In this essay, Orla Smith explores how Raw is as much about the experiences of her sister, Alex (Ella Rumpf), and their relationship — which saves Justine.
Women Directors
In honour of #52filmsbywomen, we've collected all of our reviews of films directed by women and interviews with female directors all in one place.
Review: Whose Streets? is more the story of a people than of individuals
Whose Streets? is a documentary about on-the-ground activism in the Ferguson uprising by filmmakers Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis.
Sundance review: An Inconvenient Sequel never proves necessary
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power is an unsatisfying followup to An Inconvenient Truth, more interested in Al Gore himself than the multi-faceted approaches needed to mitigate climate change.
37th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival interrogates Jewish identity
The 37th San Francisco Jewish Film Festival interrogates the complexities of Jewish life and identity. Highlights include: Love Is Thicker Than Water, Moos, and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story.
Review: Grace and violence mingle in The Beguiled
In Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, violence erupts in Miss Martha’s seminary, poorly-defended citadel of virtue, but the women never lose their poise.
Review: The Bad Batch is frustratingly undercooked
Ana Lily Amirpour’s wasteland survival story, The Bad Batch raises a lot of issues while never quite getting to its point.