SXSW 2024: Roleplay, Gasoline Rainbow, Grand Theft Hamlet
On three very different docs from SXSW that are still somehow connected by a theme of community and the need for expression.
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A Great Movie Year Deserved a Better Oscars
Despite some flashes of inspiration, protest and pizzazz, the 96th Academy Awards were too routine to capture the spirit of 2023’s brilliant films and the uncertain world outside the multiplex.
SXSW Film Festival 2024: Babes, My Dead Friend Zoe, Y2K
On three world premieres from SXSW this year, including new films by Pamela Adlon and Kyle Mooney.
True/False 2024: Coming Home Again
A recap of one of the essential documentary film festivals of the year.
True/False 2024: Ibelin, Alien Island, Yintah
On three docs from this year’s True/False.
True/False 2024: A Photographic Memory, There Was There Was Not, Three Promises
On three films from this year’s True/False Film Festival.
Give a FECK!: Chaz Ebert on Her New Book About Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion and Kindness
An interview with Chaz Ebert about her new book, It’s Time to Give a FECK: Elevating Humanity through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion, and Kindness.
Netflix Launches Ambitious, Engaging Adaptation of 3 Body Problem
A TV review of 3 Body Problem, the latest Netflix show co-created by the team behind Game of Thrones.
The Bikeriders, a Motorcycle Club Film, Highlights a Positive Woman’s Role
On the interesting POV of the upcoming Jeff Nichols film.
Latina Documentaries Tell a Different Story
A look at the recent non-fiction films by and about Latinas.
Director Maureen Bharoocha on Rita Moreno’s Two Requests Before Signing on for Campy Horror The Prank, Watching the EGOT Winner Break Bad
An interview with the director of a new film starring Rita Moreno.
Like and Survive: Horror Cinema’s Anti-love Affair with Podcasting
On the way horror uses podcasting.
Working with Complete Fantasy: On the Legacy of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
A look at the ’50s classic with Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell.
You’re Naked Without Us: A Report from the Costume Designers Guild
A report on the state of the Costume Designer industry, including winners from the recent awards and comments from Poor Things’ Holly Waddingham.
Rage and Feminism in Poor Things and Lisa Frankenstein
On how two recent films twist the Frankenstein myth to their own ends.
Avatar: the Last Airbender and What We Talk About When We Talk About Redemption
A feature on the redemption arc in fiction, through the lens of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Brit Marling on A Murder at the End of the World and Finding Her Rhythm as a Writer
An interview with the writer/director/star on her latest FX project.
She Knew: The Women of Science Fiction Who Predicted the Future
On the women who saw the future.
Women Writers Week 2024: Table of Contents
A portal to all of our Women Writers Week content for 2024.
