Category: Female Filmmakers
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Exclusive Interview with “Stagiaire” Writer/Director Marina Michelson
By Morgan Roberts Writer/director Marina Michelson is back with her latest short film, “Stagiaire”(2021). “Stagiaire” follows an eager young cook, Leila, as she starts her first day in elite kitchen. As the day unfolds, Leila experiences relentless forms of hazing from the predominantly male kitchen staff, while finding some allies in the face of adversity. […]
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Review: “Stagiaire”
Year: 2021 Runtime: 10 minutes Director/Writer: Marina Michelson Cast: Marina Michelson, Spenser Granese, Chloe Wepper, Briana Venkus, Ramiz Monsef, Aaron Smith, Angel Halford, Michael Ashley, Patricio Cabrera-Sanchez By Morgan Roberts If reality television has taught us anything, the professional kitchen is a very male-dominated arena. So, what does it look like to walk into that […]
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SIFF Review: Young Plato
“Young Plato” is a lovely story of how much a child can be impacted by someone in their lives who guides them with kindness and reason.
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SIFF 2022 Review: Nothing Compares
Sinead O’Connor was an explosive presence to anyone who was young in the 1980’s. Androgynous, furious and mysterious, she seemed to descend upon popular music like the wailing banshee from the folklore of her native country.
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SIFF 2022 Review: Lonely Voices (Le Voci Sole)
Like any Italian woman, she is concerned about what he is eating in a foreign country that thinks that pizza should taste like ketchup on cardboard.
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SIFF 2022 Review: Midday Black, Midnight Blue
Grief is a mysterious thing. It can linger below the surface of our awareness like driftwood bobbing under the edge of a wave.
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Review: “Cow”
Year: 2022Runtime: 97 minutesDirector: Andrea Arnold By Morgan Roberts When I was about five years old, I was taken to a dairy farm. As a kid growing in the city, my only knowledge of the outdoors existed within the confines of Griffith Park. At the farm, they had each kid take turns milking a cow. […]
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SIFF 2022 Review: Klondike
This is a film about war which is indiscriminate in what it destroys and no one bears the terrible burden of that destruction more than the women of the world.
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Exclusive Interview with “Someone to Carry You” Writer/Director Cyrina Fiallo
In her latest short film, “Someone to Carry You”(2022), writer/director Cyrina Fiallo explores the nuances and beauty of female friendship. The film is an ode to her own friendship with her real-life friend Laura. It is a piece of art that blurs the lines between fiction and archival, art and artist. It is a lovely film that highlights the power of friendship and an ode to the people who see you for your unique self.
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Review: “Someone to Carry You”
Year: 2021 Runtime: 9 minutes Writer/Director: Cyrina Fiallo Stars: Cyrina Fiallo, Renée Felice Smith, Chris Mollica, Emma Weisbach, Ava Lambrakis, Nora Harriet, Louise Morgan Weir, Dylan Beam By Morgan Roberts Short films are some of the most incredible feats of filmmaking. In the tightest of time constraints, the filmmaker must sell you on their vision […]
In Their Own League 