All articles by So Mayer
‘My Best Girlfriend’: Queer Dietrich, on screen and off
Modelling top hats and tuxedos, Marlene Dietrich brought an aura of cabaret decadence to her films of the 1930s, yet it was her off-screen habit of wearing trousers to Hollywood premieres that inflamed the media.
By So Mayer
The female gaze: 100 overlooked films directed by women
By Isabel Stevens, Bryony Dixon and others
Forgotten treasures of the multiplex
By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others
An A-Z of the 2010s in film
By Nick Bradshaw, Pamela Hutchinson and others
Ten films to watch out for in 2020
By Isabel Stevens, Kaleem Aftab and others
Ten films to watch out for in 2020
By Isabel Stevens, Kaleem Aftab and others
Watching the watchers: how Cameraperson enriches the act of filming
By So Mayer
Rose Plays Julie review: a mythic thriller about women and violence
By So Mayer
Generation snowflake: Frozen II and the quest for climate justice
By So Mayer
Merata: the Maori film legend and her legacy
By So Mayer
Disconnect my skin: The Great Hack visualises surveillance capitalism
By So Mayer
TV we can believe in: hope, growth and change in The Good Place and Steven Universe
By So Mayer
Barbara Hammer obituary: an experimental pioneer who put lesbian life on screen
By So Mayer
Seven facets of Agnès Varda
By Ginette Vincendeau, Catherine Wheatley and others
Agnès Varda obituary: a luminous art of an illuminated life
By So Mayer
Impressions of Agnès: Varda impresses London
By So Mayer
Wander women: vital films about women on the move
By So Mayer
Maria Saakyan obituary: young visionary who reinvigorated Armenian cinema
By So Mayer
Film of the week: The Party skewers politics in black and white
By So Mayer
Top of the Lake: China Girl review – Elisabeth Moss embodies Jane Campion’s Law
By So Mayer
“We will be the mainstream”: female filmmakers talk revolution in Seoul
By So Mayer
Podcast: three critics discuss the best of BFI Flare 2017
By Alex Davidson, So Mayer and others
Signature Move review: Jennifer Reeder revives the 90s’ New Queer Cinema
By So Mayer
Different for Girls: a lesbian series that dramatises sex and life
By So Mayer
Six essential books on lesbian cinema
By So Mayer and Selina Robertson
Sense8 and The OA: making the vital connection in alternative science fiction
By So Mayer