Mary Angela Rowe’s review of Raw. Cannibalism is definitely a lady problem in Julia Ducournau’s Raw, but the film isn’t about the horror of female sexuality so much as the twisted results of shoving young women into a pressure cooker of experiences and expectations.
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.
Writer-director Selma Vilhunen talks Little Wing
Finnish writer-director Selma Vilhunen discusses her feature debut, Little Wing, dysfunctional families, and working with child actors.
Director Ramona Diaz talks Motherland and life in the maternity ward
Documentarian Ramona Diaz discusses the making of Motherland and how she got real, emotional access to her subjects during their stay at the maternity ward.
Sundance’s New Climate Program showcases environmental docs
Sundance highlighted pressing environmental problems with its commendable but flawed New Climate program.
Writer-director Chloé Robichaud talks Boundaries (Pays) and women in politics
Québécois writer-director Chloé Robichaud’s discusses her sophomore feature, Boundaries (Pays), which tackles what it’s like to be a woman in politics. The film is now available on VOD in Canada.
Breaking boundaries in Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women
Alex Heeney talks to writer-director Kelly Reichardt about Certain Women, a story of breaching personal boundaries told through breaking cinematic ones.