Tagged female directed

In the UK, when someone googles “blue whale challenge”, the first result is a website compiling a series of suicide hotlines readily available for anyone struggling with feelings of self-harm. This...

Night after night, Kate (Gemma-Leah Deveraux) grabs a cheap beer and walks up on stage at her local pub/comedy club. She shoots one self-deprecating joke after another, before heading to a shabby room in the...

“We will remember”, chants a small group of siblings as their mother solemnly proclaims rules as if they were bible verses. “As long as we remember, we remain”, she punctuates as the ritual nears its...

This film was previously reviewed in February 2021 as part of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. “You don’t think there’s a cage that can work to our benefit?” ponders Abigail (Katherine...

This film was previously reviewed in February 2021 as part of our Sundance Film Festival coverage. Neighbours gather in front of Sebastian’s (Daniel Katz) door, their open umbrellas awkwardly competing...

The recent crop of COVID-19 inspired films has proven that banking on an ongoing global pandemic is, at its best, not a very smart idea. From mainstream titles such as Locked Down and Songbird to festival bets...

This film was previously reviewed in March 2021 as part of our Glasgow Film Festival coverage. “I wanted this so badly, I made it all up”, Márta (Natasa Stork) tells her therapist. The renowned...

Rakel (Kristine Kujath Thorp) and Ingrid (Tora Christine Dietrichson) are at a locker room getting ready for an aikido class, one of the many spontaneous activities the roommates take part in together when the...

After causing a drunk driving accident, Donna (Shan MacDonald) is sentenced to community service and ends up working as a cleaner at an animal shelter. The middle-aged woman, who suffers from a heart murmur,...

When the cashier at a high-street shop compares Leo’s (Amalia Ulman) trendy looking animal print coat to the similarly patterned shirt he has on, the young woman offers a half-smile and blatantly says...

“There is no normal in teenage years” utters a young girl as the sun goes down, her friends carrying cans of beer and chatting from the top of old, beaten trucks. It is a fitting observation to set the...

An app developer in his 40s, Matt (Ed Helms) decides to no longer wait for a partner to become a father. Opting for surrogacy, he enlists 26-year-old Anna (Patti Harrison), and, together, they try to navigate...

Rocks was a shot of life and energy in an otherwise listless year. The film takes us into the world of a group of young girls in Hackney – their loyalties and their rivalries, their music and their jokes. It...

It's hard to discuss Shadow in the Cloud without giving it all away. On the surface, this is the story of a female WWII pilot who mysteriously embarks a plane seconds before its take off, with nothing but a...