It’s the centenary of Ida Lupino’s birth. Many people probably know she was an actress, but not as many people are aware of her directing work (and her career as an independent film producer). She was the only woman in Hollywood who was directing feature films for a long time. The ONLY. ONE. The Film Forum is doing a whole Lupino series, screening some of her best acting performances as well as many of the films she directed (some of which I haven’t seen).
Farran Smith Nehme and I sat down with Film Comment editor-in-chief Nicolas Rapold to talk about Lupino’s career for the Film Comment podcast. It was a lot of fun and hopefully this retrospective will open up a new understanding of the breadth of this pioneer’s work!
