There’s Still Tomorrow – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

MOVIE OF THE WEEK May 30, 2025: Team MOTW’S Summer Watch List

May 25, 2025June 4, 2025 Jennifer Merin Being Maria, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, Jane Austen Wrecked My Life, Jazzy, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, nell minow, Pam Grady, Pangolin: Kulu's Journey, Sabdue Angulo Chen, sherin nicole, STORY $ PICTURES BY, The Assessment, The President’s Wife, There’s Still Tomorrow, Timestalker, We Were Dangerous

If you’re looking forward to some summer cinema chilling with some hot movies, here’s AWFJ’s list of ten must see femme-directed femme-centric films for your June-July-August viewing pleasure. Each of the films on this watch list was featured on AWFJ.org as one of our previous 2025 Movies of the Week.For our summer 2025 watch list, each member of Team MOTW selected her favorite of 2025’s featured MOTWs to recommend to you. Representing the diverse preferences and perspectives of Team MOTW members, the list includes titles ranging from romcoms to thrillers to documentaries, each with a compelling new story or a fascinating twist on a classic, a timely and relatably relevant theme, and exceptional artisanship by female creatives. We suggest that you read the original MOTW post for each (the links are included) to get the full array of Team MOTW’s takes on the film.

Reviews

THERE’S STILL TOMORROW – Review by Leslie Combemale

February 24, 2025March 1, 2025 Leslie Combemale italian films, Paola Cortellesi, There’s Still Tomorrow

Oh, There’s Still Tomorrow, where have you been all my life? As much as I cover female-helmed and fronted films, I can’t believe I’m only just hearing about this gem. Though it won six Italian Academy Awards, it’s only just releasing in the US on March 7th. Beautifully filmed in black and white, it captures the feel of the Italian neorealism of the 40s and 50s. The script is tight and believable, and credit is due, in part, to director Paola Cortellesi, who, impressively, is not only the co-screenwriter, but also stars as lead character, Delia.

Reviews

THERE IS STILL TOMORROW – Review by Nadine Whitney

September 30, 2024October 3, 2024 Nadine Whitney italian films, Paola Cortellesi, Romana Maggiora Vergano, There’s Still Tomorrow, Valerio Mastandrea

Paola Cortellesi’s There’s Still Tomorrow is a wonderful film, combining the bleak reality for women in Italy suffering under extreme misogyny and violence with a spirit of shared rebellion. The final rug pull Cortellesi performs upends where you thought the film was going and turns it into a firmly political film about the struggle of women to have a voice and make choices. Mordantly funny, exquisitely performed, and chilling in its depiction of abuse and violence; There’s Still Tomorrow is forever relevant.