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by Rebecca Martin
October 16, 2020
It was a pleasure speaking with Kate Hackett about her directorial debut “Oleander”, a shorter version of her feature script “Purify My Heart”. We discussed her experience of growing up
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by Rebecca Martin
October 8, 2020
“Yellow Rose” is the timely story of a Filipina teen from a small Texas town who fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between
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by Rebecca Martin
September 30, 2020
I had no particular interest in crime aside from reading the occasional Nancy Drew book growing up. Yet two days after the killing, without telling anyone, I walked to the
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by Rebecca Martin
September 28, 2020
“Mental illness is very prevalent in our society and it is not spoken about enough. It’s still very very taboo, and it is understandable, because it can be embarrassing and
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by Rebecca Martin
September 13, 2020
This is my first year running a film festival, and I’m honored and blown away by all the amazing womxn from all over the world that showcased their films. All
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by Rebecca Martin
September 10, 2020
What a beautiful thing to see a film about a woman full of layers and dimensions in a way that I hadn’t seen onscreen before. In Justine Triet’s film “Sibyl”
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by Rebecca Martin
September 1, 2020
It was a pleasure to interview Kristin Peterson about her debut “Ringolevio”, a film that touches on the truths of what it is like to meet your significant others family
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by Rebecca Martin
August 28, 2020
“Every image or sound is a vessel for emotion: rapture, despair, sensuousness, fury, a combination of these. That makes cinema a kind of legerdemain: the art of sculpting such seemingly
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by Rebecca Martin
August 25, 2020
Recipient of 2020 “Of a Certain Age” grant announced. It started on the set of “We Go Way Back” in 2006. Lynn Shelton was directing her first feature at the
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by Rebecca Martin
August 20, 2020
I don’t know a lot about VR. I did it once before, and I was in this Van Gogh painting, and it made me feel really dizzy. When someone I
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by Rebecca Martin
August 17, 2020
My journey into becoming a film journalist started with my love and obsession with films, and the making of these films. That followed with me becoming more aware of the
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by Rebecca Martin
August 5, 2020
On the eve of Cinema Femme’s inaugural short film festival, it seemed fitting to post my feature with a team of talented and amazing women. I felt so honored to
