Rebecca Martin

Interviews, Social Justice

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Elyse Steinberg, co-director of “The Fight,” focuses her lens on ACLU’s heroic humanity

by Rebecca Martin

July 31, 2020

Following the Women’s March in January 2017, I was witnessing a power in the collective, a power I hadn’t seen before in my lifetime. Though I didn’t have a name

Halloween, Interviews, Short Films

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Christina Raia subverts genre through her horror and comic shorts

by Rebecca Martin

July 23, 2020

During quarantine, a series of amazing cat videos have been produced once a month on Instagram by CongestedCat Productions. I encourage you all to check them out. That kind of

All-Star, Film Festivals, Halloween, Interviews, Mother's Day, Now Playing

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Natalie Erika James infuses horror and a beautiful darkness in her female-led debut “Relic”

by Rebecca Martin

July 9, 2020

I love meeting and speaking with female filmmakers who bring a unique style to the screen, especially if it’s in a way that I’ve never seen before. Aussie based Natalie

personal essay

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“Little Woods” sets the stage for Nia DaCosta’s anticipated follow up “Candyman”

by Rebecca Martin

July 7, 2020

Who’s excited for “Candyman”? It’s an understatement how thrilled I am about Nia DaCosta’s remake coming out this fall. I’m a fan of the original, but I see how DaCosta’s

Interviews, Mother's Day, Now Playing

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Australian filmmaker Shannon Murphy’s “Babyteeth” washes over you with exuberant music, love and beauty

by Rebecca Martin

June 18, 2020

At the end of “Babyteeth”, and this does not spoil the film at all, you are on a beach staring at the ocean waves. You’re on the beach rather than

Black History, Interviews, Juneteenth

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Tamar-kali bewitches us with her magical score for “Shirley”

by Rebecca Martin

June 5, 2020

There was no doubt that this wasn’t tokenization. I thought that was so important because- I mean nothing is perfect, a lot of stuff is flawed, that’s humanity. But you

Film Festivals, Interviews, Mother's Day

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Sabrina Doyle shows the beauty of embracing change through ‘Lorelei’

by Rebecca Martin

May 29, 2020

Before we got into speaking about her film “Lorelei”, director Sabrina Doyle and I couldn’t help talking about the trying times we are in, and how difficult it is for

Interviews

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Filmmaker Amy Goldstein Defies Stereotypes With ‘Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl’

by Rebecca Martin

May 27, 2020

Going into this film, I only knew Kate Nash from GLOW, and a couple of her songs from the early 2000s. After watching “Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl,” directed by

Interviews

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Filmmaker Jaclyn Bethany breaks through with Emmy nominated series ‘The Rehearsal’, ‘Indigo Valley’, and more

by Rebecca Martin

May 22, 2020

There is no shortage of ideas, talent, and direction when it comes to Jaclyn Bethany. After initially pursuing theater, she was inspired to take the leap into filmmaking when she

Interviews, Sexual Assault Awareness

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Alexandra Serio’s horror short ‘Tingle Monsters’ shines a light on violence against women on the internet

by Rebecca Martin

May 20, 2020

Horror is not my genre of choice, but when I see that a female identifying filmmaker is behind the lens, my interest is peaked. Especially if the genre is used

Chicago, Interviews

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Filmmaker Layne Marie Williams shows us her insides with “Scutly”

by Rebecca Martin

May 12, 2020

We did it because we had to. Layne Marie Williams Layne Marie Williams is a filmmaker and leader in the industry. A womxn of strength and tenacity. A womxn who

All-Star, Interviews

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Lara Jean Gallagher heightens visual storytelling in her first feature “Clementine”

by Rebecca Martin

May 8, 2020

You can’t watch Lara Jean Gallagher’s film without thinking of the 1966 classic “Persona”, directed by Ingmar Bergman, especially one scene, when Bibi Andersson is talking to Liv Ullmann about

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