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by Alison Marcotte and Rebecca Martin
June 29, 2019
Chicago-based comedians (and writers for Cinema Femme magazine) Alyse McGuigan and Kana Felix have been passionate about comedy since grade school. “I was very shy growing up. I was always
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by Rebecca Martin
June 11, 2019
Patti Vasquez is a renaissance woman: She’s the host of “The Patti Vasquez Show” on Chicago’s WGN Radio, a stand-up comedian, and the founder of With Kind Words, a consulting
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by Rebecca Martin
June 10, 2019
Tavi Veraldi is talented Chicago-based illustrator, film buff, and overall stellar person. With her edgy, comic-book style, horror-inspired art, and pop art look, Tavi’s style is distinctive and reminds me
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by Rebecca Martin
June 3, 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 advertising fees by advertising and
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by Rebecca Martin
May 27, 2019
With our fifth issue, the Comedy issue, we wanted to honor and celebrate iconic films and TV shows that have changed the face of comedy. There has been so many
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by Rebecca Martin
April 25, 2019
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by Rebecca Martin
April 16, 2019
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by Rebecca Martin
April 15, 2019
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by Rebecca Martin
April 15, 2019
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by Kana Felix
April 12, 2019
I first became aware of Porscha Williams when she generously video called into my “Finding Your Comedic Voice” class at the Harold Ramis Film School. At the time she was
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by Pamela Powell
April 11, 2019
Josephine Mackerras debuted her first feature film, “Alice,” at the 2019 SXSW Film Festival. The story depicts how Alice, a wife and mother, reacts to her husband’s double life, leaving
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by Danielle Acton
April 9, 2019
The work I saw was crafted with time and effort and filled more than just quotas. They were filling us with inspiration for a future in which female-identifying filmmakers are
