#Claire Denis
Los Angeles Film Critics Association to Honor Claire Denis with Career Achievement Award
Claire Denis is set to receive a Career Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) this year. A press release announced that an in-person ceremony will be held on...
Trailer Watch: Margaret Qualley Is Journalist in a Gambler’s Paradise in Claire Denis’ “Stars at Noon”
Claire Denis follows up “Fire,” a steamy romance about a love triangle with Juliette Binoche at its center, with another sexually-charged story in “Stars at Noon.” A trailer...
Trailer Watch: Claire Denis’ “Both Sides of the Blade” Finds Juliette Binoche in a Love Triangle
“When you love someone it never really goes away,” says Juliette Binoche in a new trailer for “Both Sides of the Blade.” Claire Denis’ erotic thriller sees the Oscar...
Cannes’ Ratio of Women-Directed Competition Films Remains Stagnant at 17 Percent
Update: Cannes announced additional titles April 21. Revised stats can be found below our original post. It’s been nearly four years since Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux signed...
Berlinale: Carla Simón’s “Alcarràs” Wins Top Prize, Claire Denis Named Best Director
“Alcarràs” has landed the top honor from the 2022 Berlin International Film Festival. Carla Simón’s second feature, a drama about a family of peach farmers in Catalonia that...
Berlinale: Claire Denis’ “Fire” Acquired by IFC Films, Juliette Binoche Stars
Claire Denis’ “Fire” is already blazing ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Berlinale next week. IFC has acquired U.S. rights to the French auteur’s latest, per...
TIFF: Tracey Deer to Receive Emerging Talent Award, Talks Lined Up with Halle Berry, Ava DuVernay, & More
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will present yet another award to a female filmmaker at its 2020 edition. Screen Daily has confirmed Tracey Deer, whose coming-of-age pic...
Claire Denis’ “The Stars at Noon” Acquired by A24, Margaret Qualley Stars
North American rights to Claire Denis’ latest led to “a competitive situation on the eve of the European Film Market,” with A24 coming out victorious. Deadline reports that...
Claire Denis Will Lead Cannes’ Short Films & Cinéfondation Jury
Claire Denis is back from space and heading to Cannes. The French filmmaker has been named as President of the Cannes Film Festival’s Short Films and Cinéfondation Jury, a press release...
BAM to Host Claire Denis Retrospective
BAM will close out Women’s History Month with a celebration of César-nominated filmmaker Claire Denis. According to a press release, the Brooklyn venue will host “Strange Desire: The...
Trailer Watch: Juliette Binoche Is a Mad Scientist in Space in Claire Denis’ “High Life”
“There’s nothing to fear. Everything’s going to be fine,” says Juliette Binoche in a new trailer for “High Life,” Claire Denis’ English-language debut....
Awards Roundup: TIFF to Honor Claire Denis, BAFTA Cate Blanchett
Claire Denis’ and Cate Blanchett’s awards shelves are about to become a bit more crowded. Cannes prize-winning director Denis will be presented with the fifth annual Roger Ebert Golden...
NYFF Announces Main Slate and It’s 13 Percent Women-Directed
We’re hoping the New York Film Festival (NYFF) follows in the footsteps of Cannes and Locarno and signs a gender parity pledge. The fest just announced its main slate, and it’s sorely...
TIFF 2018’s Galas and Special Presentations Are 28 Percent Women-Directed
Claire Denis, Nicole Holofcener, and Amma Asante are heading to the Great White North. The directors’ latest films are making their world premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival...
Watch: Critics and Cinephiles Pick Top 20 Films Directed by Women for Fandor Video Essay
Critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya asked over 50 film writers and cinephiles to name their ten favorite women-directed films. The resulting Fandor video essay counting down the resulting top 20 is a...
Sight & Sound’s October ’15 Issue ‘The Female Gaze’ Spotlights Women Directors Throughout History
A couple of months back, the BBC released a list of the top 100 American films ever made, in which 98% of the titles were directed solely by men. This glaring omission of female filmmakers didn’t...
Claire Denis, Agnieszka Holland to Judge Inaugural TIFF Competition for Int’l “Directors’ Cinema”
Acclaimed directors Claire Denis, Agnieszka Holland and Jia Zhangke will make up the three-person jury for the Toronto International Film Festival’s inaugural Platform category, a new program...
Claire Denis to Team Up With Zadie Smith for Futuristic Space Adventure
French film icon Claire Denis will direct an untitled sci-fi adventure set in a “future that seems like the present” based on a screenplay by Zadie Smith and her husband Nick Laird. The project...
Clio Barnard, Claire Denis Awarded at Stockholm Film Fest
The Selfish Giant is quickly becoming Women and Hollywood most anticipated film of 2014. News arrived from Stockholm yesterday that Selfish director Clio Barnard was bestowed yet another...
Claire Denis to be First Woman Director to Receive Stockholm’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Claire Denis will be the first female director to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 24th Annual Stockholm International Film Festival. Denis directed her first feature film in 1988,...
October Film Preview
We’ve come off an impactful September for women in film with Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Wadjda breaking boundaries for women directors in Saudi Arabia and being the country’s first Oscar entry;...
Talking Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Agnieszka Holland, and agnès b on the Eve of the NYFF
On the eve of the NYFF, Director of Programming and Selection Committee Chair Kent Jones and I spoke about three extraordinary filmmakers — Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Agnieszka Holland...
Cross Post: Heroines of Cinema: 15 Female Directors Who Made Their First Feature After Turning 40
Two weeks ago, this column profiled ten female directors aged 40 or younger . My reasons for imposing an age limit were clearly stated, but it had the unfortunate side...
Cannes Unveils 2013 Line Up With One Female Director in Main Competition
Well I guess there will be no petition or protests this year because the folks at Cannes have picked a single female directed film to compete in the main competition for this year’s festival....
Further Breaking Down the Sight and Sound Numbers by Gender
One reader Miran Terzic did some serious work breaking down gender votes in the Sight and Sound Top 50 film poll. If the 197 (I had 196) voted three women would make the top 50, not just one. The...
Sexism Watch: Another Movie List Leaves Off Women
So tired of reading these lists that don’t include any women. This time it is AMC’s film site which offers up a list of the 50 top directors of all time. There is not one single woman who could...