I could do a whole thread recommending films directed by women, grouped by genre.

fun camp horror

strange appetites

gleefully absurd comedy

persona

historically queer women

artsy lesbians

(yes PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE exists but y’all have seen it so here’s two smaller films!)

essential sports films

(didn’t want to show a poster with a deadname on it so I opted for an image for WHIP IT)

short stories onscreen

little red riding hood and the big bad wolf

troubled cops

90s cult comedy

explorations of sex & passion

female genius (fiction films)

female genius (documentaries)

women having breakdowns

I also recommend both versions of THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

canadian queen patricia rozema!!! WHEN NIGHT IS FALLING (listed a few entries above with HIGH ART) is also by her

films about sex work

brooding men and their horses

here’s some science fiction, as a treat

(yes, the wachowskis also made the MATRIX movies and CLOUD ATLAS but those were all a bigger deal than JA)

I also want to go on the record to say DEEP IMPACT is Good Actually

rural & economic realism

stopping here bc i need to start trying to program these!!! there’s plenty of films to choose from here, w/ a lot of directors that adore. if you liked these recs, you can follow me on @letterboxd @/riotglasses. my film criticism portfolio: https://muckrack.com/jourdain-searles-1/portfolio

I need to update it, but you can see which reviews of mine are on rotten tomatoes here: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/critic/jourdain-searles/movies

and if you want to venmo me, you can do it here: http://venmo.com/jourdainsearles 

please remember that it literally does not make sense to tell people what to recommend! lol if i don’t recommend something it’s because I don’t want to.