52 Films by Women Vol 8. 41. Miller’s Girl (Director: Jade Halley Bartlett)
Pictured : 'What did you think of the poetry?' Literature teacher Jonathan Miller ( Martin Freeman ) attempts to impress new student Cairo Sweet ( Jenna Ortega ) in a scene from the drama, ' Miller's Girl ', a 2024 American film written and directed by Jade Halley Bartlett . Photo: Zac Popik . Still courtesy of Lionsgate . Studios can have bad years. 2024 is the turn of Lionsgate . First, the John Wick spin-off Ballerina was pulled from the summer schedule. Then Borderlands and The Crow tanked. This fall, Lionsgate is releasing Francis Ford Coppola ’s Megalopolis , a bold decidedly uncommercial pet project of the director and vineyard owner, who I suspect knows something about bad harvests. Personally, I’m disappointed Coppola’s film isn’t the long-awaited sequel to Zootropolis . Lionsgate’s bad year began with Miller’s Girl , which grossed less than $900,000 from a $4 million budget. Written and directed by Jade Halley Bartlett , the Tennessee-set drama star...