.

Not exact matches

Another prong in No Ceilings» new program is an effort by the nonprofit Catalyst to create what's being billed as an annual list of CEO - endorsed female candidates who are ready to serve as directors on U.S. corporate boards.

Civilian Complaint Review Board Chairman Richard Emery is being sued by the CCRB's executive director, Mina Malik, who claims she has been retaliated against after complaining that he referred to her and another female attorney as «pu --- s.»

Education Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has said his Ministry will take on any regional director of Education who fails to protect female students who are victims of sexual abuse by teachers in Senior High Schools across the country.

It's a perfect fit for a collection debut by Dior's first ever female creative director, Maria Grazia Chiuri, who wanted to convey the message that there is not only one kind of woman.

Director Abel Ferrara applies his eccentric vision to the vampire genre with this cerebral «Art» film about graduate philosophy student Kathleen Conklin (Lili Taylor), who is bitten by an aggressive female vampire (Annabella Sciorra) and soon spirals into a nightmarish world of blood addiction and existential angst.

This would be the second female director hired by Marvel, who brought on creative duo Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson) for the upcoming Captain Marvel, film which is set to be released in 2019.

Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex» scene that's far more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new film set in small - town South Africa from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village, filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.

Director Ridley Scott, who previously proved his prowess with a strong female hero in the form of Sigourney Weaver's Ripley in 1979's «Alien,» might have been behind the wheel, but it was Callie Khouri's smartly provocative script and the savvy performances by Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in the title roles that put a tiger in the tank of this action vehicle.

Writer - director Shane Black's horribly enjoyable action comedy The Nice Guys is an jauntily arch return to this tradition, the story of two dishevelled and incompetent private detectives in 1970s Los Angeles — played by Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling — who have been expensively tasked with solving the mystery surrounding the death of a missing porn actress, and what other kind of fascinatingly damaged female character can there be?

Shelton is one of the few female directors who is able to keep creating films after her debut, and it's a reminder as to why supporting films created by women are so important.

This is a film about female gender roles made by a male director, who doesn't seem to know much about female gender roles, despite the script being written by a woman.

Ostensibly both a remake of the Southern Gothic erotic thriller by Don Siegel from 1971 and also an adaptation of Thomas P. Cullinan's 1966 novel «A Painted Devil», Coppola (who also wrote the screenplay and won the Best Director Award at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival) smartly and slowly unravels her tale via the female gaze in a film that, if one is patient with it, slowly pulls you under its sunlit and fainéant spell.

One in particular seems not in keeping with the rest, done by Canadian director Vincenzo Natali (Cypher, Cube), isn't even rooted in reality, telling of a meeting between one young man, played by Elijah Wood (Everything is Illuminated, Sin City), who comes across a female vampire feeding on her latest victim (none other than Wes Craven, who would coincidentally, direct the following short).

Tither - Kaplan, who has starred in several films directed by Franco, told the LA Times that the actor - director had engaged in an «abuse of power» on the set of his films, alleging that during one sex scene Franco removed protective plastic guards covering the genitalia of female actors while simulating oral sex with them.

Director: Adam McKay Cast: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carrell, Vince Vaughn Plot: The Channel 4 news team is rocked by the arrival of a female staff member who threatens their comfortable, chauvinistic way of living.

(The nomination of naturalistic cowboy drama «The Rider,» directed by Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao, who also won the Spirits» first Bonnie Award for a female director, felt like a step in the right direction.)

The list ranges from films by noted female directors who've garnered nominations and awards for their work to women directors who have mined miniscule resources to birth fabulous first features.

A female high - school student believes she has been sexually harassed by the school's band director, who, besides touching her during practice sessions at school, has hinted at his interest in having sex with her when the band plays at school - sponsored musical events away from school.