Category: Review
VIFF 2020 Review: The Reason I Jump (2020)
Why do humans tell stories? This is a question that has been asked and explored throughout the history of humanity with no one answer perfectly…
Review: The Swerve (2020)
The latest round of film festival entries seem to often focus on a reoccurring theme of women struggling with mental illness. Perhaps it is a…
Film Review: Kill It and Leave This Town (2020)
Despite the medium of animation often being casted aside as a lesser form of storytelling meant for children, every year there are a select number…
The Sorrowful Beauty of Vagabond by the Great Agnès Varda
The dearly departed Agnès Varda, is not dead at all. We can go back and cherry pick from her illustrious filmography any time we please….
The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019) Review
I am of the opinion that if we’re going to get yet another adaptation from the literary canon, let’s at least do something interesting with…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Ghazaal (Ragini Bhasin)
The story of a young girl in a refugee camp struggling with her period, Ghazaal offers a powerful depiction of the lack of basic dignity…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Daisies (Věra Chytilová)
Film history classes may pound the French New Wave into the heads of cinema students everywhere, but not much is said about the Czech New…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: The Assistant (Kitty Green)
In Kitty Green’s The Assistant, the slow simmer of impending doom permeates the film. Its 87 minute runtime still manages to pack a whole lot of…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Water Lilies (Céline Sciamma)
The low rumble of an audience is accompanied by the crash of water, where a young woman is painstakingly poised, unreachable. Her young admirer waits…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Wake Up (Olivia Wilde)
Previously working on Booksmart, which marked her directorial debut and received Golden Globes and Bafta nominations in 2019, Olivia Wilde claimed her status as one…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Long Time Listener, First Time Caller
Nora Kirkpatrick’s Long Time Listener, First Time Caller is a jewel of a film that like any precious stone, never fails to impress no matter…
FemeFilmFest20 Review Round-up: Home, Girl in the Hallway, Find Me Mother, The Gray Area
Margot Douglas joins the Femme Filmmakers Festival fray to chime on four of the short films featured in this year’s Competition Selection. Home (Anita Bruvere)…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Little Woods (Nia DaCosta)
Though called Crossing the Line in the UK, Little Woods is the debut film from Nia DaCosta. Released two years ago, the drama sees Tessa…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Welcome Home (Armita Keyani)
Welcome Home is a funny, awkward, and simple look at different cultures and religions along with the combination of the two and the projection of…
