Even though this is a very intimate story of friendship, it feels epic in scale and rich in detail, set against a glorious backdrop of Alpine mountains.
Continue readingThe Eight Mountains (Le Otto Montagne)(2022)
StandardTag Archives: female directors
Innocence (2004)
Standard
Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s first feature-length film is an austere and ominous parable about the societal limitations imposed on young women.
Continue readingPiggy (Cerdita)(2022)
Standard
Carlota Pereda gives us a delicious revenge movie that expands the story from her 2018 short film.
Continue readingMona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021)
Standard
My expectations were high for this second feature from A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night director Ana Lily Amirpour.
Continue readingOne Fine Morning (Un Beau Matin) (2022)
Standard
It’s enough that Léa Seydoux is in every frame to give reason to watch this delicate French Rohmer-esque drama from Mia Hansen-Løve.
Continue readingThe Apartment with Two Women (같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자) (2021)
Standard
Where Leila’s Brothers was all shouting and drama in its portrayal of a dysfunctional family, Kim Se-in shows us the quiet bitterness of an intense mother-daughter relationship.
Continue readingBlaze (2022)
Standard
Archibald prize winning Australian artist Del Kathryn Barton has imbued her lush visuals into her first feature film about violence against women and childhood trauma.
Continue readingMy Sunny Maad (2021)
Standard
This animation from Czech director Michaela Pavlátová has an interesting premise; a blonde and blue-eyed Czech woman marries an Aghan and goes to live with his family in Kabul as the Taliban increase their dominance.
Continue readingSweet As (2022)
Standard
I won’t be the first to say that this warm, spiky coming of age road movie is sweet as.
Continue readingUnder Cover (2022)
Standard
I walked into this film thinking I knew what kind of experience it was going to be. It’s a documentary by Sue Thomson about the growing number of women aged over 55 in Australia who are finding themselves unexpectedly homeless.
Continue reading
fillums 