Alli Haapasalo’s Girl Picture is a delightful Finnish coming-of-ager which takes teenage girls, their sexuality, and their trauma seriously.
Film Festivals
Fresh Review: A blunt, entertaining horror film about dating
An excellent Daisy Edgar-Jones stars in Fresh, a horror film about a woman plunged into a terrifying situation after dating a charming older stranger.
Happening looks at the culture of shame around abortion
Audrey Diwan’s Happening follows a young woman’s journey in the 1960s to even find a backstreet abortionist amidst a culture of shame and silence.
Run Woman Run is a feel good movie about recovering from trauma
Zoe Leigh Hopkins’s Run Woman Run is a thirty-something coming-of-ager about learning to love and care for yourself amidst a lot of trauma.
From Wood and Water to The Crossing, Festival du Nouveau Cinema is one of the best fall festivals
Montreal’s Festival du nouveau cinema showcased international films, including The Crossing, Wood and Water, and Introduction, and homegrown talent with The Noise of Engines and The Left-Hand Side of the Fridge.
Rare Naomi Kawase films and more at Japan Society’s “Flash Forward” series
Until next Thursday, Japan Society is virtually screening a series of essential Japanese films across North America. From Suzaku to Wild Berries, these are our picks.