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Directed by Women

Explore films by directors who identify as women.

Orla Smith / September 8, 2019

TIFF19 review: Lina from Lima, a must-see acquisition title

Lina from Lima is part realist drama about the immigrant working experience and part flamboyant musical, and it’s one of the best acquisition titles at TIFF19.

Alex Heeney / August 2, 2019

InsideOut 2019 highlights include The Ground Beneath My Feet and Zen in the Ice Rift

The 2019 InsideOut Film Festival brought together mainstream hits like Rocketman and Late Night with arthouse gems like The Ground Beneath My Feet and Zen in the Ice Rift.

Alex Heeney / July 17, 2019

Spatial relationships in the films of Joanna Hogg

In all of her films, Joanna Hogg uses spaces to structure her characters’ relationships, often finding them trapped by their own privilege and complacency in safe spaces; the characters need to step outside their comfort spaces to grow and develop. This essay appears in the new Seventh Row ebook Tour of Memories: The Creative Process […]

Orla Smith / July 15, 2019

Approaching center frame in The Souvenir

In The Souvenir, Joanna Hogg demonstrates Julie’s development from a shy observer to the main character in her own story through the way Julie occupies the room and the frame. This essay is a sneak preview of the new ebook on the film, Tour of Memories: The Creative Process Behind Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir. Get […]

Cannes, Cannes 2019

Elena Lazic / June 1, 2019

The best five films from Cannes 2019

The selection of the Cannes Film Festival was less exciting in 2019 than usual, but some wonderful gems stood out. Here are the five best.

Alex Heeney / March 7, 2019

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2019: Highlights

Here’s a look at some of the best films screening at the 2019 Rendez-Vous with French Cinema in NYC, including Premiére Année (The Freshman), Keep an Eye Out!, and Raising Colours. Every year, the Film Society of Lincoln Centre curates some of the best of French Cinema in the last year for the Rendez-Vous with […]

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