Greta Gerwig — The Attic on Eighth

Little Nightingales: Female Filmmaking in 2020

Writer Zoë G. Burnett takes on the state of female filmmaking in 2020 while examining Greta Gerwig’s Little Women, its shortcomings, and the directorial power of Jennifer Kent.

Culture, LiteratureZoë G. BurnettJanuary 16, 2020Little Women, Greta Gerwig, Zoë G. Burnett, The Nightingale, The Babadook, Jennifer Kent, film, filmmaking Comment

Discussing Little Women

As a favorite Attic novel becomes yet another film, we’re getting into everything to do with Little Women and Louisa May Alcott. In this classic Attic on Eighth piece, we discuss the novel and its most recent adaptation by Greta Gerwig.

Literature, CultureThe Attic On EighthJanuary 12, 2020Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, lit, literature, period dramas, period films, movies, Greta Gerwig, Olivia Gündüz-Willemin, Milena Le Fouillé, M.A. McCuen, Eliza Campbell, Lauren Olmeda, Jessica Armstrong, comforting things Comment

Jo March for a New Generation of Little Women

Kicking off our series on Little Women, writer Camilla Danaher takes a look at Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott novel and considers how the director tenderly reframes the narrative to place Jo March and her writing at its center.