Rebecca Martin

Interviews, Oscars

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‘Be Kind Rewind’ YouTube series host Izzy digs deep into the Oscars

by Rebecca Martin

February 7, 2020

Izzy debuted her first “Be Kind Rewind” video in 2018 and has amassed 116k subscribers since then. Her video series on YouTube explores the struggles and triumphs of Hollywood’s leading

Interviews, Sexual Assault Awareness, Uncategorized

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Kitty Green’s film ‘The Assistant’ reveals the faces of the #MeToo movement and the pains behind them

by Rebecca Martin

February 6, 2020

The tweets. The movement. The conversation. Kitty Green’s film “The Assistant” takes the #MeToo movement, and the conversation around it, to a place where it began. Julia Garner plays Jane,

Film Festivals, Horror, Interviews, Now Playing

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Josephine Decker casts a witchy spell with her new film ‘Shirley’

by Rebecca Martin

February 1, 2020

As Sundance comes to a close, I’m pleased to share my first of many interviews conducted at the festival. On the heels of her acclaimed film, “Madeline’s Madeline,” director Josephine

Film Festivals

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Cinema Femme Sundance 2020 Retrospective

by Rebecca Martin

January 28, 2020

It started with the idea of a key that unlocked the following connections for me. In the film “Saudi Runaway”, directed by Susanne Regina Meures, the subject of the doc

Film Festivals, Indie Films, International Films

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Basking in Sundance

by Rebecca Martin

January 22, 2020

Sundance is my “happy place”. It’s the place I go to in my mind when sh**t in the real-world gets too real. I fell in love with Sundance in 2016.

All-Star, Film Festivals, Interviews

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Alice Waddington takes us on a fantastical journey in her female-led feature ‘Paradise Hills’

by Rebecca Martin

January 17, 2020

You know when you are so excited by a director that your excitement oozes? Alice Waddington is that director. Being touched in my life with a fire that takes me

Black History, Chicago, Film Critics, Film Festivals, Interviews

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#TBT 2019 Sundance Ebert Fellows

by Rebecca Martin

January 16, 2020

Chaz Ebert introduced me to the 2019 Sundance Ebert Fellows Niani Scott, Whitney A. Spencer, and Tiffany Walden via Instagram as they were on their way to Park City, Utah,
Film Gear, Interviews

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Dancing with the camera: an interview with cinematographer Valentina Caniglia

by Rebecca Martin

January 15, 2020

Featured back in April 2019 Cinema Femme is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn

Interviews, Short Films

14 min read

Ashley Shelton brings her movie vision to the lens with ‘Magnolia & Clementine’

by Rebecca Martin

January 14, 2020

Today we’re bringing back Ashley Shelton’s feature from June 2019. You can see Ashley in “The Evening Hour” premiering at Sundance 2020. Stay tuned for her future directed projects. I

Sexual Assault Awareness

8 min read

‘Bombshell’ brings #MeToo to the big screen

by Rebecca Martin

December 13, 2019

[over the phone]Megyn Kelly: Ready to go to war?Gretchen Carlson: Oh, yeah. “Bombshell” (2019) Spoilers revealed Being interviewed by my soon-to-be boss, I could tell he thought I was good looking, that

Horror, Interviews

14 min read

“American Psycho” Filmmaker Mary Harron Explores Manson Cult in “Charlie Says”

by Rebecca Martin

December 6, 2019

Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969. Joan Didion, THE WHITE ALBUM Another “pinch myself” moment for me this year

Chicago, Coming of Age, Halloween, Interviews, LGBTQ+

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A cult classic is in our midst with Jennifer Reeder’s teen noir ‘Knives and Skin’

by Rebecca Martin

December 5, 2019

"Knives and Skin" follows the investigation of a young girl's disappearance in a rural Midwest town. The coming-of-age film has been described as a mix of Lynchian thriller and high

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