“A Habit of not Talking about the Past” in Eritrean Italy: Documenting a Diaspora
Asmarina (2015), by Alan Maglio and Medhin Paolos, explores the multiplicity of Eritrean migratory experiences and tells the many stories…
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A journal of films and feminisms
On Necessary and Unnecessary Love in Karyn Kusama’s 'Destroyer'
Small talk is boring. We hate it, and it’s obvious why – it’s a begrudgingly necessary preamble to any purposeful…
Macabre Dancing: 'Die Kinder der Toten' ('The Children of the Dead') – Berlinale
Elfriede Jelinek’s novel Die Kinder der Toten [The Children of the Dead,1995], which has yet to be translated into English,…
In Search of a 'Feminist Sensibility': Two Shorts By Deborah Stratman and Lynne Sachs
Vever (for Barbara) dir. Deborah Stratman, 2019 Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor dir. Lynne Sachs, 2018.
Review: Notes to Self by Christina Battle – part of Forum Expanded, Berlinale
“ MY ALGORITHMS ARE ALL FUCKED UP ”
'Can You Ever Forgive Me': An Ode To Queer Failure
In 2015, Todd Haynes’s Carol explored some of the complexities surrounding lesbian experience in ‘50s New York. The film, beautifully…
Review: Bora Kim’s 'House of Hummingbird' ('Beol-sae') – Berlinale
Bora Kim’s House of Hummingbird had its world premiere at Busan International Film Festival last October, but I saw it…
Screening Female Desire: Bette Gordon's ‘Variety’ 35 Years On
‘Once in a fiction workshop my professor critiqued a scene because “women wouldn’t ask about a hookup’s performance in bed”…
What goes up must come down: Marie Kreutzer’s ‘The Ground Beneath My Feet’ – Berlinale
“She’s not fit for this life,” says Lola to a doctor as they stand together beside her sister’s hospital bed.…
Portrait of Teona Strugar Mitevska
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Failing to Act, Acting to Fail: The Films of Margarethe von Trotta
“How is it that some people decide the fate of others?” asks Rosa Luxemburg in the opening of Margarethe von…
Finding Your Rage: On Club des Femmes’ ‘Revolt, She Said’ Programme
In 2018, feminism is everywhere and nowhere at once. Women, we are told, can now be CEOs, and entrepreneurs and…
Two people in a house: Catherine Corsini’s 'An Impossible Love' ('Un amour impossible')
The poster for An Impossible Love shows a man with his back turned, eyes averted, hands in pockets. He’s facing…
Portrait of Penny Lane
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Notes on Alfonso Cuarón’s 'Roma'
The first plane in Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma sails across a snatch of sky mirrored in soapy water; the next, in…
‘Intra-active’ desire in Joachim Trier’s ‘Thelma’
There’s something within you. If you truly desire something with your mind and body,there’s something within you that can make…