Amanda Clarke

Film critic, Whovian and practising nerd.

[Faze Magazine 🌱 @FazeMagazine]

The annual #TIFFNextWave Film Festival is on all weekend (in nice warm, dry theatres) showcasing talented young filmmakers from around the world. BTW - Admission is FREE to most screenings if you're under 25! 🎞
https://t.co/3q47G34yV0
@TIFF_NET #freemovies #toronto #filmfestival

[Raven Book Store @ravenbookstore]

Today a customer mentioned that she could get a new hardcover book online for $15. Our mission is not to shame anyone for their shopping practices, but we do feel a responsibility to educate about what it means when a new hardcover is available for $15 online.

[LAT Entertainment @latimesent]

"I remember @Racheldoesstuff said to me once, 'Why are you so nice to me? Why are you mentoring me?' I was mentored by a lot of people when I started — The slightest little thing is so meaningful when you're starting" - #CrazyExGirlfriend's @alinebmckenna https://t.co/ugGfDKQ7qF

[Amanda Clarke @ALeighclarke]

I enjoyed #CaptainMarvel, but couldn't they find a hairdresser who could part Brie Larson's hair so it stayed out of her face?

[MaryAnn Johanson (she/her) @maryannjohanson]

Okay, cool, but let’s not make this about (white) women vs POC. It’s about everybody else vs white men. https://t.co/KbtfEcM4kc

[Dr Jess Wade liked it here once @jesswade]

😔 Can we stop spending so much money on campaigns (based on v. little evidence) to ‘inspire’ girls to study science and instead;
-invest properly in science education
-tackle institutional + systematic bias against women + minorities
-improve access to shared parental leave
TY💫

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Why #CaptainMarvel is so hard to define https://t.co/NPS9S1IaJi

[Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard]

It’s possible that Steven Spielberg doesn’t know how difficult it is to get movies made in the legacy system as a woman or a person of color.

In his extraordinary career, he hasn’t exactly produced or executive produced many films directed by them.

[Teen Vogue @TeenVogue]

Jharrel Jerome talks about his role in 'When They See Us,' based on the Central Park Five, directed by @ava: "It’s a true story, so no matter what, that in itself becomes the biggest responsibility, because you want to do right by these men." https://t.co/R2spR6Wysa

[Franklin Leonard @franklinleonard]

Only theatrically released films should qualify for Academy Awards but here are some screeners so you can watch the films and vote on them.

[Grace Lavery @graceelavery]

I was in kind of a shitty mood so I wrote something about my trans shamelessness, and it cheered me right up, and it is a public post so u can read if u like 💖💋🧠💖

https://t.co/RAOm5r7rik

[Bad Infinite @badinfinite]

Schrader's take on Netflix is one of the most sober I've read. New mediums shouldn't be shunned for being new mediums per se, but purchasing/promoting based on populist algorithms will typically fail to highlight worthwhile art.

[Film Fatales @FilmFatalesOrg]

Dee Rees became the first black woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2017 for her film MUDBOUND. Rees is currently working with Netflix to direct her newest feature The Last Thing He Wanted. #FilmFatales #WomenHistoryMonth #Sundance

[🏳️‍🌈 Ms. Marya E. Gates 🦩 @oldfilmsflicker]

The argument that awards should reward creatives who make it through the hoops of traditional studio systems when those systems are broken and systematically shut out a large portion of creators is laughable

[Canadian Stage @canadianstage]

Just 12 days out until the world premiere of @sookyinlee's Unsafe! This one is definitely going to spark some conversations...

[Sundance Institute @sundanceorg]

"We hope it’s a list that captures the wide range and diversity of the work women create behind the camera, and a reminder that female directors have put their mark on every decade, genre, and kind of film, and will continue to do just that." - @indiewire 👏 #womenshistorymonth

[Film Fatales @FilmFatalesOrg]

Ava DuVernay's adaption of A WRINKLE IN TIME made her the first black woman director with a $100 million budget. She's also the first black woman to win Best Director at Sundance. In 2019, she signed a $100 million deal with WBTV. #FilmFatales #WomensHistoryMonth @ava

[Captain Midnight @midnightcap]

Mark Ruffalo is just as politically outspoken, if not more so, than Brie Larson, but almost no one freaked out and refused to see him as the Hulk.