Tag: movies
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Gentle Monster Review – TIFF 2026
By Namah Gentle Monster is an unfortunate case of squandered potential. The mother-daughter relationship between Seydoux and Deneuve is a contemporary redux of Bergman’s Autumn Sonata. The frigid former maestro chastises her daughter, a tepid pianist who “deconstructs” male pop music at candlelit concerts, for her domestic decisions. For a female artist, the only thing…
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Tehran, Under the Skin Review – TIFF 2026
BY Maggie Roberts TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WORLD PREMIERE! This society is bipolar. Tehran, Under the Skin is a film full of contradictions. The documentary, directed by Afsaneh Salari, explores the popularity of the plastic surgery industry in contemporary Tehran. The film takes on something similar to a cinéma vérité style; however, the camera is…
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Bucking Fastard Review – TIFF 2026
By Namah dawdy and fierce sisters jeanie and joanie aren’t of this world. their dismissal isn’t just of modernity but reality itself. my endearment towards their affected speech died down quick— it is static rather than idiosyncratic. the sisters interpret the world in literal ways— they reach for fire and fuel to convey their passion,…
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Ben’Imana Review – TIFF 2026
By Maggie Roberts TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE! Ben’Imana (Dusabejambo) reflects on the atrocities of the 1994 Rawandan Genocide through the eyes of women. The 2026 Caméra d’Or winner follows Vénéranda, a survivor of the genocide, as she organizes reconciliation meetings amongst Rawandan women in her village, formerly classified as Tutsi and Hutu…
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TIFF 2026 Coverage Incoming!
Stay tuned for some HOT dispatches coming out over the next 10 days! Screenings are chosen by writers so our selection of films will vary but we will centre women-driven/feminist work much as possible. 💗 2026 TIFF coverage will be led by: Sara Abdul Managing Editor of Pink Asparagus/ Artist Maggie Roberts Feminist Scholar/ Film…
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2025 In Review (Films)
Below are some films from 2025 I would recommend. Enjoy! Landmarks (Nuestra tierra) Lucretia Martel’s Landmarks is an atmospheric political documentary about the aftermath of the murder of Argentinian indigenous leader Javier Chocobar. The film takes every opportunity to trace how everyday injustices are caused by capitalism and colonialism. Her interventions on land rights, police…
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The Darkness of Girlhood in Dust Bunny and Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
TIFTY TWOFERS: TIFF 2025 REVIEWS Dust Bunny and Little Amélie both privilege the full, and often messy, experience of early girlhood, be that trying to determine if you have conjured up a real man-eating monster out of your own rampant imagination, or slowly learning the painful lesson that you are not a Goddess among mere…
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The Glass Ceiling is Really Made of Cement in Couture and Maddie’s Secret
TIFTY TWOFERS: TIFF 2025 REVIEWS Despite radically different narrative and tonal styles, Couture and Maddie’s Secret offer a rare and welcome look into the unique struggles of being an ambitious career woman who is suddenly, and heartbreakingly, faced with the dissolution of her career dreams, forced to face the vulnerabilities that successful women are forced…
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Nothing is Sacred Under Capitalism in Egghead Republic and A Useful Ghost
TIFTY TWOFERS: TIFF 2025 REVIEWS While we live in increasingly weighty and hopeless times, one of cinema’s greatest powers in times like these is to offer moments of hope, of originality, of curiosity, and to remind us of the ongoing potential for change that capitalism works overtime to distract us from. A Useful Ghost and…
