Writer-director Jennifer Phang’s Netflix film Advantageous is a feminist science fiction film for lovers of French New Wave cinema and intimate family dramas. It deals with issues of race, motherhood, and economic hardship.
In Her Chair
Female-identifying directors reflect on their experiences making films and leading creative teams.
SFFS Artist-in-Residence Sally El Hosaini on writing and directing My Brother the Devil
Sally El Hosaini’s directorial debut, My Brother the Devil, is a touching and sensitive story of two Arab brothers in Hackney, London. During her sojourn in San Francisco as the San Francisco Film Society’s Artist-in-Residence, I sat down with El Hosaini to discuss her writing process, working with non-actors, her shoot, and her approach to the film’s aesthetic. […]
‘Cinema is the only art ever where you share somebody’s loneliness’ and other insights from Céline Sciamma
Céline Sciamma discusses her third film Girlhood: the genesis of the film, how cinema is the only art form in which you can share someone else’s loneliness, and how she created the remarkable Rihanna scene.
Director Anne Sewitsky and actress Ine Wilmann on Homesick
Norwegian director Anne Sewitsky’s (Happy, Happy) wonderful new film, Homesick, screened at the Sundance Film Festival this week in the World Dramatic Competition. Starring Ine Marie Wilmann, who gives a terrific performance, the film follows a late 20-something children’s dance teacher, Charlotte, who, because she never received any real parental love, has become desperate, clingy, and […]