Editor's Picks Every Film Is Political, and Always Has Been With an election behind us and the country still arguing about what it meant, the old demand to "keep politics out of movies" is back. It was never possible. From dystopias to blockbusters, every story carries a worldview, and the films that last have always known it. By Daria Ershova • 3 min read
Courtesy of Focus Features, Working Title Films, November Pictures, Kiddo Films, Working Title and other relevant production studios and distributors. Film & TV News Two Hundred Years Later, Sense and Sensibility Still Knows Exactly Who We Are Georgia Oakley's warm, funny, aching new adaptation understands that the girls Jane Austen wrote in 1811 are the same girls sitting in the cinema today. By Daria Ershova • 3 min read
Film & TV News The Roles Weren't There, So They Built the Industry: How Actresses Took Control of Hollywood For a century, actresses told they weren’t getting good roles did something about it. They founded the companies that decide which roles exist. Inside the actress-to-mogul pipeline. By Daria Ershova • 6 min read
Film & TV News The Debut Review: Julianne Moore Delivers the Performance of the Year in Jesse Eisenberg's Devastating Triumph A woman the world stopped seeing refuses to disappear. Our five-star review of Jesse Eisenberg's The Debut and Julianne Moore performance, which should win Best Actress, seen early at FEST in Belgrade. By Daria Ershova • 3 min read
Film & TV News ANGEL Review: A Short Film About Grief, Dark Humour, and the Bottle You Bury With Him Angel began as a therapy exercise and became one of the most honest short films about grief and military family dysfunction we have seen. Darkly funny, emotionally precise, and anchored by Nicole Ansari-Cox in a performance that takes your breath away. By Daria Ershova • 3 min read
Photo by Anthony Lim / Unsplash Film & TV News The Data Is In: Studios Are Greenlighting Fewer Women-Led Shows The latest data from San Diego State University proves what many feared: women are creating fewer shows, directing fewer programs, and vanishing from our screens after forty. Here are the numbers, and why they matter. By Daria Ershova • 5 min read
Awards Season The Venice 2026 Films That Could Define This Awards Season Venice has opened, and with it, awards season. Here are the films premiering on the Lido that could follow us all the way to the Oscars. By Daria Ershova • 5 min read
Editor's Picks The Summer in Movies: The Numbers and What They Mean Summer 2026 delivered $4.5 billion at the domestic box office and shut down the cinema is dying conversation for good. Here is our full breakdown — the numbers, the moments, the female lens, and what this summer signals for the awards season ahead. By Daria Ershova • 8 min read
From left to right: Annabelle Wallis, Uma Thurman, Angelina Jolie Industry Insider Annabelle Wallis Is Right: Women Are Still Fighting for Space in Action Films Annabel Wallis said she would love to lead her own action film. The data says the audience is ready. So why is Hollywood still treating female action leads as an exception rather than a default? By Daria Ershova • 4 min read
From left: Britt Lower with the Emmy, Michael B. Jordan with the Oscar, Matthew McConaughey with the Golden Globe. Editor's Picks Awards Season 2026/27: Every Date You Need to Know and Who Is Already Leading the Race Awards season runs from Venice in September to the 99th Oscars on March 14, 2027. Here is every date you need, the current Gold Derby frontrunners, and the three films Filmoiselle will be watching this fall. Updated all season. By Daria Ershova • 3 min read
Editor's Picks The End of Oak Street Review: Anne Hathaway Carries a Dinosaur Movie and Makes It Work Low expectations can be a gift. The End of Oak Street is a better film than its trailer suggests, and a more frustrating one than it needed to be. Our full review. By Daria Ershova • 2 min read
Jason Sudeikis and Andrea Anders in "Ted Lasso," now streaming on Apple TV. What to Watch What to Watch This Week — Horror Edition Episode 2 - 08/10 Letterboxd was down for nearly 6 hours yesterday, and Sunday is famous for movie marathons, so did you get a chance to log everything in? If you are looking for something to watch this week, then look no further with our fresh weekly pick. Spoilers: we By Daria Ershova • 2 min read
