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Directed by Women

Explore films by directors who identify as women.

The text 'Indie Memphis 2020' accompanied by images from the four films that will be discussed in this article.

Orla Smith / November 10, 2020

Indie Memphis 2020: From Cane Fire to Smooth Talk

Indie Memphis Film Festival 2020 showcased genre films (I Blame Society, Freeland), documentaries (Cane Fire), and restorations (Smooth Talk).

Stills from Raindance films Survival Skills, Now, The Dilemma of Desire, and No More Wings.

Orla Smith / November 3, 2020

Survival Skills, The Dilemma of Desire, and more at Raindance 2020

Discover four highlights from Raindance 2020, all of which are available to watch online for free in the UK.

A woman holds up a sign that reads 'Democracy without cliteracy? Phallusy.' The image is a still from The Dilemma of Desire.

Orla Smith / November 2, 2020

Raindance Review: The Dilemma of Desire will change the way you think about sex

Maria Finitzo’s documentary The Dilemma of Desire uses Sophia Wallace’s art as a jumping off point to explore how patriarchy has shaped women’s relationship to sexual desire.

An older man and his daughter sit at a bar in Sofia Coppola's On the Rocks. The text on the image says, 'Review'.

Orla Smith / October 22, 2020

On the Rocks is a retrograde disappointment from Sofia Coppola

Sofia Coppola’s latest, On the Rocks, is a vague and out of touch depiction of a working mother’s relationship crisis.

Alex Heeney / October 22, 2020

ImagineNative 2020 highlights great Indigenous films

The 2020 ImagineNative Film Festival is entirely online this year, and highlights include: Monkey Beach, Inconvenient Indian, and shorts like Lichen and Becoming Nakuset.

Radha Blank drinking from a cup on the bus in The Forty-Year-Old Version.

Orla Smith / October 8, 2020

The Forty-Year-Old Version: A brilliant comedy about the struggle not to sell out

Radha Blank wrote, directed, and stars in The Forty-Year-Old Version, a hilarious comedy about the struggle to stay true to your voice as a marginalized creator while also getting paid.

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