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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Aug 3

My woefully incomplete, incredibly subjective list of 100 great films directed by women from the entire span of film history. https://letterboxd.com/nannina/list/100-great-films-directed-by-women-1900-2020/detail/

Film list: 100 Great Films Directed by Women 1900-2020

A woefully incomplete, incredibly subjective list of great films directed by women from the entire span of film history.

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks for writing it! I had seen both films, but hadn’t connected them.

I’ve wanted to contrast STORY OF A THREE-DAY PASS, with other brief encounter romances like BEFORE SUNRISE, and MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY.

Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Aug 21

Really fascinating analysis of interracial dynamics in POOL OF LONDON and THE STORY OF A THREE-DAY PASS. Both films are very worthwhile viewing, and I was really interested to read a comparison.

Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · Aug 20

I'm still incredibly happy I wrote this piece (even if it hasn't gotten the traction I hoped it'd get).

I compared POOL OF LONDON (which played during Locarno's British postwar retrospection) to THE STORY OF A THREE-DAY's handling of interracial love.

Locarno Film Festival 2025: Prejudice Across the Pond in "Pool of London" and "The Story of a Three-Day Pass" | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert

On how two films capture racism abroad, including one that just played as a part of a Locarno retrospective.

www.rogerebert.com

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Aug 6

Finally the Kinuyo Tanaka box set is coming! Though I think it would have been worthy of a proper Criterion release, I’ll take what I can get. Also Sara Gomez! www.criterion.com/current/post...

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Women Film Pioneers Project @wfpproject.bsky.social · Aug 2

"Born exactly a year apart, sisters Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg worked together their entire careers in the Soviet animation industry, becoming known as the 'grandmothers of Russian animation' for their work in the fairytale genre."

The Brumberg Sisters – Women Film Pioneers Project

Women Film Pioneers Project is a scholarly resource exploring women’s global involvement at all levels of film production during the silent film era.

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Jul 27

I realize this was a couple months ago, but you said “early”

Queens of Animation is a fantastic history of the women of Disney.

Nobody’s Girl Friday is a great resource for info on below the line Hollywood women.

Movie Workers does similar things for uk women in film

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Walter Chaw @mangiotto.bsky.social · Jun 22

I wrote about James Wong Howe for @criterion.bsky.social once: www.criterion.com/current/post...

James Wong Howe’s Way with Light

Throughout his prolific career, the Oscar-winning cinematographer mixed technical ingenuity with the vulnerability and longing of an outsider.

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Jun 11

Naps are the best!

Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Jun 10

Sending love & energy & strategic moments for naps! Remember working tired is less efficient than just taking the nap, then working. I have faith in you & am in awe of you (I’m doing far less), & if you only manage to do half of those things you’re still a rock star! 🧡 Take care of yourself!

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Jun 2

Last year for Pride I made a list of queer films directed by women from 1912 to today. Here it is if anyone wants to revisit it.

Some are obvious, some less well know, some more queer coded, others explicitly about the LGBT+ experience.

Happy Pride 💗💜💙 letterboxd.com/nannina/list...

Queer Films Directed by Women

For Pride month I've been slowly putting together a list of Queer films directed by women. I came up with 35, from 1912 to last year (over half from before 2000). All meaningful to me. It is by no mea...

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · May 25

Top 5 George Cukor films

5. MY FAIR LADY
4. DINNER AT EIGHT
3. WHAT PRICE HOLLYWOOD?
2. BORN YESTERDAY
1. HOLIDAY

Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · May 10

I hope when award comes SINNERS is still in the conversation. It’s such a beautifully crafted film, direction, cinematography, music, production & costume design, special effects, editing & the performances (I genuinely forgot Michael B Jordan was playing both Smoke & Stack) are all fantastic.

two men in suits and hats are standing next to each other with the hashtag #sinnersmovie on the bottom

ALT: two men in suits and hats are standing next to each other with the hashtag #sinnersmovie on the bottom

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Apr 8

This is really exciting!

Sarah Maldoror is so important both to the history of women filmmakers, and to African film, as well as just making beautiful, politically engaged films. These aren’t films you can see otherwise, make the effort to get to MOMA in May.

🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social · Apr 8

INCREDIBLE!

In May @momanyc.bsky.social is doing the first ever full-scare retrospective of the films of Sarah Maldoror in North America!!

Sarah Maldoror | MoMA

Film series. May 1–15, 2025. MoMA presents a full-scale retrospective of Sarah Maldoror (1929–2020), the first of its kind in North America, celebrating the pioneering French filmmaker whose work gave...

www.moma.org

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 31

Always a pleasure to talk geekily with Mr @dfaggiani.bsky.social. This time the subject was FIREFLY, most specifically, the masterpiece of episodic television that is "Jaynestown". Give it a listen!

David Faggiani @dfaggiani.bsky.social · Mar 29

The EscapeGoat Podcast turns 5! To mark this, I welcome guests back to talk about fave episodes of television! @nannina.bsky.social on Firefly, Dru on Living With Dinosaurs/Primal, & @kitgonzo.bsky.social on Deadwood! And there will be more in the weeks to come! 🥳 open.spotify.com/episode/0fWn...

Episode 69 - The EscapeGoat Podcast 5th Anniversary Specials (pt 1)

The EscapeGoat Podcast · Episode

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 29

We wear party hats, and make balloon animals.

Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 25

Follow up.

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‘No Other Land’ Co-Director Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Yuval Abraham

The filmmaker had reportedly been attacked by settlers and detained by Israeli police, sparking international outcry.

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 25

Read

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/w...

Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian Director of ‘No Other Land,’ Is Attacked in West Bank, Witnesses Say (Gift Article)

Hamdan Ballal was assaulted by masked attackers in his home village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, witnesses said. The Israeli military said he had been detained for questioning.

www.nytimes.com

Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 18

Bodil Ipsen’s DERAILED is fascinating! Really would love to see MELODY OF MURDER someday. Ipsen also was the first woman to win the Palme D’Or with a film she codirected with Lau Lauritzen, THE RED MEADOWS, in 1946.

Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 18

Fantastic looking series!

Funny that they point out that Edith Carlmar was a woman, but not that Bodil Ipsen, director of the other movie mentioned, was also a woman. So many Scandinavian women directors in the mid century, but really hard to see their films.

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 10

Thank you for the heads up!

Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 8

Took me a few days to get a chance to read it, but I really enjoyed it!

Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 8

A fantastic well researched article that makes you think, "What might have been..."

I think it is also relevant to note that Claudette Colbert had experience with a woman director, having starred in Dorothy Arzner's HONOR AMONG LOVERS.

Definitely take the time to read!

P.M.Bryant @pmbryant.com · Feb 28

My article on Claudette Colbert’s attempts to become a director is up! Please read and share.

“The untold story of how the screen comedy queen of the 1930s and ‘40s nearly become one of very few women to direct feature films in postwar Hollywood.”

brightlightsfilm.com/claudette-co...

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 6

I too very much enjoyed the audiobook version (I have a funny thing where I read fiction, but listen to non-fiction). I loved the context you provided, and also the reframing of Buster's later career in France. Such a well researched, and well written book. Thank you for all the work you put in!

Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 5

Lotte Reiniger is one of my favorites. I did a lecture on the whole arc of her career a few years ago. She was fascinating. youtu.be/ASKn9PFfw28?...

Silhouette Animation: The Genius of Lotte Reiniger

YouTube video by aninnan

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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 3

For those who like and use @letterboxd.social lists here is my Women's History Month Criterion Channel Collection on Letterboxd.

Glad so many people have found and enjoyed this post, I hope it leads to much happy viewing!
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Nannina Gilder @nannina.bsky.social · Mar 1

The other collection that Criterion Channel added this month by a female filmmaker I still need to explore, 3 documentaries by Michele Stephenson (2 in collaboration with her husband Joe Brewster). I'm looking forward to it.
www.criterionchannel.com/three-docume...

Three Documentaries by Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster - The Criterion Channel

In their urgent and empathetic documentaries, husband-and-wife team Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson explore issues of identity, injustice, and activist resistance in the Black diaspora. From AMERI...