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

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

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 58 % trial was prompted by the realisation that only 18 per cent of films screened at the venue were directed by women.

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 %).

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.

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).

Take My Nose... Please: The acclaimed film, directed by the 89 year - old first time filmmaker Joan Kron (former editor at Allure Magazine for over 25 years and at New York Magazine), is a comedic point of view on women and plastic surgery.

After Franco won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for the film at the 75th Golden Globes Sunday, several women accused him of sexual misconduct on Twitter, including a cryptic tweet by Ally Sheedy, who appeared in a 2014 Off Broadway production that Franco directed.

Women in Cinema: With the highest opening of 2014 and the fifteenth highest opening of all time, at the domestic box office, Mockingjay Part 1, which grossed nearly $ 122 million in its opening weekend, might inaccurately give the impression that female films (starring, written by or directed by) are making progress at the box office.

Imagine as we enter Oscar race 2013 three strong films written and directed by women, with leading women at the forefront, one of which is crowned the early frontrunner to win.

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

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.»

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of transcendent filmmaking in the The Lost City of Z and A Ghost Story, it was the age of foolish Spider - Man remakes / reboots / regurgitations, it was the epoch of a magnificent enquiry into belief by the evergreen Martin Scorsese, it was the epoch of the incredulous return of Mel Gibson in a box office hit, it was the season of Michael Haneke shining a light on our uncaring societal malaise, it was the season of manifold more people watching Baywatch, it was the spring of Aki Kaurismäki's warm - hearted but politically pressing The Other Side of Hope, it was the winter of despair at the box office results of masterpieces like Certain Women, Aquarius and The Death of Louis XIV, we had Yorgos Lanthimos» Kubrickian masterpiece before us, we had a new Kingsman film before us, we were all going direct to cinematic Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.

Of all of the films directed by women this year (And there have been many), most have favored it over the MORE «important» stories — like Bigelow's trauma at the Algiers Motel, or Dee Rees» Mudbound or Dayton and Faris» Battle of the Sexes.

The Watermelon Woman — the first film directed by an African - American lesbian — is among the titles screening at Liverpool Small Cinema.

Half the films at Sundance this year were directed by women, compared with 4.4 percent of studio movies — but those proportions seem set to change.

Eva Husson's Girls in the Sun premiered at Cannes on Saturday, one of only three films in competition directed by a woman.

As I look at this slate of beautiful work, I could just make a series of simple observations: that these films come from all over the globe; that there is a nice balance of filmmakers known and unknown to many here in New York; that the overall balance between frankness and artistry holds me in awe; that there are two gala selections with the word «wonder» in their titles; and that eight of the 25 films were directed by women.»

My favourite 20: 1 of the films is the only film I saw twice at the cinema this year; 6 are directed by women; 2 are directed by the same director; 2 are animated; 1 is a documentary; Adam Driver, Jeff Bridges, Michael Shannon, Samuel L Jackson, and Joel Edgerton all appear in 2 of the films each; and 7 of the films I saw for the first time at the 2016 Sydney film festival.

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...

The festival world is far ahead of the industry (only 8 of last year's top 100 films at the box office were directed by women) and the Academy Awards (where Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman ever nominated for best director this year).

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

The 6th Annual Chicago Film Critics Association Film Festival, taking place from May 4 - 10 at the historic Music Box Theatre in Chicago, will present 24 feature films, nine of which are written or directed by women.

«Only 3 % of this year's film releases by the six major Hollywood studios are directed by women — the lowest percentage in five years,» said Laura Florence, vice president of marketing and sales at Gravitas Ventures.

This hotly - anticipated suspense drama made history at its World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 as it was the first film directed by an Irish woman to be selected for inclusion in the Festival.

The film, which is the highest - grossing movie directed by a woman ever - in Patty Jenkins - has, to date, earned $ 781 million at the box office and has a 92 % Rotten Tomatoes score with critics (and 90 % with fans).

Among the celebrities at the festive brunch, sponsored by Cadillac and coinciding with the 29th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival, were «Molly's Game» writer and director Aaron Sorkin, honored with the creative impact in writing award; Jessica Chastain, who presented Sorkin with his honor; «Get Out» writer and director Jordan Peele, who honored the film's star Daniel Kaluuya, on hand to accept the creative impact in acting award; «Wonder Woman» director and creative impact in directing award recipient Patty Jenkins; and Wonder Woman, herself, Gal Gadot, who teared - up while presenting Jenkins with her award.

Forty - six percent of the 96 films premiering at this year's Tribeca Film Festival are directed by women — a record for Tribeca — including the festival's closing night selection: Liz Garbus» New York Times documentary «The Fourth Estate.»

Pictures and New Line Cinema will release a slate of at least 10 movies — as well as stand - alone Batman and Superman films — from 2016 through 2020 that expands this prized universe of characters: o «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,» directed by Zack Snyder (2016) o «Suicide Squad,» directed by David Ayer (2016) o «Wonder Woman,» starring Gal Gadot (2017) o «Justice League Part One,» directed by Zack Snyder, with Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill and Amy Adams reprising their roles (2017) o «The Flash,» starring Ezra Miller (2018) o «Aquaman,» starring Jason Momoa (2018) o «Shazam» (2019) o «Justice League Part Two,» directed by Zack Snyder (2019) o «Cyborg,» starring Ray Fisher (2020) o «Green Lantern» (2020) On the television front, Warner Bros..

Yet again it's worrying how few of these films are directed by women (just three), but at least there are stories and characters among our choices that suggest that the 2017 nominees could — we repeat, could — be a little more diverse than the 2016 crop that inspired the #OscarsSoWhite controversy and campaign.

At the time, 14 percent of US Senators were female (the highest percentage in history), but for the top 100 films made in 2002, only 4 percent were directed by women.