Sentences with phrase «women film critics»

The Atlantic piece ends by reminding us that «the absence of women film critics has been in the news recently thanks to Meryl Streep, who questioned in October how having so few women writers might affect the reception of female - centric films,» while noting that «There are no headlines recently about the representation of other races or sexual orientations, though they deserve many of their own.»

The Women Film Critics Circle is an association of 47 women film critics and scholars from around the country, who are involved in print, radio, online and TV broadcast media.

In Part 3, we look at how the lack of women film critics affects who gets awards every year.

Men film critics wrote an average of 25 reviews whereas women film critics wrote an average of 19 reviews.

AWFJ is a professional association of 90 leading women film critics and commentators based in the US, Canada, and the UK.

I, as a woman film critic who is concerned about the future of our planet and our species, don't agree with many of the teachings delivered via big screens and small, and have found similar concerns — explicit or not — among female colleagues.

Not exact matches

The book, a wide - ranging collection of essays from artists, film critics and social analysts as well as doctors, nurses and scientists, has its origins in a women's conference at the University of Kentucky in 1989.

His fourth film under his 20 - year ban is «an artful, surprising and thrillingly intelligent story about a few women trying to make a difference, forging bonds of solidarity in quiet defiance of the repressive, small - minded men in their rural village,» writes L.A. Times critic Justin Chang, who also finds «its insights casually profound.»

«This year was an important year for women to feel empowered to speak out and be heard,» states EDA AWARDS and AWFJ founder and film critic Jennifer Merin.

ABOUT THE AWFJ and EDA AWARDS The Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the moWomen Film Journalists, Inc. (AWFJ), a not - for - profit corporation, is an international association of leading professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media, dedicated to supporting film work by and about women — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the mowomen — both in front of and behind the cameras — through intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting the annual AWFJ EDA Awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the mowomen in the movies.

Women saving film criticism; The wonderfully unique Shailene Woodley; BuzzFeed hires Allison Wilmore as their first film critic; Revisiting George Lucas» American Graffiti; Sex in Pasolini films.

The film critic David Ehrlich has tweeted that the film feels like it wasn't even made by humans, and I'd go further, to say that the movie dehumanizes its leading woman and attempts, disconcertingly, to dehumanize its audience.

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Women writing reviews were most likely to hold the job title of staff writer (35 %), followed by film critic (29 %), freelancer (29 %), or some other type of critic (8 %).

Men critics in areas other than film wrote an average of 6 film reviews whereas women with this job title wrote an average of 3 film reviews.

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ), a membership organization of leading women film journalists and critics from across the U.S., Canada and the U.K., has announced the winners of its 7th Annual EDA AwWomen Film Journalists (AWFJ), a membership organization of leading women film journalists and critics from across the U.S., Canada and the U.K., has announced the winners of its 7th Annual EDA Awwomen film journalists and critics from across the U.S., Canada and the U.K., has announced the winners of its 7th Annual EDA Awards.

According to the Motion Picture Association of America, half of movie audiences in America are women — in fact, three of the top five highest - grossing films in 2016 were attended by majority female audiences, yet the landscape of critics in America is distinctly male - dominated.

Women were most likely to hold the job title of staff writer, whereas men were most likely to hold the job title of film critic.

Commenting on the dearth of women directors and lead characters in films released during the summer of 2008, New York Times critic Manohla Dargis opined, «Welcome to the new, post-female American cinema» («Is There a Real Woman in this Multiplex?»

While it's true that much will rest on how the critics see these films, there is no doubt that these two roles, along with Christine, Queen of Katwe, and Florence Foster Jenkins stand out from the pack because it is so unusual now to see women cast this way, much less written about in this way.

Of the newspapers featuring film reviews in the fall of 2007, 47 % had no reviews written by women critics, writers or freelancers.

Not only are women outnumbered as film critics, staff writers, other types of critics, and freelancers, women also review fewer films on average than men.

Through social media, FF2 Media highlights not only the women who bring stories to life through film, but also female fans and critics who want to see themselves represented on screen.

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).

Reviews female critics write about films with female directors and / or written by at least one woman are considerably shorter (average of 480 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 %).

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 %).

She played enough bawdy women on film for critic Pauline Kael to deem her «Chaucerian Beverly Hills.»

Furthermore, of the newspapers featuring film reviews, 47 % had no reviews written by women critics, writers or freelancers.

To say film critics lack relevance ignores the cyclical nature of abuse and neglect of women and people of color behind the camera.

Will it be Martin McDonagh, whose Three Billboards screenplay took a blue - hot blowtorch to some of the most incendiary topics in American life (racism, police brutality, criminal justice, the abuse of women)-- and wound up singing its author, after a handful of critics called the film out for its insensitivity to racial dynamics in the U.S.?

She suggests that since the film industry is dominated by men, including critics, the complex narratives that only women can tell about themselves are «underrepresented because they don't involve men.»

I think it's clear that Wonder Woman is a certified hit with fans and critics while becoming the film that can make DC fans and doubters alike -LSB-...]

Among the certainties in the world of film criticism — there will be a series of pieces bemoaning critics» inability to stop a terrible summer film from becoming a blockbuster; Armond White will often stake out a position in opposition to many of his fellow critics; movies about middle - aged men having their mid-life crises sorted out by women well out of their league will always receive mostly kind notices; etc. — there's one that stands above all others.

To compile theirs, the BBC polled 253 film critics - 118 women and 135 men - from 52 countries to determine what exactly are the «100 Greatest Comedies».

«If you went to the 1950s version of this movie Michael Shannon would be the star and the creature carrying the woman at the end of the movie would be a scene of horror, and here is an image of love, so the complexities are kind of flipped,» del Toro says, letting loose a minor spoiler for a film that has PR teams urging critics and writers not to divulge major secrets.

It quickly became a polarizing film for film critics, many embracing the Red Shoes meets Repulsion psychological portrait of neurosis and obsession in a meek, repressed young woman (Natalie Portman) who still has little girl prima ballerina dreams, others critical of the melodrama, hysteria and blunt metaphors («high - grade hokum,» as one critic called it).

Not only was the film universally panned, but it lost the top spot to Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules and is feeling the wrath of angry critics and moviegoers fuming over the film's exploitation of women despite the fact that Snyder hoped that «by the end the girls are empowered by their sexuality and not exploited.»

Professional film critics — be they women or men - are responsible for interpreting, contextualizing and making recommendations about what is unquestionably one of the world's most popular forms of entertainment and one of the nation's largest industries.

I'm grateful to the Women Film Critics Circle for all they do to support female voices in film.

In fact, she linked the low number of female filmmakers to the low number of female film critics, noting that critics are the gatekeepers of cinema — and when all of them are men, fewer women are likely to make it through.

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The Women Film Critics Circle has announced their 2017 Awards for the best movies this year by and about women, and outstanding achievements by women, who get to be rarely honored historically, in the film wWomen Film Critics Circle has announced their 2017 Awards for the best movies this year by and about women, and outstanding achievements by women, who get to be rarely honored historically, in the film wwomen, and outstanding achievements by women, who get to be rarely honored historically, in the film wwomen, who get to be rarely honored historically, in the film world.

And, depending on how widely they're distributed, every critic can't necessarily gain access to review films like «A Fantastic Woman» and «Strong Island» for their local outlets.

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The previous films in the DC Comics Extended Universe series (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Suicide Squad) have left both critics and comic - book fans increasingly disappointed in the franchise's output; as a result, Wonder Woman, which is receiving its release ahead of the first Justice League movie (set to premiere this November), has been saddled with the burden of recovering DC's tainted reputation in the eyes of viewers, while also representing the first major female - fronted superhero flick in more than a decade.

Ah, the critic who cried woman... Anytime there's discourse about female directors in film, there's the frustratingly inevitable bombardment of outcry about the gross discrepancy between the number of male - directed films and those of their female counterparts.

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The punchline to all of this is that since Boston's reigning PR agents no longer consider me a film critic, I won tickets to something they called an «advanced» screening of Men, Women & Children in a contest online.