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- Just 12 percent of the directors of 2021’s 100 highest-grossing films in the U.S. were women, down from 16 percent the year before. Slightly more women were represented when the field was widened to the top 250 movies – 17 percent – but not by much (18 percent in 2020).
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The Unforgivable – Directed by Nora Fingscheidt; Written by Hillary Seitz, Courtenay Miles, and Peter Craig. The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (Restoration) – Written and Directed by Maria Maggenti. Writing with Fire (Documentary) – Directed by Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh.
Women Is Losers – Written and Directed by Lissette Feliciano; Mothers of the Revolution (Documentary) – Directed by Briar March; Le Navire Night (Restoration) – Written and Directed by Marguerite Duras; Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers (Documentary) – Directed by Mary Wharton
Every year is a good year to stan female directors, but 2021 has cooked us up a real feast. Acting veterans like Rebecca Hall, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robin Wright, and Halle Berry are finally claiming their director’s chairs on feature films, while arthouse icon Jane Campion is returning to hers after 12 years.
Dec 8, 2021 · Ramping up output while still laboring through the pandemic, the women of the entertainment industry worked doubly hard in 2021, so it's only fair they be celebrated twice.
- Candyman
- Censor
- Coda
- The Fear Street Trilogy
- Introducing, Selma Blair
Nia DaCosta’s new vision of a boogeyman who embodies inter-generational racial trauma is a potent cinematic concoction. This Candyman is a direct sequel to the 1992 horror classic of the same name. It skillfully continues conversations the first movie started while opening up a whole host of new ones. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II stars as a Black artist w...
This horror movieby filmmaker Prano Bailey-Bond takes place during the “Video Nasty” era of British cinema. During this period in the 1980s, gritty exploitation flicks were pulled from shelves over fears of inciting real-life violence. Straight-laced Enid (Niamh Algar) is a censor tasked with sifting through the goriest and gnarliest footage imagin...
CODAis a heartwarming family drama for the type of person who usually hates heartwarming family dramas. Sian Heder’s film follows a high schooler named Ruby (Emilia Rossi) who is the only hearing member of her immediate family. And she is growing tired of interpreting for her parents and brother, but it is an essential part of their fishing busines...
Leigh Janiak dropped not one but three great movies this year, each of them totally different from the last. The Fear Street Trilogy, which is based on a series of R.L. Stine books, is an excellent genre introduction for young horror fans. Thanks to its creative kills and scrappy misfit characters, it’s also entertaining enough for viewers of all a...
This painfully honest documentary follows actress Selma Blair from the early days of her Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis through her risky stem cell treatment. It chronicles her everyday struggles and joys, plus moments of silliness and significance. Blair has the personality of a total star; she’s prone to comedic extravagance and faux-melodrama, but...
Jan 2, 2022 · The 24th annual "Celluloid Ceiling" report found just 12 percent of directors of 2021's top 100 films were women, down from 16 percent the year before.
Dec 17, 2021 · Whether you braved movie theaters or stayed at home and enjoyed viewing experiences from the comfort of your couch, there were plenty of films by and about women to check out this year, including a number of awards contenders.
