5 Best Female-Led A24 Movies
Award-winning independent entertainment company A24 is behind some of the best movies from the last decade. These movies — which include Moonlight and The Florida Project — share similar characteristics, including slow-burn storytelling and beautiful cinematography. Focusing on (extra)ordinary people they tend to explore themes such as identity, family, and love and aren't afraid to tackle darker issues too.
Perhaps most popular for their eerie, unsettling brand of horror movies, A24 has produced many female-led flicks over the years, some of which are well-known, and others of which have slipped under the radar. From Mike Mills' 20th Century Women to Lulu Wang's The Farewell, these are the titles that deserve the most attention.
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Written and directed by Mike Mills — who recently directed the hit Joaquin Phoenix drama C'mon C'mon — 20th Century Women is a semi-autobiographical portrait of the women who raised him. Set in 1979 Santa Barbara, it follows divorced mother Dorothea Fields (Annette Bening) who needs help raising her teenage son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann). With Jamie's father out of the picture, and tenant William (Billy Crudup) failing to step up as his replacement, Dorothea tasks 20-something Abbie (Greta Gerwig) and teenage Julie (Elle Fanning) with the job.
20th Century Women is a sweet and sensitive movie that comes from a place of love. The female characters are well-developed and realistic, and the women playing them give an incredible performance: Bening steals the show as fiercely independent Dorothea, Gerwig is hilarious as punky feminist Abbie, and Fanning exudes coolness as witty, cynical Julie. Exploring their lives through an episodic structure, audiences
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