Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Filmotomy
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Film Review: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

When Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse burst onto theatrical screens with aplomb in 2018, it was already known a sequel was potentially in development. Such was…

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Posted in Actress Awards Season Oscars

How Does Kristen Stewart’s Diana Fit Into Awards Season Royalty?

Imagine the line “Where the fuck am I?” reflecting not only Diana Spencer‘s imminent, seclusive journey to Sandringham, but also the highly anticipated notion that…

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Posted in Independent Review Short

Indie Focus: Behind Closed Doors (Kaitlyn Boxall)

Ginger Paradise Productions, a project from independent filmmaker Kaitlyn Boxall, is best known for their tribute videos. This year, the young filmmaker has been working…

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Thou Wast Mild and Lovely Josephine Decker 1
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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #46: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Josephine Decker)

However familiar the name Josephine Decker is to you might determine on some level your love of film. The filmmaker’s recent favourites, Shirley (2020) and…

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Posted in Festival Links Women

Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #45: Pariah (Dee Rees)

Before the acclaimed Mudbound and that historical Best Cinematography Oscar nomination (for Rachel Morrison) came Pariah. The breakout film for director Dee Rees was selected…

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #44: The Love Light with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion

They say that great, great things come in sevens. Okay, they don’t really say that. But at Filmotomy and the sporadic link sharing series Reading,…

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lockdown movies
Posted in Movies Streaming

1,000 Films to Keep You Company During Lockdown

* Originally published 18th March 2020 * This ridiculously long, but essential for survival, list of 1,000 films is the most valuable commodity in your…

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Wolfwalkers
Posted in Festival Review

LFF Review: Wolfwalkers (Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart)

One can easily imagine the turning heads of Disney and Pixar, for instance, as the batwing doors swing open and a new pretender to the…

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Relic
Posted in Festival Horror Review

LFF Review: Relic (Natalie Erika James)

In 2018, at our very own Femme Filmmakers Festival, a spooky film of just 9 minutes captured chilling themes of aging isolation and childhood relics….

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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)…

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Posted in Festival Podcast Women

Filmotomy Podcast 89: A spot of Golf with filmmaker Julia Bales

On the penultimate day of the Femme Filmmakers Festival, the Filmotomy Podcast goes on a round of Golf with the Julia Bales, the director of…

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Coralie Fargeat
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Filmotomy Podcast 88: With Special Guest, Coralie Fargeat, Director of Revenge

Filmotomy’s third Podcast during the Femme Filmmakers Festival is a bloody special one. Pun intended. Robin Write is the lucky blighter joined not only by…

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Posted in Interview Short

Arrival: Exclusive Interview with Director Aurora Fearnley and Composer Mike Ladouceur on the New Sci-Fi Short 'Pulsar'

At last year’s Femme Filmmakers Festival, the short sci-fi film from Aurora Fearnley, Pulsar, was on the out-of-competition line-up pre-release. Now, the brilliant little movie…

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Shhh, Or Else the Writers Will Come -Filmotomy is Looking for Movie-Loving Contributors *** Unpaid ***

*** Not Paid Employment – But We’ll Treat You Like Gold *** You love to write about film, right? Our site Filmotomy is in full-throttle…

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