Category: Review
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Just Me and You (Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers)
Just Me and You (Juste moi et toi) is a short, Canadian film directed by Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers. It takes us on a poignant journey between…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Concealer (Kristine Gerolaga)
Concealer is an insightful short feature which proposes a very ambitious discussion of a pressing contemporary concern – falling victim to multi-level marketing schemes. At…
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…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola)
Growing up in the shadow of a father who crafted some of the most influential and talked about films of the 20th century, would likely…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Haolu Wang’s The Pregnant Ground
Pregnancy and birth are often not discussed in society, other than for the expected highlight reel: pregnancy announcement, gender reveal, baby name announcement, etc, etc,…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Diane Keaton (Georgia Michailidi)
Diane Keaton is a film about the anti-romanticism of being a muse. Of the impracticality of being sung or written about and the muse lacking…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Old Enough (Marisa Silver)
Our teenage years are essentially made up of mimicry. We leave the nest of our parents, flocking together, or perhaps to another, taken under the…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Shelter in Place (Kelsie Moore)
Salt Lake City, Utah looks to be a beautiful place, at least from what can be seen from the windows of a church. That is…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: But I’m a Cheerleader (Jamie Babbit)
20 years ago, the world looked very different, especially in regard to LGBTQ+ rights. 11 months before But I’m a Cheerleader premiered at the Toronto…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: Luana Di Pasquale’s ‘Keep Mum’
A word of caution. Keep Mum will buzz around in your head long after its final scene. It is a gripping and chilling depiction of…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: ‘Faulty Roots’ from Ella Greenwood
Young people with serious illnesses have an especially hard cross to bear. Fear of being stigmatized socially, frustration with potentially limited options for their futures…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: The Bigamist (Ida Lupino)
Love and relationships are often considered to be sacred and private. When one betrays the social contract which is a relationship, the automatic reaction is…
FemmeFilmFest20 Review: A New Leaf (Elaine May)
It’s always special when a filmmaker is able to create a world that shows off their unique sense of humour in a comedy. With A…
Fantasia 2020 Review – Sanzaru (2020)
The Fantasia International Film Festival has always been a great showcase for new directors looking to start their careers with some buzz. And the 2020…
