
Heroines of Cinema has been a running column since summer 2012, with London-based writer Matthew Hammett Knott discussing females in the film industry — whether filmmakers, actresses, cinematographers or fictional characters.
Enjoy all the columns below:
THE 10 MOST EXCITING YOUNG FEMALE DIRECTORS IN THE WORLD TODAY
HIRING WOMEN IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
10 THINGS YOU REALLY SHOULD KNOW ABOUT KATHLEEN KENNEDY
THE GOOD NEWS AND THE BAD NEWS ABOUT THE OSCAR NOMINATIONS
AN A-Z OF WOMEN IN FILM IN 2012
TEN $100 MILLION HITS STARRING WOMEN OVER 50
CAN YOU BE A BOND GIRL AND A GOOD FEMINIST?
A CONVERSATION WITH SALLY POTTER
AVA DUVERNAY AND 10 MORE TRAIL-BLAZING BLACK FEMALE DIRECTORS
VALDIS OSKARSDOTTIR AND THE INVISIBLE ART OF EDITING
10 REASONS TO LOVE EMMA THOMPSON
TILDA SWINTON AND SALLY POTTER’S ORLANDO
ELLEN KURAS, ROCKSTAR AMONG CINEMATOGRAPHERS
BRENDA CHAPMAN’S FIRING AND THE FIVE STAGES OF GRIEF
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