Women vs Hollywood: The Fall and Rise of Women in Film, was published last month.
In it she explores women s roles – both in front of and behind the camera – since the birth of Hollywood, how those roles are reflected within wider society and what we can do to level the playing field.
The truly wonderful
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) is directed Taika Waititi.
A still from Hunt for the Wilderpeople showing Julian Dennison as Ricky Baker.
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Raised on hip-hop and in foster care, defiant city kid Ricky (Julian Dennison) gets a fresh start in the New Zealand countryside.
Online film series continues with Hunt for the Wilderpeople
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Cambridge Film Festival to screen Stop Making Sense movie
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The guest introduces the film and explains why it means so much to them during a Q&A prior to the screening.
Stop Making Sense opens with lead singer David Byrne walking on to an empty stage with just a cassette tape player and an acoustic guitar.
He performs track Psycho Killer to a backing track, and as the concert progresses more band members join him on stage.
The group s set includes
Burning Down the House, Life During Wartime, Once in a Lifetime and
Girlfriend Is Better, as well as a cover of Al Green classic
Take Me to the River.