Watching Bo Burnham’s ‘Eighth Grade’ with my teenage sister
“It’s like I’m waiting in line for like a rollercoaster,” says 14-year-old Kayla to the very small, potentially even non-existent…
On ‘Killing Eve’
Is it possible to tell when a television programme has been masterminded by a woman? And if so, what is…
Berlinale – Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß’s ‘My Happy Family’
A 52-year-old woman decides to move out of her family home and take an apartment alone. She has no apparent…
A Shamefully Cack-Handed Depiction of Violence Against Women and Ethnic Minorities: On ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’
TW: Rape, racial violence, police brutality In Martin McDonagh’s 2012 film Seven Psychopaths, “Marty”, a screenwriter and a thinly veiled…
Review: ‘Beach Rats’
In her first feature, It Felt Like Love (2013), Eliza Hittman explored a young Brooklyn girl’s troubled life as she…
Review: ‘Okja’
Much like Okja the genetically modified pig, Okja the film had a controversial and ground-breaking genesis. It is one of…
Review: ‘Wonder Woman’
Wonder Woman has carried a particularly heavy weight of expectation on her shoulders right from the announcement of the film….
Review: ‘American Honey’
The road movie, particularly the American road movie, is a genre with a long and rich heritage. Its protagonists are…