sundance

Interviews, Womxn supporting Womxn

21 min read

Rhianon Jones rocks the movie industry by producing the work of emerging female filmmakers

by Rebecca Martin

March 24, 2020

When you meet a woman who has the same mission as you, and is doing it in an impactful way, you can only feel an immediate connection and passion toward

Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Mother's Day

14 min read

Amanda Kernell’s love story in “Charter” explores the complexities of divorce

by Rebecca Martin

February 28, 2020

Last month at the Sundance film festival in Park City, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Amanda Kernell to talk about her beautifully haunting film “Charter”. Chatting with

Film Festivals, Interviews, Oscars

21 min read

Producer Amy Hobby busts down walls for female filmmakers as Executive Director of the Tribeca Film Institute

by Rebecca Martin

February 13, 2020

Amy Hobby is a part of the group in the film industry I like to call “the changemakers”. These are the people in the film industry who use their platforms

Interviews, Sexual Assault Awareness, Uncategorized

6 min read

Kitty Green’s film ‘The Assistant’ reveals the faces of the #MeToo movement and the pains behind them

by Rebecca Martin

February 6, 2020

The tweets. The movement. The conversation. Kitty Green’s film “The Assistant” takes the #MeToo movement, and the conversation around it, to a place where it began. Julia Garner plays Jane,

Film Festivals, Horror, Interviews, Now Playing

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Josephine Decker casts a witchy spell with her new film ‘Shirley’

by Rebecca Martin

February 1, 2020

As Sundance comes to a close, I’m pleased to share my first of many interviews conducted at the festival. On the heels of her acclaimed film, “Madeline’s Madeline,” director Josephine

Film Festivals

7 min read

Cinema Femme Sundance 2020 Retrospective

by Rebecca Martin

January 28, 2020

It started with the idea of a key that unlocked the following connections for me. In the film “Saudi Runaway”, directed by Susanne Regina Meures, the subject of the doc

Cineuropa, International Films, Interviews

7 min read

Anne Sewitsky • Director of “Sonja: The White Swan”

by Cineuropa

January 24, 2020

The following Cineuropa interview is with filmmaker Anne Sewitsky. After studying directing at the Norwegian Film School, her feature-film debut came in 2010 with the comedy “Happy, Happy”, which was awarded

Film Festivals, Indie Films, International Films

8 min read

Basking in Sundance

by Rebecca Martin

January 22, 2020

Sundance is my “happy place”. It’s the place I go to in my mind when sh**t in the real-world gets too real. I fell in love with Sundance in 2016.

Black History, Chicago, Film Critics, Film Festivals, Interviews

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#TBT 2019 Sundance Ebert Fellows

by Rebecca Martin

January 16, 2020

Chaz Ebert introduced me to the 2019 Sundance Ebert Fellows Niani Scott, Whitney A. Spencer, and Tiffany Walden via Instagram as they were on their way to Park City, Utah,
Interviews, Short Films

14 min read

Ashley Shelton brings her movie vision to the lens with ‘Magnolia & Clementine’

by Rebecca Martin

January 14, 2020

Today we’re bringing back Ashley Shelton’s feature from June 2019. You can see Ashley in “The Evening Hour” premiering at Sundance 2020. Stay tuned for her future directed projects. I

Chicago, Coming of Age, Halloween, Interviews, LGBTQ+

10 min read

A cult classic is in our midst with Jennifer Reeder’s teen noir ‘Knives and Skin’

by Rebecca Martin

December 5, 2019

"Knives and Skin" follows the investigation of a young girl's disappearance in a rural Midwest town. The coming-of-age film has been described as a mix of Lynchian thriller and high
Documentaries, Interviews, Women's History Month

6 min read

‘Maiden’: How an all-women sailing team fought sexism and made history

by Pamela Powell

December 3, 2019

"Maiden" (2019) is the harrowing true tale of how Skipper Tracy Edwards pushed against the acceptable gender tides of racing in 1989–1990 and then changed the boat racing world and