Chloé Zhao, who just won the best director Oscar for Nomadland, puts Marvel’s Eternals before us at Christmas. Are superhero films the only high-profile prize they can offer unfairly underemployed female filmmakers? “This is now the only career promotion American cinema has to offer,” Guy Lodge, who writes for Variety and the Guardian, commented. Are superhero films the only high-profile prize they can offer unfairly underemployed female filmmakers? We may hope this will change after the pandemic, but audiences can’t pay to see films that aren’t being made.

Source: The Irish Times May 22, 2021 04:00 UTC