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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.
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.
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 ...
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
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
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 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 ...
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 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
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
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
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
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 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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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.
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...
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 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 ...
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.
A Lesson in Hansen-Løve with Vicky Krieps: A Be...
Lillian Crawford interviews Vicky Krieps about Bergman Island.
A Lesson in Hansen-Løve with Vicky Krieps: A Be...
Lillian Crawford interviews Vicky Krieps about Bergman Island.
Hard Times And Little Pleasures: The Cinema of ...
Veronica Phillips finds joy in the hard times of Lorene Scafaria’s films.
Hard Times And Little Pleasures: The Cinema of ...
Veronica Phillips finds joy in the hard times of Lorene Scafaria’s films.
Same As It Ever Was: Graduating with The Last D...
Alexa Margorian on graduating with The Last Days Of Disco
Same As It Ever Was: Graduating with The Last D...
Alexa Margorian on graduating with The Last Days Of Disco
Addiction, Lifelines and Destruction with Harry...
Alessia Galatini interviews Harry Wootliff about True Things.
Addiction, Lifelines and Destruction with Harry...
Alessia Galatini interviews Harry Wootliff about True Things.
Doubt, Defiance And Postnatal Depression: Mothe...
Hannah Gatward writes on the duality of motherhood in The Lost Daughter.
Doubt, Defiance And Postnatal Depression: Mothe...
Hannah Gatward writes on the duality of motherhood in The Lost Daughter.
Feeling the Love with Renate Reinsve
Ella Kemp interviews Renate Reinsve about The Worst Person in the World.
Feeling the Love with Renate Reinsve
Ella Kemp interviews Renate Reinsve about The Worst Person in the World.
Decay and Renewal: Why Parallel Mothers is the ...
Sarah Collier explains why Parallel Mothers is a perfect war film for our times.
Decay and Renewal: Why Parallel Mothers is the ...
Sarah Collier explains why Parallel Mothers is a perfect war film for our times.
Freedom’s Slaves: The Triple-Edged Sword of Wom...
Rachael Sampson writes on the deconstruction of the porn model in Antiporno.
Freedom’s Slaves: The Triple-Edged Sword of Wom...
Rachael Sampson writes on the deconstruction of the porn model in Antiporno.
Revelation on the Road: Crossroads, 20 Years On
Hollie Geraghty writes on the legacy of Crossroads 20 years on.
Revelation on the Road: Crossroads, 20 Years On
Hollie Geraghty writes on the legacy of Crossroads 20 years on.