Tag: Film Festival
London Film Festival Review: Maria (Pablo Larraín)
A whole life in just a few days, and what a life! Pablo Larraín’s trilogy-of-sorts about iconic women of the 20th Century concludes with his…
London Film Festival Review: Hard Truths (Mike Leigh)
We’re all downsizing these days. Forget the Roaring ‘20s – these are the Receding ‘20s. Costs are going up, people are staying in, and the…
London Film Festival Review: Blitz (Steve McQueen)
The cinema of suffering need not necessarily be a traumatic experience. In the 16 years since his first feature, Hunger, Steve McQueen has proved himself…
London Film Festival Review: Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross)
Subjectivity can be a hard thing to depict in cinema. Even in the most immersive, captivating movies, there exists the perpetual sense that we, the…
London Film Festival Review: Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot)
“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” A Kierkegaard quote may strike one as an unusual jumping-off point for an…
‘Aftersun’ (2022), ‘How to Have Sex’ (2023) and the Dreams and Nightmares of the British Package Holiday
British tourists have always had a reputation. Since the days of Byron, Shelley and Keats in Geneva and Italy and the Grand Tour which wealthy…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: Petite Maman (Céline Sciamma)
Autumn in its full glory is celebrated to the fullest in Petite Maman. It is a charming, delightful film from renowned French filmmaker Céline Sciamma…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: An In-depth Conversation with ‘Makeover Movie’ Director, Sue Ding
Writer, Editor and Director of Makeover Movie, Sue Ding discusses her film background, movie influences and the typical makeover movie montages seen in so many Hollywood Rom-Coms. The playful editing of this essay-style film covers pop-culture references from Old Hollywood to modern cinema. Get to know Sue and the influences behind the making of Makeover Movie.
Femme Filmmakers Festival Short Film Review: Heat Spell (Marie-Pier Dupuis)
Heat Spell, written and directed with such an assured poise by Marie-Pier Dupuis, is yet another flourishing example of the kind of high quality short…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: Isabella Breton Talks About Short Film Aquí y Allá
Hannah Taylor and Robin Write got to speak with Isabella Breton, fresh from her Silver Sword win at the 9th Femme Filmmakers Festival for Aquí…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: Heat Spell writer-director and Gold Sovereign Winner Marie-Pier Dupuis
Hannah Taylor and Robin Write speak to prize-winning filmmaker Marie-Pier Dupuis on the success of her debut short film Heat Spell, winner of the Gold…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Interview: Confessions Writer-Director Stephanie Kaznocha
Robin Write is joined by Hannah Taylor for an exclusive chat with writer-director Stephanie Kaznocha. Her short film Confessions was showing as part of the…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Spotlight: Larisa Shepitko – Wings Of Ascension
One of the most influential figures of the film from the Soviet Union is a woman nearly forgotten to film history. With Eisenstein, Tarkovsky, Dovzhenko,…
Femme Filmmakers Festival Review: ‘The Rider’ Is A Beautiful Slice of Tragic Americana
The Western is a genre that has been reinvented time and time again. Many creatives have interpolated the classic American genre but no modern interpretation…
