clare cooney

2024 Films, reviews

6 min read

Femme Film Friday: “How to Have Sex,” “Tótem,” “Departing Seniors,” and “Fitting In”

by cinemafemme

February 2, 2024

Here are our capsule reviews of four new releases we recommend you seek out! How to Have Sex – directed by Molly Manning Walker (Feb. 9) | review by Rebecca

Chicago, Chicago International Film Festival, reviews

4 min read

CIFF 2023 Review: “Departing Seniors,” directed by Clare Cooney

by Emily Jacobson

October 19, 2023

“Departing Seniors” screened opening night of The 59th Chicago International Film Festival on October 11, 2023. The final week of senior year of high school can be full of surprises.

Chicago International Film Festival, Film Festivals

11 min read

Cinema Femme’s 10 most anticipated films for ChiFilmFest 2023!

by cinemafemme

September 20, 2023

On Monday September 18th the schedule was announced for the 59th Chicago International Film Festival, which runs October 11 – 22, 2023. In no particular order, below are listed our

Chicago, Indie Films, Interviews

18 min read

Clare Cooney makes her directorial feature debut with “Departing Seniors”

by Rebecca Martin

September 24, 2022

To deem a filmmaker as scrappy is the highest compliment. Clare Cooney continues to evolve in her many abilities as a filmmaker and artist, and has always has embodied the

Stream Short

1 min read

Look back: “Runner” – Clare Cooney

by cinemafemme

September 9, 2022

A woman goes for a jog and witnesses something she can’t run away from. Read our 2019 interview with Clare Cooney about her short “Runner”.

Interviews, Uncategorized

6 min read

Cinema Femme Voices #FemaleFilmmakerFriday

by cinemafemme

November 22, 2019

Happy Female Filmmaker Friday! This Friday, instead of featuring one filmmaker, we’d like to showcase some of our Cinema Femme voices, which are excerpts from past Cinema Femme filmmaker features.

Chicago, Interviews, Short Films

5 min read

A conversation between Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin and filmmaker/actor Clare Cooney

by Rebecca Martin

January 22, 2019

I first heard about filmmaker and actor Clare Cooney after her buzzworthy short film “Runner” (2017) showed at the Chicago Critics Film Festival in 2018. A few months later, I
"Black Panther" Essays

2 min read

Cinema Femme New Year Issue — Editor’s Letter

by Rebecca Martin

December 23, 2018

Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” (2018) was chosen for our New Year issue because of the hope this film brought for onscreen representation, and because it’s proof that diverse, strong female

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