TITANE (Cannes Film Fest 2021) – Review by Moira Sullivan

Julia Ducournau has created a powerful iconic film, Titane, the Palm d’Or winner of the 74th Cannes Film Festival, where the human body is taken for a ride within realms of ambiguity. It stands out among the films in this year’s feature film competition because of its cinematic gestalt of a cyborgian split in gender expression.

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Créteil Film de Femmes – ‘Au revoir’ Agnès Varda – Moira Sullivan comments

The Palmarès (awards) for the 41st Créteil International Women’s Film Festival in Paris were introduced by a short film made in 1967 in San Francisco by Agnès Varda who looked up a Greek uncle in Sausalito – “Uncle Yanco”. Agnès Varda died earlier in the morning on March 29 surrounded by family.

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THE FAVOURITE – Review by Moira Sullivan

The Favourite is a tale of deception and ambition but one that is particularly cruel and vicious to women. The historical revisionism of the film while captivating is ultimately a tale of women conniving and scheming for power from a regent who is ridiculed by the men of the court.

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