Joanna Arnow

2026 Films, Documentaries, Profile, reviews

12 min read

Femme Film Series: May Spotlight on Doc 10 and Chicago Critics Film Festival

by Rebecca Martin

May 5, 2026

This month’s lineup leans heavily into documentaries, with “The Invite” as the lone outlier. Watching these films, I kept circling back to my own life—each one opening up a different

2024 Films, Coming of Age, Directing, Film Festivals, Indie Films, International Films, Letterboxd

23 min read

An Aliveness Behind the Eyes: Shuchi Talati and Preeti Panigrahi on “Girls Will Be Girls”

by Matt Fagerholm

February 21, 2025

I have always had a fondness for coming of age films that vividly recall how intense our emotions are during pivotal moments of growth and transition. In many ways, we

2024 Films, Profile, reviews, Thelma

6 min read

Femme Film Friday: “Babes,” “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” “Tell that to the Winter Sea,” “Ghostlight” and “Thelma”

by cinemafemme

May 24, 2024

Babes – Pamela Adlon (screens in theaters nationwide starting today) At the beginning of the film “Babes,” directed by Pamela Adlon, we start with two childhood best friends, Eden (Ilana