When Animals Dream (Når dyrene drømmer) movie review (London Film Festival)
A social-realist werewolf fantasy in which burgeoning womanhood is a thing terrifying to many a man, particularly if a woman simply will not be tamed.
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The Skeleton Twins movie review: oh brother how art thou?
Funny and sad and wise and wonderful… with an absolutely heartbreaking, career-changing performance by Bill Hader.
The Babadook movie review: mother of nightmares
Genuinely horrific and deeply scary in a way that draws on the most primal of emotions. A horror flick with rare emotional and psychological resonance.
Dinosaur 13 documentary review: long Black Hills road
A bittersweet reminder that while the scientific method may be coolly rational, the people who do science are deeply emotionally caught up in their work.
Happy Christmas movie review: can’t choose your family
Compulsively watchable. Joe Swanberg is a master of subtle dramatic observation, and his films are unlike anything other filmmakers are giving us right now.
Belle movie review: untold stories
Wonderful true story about a mixed-race woman raised in aristocratic late-18th-century England; like the best Jane Austen romance with a social conscience.
The Punk Singer documentary review: rage against the misogyny
A fantastic introduction to original riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna and her groundbreaking work in music, feminism, and all-around kickass awesomeness.
Under the Skin movie review: sex as a weapon
Scarlett Johansson is an alien serial killer who sexes men to death in a misogynist fanboy wet dream that also fails to satisfy as science fiction.
Nymphomaniac Vol 1 & 2 movie review: behold the alien Woman
A salacious yet also tedious portrayal of a woman who would appear to confirm all the nastiest stereotypes about women.
Gloria review: can you handle the truth?
A smart, incisive portrait of a woman who lives life on her own terms and doesn’t let herself get pushed around.
