After enduring misogynistic taunts and violence from the boys in her town, an eleven-year- old girl revisits a storybook about the sirens of the sea. When she follows an enigmatic figure into the water, she is inspired to take the power she hasn’t been afforded.
Read MoreI had zero expectations walking into the cinemas to see Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. All around me, the question on everybody’s lips was, “Are you going to see the Barbie movie?” The perception of what this film would be fell into two categories; blindly optimistic and apathetically judgmental but I ended up pleasantly surprised by the movie we got.
Read MoreThe Bechdel Test is such a generalised lens through which to view a film that I wonder if we should really be using it in the modern age of feminism.
Read MoreThis week’s featured filmmaker Nicola Rose and her feature film debut Goodbye Petrushka is a romantic comedy that aims to showcase women who are messy, silly and flawed individuals; as they are in real life.
Read MoreIt's certainly a new style of work that I am not used to in the slightest. Having always had externally provided structure in my daily life from school to university and into full-time work, this is the first time that I am 100% in control of how I want to structure what I do in a day...and it's really daunting.
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