Look back: A vintage that gets better with age: a celebration of ‘Jennifer’s Body’ 10 years later
Originally posted August 16, 2019. Google “Jennifer’s Body” and let the panning of 2009 begin, from the in–the–gutter critic reviews to the 44% Rotten Tomatoes score. Go on Letterboxd (a site for film geeks like myself who write their own reviews), and you will read passionate, glowing reviews from over the past couple of years. The love that seemed dormant ten […]
Cult Classic series: Cronenberg’s “Crash” Under the Lens of Toxic Internet Culture
Cinema Femme will be bringing you essays written by women and non-binary people about films that are cult classics and how they are impacting our world today. Today we feature an essay by Peyton Robinson (RogerEbert.com, JumpCutOnline, and One Perfect Shot). Niche is a delicate, almost laughable word to use to describe David Cronenberg’s 1996 […]
Filmmaker Mercedes Bryce Morgan premieres her surrealist horror gem “Fixation” at TIFF
“For me, putting this film out into the world is a way to explore the complicated love/hate relationship we have with our own abusers. If I can create a relatable narrative for anyone who has been gaslit — or make an audience member question if they’ve been on the other side of this narrative, and […]
Brazilian filmmaker Anita Rocha Da Silveira revives a tale from Greek mythology in her fantastical new horror film, “Medusa”
In 2013, I befriended a Brazilian woman named Ana. I met her through my film discussion group. We became instant friends and then she introduced me to her friends. Eventually, I felt like an honorary Brazilian. It was so much fun to watch the World Cup in 2015, even though behind the scenes, a lot of corruption was […]
“Resurrection” review: Rebecca Hall’s commanding performance takes us deeper into the mind of a survivor
The psychological horror film “Resurrection” comes to theaters this Friday, directed and written by Andrew Semans, and starring Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth. Available On Demand August 5th. In this film, we see a portrait of a survivor, a woman who has built her life independent of a man. This woman, Margaret, is played flawlessly by […]
Erin Lovett shares her personal story through the lens of horror in her Seed&Spark campaign short film, “The Knowing”
Today is the last day to support this amazing project! Donate to their Seed&Spark campaign. A couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to speak with documentarian turned horror filmmaker Erin Lovett. It took a personal story combined with reading a lot of horror books and a love for horror films to find her […]
Gillian Wallace Horvat on why a good filmmaker can make a great murderer in her feature debut “I Blame Society”
It’s doubt, guilt, regret, and insecurities that get murderers caught, but it’s also what stops filmmakers from achieving their path. Gillian Wallace Horvat Do you think you could be a murderer? Is that something you ask yourself or what other people have said to you? Well, in the case of writer/director/actor Gillian Wallace Horvat, her […]
Cinema Femme at Sundance Day 4: Happening, Alice, Hatching and Nanny
Happening The two best films I’ve seen thus far in 2022 won acclaim on the festival circuit last year prior their premieres at Sundance, and both happen to be astonishingly vivid portraits of female identity: Joaquim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World” and Audrey Diwan’s “Happening,” the latter of which won the top prize […]
Cinema Femme at Sundance Day 2: Watcher, The Princess, Master, FRESH
Watcher During yesterday’s excellent female filmmaker panel moderated by The Atlantic’s Shirley Li, I noticed a foreign poster for Stanley Donen’s “Charade”—the greatest Hitchcock thriller that Hitch never made—hanging on the wall of filmmaker Chloe Okuno. Sure enough, Donen’s classic plays a significant role in Okuno’s excruciatingly tense feature debut about a New Yorker, Julia (Maika […]
“Scream” Cinema Femme Film Discussion
Join us Thursday, October 29th at 7 PM CT as we talk about the beloved Horror classic “Scream” (1996), directed by Wes Craven. The sleepy little town of Woodsboro just woke up screaming. There’s a killer in their midst who’s seen a few too many scary movies. Suddenly nobody is safe, as the psychopath stalks […]
Josephine Decker casts a witchy spell with her new film ‘Shirley’
As Sundance comes to a close, I’m pleased to share my first of many interviews conducted at the festival. On the heels of her acclaimed film, “Madeline’s Madeline,” director Josephine Decker spoke with me about the out-of-body experience I had while watching her film “Shirley.” It was like there was some kind of magic drawing […]
“American Psycho” Filmmaker Mary Harron Explores Manson Cult in “Charlie Says”
Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969. Joan Didion, THE WHITE ALBUM Another “pinch myself” moment for me this year has been the opportunity to speak with Mary Harron, one of my favorite filmmakers. She has directed pieces of work that have stayed with me […]