Amanda Kernell’s Sami Blood is an astonishingly accomplished and movie feature debut, which follows an Indigenous Swedish girl caught between two worlds. Read our interview with writer-director Amanda Kernell. Read our review of Kernell’s second feature, Charter.
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Elena Lazic’s Cannes 2017 Diary: tweets and more
My Cannes 2017 diary: Twitter reactions, reviews, and interviews about the films I saw in Cannes, covering the festival for @SeventhRow. I did not tweet about every single film I saw, but about the most interesting ones, so maybe that’s for the best. Occasional appearances from @ManiLazic.
Marcela Said on Los Perros: ‘As women, we take risks that men do not take.’
Presented in Critics’ Week, Chilean director Marcela Said’s Los Perros is part of a welcome resurgence of political films at the Cannes Film Festival. Free-spirited, sexually liberated Mariana develops a relationship with her riding teacher Juan. When she learns that he is being prosecuted for crimes committed as a serviceman under Pinochet, she recklessly seeks […]
Review: In Marcela Said’s Los Perros, the personal is political
Los Perros fearlessly reveals the dilemma for women forced to choose between a desire to do whatever they want, and a desire to be recognised as political individuals.
The perils of writing while female
We called his film sexist. He tried to destroy our credibility. This is a story of sexism in the film journalism industry.
Review: A deadline to wed in Rama Burshtein’s The Wedding Plan
Rama Burshtein’s The Wedding Plan, her follow-up to Fill the Void, is another thoughtful exploration of women and marriage in Orthodox Jewish culture.