Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
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Film Road to Halloween: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 29 days to…

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Assassination Nation
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Film Road to Halloween: Assassination Nation (2018)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 29 days to…

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The Cured
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Film Road to Halloween: The Cured (2017)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 30 days to…

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Sleepwalkers
Posted in Horror Review

Film Road to Halloween: Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers (1992)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 30 days to…

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Starfish
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Film Road to Halloween: Starfish (2019)

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 30 days to…

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Posted in Festival Review Women

FemmeFilmFest Review: Lauren Minnerath’s The Morning After

In the short film The Morning After, a gay interracial Brooklyn couple copes with life the day after the 2016 Presidential election. Directed by Lauren…

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Locker Room
Posted in Festival Review Women

Four Great Short Films You May Have Missed at the 4th Femme Filmmakers Festival

With the Femme Filmmakers Festival for 2019 now closing its doors, here are four of the films out of competition that are still totally worth…

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FemmeFilmFest Review: The Edge of Seventeen

This is the second installment in a series of articles dedicated to championing films that have seen little love since their release. I would like…

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FemmeFilmFest Review: Lady Bird by Greta Gerwig

Lady Bird (2017) is a coming-of-age film that was nominated for five Oscars, including Best Picture. Directed and written by Greta Gerwig, this film stars…

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A Silent Voice Naoko Yamada
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FemmeFilmFest Review: A Silent Voice (Naoko Yamada)

Behind A Silent Voice’s immaculate, gorgeous animation, is direction so strong, so careful, and so well constructed, that it asserts Naoko Yamada as one of…

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Once Upon a Line
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FemmeFilmFest Animation: Once Upon a Line from Alicja Jasina

We take everyday sounds for granted, the little hums and taps, the sips and steps, how the outside world of traffic and people seeps into…

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Revenge
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FemmeFilmFest Review: Revenge directed by Coralie Fargeat

Having tip-toed on the verge of being exploitative in its graphical depiction of sexual assault versus actually being empowering, the rape-and-revenge genre has been a…

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Capernaum Nadine Labaki
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FemmeFilmFest Review: Capernaum, Nadine Labaki

With its award-winning streak and Oscar nominations Capernaum is a film that evidently a hit with critics and cinema goers alike with something bold to…

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FemmeFilmFest Review: Short Film Thanksgiving directed by Van B. Nguyen

Van B. Nguyen’s Thanksgiving focuses on Ma (Elyse Dinh) while she prepares and hosts a holiday meal. And it is a beautiful, observant little film, about fitting in…

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