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Relic (London Film Festival) 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

8th October 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

A daughter, mother and grandmother are haunted by a manifestation of dementia that consumes their family’s home. There are post-it notes stuck all around Edna’s elegant and airy house, little reminders of basic living: turn off taps says one. As they get more frightening, warnings in an increasingly spidery hand, there’s one that says Don’t… Relic (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Featured 1, Film Festivals, Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: ageing, dementia, families, women

3 Teaspoons Of Sugar (Short Film) Short Film 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

15th June 2020 by Sarah Cartland

In a household where mealtimes are for celebration, fellowship and good eating, three members of this tight-knit family are diagnosed with diabetes over the years. Animated short 3 Teaspoons Of Sugar is an informative health message warmly wrapped in a witty tale about South African family relationships. That setting isn’t just a way of delivering… 3 Teaspoons Of Sugar (Short Film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: animation, diabetes, family, health, women

Crude Oil (short film) Short Film 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

12th May 2020 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

A young woman breaks free from an overbearing friendship after learning to recognise and assert her own talents and desires. Saying more in 15 minutes than many a big budget drama, this short, uplifting film about a long, constraining friendship is pithy, witty and warm. It’s also realistic; Jenny (Andreina Byrne) knows her friendship with… Crude Oil (short film) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Support Indie Film Tagged With: friendship, superpowers, women

Booksmart 4 stars☆☆☆☆☆

9th June 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Usually the kids in teen comedies leave me feeling incredibly old, but Booksmart‘s Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) seem even more middle-aged than me. They’re very clever, and very hard-working, and only have one day left at high school before graduation. That focus and drive means that even school Principal Brown (Jason Sudeikis)… Booksmart Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: feminism, graduation, high school, teenagers, women

Late Night (Sundance London) 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

1st June 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

When late night chat show host Katherine Newbury is told she’s being replaced, she finally has to face her writers’ room. Literally, as most of the men in there have never even seen her in the flesh before. Those men are all white, and privileged, though not as hirsute as I was expecting. They’re lazy,… Late Night (Sundance London) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, Sundance London Tagged With: chat show, diversity, race, sexism, tv, women

Valley Of The Dolls 2 stars☆☆☆☆☆

4th April 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

I knew the clothes would be terrific when I spotted Handbags by… in the opening credits. And it’s the outfits (along with the unintentionally fevered atmosphere) which stretches this film up to two stars. Small town girl turned New York secretary turned Hollywood model Anne Welles is elegant in a yellow maxi dress, a tight… Valley Of The Dolls Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: 1960s, drugs, hollywood, movies, singer, women

Shake it til you make it with the new Poms trailer

22nd February 2019 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

“You’re one of us now! Except with higher boobies” says Sheryl to their young cheerleader choreographer. Martha (Diane Keaton), newly arrived at Sun Springs Retirement Community, and new BFF Sheryl (Jacki Weaver), decide to set up a cheerleading squad with some of the other residents – complete with hidden talents and not so hidden aches,… Shake it til you make it with the new Poms trailer Read More

Filed Under: Trailers Tagged With: alisha boe, cheerleaders, cheerleading, diane keaton, friends, jacki weaver, pam grier, pompoms, retirement, retirement collunity, women, zara hayes

Dumplin’ 3 stars☆☆☆☆☆

1st January 2019 by Lucy Berrington Leave a Comment

Willowdean Dickson is a plus-size teenager coming of age in a world of vibrant retro colors and quietly crushing slim privilege. With a band of friends — of varying looks, politics, and life goals — she embarks on a small-town, life-size protest that will likely resonate with anyone who has been too plain for the… Dumplin’ Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: beauty contest, beauty pageant, body image, pageant, texas, weight, women

Colette (London Film Festival) 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

15th October 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

I am the real Claudine, the young women of Paris all cry, as Colette’s series of novels about a young French woman hit a nerve. Born Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (she shortens her name later as she starts to create a new identity for herself as the author of her books), she is a woman ahead of… Colette (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: paris, women, writer

Assassination Nation (London Film Festival) 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

2nd October 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Assassination Nation – a noisy, bloody allegory for modern society – may feel like being whacked over the head by a righteously raging My Little Pony, but it’s also hugely entertaining. One of the problems with fighting back against a resurgence like Trump’s is that eventually people just get bored. They know he’s awful already. You… Assassination Nation (London Film Festival) Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews, London Film Festival Tagged With: america, feminism, revenge, salem, trump, women

Director Marcelo Martinessi On Filmmaking In Conservative Paraguay, & The Women Who Inspired Him

6th August 2018 by Sarah Cartland Leave a Comment

Marcelo Martinessi is the writer-director of the award-winning The Heiresses, a story of relationship breakdown set in his native Paraguay – a country which after decades living under a dictatorship is only now starting to develop a film industry. The film won two Silver Bears at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival: Best Actress for Ana… Director Marcelo Martinessi On Filmmaking In Conservative Paraguay, & The Women Who Inspired Him Read More

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: lesbian relationships, marcello martinessi, paraguay, the heiresses, women

Tattoo Girls 3.5 stars☆☆☆☆☆

19th July 2018 by Sarah Cartland 1 Comment

“Life is extremely fragile and only given for a certain amount of time” says a young woman who wants to be a mortuary beautician. It’s artifice to make the dead look as near to their living selves as possible, once that spark has gone, and to make life easier for those left behind. You could… Tattoo Girls Read More

Filed Under: Film Reviews Tagged With: body art, couture, poland, tattooing, tattoos, women

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