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Selina Robertson reviews the queer shorts programme shown during this year's London Short Film Festival and finds all the mini-flicks passing her rigorous selection

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2012/02/9_bob_note 2012-02-08T18:48:12Z 2012-02-08T18:24:00Z Selina Robertson http://www.clubdesfemmes.com/

An unpleasant incident with a fellow cinema-goer notwithstanding, Chrissy D left a screening of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo in high spirits and hopeful for a change of the tide in Hollywood's take on female leads in action movies

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2012/01/Girl with the dragon tattoo 2012-02-03T16:36:13Z 2012-01-19T23:45:55Z Chrissy D

At pains to defend the latest chaotic and confused installment of The Twilight Saga, Mathilda Gregory reads it as a transgressive anti-fairytale about perils of femininity

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/12/breaking dawn 2011-12-12T23:10:55Z 2011-12-12T21:37:00Z Mathilda Gregory

Remaining spooked and preoccupied, Mhairi Guild still appreciates density and creativity of Almodovar's latest grotesque fairytale of not-only-gender identity, desire and power

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/11/skin_we_live_in 2011-12-18T21:59:25Z 2011-11-30T19:16:00Z Mhairi Guild

Taraneh Ghajar Jerven is disappointed with George Clooney's new film which renders women insignificant both on-screen and in politics

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/11/ides_of_march 2011-11-04T18:19:36Z 2011-11-04T11:39:00Z Taraneh Ghajar Jerven http://www.taranehghajarjerven.com/

Finding Tyrannosaur an unremittingly upsetting film, Chloe George salutes its ability to avoid clichés in the portrayal of violence against women

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/10/tyrannosaur 2011-10-25T12:15:54Z 2011-10-24T10:07:00Z Chloe George http://edgeoftime.wordpress.com/

Hailing the coming-of-age story of adolescent sexuality and fierce competition between female equestrians, Ania Ostrowska has her heart set on the youngest of three heroines

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/10/she_monkeys 2011-10-13T10:42:57Z 2011-10-13T10:44:00Z Ania Ostrowska

This Hollywood blockbuster's heroine is a high-flying finance executive, but Diane Shipley argues that women across classes and careers share parts of her predicament and can applaud her small victories over a lazy husband and an over-demanding boss

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/10/i_dont_know_how 2011-10-10T16:09:50Z 2011-10-02T22:59:00Z Diane Shipley http://www.dianeshipley.com

Revisiting the film she loved unconditionally as a teenager, Jess McCabe still finds its portrayal of two young perpetrators of a horrific crime highly compelling

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/09/heavenly_creatu 2011-11-10T09:17:43Z 2011-09-11T09:41:01Z Jess McCabe http://www.jessmccabe.co.uk

'Friends with benefits' is not such a novelty as a recent series of Hollywood films is trying to present it, says Evelyn Krampf, debunking the phenomenon as a mere plot device serving the usual goals of good ol' heterosexist romcom

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/09/romcom_roundup 2011-09-13T03:05:59Z 2011-09-06T21:02:00Z Evelyn Krampf

For those who can appreciate an at times painful study of relationship falling apart set in contemporary Hackney, the latest Harry Potter will be no competitor for Kanchi Wichmann's Break My Fall, suggests Selina Robertson

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/07/break_my_fall 2011-07-28T13:57:55Z 2011-07-28T13:58:00Z Selina Robertson http://www.clubdesfemmes.com/

Ania Ostrowska reviews the first ever London Sex Worker Film Festival and argues that sex workers' rights are a feminist issue

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/07/SexWorkersFilmFestival 2011-08-12T00:05:49Z 2011-07-14T17:57:00Z Ania Ostrowska

Far from being a feisty embodiment of female empowerment, Briseis in Wolfgang Petersen's Troy seems more of a victim in a Stockholm syndrome-type relationship. LucindaE traces how the ancient 'war prize' story has been transformed into a consensual romantic arrangement to please contemporary audiences

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/06/briseis_in_troy 2012-01-11T10:55:56Z 2011-06-29T10:42:08Z LucindaE

Mathilda Gregory reviews a documentary which examines efforts to solve women's sexual disfunction with a pill

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/03/orgasm_inc 2011-03-11T22:23:41Z 2011-03-11T22:10:25Z Mathilda Gregory

Guilty Pleasures chronicles three women's relationships with the saucy book production line that is Mills and Boon. But, asks Mathilda Gregory, why did the documentary makers misrepresent the publishing empire by means of one, unrepresentative, male writer?

http://www.thefword.org.uk/reviews/2011/03/there_is_more_t 2011-05-03T08:34:02Z 2011-03-11T11:05:50Z Mathilda Gregory