Cruella de Vil had incredible style and a couple of evil minions at her beck and call. She was certainly a feminist, she was all-Disney, and if she turns out to be more anti-heroine than heroine, well, that’s part of the fun.

Nancy Stokes is a retired religious education teacher, mother of two adult children, and recently widowed. You might think that sex would be low on her list. You’d be wrong.

The new batch of Golden Globe nominees includes two female directors: Maggie Gyllenhaal for her celebrated first film 'The Lost Daughter' and Jane Campion for 'The Power of the Dog,' nearly 30 years after her nomination for 1994’s The Piano.