For Dinner With Dames #16, Cinefemme gathered a group of women filmmakers to dine with the night’s mentor, Peter Van Steemburg, Vice President of Acquisitions and Production at Universal Pictures
Han Yan’s Animal World is a truly insane but consistently entertaining mishmash of rock paper scissors, bug-eyed aliens, clown assassins and a check-cashing Michael Douglas.
Despite its empowering story, and fine performances by Michael Greyeyes and Jessica Chastain, Woman Walks Ahead is an unfortunately forgettable endeavor.
In a genre dripping with teenage iconoclasm and headbanging angst, Adventures in Public School makes at the very least for comforting viewing and offers a sweet view of respect, family and independence.
Distorted leaves viewers with a disjointed, unoriginal story, a made-for-tv feel, and underwhelming thrills, with the only saving graces being the presence of Ricci and Cusack.
In The Favourite, a frail Queen Anne occupies the throne and her close friend Lady Sarah governs the country in her stead. When a new servant Abigail arrives, her charm endears her to Sarah.
Sorry to Bother You is the perfect film for this particular moment – a moment that feels defined by the struggles of the ordinary people against traditional structures of power – even if it isn’t a perfect film.
We were able to talk to Matthew Ross, writer and director of the upcoming crime thriller Siberia about his brief but prolific filmmaking career, working with Keanu Reeves, and more.