Day: March 25, 2021

• SXSW Online 2021 Review: “I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)”

  

  Year: 2021 Duration: 90 minutes Directors: Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina Writers: Kelley Kali, Angelique Molina, Roma Kong Starring: Kelley Kali, Brooklynn Marie By Caz Armstrong As a mural shown in one shot loudly proclaims “A womyn’s place is in the struggle”. And this film is about that struggle. The struggle of grafting hard just to make ends meet […]

  Caz

  March 25, 2021

  Female Characters, Female Filmmaker, Female Filmmakers, Female Writer, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Indie Film, Reviews, SXSW Film Festival, Women in Film

• SXSW Online 2021 Review: “Ninjababy”

  

  Year: 2021 Runtime: 103 minutes Director: Yngvild Save Flikke Writers: Johan Fasting, Yngvild Sve Flikke, Inga Sætre Starring: Kristine Kujath Thorp, Arthur Berning, Nader Khademi By Caz Armstrong Ninjababy is a Norwegian comedy drama about a messy young artist, Rakel (Kristine Kujath Thorp) who discovers she is pregnant with an unwanted child. While not exactly […]

  Caz

  March 25, 2021

  Female Characters, Female Filmmaker, Female Filmmakers, Female Writer, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Reviews, SXSW Film Festival, Women in Film

• Sundance Review: “Son Of Monarchs”

  

  Year: 2021 Runtime: 97 minutes Writer/Director: Alexis Gambis Stars: Tenoch Huerta, William Mapother, Paulina Gaitan, Electra Avellan, Alexia Rasmussen, Noé Hernández By Morgan Roberts Science and nature are typically depicted at odds with each other. Sure, there is enough of science trying to recreate and manipulate nature. But is there more to this dichotomy than […]

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  March 25, 2021

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  Alejandro Mejía, Alexia Rasmussen, Alexis Gambis, Electra Avellan, Noé Hernández, Paulina Gaitan, Sundance, Sundance Film Festival, Tenoch Huerta, William Mapother

• SXSW 2021 Review: United States vs. Reality Winner

  

  Year: 2021 Runtime: 93 minutes Director: Sonia Kennebeck By Joan Amenn What happens when a young whistleblower reveals evidence that there was foreign interference in a US election? She is not hailed as a hero, as director Sonia Kennnebeck shows in this documentary. Despite Edward Snowden’s assertion that history would recognize her as such, Reality […]

  jmamenn

  March 25, 2021

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