The Female Gaze

"An unabashed love letter to our cinema sisters . . . a treasure of delights that honors more than a hundred years of female filmmaking. Brava!" —Rachel Feldman, film/TV director, screenwriter and activist
A #1 Bestseller in Movies & Video Guides & Reviews
With the success of Patty Jenkins's Wonder Woman and the rise of the MeToo movement, women creators in film are more important than ever.
Coined in the 1970s, the term "male gaze," pertains to what happens to viewers when the majority of art and entertainment has been made by the one gender perspective. So, what about the opposite?
The Female Gaze comprises a list detailing the essential movies from the past and present made by women. It also features multiple mini-essays written by a variety of diverse female film critics, about a woman or a movie made by women that they love. In its pages, you'll discover: