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"Strong Island" Essays

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Cinema Femme Documentary Issue — Editor’s Letter

by Rebecca Martin

February 25, 2019

I’ve always loved how documentaries can connect with viewers by taking them through worlds that are not their own. And some documentaries, like Yance Ford’s “Strong Island” (2017), our Issue

"Black Panther" Essays

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Third world as we do not know it: why we need more Black Panthers that defy white patriarchy

by Jaylan Salah

January 19, 2019

Watching “Black Panther” has given me a similar experience, being from a country that most privileged nations deem “third world,” “regressed,” and “developing.” I belong to the same continent, if
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Cinema Femme Holiday Gift Guide

by Alison Marcotte

December 21, 2018

Happy holidays from the staff at Cinema Femme magazine! If you’re still looking for gift ideas for the film aficionados, women in film, or just awesome people in your life,
"The Virgin Suicides" Essays

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The watchers: the compelling gaze in ‘The Virgin Suicides’

by Marjorie H. Morgan

November 16, 2018

“The Virgin Suicides” film is a feast of watchers: it confirms that we are all watched and we all watch. Like George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” this film reminds the viewer
"The Virgin Suicides" Essays

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Cinema Femme Inaugural Issue — Editor’s Letter

by Rebecca Martin

October 10, 2018

Welcome to the inaugural issue of Cinema Femme magazine, the voice of the female film experience! Cinema Femme is a digital magazine that voices the female film experience through personal essays and interviews, accompanied

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My Journey with Sofia

by Rebecca Martin

October 6, 2018

I’ve followed Sofia Coppola’s career closely, ever since 2003. In 2003, I saw the film that became my gateway in to the cinephile world: Lost in Translation. Friends in college (where

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The Cinema Femme Movement

by Rebecca Martin

October 6, 2018

Cinema Femme is meant to go beyond our digital pages. We are a movement. The Cinema Femme movement will support more female and diverse representation in film criticism, resulting in

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