When I started this blog in 2016, I made a master list of all the films directed by women that I wanted to write about; after many years, I've only made the tiniest dent.
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Beautifully fucked up, but also kind of depressing depending on your read. There's been extensive debate about whether this film is horror, or auteurism parading as horror. (And to the scholars debating that point, I serve you up with 5,000 eye rolls but still read all
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Unlike "The Forest for the Trees," "Everyone Else" is visually beautiful. Shot on lush 35mm on location in Sardinia, this movie feels more expensive than Ade's debut, even though I'm sure the budgets were comparable.
If someone told me I could
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Lo-fi and depressing. Unlike "Orlando" (1992), "The Forest for the Trees" is not a visually stunning film; it's washed out, shot on handheld DV, and very obviously low-budget. But it works because the style and form perfectly serve the content. If Maren Ade
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Initially, I wanted to say that the vibe was “Supremely German.” I realized, however, that I know very little about German culture and this was based on a stereotype in my head built loosely around the Brothers Grimm, my father’s German ex-girlfriend, and that super hot long-term substitute
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Like all Nancy Meyers movies, "It's Complicated" is the stuff lady boners are made of (or at least, this lady's boner)... house porn, high-powered jobs, adoring children, and oceanfront views. Jane (Meryl Streep) lives in a gorgeous, sprawling house in Santa Barbara (really
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Opulent, cheeky, and fun as hell. I want to live inside of this movie. As a rule, I generally try not to see film adaptations of my favorite books because I've been burned in the past and don't feel like suffering through the disappointment. This
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Supremely dark, with style cues taken from Dario Argento, Andrezej Zulawski, and Gasper Noé. I was also reminded of Peter and Paul from Michael Haneke's "Funny Games" (1997) during a few of the scenes where Ruth converses with the baby growing inside her.
"Prevenge&
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The film is broken into four parts, all with distinctive moods and vibes. It’s bookended by shorts that are dark and mysterious, while the two sandwiched in-between are comedic and fluffier. Each director explores a different sub-genre. We get a little body horror, some 70’s/80’s
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This quote sums up the vibe quite nicely:
My entire generation is a bunch of mouth breathers. They literally have a seizure if you take their phone away for a second, they can't communicate without emojis, and they actually think that the world wants to know that
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Hopeful or depressing, depending on your own philosophy. Personally, I found "Things to Come" hopeful. If, after 50+ years, my life radically changes and I'm able to maintain my identity and purpose without completely losing my shit, I'll count that as a win.
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"The Love Witch" is one part Alejandro Jodorowsky, one part Elvira, with a smattering of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (aka my twelve-year-old fantasy come to life). The whole film screams Anna Biller, who not only wrote, directed, and edited the film, but was also responsible
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A road movie … of the post-millennium, blue collar America, fever dream type. Arnold assembled a motley crew of non-actors from Wal-Mart parking lots and Florida Panhandle beaches. She combines this with Robbie Ryan’s inspired cinematography: think many lens flares, hand held shots and an overall satisfying yellow palette.
