Tag: Female Directors
Love Lies Bleeding: Performances From Its Stars Can’t Overcome The Film’s Choices
Rose Glass has written and directed a few highly touted indie films, the most recent being 2019’s Saint Maud, and now she returns to multiplexes with a new Romantic thriller that involves drama, love, and violence. Love Lies…
Read More »Shayda is an All-Encompassing Look at Overcoming Abusive Relationships (Middleburg Film Festival)
Shayda follows a young Iranian mother named Shayda (Zahra Amir Ebrahimi) who takes refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her 6-year-old daughter Mona (Selina Zahednia) as she seeks a divorce from her estranged husband Hossein (Osamah Sami)…
Read More »The Persian Version Explores Mother-Daughter Relationships (Sundance Film Festival)
Writer/director Maryam Keshavarz’s new film explores the dynamics of the mother-daughter relationship amidst the backdrop of Persian culture. The Persian Version introduces us to Leila (Layla Mohammadi), a free-spirited Iranian American woman trying to find her way in…
Read More »Saltburn Tackles Class Stratification Using A Familiar Gothic Story (Middleburg Film Festival)
Emerald Fennell burst onto the scene of talented writer/directors with 2020’s Promising Young Woman and three years later, she makes her anticipated return to multiplexes. Saltburn begins on the campus of Oxford University with freshman student Oliver Quick…
Read More »Nyad Swims Past Doubt and Societal Expectations Toward Motivation and Inspiration
As we age, coming to terms with our inevitable physical limitations is hard enough. The expected limitations that are hoisted upon us by society and culture are doubly frustrating for many who still see themselves as possessing the…
Read More »Priscilla is a Thorough Documentation of How Troubled Relationships Develop (Middleburg Film Festival)
The life of Elvis Presley has been subject to countless documentaries, TV shows, books, and films. Being one of the most famous and influential musicians of all-time means that much of your life has been examined with a…
Read More »Anatomy of a Fall Puts the Death of a Marriage on Trial
Relationships can be messy and complicated. The success, or failure, of a connection can be attributed to many factors with both parties involved playing their part in the outcome. Assigning blame isn’t always so straightforward as a new…
Read More »Cat Person Navigates the Modern Dating Scene (Sundance Film Festival)
As social media becomes more and more ubiquitous in our lives, Hollywood has sought to replicate the fast burning popularity of viral content in its film productions, hoping that lightning strikes twice. Cat Person closely follows the 2017…
Read More »Fair Play is an Explosively Thrilling Portrayal of the Deterioration of a Relationship (Sundance Film Festival)
Career or love. Increasingly, this is a question that faces many young professional women as they navigate modern American culture and find themselves feeling as if they have to choose one or the other. Trying to balance “having…
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Origin: A Hashtag Important Film
Following a critically claimed documentary series on Netflix, director Ava DuVernay returns to the big screen with another look at race and discrimination. Based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Pulitzer Prize winning author Isabel…
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