The Women, BFI

Let’s hear it for the girls: this year is about the ladies taking control. In this spirit, the BFI are screening the 1939 classic film The Women.

Gal power is nothing new: the women in this comedy are most definitely wearing the (metaphorical) trousers. The bold script, by Hollywood great Anita Loos, follows a group of them as they toy with men, picking them up and discarding them at will.

The wit is sharp and the claws are out. The ensemble cast is all-female – there is not a man in sight – and stars the likes of Joan Crawford, a darling of American classic cinema, and Norma Shearer (five-time Oscar nominee).

This film is laugh-out-loud funny and reminds us that fierce and independent women are nothing new.

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