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[JENNIFER-KENT]

Australian women directors stopped waiting for permission and started making the difficult films

Australian women directors stopped waiting for permission and started making the difficult films

Kent, Murphy, Green, and Purcell made the films the industry did not ask for, and the films were better for not being asked.

MARA DENG08.03.2022

The Nightingale and the wound that will not close

The Nightingale and the wound that will not close

Jennifer Kent's second feature is not interested in making its violence comfortable, and that is the whole point.

BRONTE HAUGHEY18.01.2020