Inside the Wardrobe of “The Roses”: A Conversation with Costume Designer PC Williams
When you walk into a screening of “The Roses,” you can’t help but notice how much the clothes tell the story. Written by Tony McNamara and directed by Jay Roach, the film stars Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch as a seemingly picture-perfect couple whose world begins to unravel when his professional dreams collapse. What follows […]
Sundance 2025: Nadia Fall, Ebada Hassan and Safiyya Ingar on “Brides”
Shortly after 9/11, two things happened to me. I was 18 and in college at the time. And I was starting to feel different than everyone else. My mental health was plummeting, and I wasn’t sure what was going on with me. I thought, ‘I better find a place where I belong,’ and what I […]
Charlotte Regan’s “Scrapper” explores working class life through a humanistic, playful lens
Like Emma Seligman and “Shiva Baby,” Charlotte Regan is another filmmaker who knocks you out with her feature debut. Charlotte emerges as a director with her feature debut, “Scrapper.” When I was screening films for Sundance, I saw a lot of darker emotional films. But like a breath of fresh air, this film came into my queue. […]
Kate Stonehill Talks Citizens’ Surveillance, Violations of Human Rights in Her Unsettling Debut Doc “Phantom Parrot”
Cinema Femme caught up with Kate Stonehill, an award-winning director and DoP whose body of work explores power, identity and citizenship in the digital age. In her first documentary feature, titled “Phantom Parrot,” she unravels a secret British government surveillance program, and follows human rights activist Muhammad Rabbani as he is prosecuted under terror laws […]
Sacha Polak’s beautiful and raw “Dirty God” places us in the skin of a burn victim
“Dirty God” is an incredibly beautiful film. It contains moments that are gut-wrenching, but also heartwarming at the same time. This dichotomy drew me deeper into the character of Jade, who became a burn victim after her ex-boyfriend threw acid in her face. As I learned from my interview with the Dutch filmmaker Sacha Polak, […]