Two women in 1930s suits and hats laugh beside an open touring car on a Riviera hotel terrace.

The opening essay

A woman
beyond the frame.

What does it mean to witness a woman on screen?

Read the essay

Inside the journal

Explore cinema

A pianist in an evening dress turns towards an open doorway in a mirrored ballroom.

Cinema

The weight of a piano

Jane Campion, a New Zealand beach and a decision about what a woman gets to carry.

A woman holds her straw hat as her scarf blows behind her on a seaside promenade.

The manifesto

A manifesto of interiority

Five principles for looking, listening and writing about women on screen.

A woman in a satin gown looks over her shoulder beneath the lights of a cinema marquee.

Research

The founding paper

Read and cite M. Dangi’s proposal for a cinema of feminine consciousness.

The founder

M. Dangi

Mukata Dangi is an Australian author, literary philosopher and independent researcher. Her work connects the language of the page with the inner lives of women on screen.

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