Our resident film buff Rose Marel offers a weekly appraisal of movies directed by women.
American Psycho: Do All Psychopathic Murderers Look That Celestial? Given an R Rating for a reason, this film is based on the novel which was famously banned in several countries for its controversial and explicit content. In other countries, like Australia, the book was wrapped in a protective cover. Thankfully, much of the intensely graphic …
A Life of Sacrifice in Suffragette Get ready to leak from every orifice (maybe not every orifice…). Gavron’s Suffragette is a humbling and very real distillation of what women faced in their battle to better not just their own lives, but the lives of the future female generations and, man oh man, does it hit …
Knowing You’re Hot Shit, But Not Knowing You’re Clueless Jane Austen still knows what’s up, with yet another contemporary re-interpretation of one of her novels, this time Emma. Haven’t read the literary classic? Well, here is a lightweight summary: spoilt, considerably smug lady gets bored and fancies herself as a matchmaker. Absorbed with social class …
Bridget Jones’s Diary and the Familiar Insecurities What better way to kick things off than with a classic? If you’ve seen this movie and didn’t love it, then watch it again. There’s something wrong with you. If you haven’t seen it yet, then watch it. There’s something wrong with you.
Introducing Popticon’s Weekly Reviews of Films by Female Directors Last year, I head about a movement called ’52 Films By Women’. Sparked by the unequal gender opportunities in the film industry, Women In Film (WIF) started the initiative in 2015, asking people to join the pledge to “watch a film a week by a woman for …