Category: Movie Reviews
-
REVISITING MALÈNA (2000): THE BURDEN OF BEAUTY
Malèna is a 2000 Italian film directed by Giuseppe Tornatore and starring Monica Bellucci. Set in World War II Sicily, the film follows Malèna, the beautiful young wife of a soldier deployed to war, through the eyes of Renato, a 13 year old boy who becomes obsessed with her. As Malèna navigates life alone in…
Written by
·
-
EVERY WOMAN IN THE ODYSSEY (2026) | EXPLAINED
I just saw The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan’s 2026 epic adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek poem, starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, on his long and punishing journey home after the Trojan War. The film moves between Odysseus’s decade-long journey across treacherous seas and the crisis unfolding back home in Ithaca, where his…
Written by
·
-
BATCH REVIEW | 3 RECENT WATCHES WORTH YOUR TIME
There is something about sitting down with genuinely good films after a string of disappointing ones that reignites my love for films. This week I sat down with a romantic comedy, a southern gothic revenge film, and a supernatural horror thriller. Three very different films, all centered on women, all worth your time in different…
Written by
·
-
MOTHER MARY (2026) | REVIEW
Mother Mary is an A24 film directed by David Lowery, starring Anne Hathaway as Mother Mary, a world famous pop icon preparing for a comeback performance following an onstage accident that left the public wondering whether she fell or jumped. Overwhelmed and unraveling, she shows up on the doorstep of Sam Anselm, her estranged fashion…
Written by
·
-
MATERNAL INSTINCT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DOCUSERIES | HERE ARE 3 REASONS WHY
Netflix’s Maternal Instinct tells the story of Taylor Parker, a Texas woman who faked an entire pregnancy, murdered her friend Reagan Simmons-Hancock who was 35 weeks pregnant, cut out her unborn baby, and kidnapped her, all to convince her boyfriend Wade Griffin that the child was theirs. The baby did not survive. Parker was convicted of capital…
Written by
·
-
SEND HELP (2025) WHAT DID I JUST WATCH| REVIEW
Send Help follows Linda, a dorky overlooked office worker who gets passed over for a promotion she was promised, then finds herself stranded on a deserted island with the exact man who screwed her over. What follows is part survival thriller, part dark comedy, part psychological horror and part twisted almost-romance. It’s pretty much unclassifiable…
Written by
·
-
DEEPFAKE (2026) | TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW
Deepfake follows Jane, a thirty-something woman reeling from a breakup who finds herself drowning in the highlight reels of everyone else’s life while her own feels like it’s falling apart. In a moment of desperation she hires a paid best friend, which leads her down a rabbit hole of Gen Z social media consultants, SEO…
Written by
·
-
10 THINGS I WANT TO SEE AT TRIBECA THIS YEAR
The Tribeca Film Festival is around the corner and I have decided to attend this year. The lineup genuinely pulled me in because I am seeing more diversity in the premieres and panels than usual and while I always want more, this year feels like a good year to show up. I already have a…
Written by
·
-
BLINK TWICE: DID FRIDA ACTUALLY WIN IN THE END?
This movie will make you think twice before accepting an invite to a billionaire’s private island. Blink Twice follows Frida, a nail artist and cocktail waitress who gets invited to tech mogul Slater King’s exclusive island retreat. Slater seems charming enough when he extends the invitation and once Frida and her friend Jess arrive with…
Written by
·
-
THE DOWNFALL OF THE TRAD WIFE: APRIL’S CLOSING ARTICLE
This month at Vixen Cinema we explored one of the most enduring myths sold to women. That a good home, a devoted husband, and a life built around someone else’s needs equals fulfillment. April’s theme was The Downfall of the Trad Wife, and we featured two films made fifty years apart that ask the same…
Written by
·