Author: femalefilmfestival

The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes.

Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival.

This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way.

When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival.

A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.

Moviedrome Mondays: An American Werewolf in London (1981) — cinematiccoffee

I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox’s introduction to director John Landis 1981 horror classic An American Werewolf in London. My readers can also read Cox’s transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was July 22, 1990 (read here). Though I greatly admire Joe Dante’s The Howling and Michael Wadleigh’s […]… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: An American Werewolf in London (1981) — cinematiccoffee

Moviedrome Mondays: Yojimbo (1961) — cinematiccoffee

Since I could not find a youtube video link of Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox introducing legendary Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 undisputed Samurai classic Yojimbo, readers will have to make do with Cox’s intro transcript (read here). The episode’s original airdate was July 29, 1990 (read here). Cox perfectly sums up everything about why this […]… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Yojimbo (1961) — cinematiccoffee

Moviedrome Mondays: A Wedding (1978) — cinematiccoffee

Since I could not find (once again) a youtube video link of Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox introducing master filmmaker Robert Altman’s 1978 satirical comedy A Wedding, readers will have to (once again) made do with Cox’s intro transcript (read here). The episode’s original airdate was August 5, 1990 (read here). Though I disagree with Cox… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: A Wedding (1978) — cinematiccoffee

An Alex Cox Intro Gem: The Long Goodbye (1973) — cinematiccoffee

One may not know this, but shortly prior to hosting Moviedrome from 1988 to 1994, filmmaker Alex Cox guest introduced two films for another BBC Two series entitled The Film Club (1986-1991) on March 5, 1988 (read here). The two films were 1967’s Point Blank (directed by John Boorman) and 1973’s The Long Goodbye (directed… Continue reading An Alex Cox Intro Gem: The Long Goodbye (1973) — cinematiccoffee

Moviedrome Mondays: Something Wild (1986) — cinematiccoffee

I have posted a youtube video link below to Moviedrome presenter Alex Cox’s introduction of director Jonathan Demme’s 1986 quirky romantic comedy Something Wild. Readers can also read Cox’s intro transcript here. The episode’s original airdate was June 9, 1991 (read here). Lots of positive things can be said about Something Wild as Cox so […]… Continue reading Moviedrome Mondays: Something Wild (1986) — cinematiccoffee

Catherine O’Hara’s Perfect Comedic Delivery in the Films of Christopher Guest — Screen Queens

Trying to define film by the a decade it premiered is a fruitless endeavour. Time can give art context, but art doesn’t derive its value from time. However, some of the best-selling and best remembered comedies of the 1990s were Austin Powers and Dumb and Dumber, and this suggests that in mainstream comedy there was […]… Continue reading Catherine O’Hara’s Perfect Comedic Delivery in the Films of Christopher Guest — Screen Queens

‘Bloodshot’ is like Fast and Furious on Steroids, but in the Worst Possible Way — Screen Queens

It’s sometimes nice to see Vin Diesel branch out from the norm. The Fast and Furious star has built a high profile career on his namesake series and the equally as fun XXX franchise. Occasionally he’ll branch out and do other films to shake things up and give us something fresh, exciting, and fun. Bloodshot […]… Continue reading ‘Bloodshot’ is like Fast and Furious on Steroids, but in the Worst Possible Way — Screen Queens

Dressing for the Recently Deceased: Costuming Femininity for the Women of ‘Beetlejuice’ — Screen Queens

My worn-out copy of Beetlejuice (taped off the telly alongside Labyrinth) was a familiar childhood companion, often brought out at family sleepovers to keep me from screaming the house down. Oddly enough, I now find the film strangely comforting despite its bleak subject matter; perhaps the older I get, the more I recognise my own […]… Continue reading Dressing for the Recently Deceased: Costuming Femininity for the Women of ‘Beetlejuice’ — Screen Queens