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TIFF 2023 Preview: Films Directed By Women

August 19, 2023August 30, 2023 Rachel West Alice Rohrwacher, anna kendrick, Catherine Breillat, Deepa Mehta, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Ellen Kuras, justine triet, kristin scott thomas, Louise Archambault, Patricia Arquette, Rosine Mbakam, Sally El Hosaini, TIFF, TRIFF 2023

The 48th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is once again ready to kick off in Toronto. While this year may not have the star power of previous years due to the ongoing SAG and WGA strikes, there are still plenty of films to see – especially ones with women filmmakers at the helm. While not reaching gender parity in their programming this year, TIFF is still showcasing films by women from around the world. Both well-established directors and first-time directors helm everything from star-studded ensembles, documentaries, indie dramas, comedies, and more. With more than 70 films, series, and shorts directed by women, there are many opportunities to take in female-helmed films this festival, which runs September 7 through 17th. See the full list of feature-length films and series directed or co-directed by women.

Reviews

ALICE, DARLING – Review by Nadine Whitney

January 30, 2023February 4, 2023 Nadine Whitney Alanna Francis, Alice, anna kendrick, Charlie Carrick, Darling, Kaniehtiio Horn, Mary Nighy, Wunmi Mosaku

Alice, Darling is a frank examination of the common but hard to tackle phenomenon of abuse, In Mary Nighy’s debut feature. Anna Kendrick brilliantly portrays a woman who is being drowned by her boyfriend’s coercive control. The film may be imperfect in places, but it is important and gives voice to a group of near silent victims and places emphasis on how essential it is for those who suffer to have a support network.

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ALICE, DARLING – Review by Lois Alter Mark

January 2, 2023January 8, 2023 Lois Alter Mark Alice Darling, anna kendrick, Charlie Carrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Mary Nighy, Wunmi Mosaku

Anna Kendrick’s mesmerizing performance as the victim of emotional abuse in Alice, Darling is the stuff of Oscars. In a role unlike any she’s portrayed before, she brings an unexpected fragility to the title character – a young woman terrified of her artist boyfriend. Movies about abuse are often violent and loud but Alice, Darling is quietly horrifying as Alice’s terror is revealed through her compulsions. It is impossible not to feel her fear and pain as she obsessively counts calories and literally pulls out her hair, winding it tightly around her fingers.

News

WEEK IN WOMEN: Anna Kendrick to star in Mary Nighy’s ALICE DARLING – Brandy McDonnell reports

July 22, 2021July 25, 2021 Brandy McDonnell Alanna Francis, Alice Darling, anna kendrick, Mary Nighy, the week in women, twiw

Oscar nominee Anna Kendrick will star in and executive produce the femme-focused psychological thriller Alice, Darling, now in production in Canada. Mary Nighy’s feature film directorial debut focuses on Alice (Kendrick), who is behaving strangely and keeping secrets about her mercurial boyfriend from her two best friends.

Reviews

STOWAWAY – Review by Susan Granger

April 26, 2021April 30, 2021 Susan Granger anna kendrick, daiel dae kim, Joe Penna, netflix, sci fi, stowaway, toni colette

Set sometime in the future when interplanetary travel is possible, Joe Penna’s sci-fi thriller poses provocative moral questions when an accidental stowaway compromises a vessel’s oxygen supply. As the story begins, the Kingfisher crew – working for a company called Hyperion – blasts off for a two-year mission to Mars. Not long after takeoff, they discover a terrified interloper, a launch support engineer who was trapped in an overhead compartment.

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A SIMPLE FAVOR – Review by Brandy McDonnell

September 15, 2018September 15, 2018 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments A Simple Favor, anna kendrick, blake lively, Paul Feig, thriller

Anna Kendrick stars as Stephanie, an overachieving mommy blogger raising her young son alone following her husband’s death in a car crash. A buttoned-down perfectionist whose elaborate volunteer efforts make her the object of ridicule at her son’s school, she seems like the last person in the world who would become friends with Emily (Blake Lively), the glamorous, high-powered publicist.

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TABLE 19 — Review by Susan Granger

March 18, 2017March 19, 2017 Susan Granger 0 Comments anna kendrick, table 19

Angst-riddled weddings have always been ripe for satire but this rom-com doesn’t satisfy even the most meager expectations. Eloise McGarry

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I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS, EVERY SECRET THING, GOOD KILL, MAD MAX and PITCH PERFECT 2 – Reviews by Jennifer Merin

May 16, 2015September 18, 2015 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments amy berg, anna kendrick, blythe danner, charlize theron, elizabeth banks, every secret thing, good kill, i'll see you in my dreams, Mad Max Fury Road, nicole holofcener, pitch perfect 2

I’ll See You in My Dreams is an upbeat femme-centric dramady about 70-something woman emjoying life. Every Secret Thing is

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PITCH PERFECT – Review by Susan Granger

May 13, 2015June 8, 2020 Susan Granger 0 Comments anna kendrick, elizabeth banks, pitch perfect 2

Set three years after its 2012 surprise-hit predecessor, Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson and the other Barden University Bellas return for

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, Jan. 19-25: CAKE

January 20, 2015January 26, 2015 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments anna kendrick, anne brodie, Britt Robertson, Camille Mana, Chris Messina, Felicity Huffman, jennifer aniston, Lucy Walters, Manuel Garcia Rulfo, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, nell minow, Sam Worthington, Sandra Kraisirideja, William H. Macy

Opening Jan. 23, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Cake, starring Jennifer Aniston as a troubled woman who becomes obsessed with the suicide of a young woman from her local support group. Read on…

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