The protagonists of Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) and Let the Sunshine In (2017) could almost be mother and daughter. Although separated by over fifty years, Agnès V...
Like most teenage girls, Pauline Parker (Melanie Lynskey) feels powerless. Suffocated by the tedium of her prim and proper girls' school, all she wants to do is...
Like any good romantic comedy, The Breaker Upperers ends with a couple reunited. But in this film, co-directors, writers, and stars Jackie van Beek and Madeline...
Laura Venning is a Film Studies MA student from London with a particular interested in female directors and New Zealand cinema. Her favourite films include A Matter of Life and Death, The Piano, Picnic at Hanging Rock and Cléo from 5 to 7. You can find her on twitter at @laura_venning
