Girls On Film

In episode 2 of Girls On Film, host Anna Smith is joined by film critics Larushka Ivan-Zadeh and Helen O'Hara to review A Star Is Born, starring Lady Gaga and directed by Bradley Cooper. Films put to the Bechdel Test include Ant-Man and the Wasp, Pili, The Breaker Upperers, Bad Times at the El Royale and Venom. Finally, writer-director Carol Morley chats to Anna at the London Film Festival about her upcoming film Out Of Blue. Girls on Film is an HLA production, produced by Hedda Archbold and Jane Long. Follow Anna on Twitter @annasmithjourno

Girls On Film is a new film review podcast from a female perspective, hosted by film critic and broadcaster Anna Smith. Episode 1 (pilot): This week, the Girls On Film review Agnes Varda’s Faces Places, debate diversity in film criticism and put new movies to the Bechdel Test, including Widows, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, First Man, American Animals and a surprise choice that we dub ‘Spanx and the City’… Host: Anna Smith, Critics’ Circle President and film critic for the BBC, Sky, Time Out, Metro, Sight & Sound and The Guardian. Guests: Kate Muir, former chief film critic at the Times and now a screenwriter and campaigner with Time’s Up UK, Women and Hollywood and Birds’ Eye View. Corrina Antrobus, film writer and founder of the Bechdel Test Fest. An HLA Production, Executive producer Hedda Archbold, Producer Jane Long Music courtesy of MX Tyrants Follow Anna on Twitter @annasmithjourno