2013: A Great Year For Women In Film

With only a couple of months left on the 2013 film calendar it has become increasingly clear that this has been a great year for women in film. Sure, it would be great if we had more big budget fare starring women, but the opportunities in smaller films are becoming more plentiful and taken full advantage of.

Film Review: Stories We Tell

“…but her ability to wrangle this complicated tale into such a compelling and emotional one is what makes it truly great. Don’t miss Stories We Tell, it’s one of the year’s best.”

Review: Splice

Vincenzo Natali’s latest is a weird, interesting, and often messed up creature feature that isn’t the horror movie it is being sold as until the third act, in which it pretty much wastes all of its well earned curiosity and enjoyment by going from something almost wholly original to riddled with cliché. The film follows […]

Review: Away From Her

Sarah Polley makes her debut as a screenwriter and director in this sad film about the loss of a loved one to Alzheimer’s. We quickly find out that Fiona (Julie Christie) is dealing with the effects of Alzheimer’s. Conscious of her affliction, she is still in a “good” place and we see her slowly dwindle […]