Category: Female Filmmaker

Atlanta Film Festival, Documentaries, Female Filmmaker, Film Festivals, Film Reviews

ATLFF 2024: “Rape Play”

Year: 2024 Runtime: 82 minutes Writer/director: Gabriella Mykal Cast: Avalon Greenberg Call, Gabriella Mykal, Victoria Zajac, Mo Donegan By Brian Skutle Naming a documentary “Rape Play” (2024) makes Gabriella Mykal’s film feel more incendiary and potentially controversial than it is. Indeed, there is discussion of sexual violence, both real and fictional, that can be triggering to people. When one considers the subject matter of the … Continue reading ATLFF 2024: “Rape Play”

bslemurgeekLeave a comment
Female Characters, Female Filmmaker, Female Filmmakers, Female Writer, Feminism, Film Reviews, History, Reviews, Women in Film, World Cinema

Review: There’s Still Tomorrow

Year: 2023 Runtime: 118 minutes Directed by: Paola Cortellesi Written by: Paola Cortellesi, Furio Andreotti, Giulia Calenda Starring: Paola Cortellesi, Romana Maggiora Vergano, Giorgio Colangeli, Valerio Mastandrea, Vinicio Marchioni, Francesco Centorame, Yonv Joseph By Sarah Manvel This movie has been marketed a comedy, which is not strictly true. It was also an award-winning smash hit in its native Italy, breaking box office records, which is something … Continue reading Review: There’s Still Tomorrow

Sarah ManvelLeave a comment
Atlanta Film Festival, Documentaries, Female Filmmaker

ATLFF24 Review: “Atikamekw Suns”

Year: 2023 Runtime: 103 minutes Writer/Director: Chloé Leriche Actors: Jacques Newashish, Mirotansa Chilton, Wikwasa Newashish More than any other storytelling form in film, documentaries have the potential to make us feel multiple emotions at once. In her film, “Atikamekw Suns” (2023), director Chloé Leriche takes that potential, and crafts a true crime narrative that elicits pain, empathy, anger and frustration all at once. Ultimately, the … Continue reading ATLFF24 Review: “Atikamekw Suns”

bslemurgeekLeave a comment
Atlanta Film Festival, Female Characters, Female Filmmaker, Film Festivals, Film Reviews

ATLFF24 Review: “Boca Chica”

Year: 2023 Runtime: 97 minutes Writers: Mariana Rondón and Marité Ugas Director: Gabriella A. Moses Actors: Scarlet Camilo, Jean Cruz, Richarson Diaz By Brian Skutle For years, I wanted to be anything beyond what I was. I remember going to my 10th high school reunion and trying to make my life seem good compared to people whom were so much more successful. By my 20th reunion, I … Continue reading ATLFF24 Review: “Boca Chica”

bslemurgeekLeave a comment
Directors, Female Characters, Female Filmmaker, Female Filmmakers, Female Writer, Reviews, Women in Film, Writers

Review: Parachute

Year: 2023 Runtime: 97 minutes Director: Brittany Snow Writers: Becca Gleason, Brittany Snow Actors: Courtney Eaton, Francesca Reale, Thomas Mann, Dave Bautista, Joel McHale, Gina Rodriguez, Kid Cudi By Nadine Whitney “I want to be okay with me” – Riley Writer and director Brittany Snow’s debut feature “Parachute” is an intimate and impartial examination of the difficulty in dealing with persistent mental health issues and … Continue reading Review: Parachute

jmamennLeave a comment
Female Characters, Female Filmmaker, Female Writer, Film Reviews, Horror

Film Review: The First Omen

Year: 2024 Runtime: 119 minutes Director: Arkasha Stevenson Writers: Arkasha Stevenson, Tim Smith, Keith Thomas, Ben Jacoby (Story By) Starring: Nell Tiger Free, Ralph Ineson, Bill Nighy, Sonia Braga, Nicole Sorace By Tom Moore On paper, “The First Omen” – a prequel to the 1973 horror classic “The Omen” – should’ve been another failed attempt at trying to revive a well-known horror IP. After all, … Continue reading Film Review: The First Omen

Tom MooreLeave a comment
Female Characters, Female Filmmaker, Female Filmmakers, Film Reviews, Music, Reviews, Women in Film

Review: Back to Black

Year:2024 Runtime: 122 minutes Directed by: Sam Taylor-Johnson Written by: Matt Greenhalgh Starring: Jack O’Connell, Marisa Abela, Lesley Manville, Eddie Marsan, Bronson Webb, Juliet Cowan By Sarah Manvel In 2009 writer Matt Greenhalgh and director Sam Taylor-Johnson collaborated on “Nowhere Boy,” which was about how John Lennon the young man became John Lennon the Beatle. Now in 2024 writer Matt Greenhalgh and director Sam Taylor-Johnson … Continue reading Review: Back to Black

Sarah Manvel1 Comment
Activism, Female Characters, Female Filmmaker, Female Filmmakers, Female Writer, Feminism, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, LGBTQ Cinema, Reviews, Women in Film, World Cinema, Writers

BFI Flare 2024: What a Feeling

Year: 2024 Runtime: 110 minutes Writer/ Director: Kat Rohrer Actors: Proschat Madani, Caroline Peters, Heikko Deutschmann, Gohat Nurbachsch, Barbara Spitz, Allegra Tinnefeld, Nicole Ansari-Cox, Anton Noori By Sarah Manvel “What a Feeling” is a midlife crisis movie that doesn’t take itself seriously. It is also an immigrant love story set in Vienna, and only after that is it a gay film – not a welder … Continue reading BFI Flare 2024: What a Feeling

Sarah ManvelLeave a comment
Female Characters, Female Filmmaker, Female Filmmakers, Female Writer, Feminism, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, Indigenous People, LGBTQ Cinema, LGBTQ Filmmakers, Reviews, Underrepresented in Film, Women in Film, World Cinema

BFI Flare 2024 review: We Were Dangerous

Runtime: 83 minutes Directed by: Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu Written by: Maddie Dai Starring: Erana James, Manaia Hall, Rima Te Wiata, Nathalie Morris By Sarah Manvel “We Were Dangerous” is a pleasing fantasy movie about three girls – two in their late and one in their early teens – who finds themselves trapped in an unpleasant situation designed to break their spirits. Other movies on this … Continue reading BFI Flare 2024 review: We Were Dangerous

Sarah ManvelLeave a comment
Documentaries, Female Filmmaker, Film Festivals

CPH:DOX 2024 “The Recovery Channel”

Year: 2023 Directed By: Ellen Ugelstad Written By: Einar Sverdrup and Ellen Ugelstad Starring: Turid Synnøve Rivertz Vatne, Valentina Alexeeva, Ravdeep Signh Bajwa, Thomas Cassidy By Morgan Roberts In the United States, the mental health care system is an underfunded, overburdened organization which largely finds itself in the news as a scapegoat for preventable tragedy. But the United States is not the only country with … Continue reading CPH:DOX 2024 “The Recovery Channel”

msmlrobertsLeave a comment