Anything Venus and Serena Williams can do, Jane Campion can do better, according to the “Power of the Dog” director. Why? Because men make movies too.
During her acceptance speech for best director at the Critics Choice Awards Sunday night, Campion acknowledged the barrier-breaking women in the room with her, including Halle Berry and “doll” Kirsten Dunst, then thanked her fellow nominees, who she referred to as the “guys”: Paul Thomas Anderson for “Licorice Pizza,” Kenneth Branagh for “Belfast,” Guillermo del Toro for “Nightmare Alley,” Steven Spielberg for “West Side Story” and Denis Villeneuve for “Dune.”
But it was her comments to the tennis champions, who were celebrating “King Richard,” about their father, that drew the most attention.
