“Nisha Ganatra Discusses Leaving Space for More People in the Room”

Rooms tend to be pretty big, after all, so making space for other people doesn’t seem all that hard, does it? Continue reading →

“Films by Women: Four Movies to Watch from May (2019)”

Knock down that house and let the sunshine in! But mind the souvenirs! And don’t sing if someone else is singing! Continue reading →

“The Year’s Best Movies About Men Were Directed By Women—And Snubbed By The 2019 Oscars”

Men are in the spotlight at this year’s Oscars, but not women, even though women directed the best movies of 2018 that happen to be specifically about men. Natch. Continue reading →

Films by Women: Five Movies to Watch in January

New year, new feature. For context, I wrote a very long piece about my experiences completing the #52FilmsByWomen pledge in 2017; that piece didn’t pan out, being both too lumbering, too unfocused, and too performative for its own good. But there’s a positive outcome here, being this, a monthly feature for Paste Magazine, highlighting four to five … Continue reading →

In 2017’s Movies, Poisonous Mushrooms Were an Unlikely Symbol of Female Liberation

Well, I did it: I got an article up on Vulture. Maybe it’ll be the only one I do, though I really fucking hope not. If so, hey, I have that byline, and that’s another checkmark on my list of goals for 2017 (and just in the nick of time, which is generally how I … Continue reading →

Why Female-Driven Horror Movies Are More Timely Than Ever

Gang: It’s been a gross, terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. It’s been a gross, terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for a slew of reasons, but I’m here today to talk about the Harvey Weinstein scandal (which isn’t quite a “scandal,” because sexual abuse isn’t scandalous; it’s criminal). Because I am me, … Continue reading →

Review: XX, 2017, dir. Roxanne Benjamin, Annie Clark, Karyn Kusama, Jovanka Vuckovic, & Sofia Carrillo

I love a good horror movie anthology, and XX is a good horror movie anthology. It’s also a necessary film if you’re bothering with that whole #52FilmsByWomen hashtag, an endeavor I can neither recommend nor condemn; it’s important to seek out movies by women and watch them, but if half of the 52 films by women … Continue reading →