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Pianos, power and pain

Pianos, power and pain

Annabel Jackson writes on Jane Campion's The Piano.

Pianos, power and pain

Annabel Jackson writes on Jane Campion's The Piano.

Moroccan Blues

Moroccan Blues

Anahit Behrooz speaks to Maryam Touzani about The Blue Caftan.

Moroccan Blues

Anahit Behrooz speaks to Maryam Touzani about The Blue Caftan.

The quiet radicalism of Muriel Box

The quiet radicalism of Muriel Box

Meg Walters reflects on the subtle feminism of Muriel Box.

The quiet radicalism of Muriel Box

Meg Walters reflects on the subtle feminism of Muriel Box.

The eye of Thelma Schoonmaker

The eye of Thelma Schoonmaker

Christina Newland writes on the genius of Thelma Schoonmaker

The eye of Thelma Schoonmaker

Christina Newland writes on the genius of Thelma Schoonmaker

Ariela Barer has something to tell you

Ariela Barer has something to tell you

Anahit Behrooz interviews Ariela Barer on How To Blow Up A Pipeline.

Ariela Barer has something to tell you

Anahit Behrooz interviews Ariela Barer on How To Blow Up A Pipeline.

One Fine Mourning: Mia Hansen-Løve's Grief and Happiness

One Fine Mourning: Mia Hansen-Løve's Grief and ...

Savina Petkova writes on grief and mourning in Mia Hansen-Løve's new film.

One Fine Mourning: Mia Hansen-Løve's Grief and ...

Savina Petkova writes on grief and mourning in Mia Hansen-Løve's new film.

Mia Hansen-Løve is Found

Mia Hansen-Løve is Found

Lillian Crawford interviews Mia Hansen-Løve ahead of One Fine Morning.

Mia Hansen-Løve is Found

Lillian Crawford interviews Mia Hansen-Løve ahead of One Fine Morning.

Dream Life: Politics of Desire in Quebec's First Woman-Directed Film

Dream Life: Politics of Desire in Quebec's Firs...

Greta Rainbow speaks to Mireille Dansereau about desire and Dream Life.

Dream Life: Politics of Desire in Quebec's Firs...

Greta Rainbow speaks to Mireille Dansereau about desire and Dream Life.

Black Girl Magic: How Angela Bassett Paved The Way

Black Girl Magic: How Angela Bassett Paved The Way

The impact of Angela Bassett is immeasurable, Oscars or not. But it all begins with Black girl magic, breaking down stereotypes and paving the way for girls like Wessley Edmonds,...

Black Girl Magic: How Angela Bassett Paved The Way

The impact of Angela Bassett is immeasurable, Oscars or not. But it all begins with Black girl magic, breaking down...

Heavy Relationships: On BFFs, Girlfriends and Breakups

Heavy Relationships: On BFFs, Girlfriends and B...

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the platonic lovers of Claudia Weill’s Girlfriends, and our very own Contributing Writer Anahit Behrooz – her first book, BFFs: The Radical Potential of...

Heavy Relationships: On BFFs, Girlfriends and B...

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the platonic lovers of Claudia Weill’s Girlfriends, and our very own Contributing Writer Anahit...

Time Is The Thing: Lydia Tár’s Suspension of Reality

Time Is The Thing: Lydia Tár’s Suspension of Re...

El Hunt goes down the rabbit hole with Lydia Tár.

Time Is The Thing: Lydia Tár’s Suspension of Re...

El Hunt goes down the rabbit hole with Lydia Tár.

Overstimulated Times: Female Pleasure and Male Dominance in Videodrome

Overstimulated Times: Female Pleasure and Male ...

Erin M. Brady writes on Videodrome at 40.

Overstimulated Times: Female Pleasure and Male ...

Erin M. Brady writes on Videodrome at 40.

A Tragic Age: The Radical Power Of Lady Chatterley's Lover

A Tragic Age: The Radical Power Of Lady Chatter...

Carly Mattox traces the radical history of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.

A Tragic Age: The Radical Power Of Lady Chatter...

Carly Mattox traces the radical history of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.

Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean

Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean

Xuanlin Tham speaks to Georgia Oakley about Blue Jean.

Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean

Xuanlin Tham speaks to Georgia Oakley about Blue Jean.

Justice and Medea: Alice Diop on Saint Omer

Justice and Medea: Alice Diop on Saint Omer

Anahit Behrooz interviews Saint Omer filmmaker Alice Diop.

Justice and Medea: Alice Diop on Saint Omer

Anahit Behrooz interviews Saint Omer filmmaker Alice Diop.

Intimately Political: Laura Poitras On All The Beauty And The Bloodshed

Intimately Political: Laura Poitras On All The ...

Anahit Behrooz interviews Laura Poitras on All The Beauty And The Bloodshed

Intimately Political: Laura Poitras On All The ...

Anahit Behrooz interviews Laura Poitras on All The Beauty And The Bloodshed

Sweet Peaches: Carla Simón on Alcarràs

Sweet Peaches: Carla Simón on Alcarràs

Ella Kemp interviews Carla Simón on Alcarràs.

Sweet Peaches: Carla Simón on Alcarràs

Ella Kemp interviews Carla Simón on Alcarràs.

I Don’t Recall: Finding the African in African-American in Daughters of The Dust

I Don’t Recall: Finding the African in African-...

Sabrina Jones writes on her British African-American identity in Daughters of the Dust.

I Don’t Recall: Finding the African in African-...

Sabrina Jones writes on her British African-American identity in Daughters of the Dust.

Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean

Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean

A period piece furiously relevant to the present, Blue Jean frames a lesbian PE teacher living in Thatcher’s Britain trying to exist and thrive without having to fly a flag....

Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean

A period piece furiously relevant to the present, Blue Jean frames a lesbian PE teacher living in Thatcher’s Britain trying...

She Saved Christmas: Life Before Death In Morvern Callar

She Saved Christmas: Life Before Death In Morve...

Savina Petkova writes on Christmas grief in Morvern Callar.

She Saved Christmas: Life Before Death In Morve...

Savina Petkova writes on Christmas grief in Morvern Callar.

Beyond the Goomah: Italian-American Femininity in Moonstruck

Beyond the Goomah: Italian-American Femininity ...

Katy D’Avella writes on Italian-American identity in Moonstruck.

Beyond the Goomah: Italian-American Femininity ...

Katy D’Avella writes on Italian-American identity in Moonstruck.

Mountains and Playgrounds: Rebecca Hall on Resurrection

Mountains and Playgrounds: Rebecca Hall on Resu...

Ella Kemp interviews Rebecca Hall about Resurrection.

Mountains and Playgrounds: Rebecca Hall on Resu...

Ella Kemp interviews Rebecca Hall about Resurrection.

Beauty, Pain, Choice: Feminism in Corsage

Beauty, Pain, Choice: Feminism in Corsage

Alexandria Slater writes on beauty and sacrifice in Corsage.

Beauty, Pain, Choice: Feminism in Corsage

Alexandria Slater writes on beauty and sacrifice in Corsage.

No Attacks: How The Women Of She Said Got It Done

No Attacks: How The Women Of She Said Got It Done

Nicole Davis speaks to Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Maria Schrader on the making of She Said.

No Attacks: How The Women Of She Said Got It Done

Nicole Davis speaks to Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Maria Schrader on the making of She Said.

Your Name: Aladdin's Jasmine, 30 Years On

Your Name: Aladdin's Jasmine, 30 Years On

Yasmine Kandil pays tribute to her namesake on Aladdin’s 30th anniversary.

Your Name: Aladdin's Jasmine, 30 Years On

Yasmine Kandil pays tribute to her namesake on Aladdin’s 30th anniversary.

Aftersun: Charlotte Wells On The Poetry of Memory

Aftersun: Charlotte Wells On The Poetry of Memory

Xuanlin Tham interviews Aftersun writer-director Charlotte Wells.

Aftersun: Charlotte Wells On The Poetry of Memory

Xuanlin Tham interviews Aftersun writer-director Charlotte Wells.

How To Live: In Conversation With Composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch

How To Live: In Conversation With Composer Emil...

Ella Kemp interviews Living composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch.

How To Live: In Conversation With Composer Emil...

Ella Kemp interviews Living composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch.

Love And Power: Dolly De Leon On Triangle Of Sadness

Love And Power: Dolly De Leon On Triangle Of Sa...

Iana Murray interviews Triangle Of Sadness standout Dolly De Leon.

Love And Power: Dolly De Leon On Triangle Of Sa...

Iana Murray interviews Triangle Of Sadness standout Dolly De Leon.

Man Was In The Forest: Bambi At 80

Man Was In The Forest: Bambi At 80

Eleanor Brady writes on the humanity and environmentalism of Bambi at 80.

Man Was In The Forest: Bambi At 80

Eleanor Brady writes on the humanity and environmentalism of Bambi at 80.

Room for Possibility: On Women Talking’s Striking Emptiness

Room for Possibility: On Women Talking’s Striki...

Tia Glista writes on the empty spaces of Women Talking.

Room for Possibility: On Women Talking’s Striki...

Tia Glista writes on the empty spaces of Women Talking.

Le Vertige Adjani: Marilyn Monroe, Liminal Stardom And Legacy

Le Vertige Adjani: Marilyn Monroe, Liminal Star...

Olympia Kiriakou writes on Isabelle Adjani’s portrayal of Marilyn Monroe.

Le Vertige Adjani: Marilyn Monroe, Liminal Star...

Olympia Kiriakou writes on Isabelle Adjani’s portrayal of Marilyn Monroe.

And Man Created Woman: Don’t Worry Darling's Flawed Feminism

And Man Created Woman: Don’t Worry Darling's Fl...

Lillian Crawford writes on the backwards feminism of Don’t Worry Darling.

And Man Created Woman: Don’t Worry Darling's Fl...

Lillian Crawford writes on the backwards feminism of Don’t Worry Darling.

Notes on Pam Grier: In Conversation with BFI Programmer Mia Mask

Notes on Pam Grier: In Conversation with BFI Pr...

Christina Newland interviews BFI programmer Mia Mask about Pam Grier.

Notes on Pam Grier: In Conversation with BFI Pr...

Christina Newland interviews BFI programmer Mia Mask about Pam Grier.

Where The Frame Breaks: Carolee Schneemann's Revolution

Where The Frame Breaks: Carolee Schneemann's Re...

Rachel Pronger celebrates the revolutionary work of Carolee Schneemann.

Where The Frame Breaks: Carolee Schneemann's Re...

Rachel Pronger celebrates the revolutionary work of Carolee Schneemann.

One Chance: Understanding Queerness in Sleepless in Seattle

One Chance: Understanding Queerness in Sleeples...

Tina Kakadelis explores the queer possibilities of Sleepless in Seattle.

One Chance: Understanding Queerness in Sleeples...

Tina Kakadelis explores the queer possibilities of Sleepless in Seattle.

The Cost Of Suffering: On Jordan Peele's Nope

The Cost Of Suffering: On Jordan Peele's Nope

Sierra Swan writes on the cost of witnessing suffering in Nope.

The Cost Of Suffering: On Jordan Peele's Nope

Sierra Swan writes on the cost of witnessing suffering in Nope.

Threat and Responsibility: The Thing At 40

Threat and Responsibility: The Thing At 40

Arden Fitzroy marks the 40th anniversary of The Thing.

Threat and Responsibility: The Thing At 40

Arden Fitzroy marks the 40th anniversary of The Thing.

Embracing The Fire Of Love With Sara Dosa

Embracing The Fire Of Love With Sara Dosa

Ella Kemp interviews Fire of Love filmmaker Sara Dosa.

Embracing The Fire Of Love With Sara Dosa

Ella Kemp interviews Fire of Love filmmaker Sara Dosa.

A Lesbian Utopia: 30 Years of A League of Their Own

A Lesbian Utopia: 30 Years of A League of Their...

Lillian Crawford celebrates 30 years of A League of their Own.

A Lesbian Utopia: 30 Years of A League of Their...

Lillian Crawford celebrates 30 years of A League of their Own.

Sexual Independence During the Great Depression: Jean Harlow as a Hollywood Rebel

Sexual Independence During the Great Depression...

Zita Short writes on the original Hollywood rebel, Jean Harlow.

Sexual Independence During the Great Depression...

Zita Short writes on the original Hollywood rebel, Jean Harlow.

Oppressive Americana in Splendor in the Grass and Fire Walk With Me

Oppressive Americana in Splendor in the Grass a...

Carmen Paddock writes on oppressive Americana in Splendor in the Grass and Fire Walk with Me.

Oppressive Americana in Splendor in the Grass a...

Carmen Paddock writes on oppressive Americana in Splendor in the Grass and Fire Walk with Me.

All the World's a Hot Pink Wall: The Boundless Charm Of Julia Fox

All the World's a Hot Pink Wall: The Boundless ...

Saffron Maeve explores the beguiling charm of Julia Fox.

All the World's a Hot Pink Wall: The Boundless ...

Saffron Maeve explores the beguiling charm of Julia Fox.