Obsession (2026) USA
Overview: Obsession follows Bear, a quiet guy who makes a wish for his coworker Nikki to fall in love with him. The wish works. The wish works way too well, and what starts as an awkward crush turns into a suffocating nightmare for everyone involved. Underneath the supernatural angle, the film is really about loneliness,…
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52 Films By Women: #22 The Nanny (2022) by Nikyatu Jusu
The Nanny Starring: Anna Diop and Michelle Monaghan Written and Directed by: Nikyatu Jusu USA (2022) Overview Nanny by Nikyatu Jusu is a slow, quiet burn that really sits with you. It’s not just a story about a nanny—it’s about motherhood, sacrifice, and what it means to hold things together while everything around you…
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Speak No Evil (2024) USA
Speak No Evil (2024) Overview/Synopsis In this 2024 remake of the Danish thriller Speak No Evil (2022), two families—one polite and reserved, the other socially forward—meet during a holiday in Italy. After their initial vacation together, the socially forward couple, portrayed by James McAvoy and Aisling Franciosi, sends a postcard inviting the polite couple, played…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #20 Never Let Go (2024) [USA] Produced by & Starring by Halle Berry
Never Let Go Starring/Produced by: Halle Berry Directed by : Alexander Aja Written by: Kevin Coughlin; Ryan Grassby USA (2024) Overview/Synopsis Going into Never Let Go, I was both excited and nervous. I was thrilled to see a Black leading lady carry a film, but I also wondered how the public would receive her performance.…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #19 Vuelven (Tigers are not afraid) (2017) [Mexico] Written by Issa Lopez
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #19 Vuelven (Tigers are not afraid) (2018) Mexico Written by Issa by Lopez Vuelven (Tigers Are Not Afraid) is the most hauntingly beautiful Ghost Story from writer/director Issa Lopez who channels not only a poetic truth of drug wars through children’s eyes, but also loss with such an eerie…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #13. RAW (Grave) (2016) [France/Belgium] – Julia Ducournau
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #13. RAW (Grave) (2016) France/Belgium Julia Ducournau RAW is a nuanced story of love, secrets, & acceptance. I read a comment on this film calling it a slow Ginger Snaps, but I think that fan (of possibly the horror genre) missed the subtle subplots. In the film, Justine (an adamant…
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52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #8. HUSH (2016) [USA] – Kate Seigel
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #8. HUSH (2016) U.S.A. –Written by Kate Seigel Not every film by a woman that I post will be loved by me. But I will respect that a woman is part of the process and evaluate the project. Such is the case with Hush. Premise: Maddie (Kate Seigel) is at…
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