In episode 21 Tuppence Middleton, Ingrid Oliver and Tricia Tuttle join Anna for a special Girls On Film Live from the London Podcast Festival at Kings Place in London. The team review stripper revenge drama Hustlers, starring Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez, and disagree about the French music movie The Shock Of The Future, featuring Alma Jodorowsky.   

Ingrid speaks about her experience of filming The Hustle with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, as well as playing Petronella Osgood on Doctor Who. 

The director of the BFI’s London Film Festival Tricia picks three female directed films to watch at the 2019 LFF, including the new film from Marielle Heller, A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood, after her success with last year’s brilliant film Can You Ever Forgive Me? 

Tuppence talks about recent release Downton Abbey, her early work in Trap For Cinderella, nude scenes –  and avoiding the ‘girlfriend role.’ She also speaks out about the poster for The Current War, which went viral after being the subject of feminist graffiti.  

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In Episode 17, Anna is joined by Clarisse Loughrey, Chief Film Critic for The Independent – and Sophie Monks Kaufman, Contributing Editor to Little White Lies.

Together they review the new horror Midsommar, starring Florence Pugh. The romance, Tell it to the Bees, starring Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger. Last was a French film, a bizarre gay porn thriller named Knife + Heart (Un Couteau dans le Coeur) featuring Vanessa Paradis.

Next, Anna is joined by director Chanya Button to discuss her upcoming film Vita and Virginia. Chanya makes a revelation about the sex scenes between Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki.

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Girls On Film goes live at Edinburgh International Film Festival with guest critics Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Chief Film Critic at Metro – and Amber Wilkinson, co-founder and co-director of film website Eye for Film.

Together they review current releases Support The Girls (2019) and Penny Slinger: Out Of The Shadows (2019), as well as EIFF screenings The Souvenir (2019) and Marianne & Leonard: Words Of Love (2019).

Next, Anna is joined by Miranda de Pencier, the director of the Canadian hit The Grizzlies (2018), along with her star Anna Lambe. They talk about how the film provides a positive representation of indigenous communities in Canada, as well as involving the communities into the making of the film.

Films put to the Bechdel Test include Beautiful Boy (2018); Girlhood (Bande de Filles, 2014); Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019); Yesterday (2019); Casino Royale (2006) and Nénette and Boni (Nénette et Boni, 1996).

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During this live episode at HOME in Manchester Anna is joined by critics Emma Jones, a reporter for BBC Talking Movies and founder of Electra Media – and Kate Muir, author, former Chief Film Critic for The Times and campaigner. Together they review Late Night (2019) and Men in Black: International (2019) and discuss other gender-flipped movies.

Award-winning actress Maxine Peake joins Girls On Film to talk about her working life and her commitment to female-led films, such as her upcoming film Gwen (2019).

Films put to the Bechdel Test range from Alladin (2019) to Desperately Seeking Susan (1985).

Anna reveals the winners of the Bumble Female Film Force

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In this episode, Anna is joined by Booksmart (2019) stars Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever for a special episode celebrating Olivia Wilde’s terrific new comedy about two friends looking for a party before they graduate. Film critic Karen Krizanovich joins Girls On Film to review the movie and share hilarious highlights.

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In this Sundance London festival special, three fantastic female filmmakers discuss their work.

Lulu Wang, director of The Farewell (2019), and Sophie Hyde, director of Animals (2019), talk about portraying female relationships on screen. Lulu also speaks about her hopes for the new wave of mainstream Asian-American cinema, while Sophie discusses the joys of working on a film that Caitlin Moran dubbed ‘Withnail for girls’.  Filmmaker Alison Klayman reveals how she gained the trust of notorious far-right strategist Steve Bannon for her documentary, The Brink (2019).

This episode was recorded at the Mayfair studios of Cameo, a female-run audio production house & broadcast PR consultancy. www.cameopro.com

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Girls On Film hits the Cannes Film Festival with an episode recorded at the UK Film Centre in front of an industry audience.

Our guest film critics Leslie Felperin and Ella Kemp review Cannes releases by female directors, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire (Portrait de la Jeune Fille en Feu, 2019), Atlantique (2019) and Little Joe (2019). They also discuss the opening film, The Dead Don’t Die (2019) as well as Cannes classic We Need To Talk About Kevin (2011).

 Melissa Silverstein and Delphyne Besse join Anna to discuss activism at Cannes and beyond.

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