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Every Film Is Political, and Always Has Been
With an election behind us and the country still arguing about what it meant, the old demand to "keep politics out of movies" is back. It was never possible. From dystopias to blockbusters, every story carries a worldview, and the films that last have always known it.
The Filmoiselle Interview: Stevie Nelson on the Women Hollywood Forgot, and the Ones She Writes Now
She writes horror about women who break the mould, and she spends her days in the archive recovering the female pioneers that early Hollywood wrote out of its own history. A conversation about Cultivation, the silent era, and why cinema keeps forgetting the women who built it.
The Filmoiselle Interview: Ashley Robinson on Learning the Industry at a Legend's Hip
Ashley Robinson learned to produce by shadowing a Hollywood legend, then built her career out of Texas on purpose. She talks producing, genre, AI, carving out space as a woman of color, and the free resources the industry would rather you never found.
The Oscars Finally Gave Casting a Trophy, and the Craft That Waited Longest Was Built by Women
A century into the Academy Awards, casting got its first Oscar this year. Four of the five inaugural nominees were women, because the job of deciding who gets to be seen on screen has always, overwhelmingly, been women's work.
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The Oscars Finally Gave Casting a Trophy, and the Craft That Waited Longest Was Built by Women
A century into the Academy Awards, casting got its first Oscar this year. Four of the five inaugural nominees were women, because the job of deciding who gets to be seen on screen has always, overwhelmingly, been women's work.
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Every Film Is Political, and Always Has Been
With an election behind us and the country still arguing about what it meant, the old demand to "keep politics out of movies" is back. It was never possible. From dystopias to blockbusters, every story carries a worldview, and the films that last have always known it.
The Debut Review: Julianne Moore Delivers the Performance of the Year in Jesse Eisenberg's Devastating Triumph
A woman the world stopped seeing refuses to disappear. Our five-star review of Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut and Julianne Moore performance, which should win Best Actress, seen early at FEST in Belgrade.The Filmoiselle Interview
In-depth conversations with the people shaping film and television: on their work, their paths, and the industry as they actually live it. A Filmoiselle series.
The Filmoiselle Interview: Stevie Nelson on the Women Hollywood Forgot, and the Ones She Writes Now
She writes horror about women who break the mould, and she spends her days in the archive recovering the female pioneers that early Hollywood wrote out of its own history. A conversation about Cultivation, the silent era, and why cinema keeps forgetting the women who built it.
The Filmoiselle Interview: Ashley Robinson on Learning the Industry at a Legend's Hip
Ashley Robinson learned to produce by shadowing a Hollywood legend, then built her career out of Texas on purpose. She talks producing, genre, AI, carving out space as a woman of color, and the free resources the industry would rather you never found.
THE FILMOISELLE INTERVIEW: Erica Mae McNeal on Chasing the Dream, Acting as Therapy, and Learning to Take Up Space
She packed her life into the back of her mom's car and drove from Colorado to Hollywood. Actress Erica Mae McNeal talks about chasing the dream, finding her people, and how acting quietly pulled her out of her shell.Latest Articles
Every Film Is Political, and Always Has Been
With an election behind us and the country still arguing about what it meant, the old demand to "keep politics out of movies" is back. It was never possible. From dystopias to blockbusters, every story carries a worldview, and the films that last have always known it.
The Filmoiselle Interview: Stevie Nelson on the Women Hollywood Forgot, and the Ones She Writes Now
She writes horror about women who break the mould, and she spends her days in the archive recovering the female pioneers that early Hollywood wrote out of its own history. A conversation about Cultivation, the silent era, and why cinema keeps forgetting the women who built it.
The Filmoiselle Interview: Ashley Robinson on Learning the Industry at a Legend's Hip
Ashley Robinson learned to produce by shadowing a Hollywood legend, then built her career out of Texas on purpose. She talks producing, genre, AI, carving out space as a woman of color, and the free resources the industry would rather you never found.
The Oscars Finally Gave Casting a Trophy, and the Craft That Waited Longest Was Built by Women
A century into the Academy Awards, casting got its first Oscar this year. Four of the five inaugural nominees were women, because the job of deciding who gets to be seen on screen has always, overwhelmingly, been women's work.