I don’t think I’ve ever seen a WLW movie that has a bigger disparity between the quality of its writing and the quality of its directing than Take Me For a Ride. 5.0/10
Tag: <span>mixed review</span>
My best guess about what The Sex Monster is trying to “say” is that women can’t have a normal relationship to sexuality. I hope I’m wrong on that but that’s very much what the film reads as. 5.0/10
Do I Love You? turned out exactly how the filmmakers had in mind. Whether or not the movie is for you, it is a movie that’s certain of its identity and does what it set out to do. 5.3/10
Finally, a movie for lesbian Horse Girls. Wish a little more happened in Of Girls and Horses, though. 5.3/10
What really brings A Piece of Our Life down is the two scenes of sexual assault and how the film didn’t treat this with the seriousness that topic requires. 5.6/10
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty absolutely exceeded my expectations in terms of its visual quality. Does that make up for its basic story, slut-shaming and overly casual, somewhat sexualized rape scenes? No, but it’s something at least. 5.8/10
Clara’s Summer feels realistic but unimportant. The coming out narrative doesn’t offer anything new nor does the overall depiction of teens offer much depth or introspection. 5.3/10
As someone from Canada, I don’t need a movie that spends so much time showing how damn cold it is outside. If I wanted to experience that, I’d actually go outside. 5.9/10
Strange Frame: Love and Sax occupies a wholly unique space in the WLW film pantheon. The film has big ideas and a lot of creativity. Where it falters is its execution. 5.7/10
Given everything I knew about Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac (basically, its title and director), I expected it to be a lot worse. 5.0/10