auteuse theory: a blog on women's cinema

Thoughts about films made by women, from the 1890s through to the present day

Wednesday, 18 July 2012

Lucy Lumsden: A New Television Auteur?

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SARAH RALPH Who is the auteur of a TV series? Is it the director? The writer? The producer?   A show might use a number of direct...
Thursday, 12 July 2012

The discreet harm of the bourgeoisie: Archipelago (Joanna Hogg, 2010)

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MELANIE WILLIAMS The director who seems to best understand the English bourgeoisie at this moment in time is Joanna Hogg. Her films U...
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Wednesday, 4 July 2012

Nora Ephron, 1941-2012

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It goes without saying that Auteuse Theory was very sad to hear of the passing of Nora Ephron, one of the most distinctive female authori...
Wednesday, 6 June 2012

Whip It! (Drew Barrymore, 2009)

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HELEN WARNER Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It! has been described as an ‘emo chick coming of age drama’. The film follows ...
Sunday, 3 June 2012

Emanuela Piovano's "Le stelle inquiete/ Simone and Gustave"

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Flavia Laviosa The publication of Off Screen: Women and Film in Italy in 1988 and The Women’s Companion to International Film in 1990 (mar...
Monday, 28 May 2012

More Andrea Arnold: Fish Tank (2009)

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MELANIE WILLIAMS Fish Tank focuses its attention on fifteen year old Mia who lives in a flat in Essex with her mother and her yo...
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Thursday, 17 May 2012

Cannes controversy!

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British coverage of the protest against women directors' marginsalisation at Cannes 2012, including details of the letter to le Monde, a...
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