Women In Film

100 great female comedy performances – part 2

By Little White Lies

Thora Birch, Tilda Swinton and Whoopi Goldberg feature in the second part of our tribute to funny film women.

100 great female comedy performances – part 1

By Little White Lies

A tribute to some of the most memorable comic turns from women actors, featuring an immortal Meryl Streep.

Why do women make better film editors?

By Thomas Hobbs

Despite so few opportunities for female directors, women are currently thriving in the cutting room.

“Sheboots” aren’t the solution to Hollywood’s gender gap

By Katy Vans

Ghostbusters isn’t the only franchise to be recast with female leads – and that’s not necessarily a victory for equality.

The vengeful woman and the changing face of Asian horror cinema

By Amandas Ong

Will this enduring trope become obsolete as we move towards a less gendered worldview?

The original scream queens who gave giallo its feminist edge

By Emily Gosling

Iconic stars like Anita Strindberg and Edwige Fenech are the thread that ties this deviant subgenre together.

Do female producers hold the key to gender equality in the film industry?

By Katy Vans

Julie Goldman believes more women should take an active role in the creative process.

A UK cinema is dedicating 58% of its programming to marginalised filmmakers

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

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

Discover one of the hidden gems of the Czech New Wave

By Ben Nicholson

Drahomíra Vihanová’s banned debut and several of her documentaries are screening for the first time.

Why it’s time we started seeing more women making ‘male’ movies

By Katy Vans

Directors like Susanna White should be helming major franchises.

How female directors are staking their claim in horror

By Katy Vans

Karyn Kusama and St Vincent’s Annie Clark are among those contributing to an all-female anthology film.

Why is Hollywood keeping its female protagonists a secret?

By David Lyons

The marketing campaigns for both Batman V Superman and Zootropolis obscured their female characters.

Where are all the female-centric survival stories?

By Allie Gemmill

With The Revenant and The Martian both vying for major awards, Hollywood is guilty of letting men have all the fun.

Meet the teenage girl directing her way to cult success

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

First-time filmmaker Kansas Bowling talks us through the weird world of cult production house, Troma.

A vital new film tells the story of 86 women killed by their male partners

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

Love You To Death immerses the viewer in the powerful and revealing stories of bereaved families and friends.

Do movies turn women into masochists?

By Christina Newland

Is it possible for women to love movies which promote a regressive, misogynistic worldview?

The Geena Davis brand of feminism is irresistible

By Sophie Monks Kaufman

The actor brought us to tears at her recent London Film Festival symposium.

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