Not exact matches
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.
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.
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
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
woman, the highest - grossing superhero origin
film domestically, and the largest opening for a female - led comic - based
film.
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.
The dearth of opportunities for female filmmakers is one of Hollywood's biggest problems these days, so it's cheering to note that fully half of the
films in the U.S. Dramatic Competition were
directed by women,
including Stacie Passion's Concussion, Lake Bell's In A World..., Jill Solloway's Afternoon Delight, Cherien Dabis's opening - night selection, May in the Summer, and...
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.
Curtis, who has
directed such
films as «My Week with Marilyn» and «
Woman in Gold,» has assembled an impressive technical team that
includes cinematography
by Ben Smithard's («Belle» and TV's «Cranford» for which he won an Emmy), editing
by Victoria Boydell («The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel»), production design
by David Roger (TV's «Great Expectations»), and costumes
by Odile Dicks - Mireaux («Brooklyn» and «An Education»).
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.
Tribeca are particularly proud to announce that 46 % of the 96
films in and out of competition,
including 75 World Premieres, are
directed by women.
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...
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.»
Other
film credits
include Violet and Daisy, The Way Back,
directed by Peter Weir and starring Ed Harris, Colin Farrell and Jim Sturgess; City of Ember, starring Bill Murray, Tim Robbins and Toby Jones; Amy Heckerling's I Could Never Be Your
Woman, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd; Bill Clark's The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey; and Gillian Armstrong's Death Defying Acts, starring Catherine Zeta - Jones and Guy Pearce.