Sentences with phrase «by films directed by a woman»

Male critics assign higher average ratings to films with exclusively male directors and / or writers (63 %), followed closely by films directed by a woman and / or employing at least one woman writer (60 %).

Female critics award the highest average scores to films directed and written exclusively by males (67 %), followed closely by films directed by a woman and / or employing at least one woman writer (64 %).

Not exact matches

The first superhero film to star a woman since 2005's «Elektra,» will also be the first directed by a woman.

According to Variety and others, that makes it the highest - grossing live action film ever directed by a woman.

In fact, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticaWoman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticawoman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticawoman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domestically).

Despite all the attention paid lately to the lack of gender diversity in the role, the portion of films directed by women declined last year, to just 7 %.

According to a study from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, the number of women directing films may actually be declining, with the top 250 highest - grossing domestic films going from 7 percent in 2015 to 5 percent in 2016 being directed by wWomen in Television and Film, the number of women directing films may actually be declining, with the top 250 highest - grossing domestic films going from 7 percent in 2015 to 5 percent in 2016 being directed by wwomen directing films may actually be declining, with the top 250 highest - grossing domestic films going from 7 percent in 2015 to 5 percent in 2016 being directed by womenwomen.

Belvedere and Monáe feature three talented women filmmakers — Janicza Bravo, Lacey Duke and Kirsten Lepore — who will direct and produce short films inspired by the question: What does a beautiful future look like to you?

The movie is the first female superhero film since 2005's box office dud «Elektra,» and the first to be directed by a woman, Patty Jenkins.

Join HUB seventeen and Rooftop Films for an evening of short films directed by female directors to celebrate our March month long celebration of women!

Co-written by Nick Hornby and Cheryl Strayed, and directed by Jean - Marc Vallée (of Dallas Buyers Club fame) this film is unflinching in it's portrayal of a woman wild and, ultimately, freed.

Just 7 % of 2016's top films were directed by women.

«Curse of the Crying Woman» and «The Museum of Horror» were shot by Rafael Baledon — one of the great horror filmmakers, who directed a total of 70 films.

A Good Woman - the original title of Lady Windermere's Fan - adapted by Howard Himelstein and directed by Mike Barker, is a much straighter attempt at filming Wilde.

These difficulties are exaggerated in the film adaptation, A Good Woman, written by Howard Himelstein and directed by Mike Barker.

The film's historical merits are greater than its artistic ones: It's Paramount first sound film, directed by Dorothy Arzner (the only women to have a sustained directing career at the time), and the star is «It» Girl, Clara Bow.

For his first film since directing the final three Hunger Games instalments, Lawrence has once again recruited Jennifer Lawrence (no relation) to play a young woman forced into a life of violence by society.

The Homesman is written, directed and produced by Tommy Lee Jones, who also leads the film as a claim - jumping rascal of a man saved from a hanging by a pioneer woman (Hilary Swank) who has a unique request in return.

In fact, eight of the ten movies I included in my top ten of the festival were led by a female performance, five of the ten films were directed by women.

Those numbers are up from last year, when less than 40 % films were directed by women and less than 30 % by people of color.

Organizers say that 43 % of the competition films in this year's festival were directed by women and that 38 % were directed by people of color.

Rich: The «films directed by women» part of your prompt is sadly irrelevant this year — unless Phyllida Lloyd developed serious directing chops between Mamma Mia and The Iron Lady, or the Academy suddenly takes a shine to the amazing Kelly Reichardt, no films directed by women will really be in the conversation.

Accepting the World Cinema documentary directing prize, «Winnie» helmer Pascale Lamche pointedly said her film was «for those who know that history is not made by great men» — a sentiment echoed by one of the U.S. doc winners, «Step» director Amanda Lipitz, when she said, «These girls show that nothing is impossible when you surround yourself with a group of powerful women.»

Written by Schumer and directed by Judd Apatow, the film follows Amy, a commitment - phobic career woman who realizes she just might have to face her fears when she meets a great guy (Bill Hader).

For all of the times the Academy has nominated films directed by women for Best Picture, the directors have declined except for four times: Lina Wertmuller in 1976, Jane Campion in 1993, Sofia Coppola in 2002, and Kathryn Bigelow in 2009.

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.

But watching it is, distilled into a pure essence, watching the film debut of one of our national treasures, Willem Dafoe, in a film directed by the woman who would next helm Near Dark, and of the man who would play the Cowboy in David Lynch's Mulholland Drive and serve as producer on Lynch's «Twin Peaks» and Wild at Heart, which reunited him with Dafoe.

Only once did a film directed by a woman win Best Picture.

Here's a list, in no particular order, of 20 of the 40 women - centric films — films either starring, written or directed by women — expected to be released sometime this year (as always, release dates are subject to change):

We've discovered a lot of great films directed by women at Cannes — just not in the Official Competition.

I've been enjoying a lot of the Trailblazing Women programming myself but since we're in the middle of Schocktober, I thought I'd set aside some time to highlight some of my favorite horror films and thrillers directed by women who have left their macabre mark on a genre that many mistakenly assume is not very female frieWomen programming myself but since we're in the middle of Schocktober, I thought I'd set aside some time to highlight some of my favorite horror films and thrillers directed by women who have left their macabre mark on a genre that many mistakenly assume is not very female friewomen who have left their macabre mark on a genre that many mistakenly assume is not very female friendly.

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?

While many speculated that the jury might award only the second Palme d'Or to a film directed by a woman, the most likely contender — Lebanese director Nadine Labaki's Capernaum — was instead given Cannes» jury prize.

Three of this year's 21 films in competition were directed by women.

A Wrinkle In Time director Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a film with a $ 100 million - plus budget, and alongside her «little brother,» Black Panther's Ryan Coogler, she crossed another milestone this past weekend, which marked the «first time films by black directors with $ 100 million plus budgets have ever placed in the first two box office spots,» as CNN puts it.

The fact that it's Polanski directing this movie that derives much of its horror from the notion of a woman who does not have control over her body and the dark things being done to it certainly don't make the film un-problematic by modern standards.

Three years later Lupino would go on to direct The Hitch - Hiker, which has the distinction of being the first film noir directed by a woman.

The film, directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, also focuses on the personal stories of King (Emma Stone) and Riggs (Steve Carell) while also exploring the event's larger cultural significance regarding relations between men and women.

Etheria Film Night screens an annual showcase of the best new horror, science fiction, fantasy, action, dark comedy, and thriller films directed by women for an audience including producers, managers, show runners, distributors, and genre fans.

The film is also written and directed by a straight woman, Eliza Hittman, a fact noted not long after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.

Backstabbing for Beginners is directed by Danish filmmaker Per Fly, of the films The Bench, Prop and Berta, The Inheritance, Drabet, The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man, and Monica Z previously.

Billy Crudup, who recently starred in The Stanford Prison Project, is set to play the male lead in 20th Century Women, an Annapurna film written and directed by Mike Mills and co-starring 21st century women Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, and Greta GeWomen, an Annapurna film written and directed by Mike Mills and co-starring 21st century women Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, and Greta Gewomen Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, and Greta Gerwig.

New York Women in Film and Television is offering grants of in - kind post-production services to documentary films directed and produced by New York area — based women filmmaWomen in Film and Television is offering grants of in - kind post-production services to documentary films directed and produced by New York area — based women filmmawomen filmmakers.

Of the 21 films in Competition at Cannes this year, only three are directed by women.

In directing «The Space Between Us,» Peter Chelsom, who takes an acting part in the film as the voice of a robot, is on a similar wavelength by dealing with the space between one young man from Mars and one young woman from Earth.

We accomplish this by putting strong, women - directed films on screen, growing the next generation of women filmmakers, and making it easier for women to make films.

Also noteworthy: James Gandolfini's final film, The Drop, which also stars Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace; another Jason Reitman Toronto world premiere, Men, Women and Children, starring Jennifer Garner and Adam Sandler; the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything; and films directed by Jon Stewart and Chris Rock.

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.

As an intern at FF2 Media, I watch newly - released films written and / or directed by women, and give my take through weekly reviews.

FF2 Media is an online media company dedicated to criticizing films written and / or directed by women.