Category: Review
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Meek’s Cutoff (Kelly Reichardt)
The Oregon Trail was not a nice hike in the sun. In 19th century America, it was a 3,500 km ordeal across a harsh and…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Pacífico Oscuro (Camila Beltrán)
Colombia is Black. Mainstream Latin American media entities have been forever self-plagued by a public acknowledgement issue in platforming Afro-Latino life. So it is remarkable…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Blow the Man Down (Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy)
There are two types of women in Easter Cove, the small fishing town where Blow the Man Down takes place: the good, honest women who…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Makr (Hana Kazim)
When Dubai-based screenwriter and director Hana Kazim was studying business in college, she took a film class that introduced her to The Godfather (1972). Seeing…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Hurt By Paradise (Greta Bellamacina)
An aspiring young poet memory-bound to the grip of a melancholic past, awaiting to unlock the seemingly unreachable doors to success. Hurt by Paradise becomes…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: The Chambermaid – the quiet life of a Mexican maid
Do not be deceived by the stillness of The Chambermaid, the directorial debut of Mexican filmmaker Lila Avilés. Under its serene takes and silent protagonist,…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Gone Youth (Audrey Jean-Baptiste)
Loss of innocence can take many forms. Loss of a parent. Loss of childhood. Loss of autonomy. Loss of control. In Audrey Jean-Baptiste’s short film, Gone Youth, the…
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 Walking Fish (Thessa Meijer)
Writer-director Thessa Meijer intriguing short film The Walking Fish starts with a dreamy tone, reminiscent of a fable. One day by the sea, a young…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: ‘Corpo Celeste’ – On Angry Jesus, Performance, and Kittens
Alice Rohrwacher’s Corpo Celeste (Heavenly Body) follows a twelve-year-old girl as her faith gradually unravels in the spaces where it should be confirmed. With Martha’s…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Aquaphobe (Melanie Easton)
A competitive swimmer wakes up one morning to discover that his black cat has changed into a woman in Aquaphobe, a short film that doesn’t…
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…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Diagonal (Anne Thorens)
Note: The following movie review addresses the topic of rape depicted on film. Reader discretion is advised. French film multi-hyphenate Anne Thorens’ Diagonal, an official…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Normal (Julie Caty)
Witty, thought-provoking, and wild, the animated short Normal springs its main character from an existential crisis, only to have his solution backfire. It’s a trippy…
