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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #46: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Josephine Decker)

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However familiar the name Josephine Decker is to you might determine on some level your love of film. The filmmaker’s recent favourites, Shirley (2020) and Madeline’s Madeline (2018), certainly echoed Decker’s name louder than before. But how many of you have ventured to her surreal, captivating earlier films, Butter On The Latch (2013), and in […]

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #45: Pariah (Dee Rees)

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Before the acclaimed Mudbound and that historical Best Cinematography Oscar nomination (for Rachel Morrison) came Pariah. The breakout film for director Dee Rees was selected as part of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival line-up, and our series of recommended film links heads that way. Enjoy. Pariah at 10: Dee Rees on her mould-breaking lesbian classic

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #44: The Love Light with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion

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They say that great, great things come in sevens. Okay, they don’t really say that. But at Filmotomy and the sporadic link sharing series Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, we strive for the ultimate greatness when it comes to film content. Step forward Mary Pickford and Frances Marion, two wondrous pioneers of the early days of cinema.

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #41: More Essential LGBT Film Writing – and Welcome Sarah

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Fresh off the 99th Filmotomy Podcast, I want extend welcome arms to our newest addition to the team – Sarah AKA @peppermintsodas. Already on board to take part in our upcoming 1994 in Film run, Sarah also kindly shared a sackful of her recent film writing across several sources. Proving to be quite the acquisition

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #40: Happy Pride Month

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The Reading, Writing, Arithmetic mantra was established at Filmotomy to issue regular, insightful links from the film world that were certainly worth repeating. It’s been a while, for all manner of reasons, since we last bombarded you with recommended weblinks. But now, we return. The 40th edition takes advantage of Pride Month 2020, with several

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #39: Watch Issa López’s Tigers Are Not Afraid Now on Shudder

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Many of the film lovers of the universe didn’t perhaps even know you were anticipating this wonder. After a terrific theatrical run, an ever increasing one, the illustrious Tigers Are Not Afraid from writer/director Issa López is now right there on demand at the good old scare-folks at Shudder. Watch Tigers Are Not Afraid on

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #38: Thirteen (2003) by Catherine Hardwicke at FemmeFilmFest

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Catherine Hardwicke made one the most emotive, honest motion pictures in 2003 with Thirteen. The screenplay was co-written with 14 year-old Nikki Reed, who plays Evie, taking candid details from her own life. An incredible achievement. In the lead as 13 year-old Tracy, Evan Rachel Wood broke-out onto the movie scene is raw fashion. Holly

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FemmeFilmFest Interview: Sanna Lenken talks to Filmotomy about her moving debut feature My Skinny Sister

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In 2015, Swedish filmmaker, Sanna Lenken, invited us to see her debut film, My Skinny Sister. You’ve not heard of it? Shame on you. An intimate, authentic story about two young sisters. And a kind of sibling bond many of us will recognise – rivalry, compassion, worry, loyalty – which is prodded further when one

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #37: Sarah Gavron’s Suffragette at FemmeFilmFest

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Perhaps one of the most apt films to feature at an event such as the Femme Filmmakers Festival is Sarah Gavron‘s 2015 period piece, Suffragette. And what a time frame to enrapture an essential story about women. The suffragette movement of 1912, over a hundred years ago now, is the focal point of Gavron’s film.

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #36: Agnès Varda’s La Pointe Courte at FemmeFilmFest

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Oh what a loss the Agnès Varda is. And how how poignant it feels to go all the way back to 1955, and her very first feature film, La Pointe Courte. The 400 Blows, sure, Breathless, also great, yet the enigmatic La Pointe Courte is a talismanic motion picture if we are going to attribute

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