Emily Maskell
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Why Filmmakers are Fascinated by Restaurant Kitchens
With its precarious workforce, culinary accidents and rigid hierarchy, La Cocina is just one of many films that delves into the pressure-cooker environment of a commercial kitchen. Here, Emily Maskell explores the trend.
25 Mar 2025
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How Childhood Perspectives Complicate Adult Dramas
About Dry Grasses is the latest film to adopt the point of view of a child, forced to face something beyond their maturity level, as a means of questioning adult assumptions, writes Emily Maskell.
22 Jul 2024
Rom Com
The Emerging Female Filmmakers Shaping British Cinema
From Molly Manning Walker to Raine Allen Miller, there’s been a recent surge of debut directors whose insightful films present young womanhood with remarkable specificity and candour, says Emily Maskell.
30 Oct 2023
Women Filmmakers
Greta Gerwig & the Search for Belonging
Emily Maskell looks back at how the filmmaker’s nuanced female-centred character studies Lady Bird and Frances Ha show the messiness of growing up and finding your place in the world.
13 Jun 2023
Women Filmmakers
More Than Ever Director Emily Atef on Facing the Unknown
The filmmaker discusses the grieving process, the beauty of Norwegian landscapes and working with Gaspard Ulliel in his final role.
15 Jan 2023
Women Filmmakers
Pro-Choice: The Films Fighting For Reproductive Freedom
As Call Jane arrives in cinemas, Emily Maskell looks back at the compassionate, female-directed abortion dramas Never Rarely Sometimes Always, Ninjababy and Happening, which all show their progressive politics through intimate, character-driven stories.
01 Nov 2022