Tomorrow: a weak attempt at exploring the complexities of pain and trauma
Sarah Collier finds Martha Pinson’s debut film about a British veteran seriously wanting
representations of women
Spotlight on international documentary filmmakers who resist control over women’s autonomy
Anna Dannreuther highly recommends three documentaries by women filmmakers from around the world that she caught at Sheffield Doc/Fest earlier this year
On the Basis of Sex: when a character is smaller than life
Alessia Galatini feels that Mimi Leder’s biopic of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg does a bit of disservice to its iconic protagonist
The feminist home front
Daniel Dyson provides a missing perspective on The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, drawing our attention to its feminist message
The Cry: modern parenting with a twist
Caitlin Warren is gripped by short BBC series The Cry, a thriller that transforms into something much more nuanced
The Hate U Give: a shift in cinema?
A bit disappointed that the film lost some of the original novel’s insight and subtlety, Pippa Sterk still praises THUG as evidence that cinema is changing
Women’s voices at London Korean Film Festival 2018
The London Korean Film Festival 2018 team introduces this year’s focus on women directors, including the Women's Voices strand
From hashtags to headlines: Woman with a Movie Camera summit
Emily Zinkin reports from British Film Institute’s first-ever summit for professional women in film, who dissected #timesup, performative wokeness, diversity in criticism and the death of the “strong female character” among other things
“I just wanted to prove her wrong”: interview with Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Our new contributor Ellie Broughton talks to Lady Macbeth producer Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly on creating a collaborative environment on set and colour-blind casting
Living in between
M. Lý-Eliot recommends Maysaloun Hamoud’s In Between, the Arab-Israeli director’s controversial first feature about young Palestinian women living in Tel Aviv
A terrifyingly tangible future
Despite some changes to her beloved novel, Becky Kukla thinks the serial adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is looking great
Women make documentaries! Sheffield Doc/Fest roundup
Ania Ostrowska is still slightly intoxicated with the abundance and diversity of women-made documentaries at this year’s Sheffield International Documentary Festival
No man’s land belongs to women
Becky Kukla enjoys Wonder Woman so much that she cannot wait to see more superhero films directed by women
A rather tame riot
Cath Murray is slightly disappointed with the slow burning fifth season of the iconic Netflix prison drama, Orange is the New Black
Be careful what you eat
Ngaire Ruth finds a great many old tropes under the fresh blood of Raw, Julia Ducournau’s debut feature
Savour the detail
Sarah Wishart could have watched the characters in Kelly Reichardt's latest film Certain Women all night long
Not every film about rape is a feminist film
Sophie Mayer on why she won't be seeing Elle, Paul Verhoeven's latest film which opens in cinemas soon
#takehername
Musician Sula Mae encourages us all to support women in music this International Women’s Day
