FemResThe Living Review

Films

A feminist film index

Exploring gender issues through cinema, feeling the power of visual narrative to drive social change.

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125 Films Total
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42 Countries
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42 Genres

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Region

Gender Norms · USA

2 works

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2023 · USA

Bottoms

Emma Seligman

A surreal campus comedy directed by Emma Seligman about two queer high school students who start an after-school fight club to win over their dream cheerleader crushes. This film explores themes of queer identity, female friendship, gender power subversion, and adolescent sexual awakening through extremely exaggerated techniques, becoming a representative work of new-era queer feminism.