Smosarki continues: “We want more women to come out and tell us what they think of film, and we will make sure that you hear all of those opinions first.”

The women of Hollywood have been voicing their frustration on this topic for some time. In June, Brie Larson announced in a passionate speech at the Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards that the Sundance and Toronto Film Festivals will offer 20% additional film credentials to underrepresented journalists, while Cate Blanchett and Sandra Bullock called for more female film critics during their press interviews for Ocean’s 8. Their reasoning being that more diversity in criticism means that more diverse films will reach a wider audience.

This point is echoed by the words of Jessica Chastain (featured in the video above), as she says: “Critics are the ones who suggest to an audience what stories are valuable … we need more female critics to let women and men know stories about women are just as interesting as stories about men.”

We whole-heartedly agree, and so as part of our initiative we’re not only reviewing more films ourselves from a female perspective, but we’re looking for three new reviewers to join Stylist’s entertainment director Helen Bownass and digital editor Kayleigh Dray, too.

We’re asking applicants to send a 450-word review of your favourite film, plus a 300-600-word outline detailing why this role is so important to you, to underhereye@stylist.co.uk by midnight on 31 August.

Female film critics are still the minority. Here’s what Stylist is doing about it