She Spoiled It

The Yellow Wallpaper: Review

12/12/2021

Often, the argument “it wasn’t as good as the book” is based on the fact that the depth and nuance of beloved works can’t be fully replicated in a different medium. However, this adaptation of “The Yellow Wallpaper” (2021) directed by Kevin Pontuti, is not as good as the book because it strains out most of the feminist meaning and leaves us with the dregs.

The Bright Side: Review

5/12/2021

This Irish indie film takes a look at cancer, cynicism and sisterhood. And does so with a lot of heart.

The Man Who Sold His Skin: Review

28/11/2021

Nominated for the Best International Feature film at the 93rd Academy Awards, this latest film from Tunisian female filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania is both thought provoking and chilling.

Fathom: Review

21/11/2021

If a whale were in the same room as you right now singing you their song, it would be louder than a roaring jet engine. Humpback whale songs have rhythm, patterns, and repetition, and people have been studying them for years. This documentary follows two women each studying a different aspect of whale song, and what it’s like for them working in the field.

Even Mice Belong in Heaven: Review

14/11/2021

This stop-motion animation is gorgeous and soul-warming. It’s a lovely adventure through animal heaven learning how to be better creatures despite our upbringings and differences.

The Beta Test: Review

7/11/2021

“Thunder Road” (2018) director Jim Cummings’s latest has a touch of “American Psycho” (2000) and a touch of “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988). But if there is a message here it’s muddled to the point of confusion.

The Night House: Review

31/10/2021

A horror that borders the psychological and the paranormal, this film is about grief and how much we can ever know someone.

Spring Blossom: Review

24/10/2021

Suzanne Lindon wrote the script for Spring Blossom (2020) at just 15 years of age. At 19 she directed and starred in it. This French film is a short meditation on a very specific point in many people’s adolescence – an infatuation with an older person.

The Woman in the Window: Review

17/10/2021

Amy Adams brings out all her unhinged energy in this one-location psychological thriller with just a few holes.

Child psychologist Dr. Anna Fox (Amy Adams) is an agoraphobic shut-in whiling away her days rattling around in her enormous brownstone home. Bottles of wine and pills are always on hand and weird lodger David (Wyatt Russell) lives in her basement. A new family moves in over the street , drawing her fascination. She spies on Alistair (Gary Oldman) and his not-quite-right son Ethan (Fred Hechinger).

Comets: Review

10/10/2021

This film-of-two-halves by Georgian director Tamar Shavgulidze is a rumination on the theme of reuniting and adrift souls coming back together.

A teenage girl called Irina (Ekaterina Kalatozishvili) sits in a sun-drenched garden reading aloud to herself. “I sit nursing the rooted love I first planted as a sample…” She’s waiting for family members who never show up. But the person who does mysteriously arrive is another Irina (Nino Kasradze), the girl’s namesake.

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