Sentences with phrase «film directed by women»

You have to wonder if a film like this could actually win both Best Picture and Best Director, becoming only the second film directed by a woman in 90 years to do so.

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 %.

Also a great year for films directed by women (6 of my top 14).

After the jump are ten of the greatest films directed by women along with some honorable mentions.

Until then, let's watch this space for more «male» genre films directed by women.

Maybe it's because it was a successful film directed by a woman, right?

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

After last year accounting for a third of the slate, films directed by women make up 46 percent at this year's festival.

And that means we're always on the lookout, or should be, for films directed by women.

Mary Shelley, director Haifaa Al Mansour's follow - up to her debut, Wadjda (the first film directed by a woman in Saudi Arabia), earned mixed reviews at TIFF last year.

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 %).

The director's second feature, Unbroken, was the highest - grossing film directed by a woman in 2014, earning nearly $ 90 million (so far) in just two weeks.

Although there were many films directed by women this year, the honor went to Sophie Goodhart's comedy, My Blind Brother, starring Nick Kroll, Adam Scott, Jenny Slate, Zoe Kazan, and Charlie Hewson.

Gamechanger provides equity financing to narrative feature films directed by women.

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.

«The Hurt Locker» was the only film directed by a woman on that list.

Mynette Louie, President of Gamechanger Films, which finances narrative films directed by women.

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

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.

I also sought out a few films directed by women that I kept missing (and they were worth the wait!)

I watched 32 new release films directed by women (with my total new - to - me directed by women clocking in at 79 this year; more on that when I do my year - end review tomorrow).

Some have criticized Cannes for not selecting more films directed by women.

And with Patty Jenkins's Wonder Woman breaking the record for highest - grossing live - action film directed by a woman in the world, it's already a landmark year for women in this field.

There were only three films directed by women among the 21 films in competition, but each was among the most talked - about films at the festival.

By my count, Lady Bird is only the third film directed by a woman in all of Globes history to win Best Picture in either category (the other two are Yentl and Lost in Translation).

«10 great British films directed by women.»

A standalone Black Widow film directed by a woman is reportedly in the works, with Johansson expressing interest in reprising her role.

Captain Marvel will be the first major Marvel film directed by a woman (Anna Boden), set for a 2019 release and starring Brie Larson as Carol Danvers.

Take this as a stand - in for many other films directed by women that, for whatever reason, aren't in this collection: Claire Denis's Beau travail being the obvious one that comes to mind, though there are many others.

The number of films directed by women pales compared to men, so it has been even more daunting for actresses to make the leap.

In celebration of this wonderful honor, this first post by Cinema Siren in 2018 will be the Best Films of 2017, but ONLY include films directed by women.

Bellingham, WA About Blog The annual CASCADIA International Women's Film Festival presents incredible films directed by women plus workshops, industry panels, and events year round.

There are a LOT of films directed by women that have been released by Criterion.

He's just asking whether the Academy might take notice of the first film directed by a woman, starring a woman, to crack a $ 100 million opening weekend — and beyond those milestones, it's a film that turned out so beautifully.

It's the first major - studio superhero film directed by a woman, Patty Jenkins.

Etheria Film Night is an annual showcase screening of a progressive slate of genre films directed by women for an audience including producers, managers, show runners, distributors, and genre fans.

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 %).

Based on the iconic DC Comic book, Wonder Woman has earned more than $ 410 million in the U.S. and over $ 820 million worldwide, set numerous box office records, including becoming the highest - grossing film directed by a woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based film.

With 33 percent of the Official Competition films directed by women, the 2017 BFI London Film Festival is set to showcase far more work from female filmmakers than many of this year's most prestigious film festivals.

Held in NYC from April xx to xx, this year» / TriBeCa Film Festival program came close to gender parity with 46 percent of its feature films directed by women.

«There were so many great films directed by women this year like Dee Rees» Mudbound and Patty Jenkins» Wonder Woman.

Long criticized for the lack of women directors represented, this year Cannes will see the Coppola and Ramsay films, as well as Naomi Kawase's Radiance premiering in competition, a short film directed by Kristen Stewart, the Campion series, and seven films directed by women in the independent - minded Directors» Fortnight section.

No studio has released more than five films directed by women in a single year and Disney has only released five films directed by women in total since 2009.

Box Office Mojo predicts that the film will «outperform studio expectations» and it already earned $ 11 million on Thursday, making it the best preview night for a film directed by a woman, according to Deadline.

I would love nothing more than to see Dee Rees» masterful Mudbound rise with major category wins, but I suspect the film directed by a woman that might do better is Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird — that could actually win the top prize and win Best Director.

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.

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.