From ‘Jennifer’s Body’ to ‘Lisa Frankenstein’: Why Do Critics Ignore Camp?
“The type of movie that’ll only get the appreciation it deserves in 5 years,” says the current most liked Letterboxd…
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Prominent Women at Borderlines Film Festival 2024
Borderlines Film Festival, the UK’s largest rural film festival, is returning this March for its 22nd run. This year’s festival…
Working for the Story, Safety, and Efficiency: An interview with AD Michi Que Doan
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of filmmaking? Films aren’t created on their own, and they…
Inside of the World of Pure Imagination
Before the viewing of We’re All Going to the World’s Fair starts, director Jane Schoenbrun instructs the audience attending the…
Preserving the Legacy of Female Filmmakers and The Independent
A conversation between editor Michele Meek and contributor Emily Watlington about the new book Independent Female Filmmakers, which recounts the legacy of 15 groundbreaking female filmmakers from Deepa Mehta to Cheryl Dunye to Martha Coolidge, while also highlighting the history of The Independent itself.
Going for The Jugular: Actor/Writer/Director Camille Hollett-French
Ever doubt your sanity after selling your condo and moving halfway across the country? Meet Camille Hollett-French, writer, director, and actor of Her Story (In Three Parts): No. 3 In the Absence of Angels. Despite doubts and financial obstacles, her efforts were awarded when was selected to screen at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival, the Park City film festival focused on emerging artists and low-budget independent films. In this piece, Courtney Gardner writes from a conversation with Hollett-French about the use of film to discuss sexuality and shame, and about what it means to go for the jugular.
Berlinale: God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunija
Macedonian filmmaker Teona Mitevska’s film Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija or God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya, begins on an ordinary…
Berlinale: Knives and Skin
Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin is a cult classic ready to happen. A truly original, weird, and eerie film that…
Berlinale: Une Colonie
Winning the Generation KPlus Crystal Bear for Best Film at this year’s Berlinale, Une Colonie, directed by Geneviève Dulude-De Celles, tells the coming-of-age…