Author: Amy Smith
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Yulia & Juliet (Zara Dwinger)
Trigger warning: suicide. First release in 2018, Yulia & Juliet may appear just to be another remake of the classic Romeo & Juliet story by…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: The Light of the Moon (Jessica M. Thompson)
Trigger warning: rape. It has been a few years since I first watched Jessica M. Thompson’s The Light of the Moon, but I was immediately…
Sundance 2021 Review: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
It is the 50-year anniversary of Lucino Visconti’s film Death in Venice. A film that circled festivals and garnered plenty of praise from critics and…
Sundance 2021 Review: Writing with Fire
As a female journalist, is it easy just to read the statistics and see the small implications of being female in this industry from the…
The Cabin in the Woods (2011) and the Horror Homage
If there is one horror film that feels incredibly inspired by its predecessors, it is Drew Goddard’s The Cabin in the Woods (2011). Whilst the…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Three Poplars in Plyushchikha Street (Tatyana Lioznova)
Three Poplars in Plyushchikha Street (1968) is a Russian romantic-comedy, being a success for the Russian film industry with 26 million people seeing it in…
Filmotomy’s Best Films of the Decade – Amy Smith’s List
Members of the Filmotomy team agonize over their top ten for the decade (2010-19). 10. The Disaster Artist (2017) There is nothing more fascinating to…
Film Road to Halloween: Ready or Not (2019)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 4 days to…
Film Road to Halloween: Crawl (2019)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 25 days to…
FemmeFilmFest Review: Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig
Lady Bird (2017) is a coming-of-age film that was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture. Directed and written by Greta Gerwig, this film stars…
Film Road to Halloween: Psycho (1960)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 51 days to…
Film Road to Halloween: Jaws (1975)
The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 60 days to…