Mother’s Day

Black History, Documentaries, Mental Health Awareness, Mother's Day, personal essay, Women's History Month

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Breaking through the cliché of Poly Styrene: An examination of Celeste Bell’s documentary on her mother

by Rebecca Martin

February 2, 2022

Punk, also called punk rock, is an aggressive form of rock music that coalesced into an international (though predominantly Anglo-American) movement in 1975–80. Often politicized and full of vital energy

February Showcase, Film Festivals, Interviews, Mother's Day, Short Films

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Katrine Weber reflects on motherhood in her short doc “A Morning, A Mother & A Boy”

by Rebecca Martin

February 26, 2021

I was fortunate to speak with Katrine Weber, a Denmark filmmaker, about her short documentary “A Morning, A Mother & A Boy”. The short is an everyday drama portraying one

Asian American, February Showcase, Film Festivals, Interviews, Mother's Day, Short Films

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Jessica Liu’s film “Prom Time!” brings a Chinese immigrant mother to the forefront of a raunchy comedy

by Rebecca Martin

February 11, 2021

We are continuing our coverage of the Cinema Femme Showcase by featuring our interview with Jessica Liu about “Prom Time!” Synopsis: Judy overhears her teen daughters recount their dating experiences

Mother's Day, Now Playing, personal essay

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Julia Hart reinvents 1970s thriller genre with a female lead in “I’m Your Woman”

by Rebecca Martin

December 8, 2020

I burned it all up, I burned it up until nothing was left, but the fire. And then in Eddie came with the baby. Jean, “I’m Your Woman” Attending Sundance

Chicago International Film Festival, Earth, Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Mother's Day

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Riveting thriller “Of Fish and Men” brings healing to Swiss filmmaker Stefanie Klemm

by Rebecca Martin

October 30, 2020

“Of Fish and Men” is a transformative film that is part thriller, part drama. In some cases, the film is not easy to watch with its traumatic moments, but there

Asian American, Interviews, Mother's Day, Social Justice

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Diane Paragas tells a timely and timeless story in her narrative feature debut “Yellow Rose”

by Rebecca Martin

October 8, 2020

“Yellow Rose” is the timely story of a Filipina teen from a small Texas town who fights to pursue her dreams as a country music performer while having to decide between

Juneteenth, Mother's Day, personal essay

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Miss Juneteenth. A love letter to phenomenal women.

by Fabiola Auxila

July 14, 2020

As I watched Nicole Beharie’s graceful and honest portrayal of this beautiful, overbearing and loving mother, I can’t help but think about my own.  Enter Turquoise.  Turquoise is beautiful, intelligent,

All-Star, Film Festivals, Halloween, Interviews, Mother's Day, Now Playing

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Natalie Erika James infuses horror and a beautiful darkness in her female-led debut “Relic”

by Rebecca Martin

July 9, 2020

I love meeting and speaking with female filmmakers who bring a unique style to the screen, especially if it’s in a way that I’ve never seen before. Aussie based Natalie

Interviews, Mother's Day, Now Playing

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Australian filmmaker Shannon Murphy’s “Babyteeth” washes over you with exuberant music, love and beauty

by Rebecca Martin

June 18, 2020

At the end of “Babyteeth”, and this does not spoil the film at all, you are on a beach staring at the ocean waves. You’re on the beach rather than

Film Festivals, Interviews, Mother's Day

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Sabrina Doyle shows the beauty of embracing change through ‘Lorelei’

by Rebecca Martin

May 29, 2020

Before we got into speaking about her film “Lorelei”, director Sabrina Doyle and I couldn’t help talking about the trying times we are in, and how difficult it is for

Film Festivals, International Films, Interviews, Mother's Day

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Amanda Kernell’s love story in “Charter” explores the complexities of divorce

by Rebecca Martin

February 28, 2020

Last month at the Sundance film festival in Park City, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Amanda Kernell to talk about her beautifully haunting film “Charter”. Chatting with

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