Hannah Peterson on her powerful feature debut “The Graduates” and her invaluable mentors
When the Columbine school massacre happened, I was in my sophomore year of high school. I remember this vividly. It was the first time I’d heard of a mass shooting happening in a high school in my lifetime. The coverage on the media was intense, and I felt drawn to it as I was in […]
Co-producers Mollye Asher (“Nomadland”) and Kimberly Parker on their Tribeca thriller “Catch the Fair One”
“Catch the Fair One” premieres at Tribeca on June 13th, and Cinema Femme was fortunate to speak with co-producers Kimberly Parker (“The Last Black Man in San Francisco”) and Academy Award-Winner Mollye Asher (“Nomadland”) about their film. “Catch the Fair One” is about former pro boxer Kaylee, who infiltrates a sex trafficking ring to try […]
Writer/director Elvira Lind on Her Oscar-Nominated Short Film, “The Letter Room”
One of the joys of covering the movie beat is seeing a great artist whose work you believe in receive the recognition they deserve. When the 2021 Oscar nominations were announced on March 15th, I jumped out of my chair and cheered when Elvira Lind’s “The Letter Room” was named among the nominees for Best […]
Nomadland directed by Chloé Zhao win 6 Oscar nominations
With the Oscar nominations announced this morning in the wake of the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, and BAFTA announcements, we had our eyes on the director category for the hope of 3+ nominations for women. Two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were nominated this morning, and we couldn’t help but notice the obvious snub, […]
Chloé Zhao becomes the second woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director with “Nomadland”
Film director Chloé Zhao made history Sunday night after winning the Golden Globe for Best Director for her film “Nomadland,” becoming the second woman to win the award and the first Asian female director to win it. Barbra Streisand was the first woman to win the Golden Globe in 1984 for “Yentl”. “I wanna thank […]