By David Pountain As one half of the New York production team Purple Milk, director Natalia Leite’s body of work is alive with a spirit of impulsiveness and self-determination. Whether she’s returning to nature in […]
Female Directors
By Matthew Riordan Directors: Remy Bennett and Emilie Richard-Froozan The name ‘Buttercup Bill’ rings with a childlike innocence. In many ways it is the perfect title for Remy Bennett and Emilie Richard-Froozan’s feature-length debut, a film […]
By Rebecca Rowson Australia’s 52 Tuesdays begins with a teenager, Billie, finding out her mother plans to transition into a man and change his name to James. Whilst James goes through this, he wants to […]
By David Pountain Directed by Natalia Leite Tribeca Film Festival review Bare, the vibrant feature-length debut of Natalia Leite, is a drama that’s refreshingly submissive to the whims of the night. It’s not that the […]
By David Pountain More than thirty years since the premiere of Monika Treut’s feature film debut, the German auteur most famous for her queer films continues to stretch herself with new projects, “I like to change […]
By Jake Bibby Directed by Claire Denis When watching Claire Denis’ 35 Shots of Rum, you could be forgiven for forgetting you were ever watching a film at some points such is its understated subtlety, […]