Women Directors

Agathe Rousselle in Titane

Review: Titane. Is Julia Ducournau the queen of horror?

Titane won director Julia Ducournau the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2021. When a woman wins a major award like that, I feel obligated to watch her film. This film is a demented horror movie with several possible messages that […]

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Grace Kaufman in The Sky is Everywhere

Review: The Sky is Everywhere

The Sky is Everywhere is a study in grief from director Josephine Decker. When a teenage girl’s older sister dies it throws her into a crazy spiral of grieving. Also explored are other family members and the dead girl’s boyfriend’s

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Mayra Batalla and Marya Membreño in Prayers for the Stolen

Review: Prayers for the Stolen (Noche de fuego)

Prayers for the Stolen (Noche de fuego) was Mexico’s entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards. The heart breaking film was written and directed by Tatiana Huezo from a novel by Jennifer Clement [affiliate link].

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Julia Garner in Inventing Anna

Inventing Anna, or the American obsession with money and power

Inventing Anna, a Netflix mini-series about the rise and fall of a fake socialite from creator Shonda Rhimes, is fascinating and compelling television. I took it as a parable about the rot at the heart of the American psyche. It’s

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Taylour Paige in Jean of the Jones

Review: Jean of the Joneses

Jean of the Joneses features a stellar cast in a drama about a family full of women and secrets. The secrets come out, as they must, at a time of crisis in the family. Stella Meghie wrote and directed this

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Margarita Levieva in In from the Cold

Review: In from the Cold, spies after spies

In from the Cold isn’t very good but I watched it all the way through anyway. Margarita Levieva as the lead character is absolutely mesmerizing. Stasya Miloslavskaya, who plays the same character as a younger woman is equally interesting. This

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Gülizar Nisa Uray, Engin Altan Düzyatan, and Belçim Bilgin in My Father's Violin

Review: My Father’s Violin, family and music

The Turkish film My Father’s Violin (Babamin Kemani) is predictable but heartwarming and enjoyable. When a young girl’s father dies, she must get to know her uncle and find a new family. The film is on Netflix.

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Jenna Ortega in The Fallout

Review: The Fallout, power and impact

The Fallout tells about the lingering trauma affecting kids who lived through a school shooting. It’s visceral, emotional, and powerful. A brilliant performance from Jenna Ortega puts you right in her lived experience as a terrified teen. The film is

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Alia Bhatt in Raazi

Review: Raazi, a true spy story

Raazi is a true story about an Indian woman who became a spy during the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War. It’s full of the action and excitement of spycraft with a sobering finale that looks at the effect of war on the

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