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2026 Films, Chicago, Comedy, composer, Directing, Film Festivals, Indie Films, Interviews, Short Films

20 min read

The Petite Flower with a Big Voice: Taylor Blackwell on “It Happened: The Judy Tenuta Story”

by Matt Fagerholm

July 31, 2026

For our fourth wedding anniversary, Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin Fagerholm and I spent a week driving to see friends and family all around California. One of our essential stops

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2026 Films, Comedy, composer, Directing, Drama, Film Festivals, Horror, Indie Films, Interviews, Mental Health Awareness, Screenwriting, Womxn supporting Womxn

24 min read

The Upper Crust of Longing: Arabella Oz on “Mallory’s Ghost”

by Matt Fagerholm

June 8, 2026

Upending an audience’s expectations has become one of the most joyous experiences to have in a movie theater, especially when so many releases from mainstream studios are content to remain

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Letterboxd, Profile

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Cinema Femme’s 225 Essential Films to see directed by women and non-binary people: Part Two (1982 – 2004) The emergence and discovery of indie gems during the pandemic

by cinemafemme

November 3, 2022

The list has been generated by Cinema Femme contributors, and the titles are listed chronologically on our Letterboxd HQ account. Here we highlight some of these films, breaking them down

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Interviews, Sexual Assault Awareness

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“The systemic failures drive this story”: Juliana Roth on Title IX and sexual assault

by Rebecca Martin

April 16, 2019

Juliana Roth and I spoke on the phone in February 2019 about her first feature film currently in development, "What We Know." The film is based on "Middlebrook," an educational
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