Female Film Critics is championing women in an industry that reports on the depressing statistics (27% of Rotten Tomatoes-approved “Top Critics” are women), but has yet to do much to resolve the glaring gender disparity. Women are 51% of the population and 52% of moviegoers, yet cultural discourse continues to be dictated by men. The account was named one of 50 Signs of Hope for Culture in 2016 by Flavorwire. The account has collaborated with Women and Hollywood on The Dudeocracy of Film Critics as well as guest posts and editing. Personally, I have spoken about the account on podcasts including Marya E. Gatess “Female Filmmaker Friday” and One Week Only with Carlos Aguilar and Conor Holt. I even attended NYFF with a badge reading Diana Drumm, Female Film Critics. (NYFF is the best of the best, and I wholly recommend young-ish film writers applying to the NYFF Critics Academy.) That said, they are one person manning (or womanning?) the account, and that has limited its impact and reach. If we reach 25 patrons by Sunday, January 15th at 5 PM EST, we will live-tweet and live-curate the U.S. premiere of The Young Pope, as well as the rest of the season. When we reach 50 patrons, we will host a weekly live-tweet/hashtag discussion of a film directed by a woman currently streaming online as part of #52FilmsByWomen. When we reach 75 patrons, I will gather a few female film critics together and we will do dramatic readings of Max Landis tweetstorms.
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