Happy International Women's Day everyone! As a female movie fan and film critic, as well as someone who's dabbled in filmmaking, I'd like to take the opportunity to talk about where we are in terms of female representation. I have lamented in my Oscars nomination musings that Hollywood once again ignored female filmmakers with the …
Tag: Films Directed by Women
What I Watched in January 2023 + Movie Of the Month
Woo wee! Where has January go??! I feel like I barely did anything in the first month of the year, though I did celebrate Lunar New Year a couple of weeks ago with some friends which was fun. It's been a c-c-ccold January with temps dipping to well below zero. As much as I adore …
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December Watching Recap + 2022 Update on my ’52 Films By Women’ Pledge
Happy 2023, friends and readers!! Hope you have recovered from the New Year's Eve festivities… I stayed up till 1:30 which wasn't too bad considering I went to my friend's disco-themed party, first NYE party I attended in a while, I barely stayed awake in front of the TV watching the ball drop in the …
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Thursday Movie Picks: Films Directed by a Female Director
Happy almost Friday everyone! I'm a bit late to the TMP party but I love this week's topic that I still want to participate. The Thursday Movie Picks blogathon was spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of …
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TCFF 2019 Film Spotlight: ‘Go Back To China’ – Q&A with writer/director Emily Ting
GO BACK TO CHINA Synopsis: When spoiled rich girl Sasha Li blows through most of her trust fund, she is cut off by her father and forced to go back to China and work for the family toy business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeiVdLXOkZg Review of GO BACK TO CHINA When I first heard of the title, I did …
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TCFF 2019 Film Spotlight: ‘International Falls’ – Review + Interview with writer/director Amber McGinnis
INTERNATIONAL FALLS Synopsis: A woman stuck in a small, snowbound border town has dreams of doing comedy when she meets a washed up, burned out comedian with dreams of doing anything else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O19-0qaqtxc International Falls is hard to fit in a genre. Dee (Rachael Harris) is born, raised, and settled in International Falls. Tim (Rob …
TWIN CITIES FILM FEST 2018 tickets on sale today! 20 of My Most-Anticipated Selections
October is already here! And most of you know it's always an exciting month for me thanks to TCFF! Well, TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW… so if you haven't looked at the diverse and inspiring lineup yet, you better get them asap before they sell out! Check out the full lineup » Click on the Buy …