From Sophie Mayer:
Forget the parade of identikit white men who claim to represent us with this week’s sparkling, darkly gorgeous and diverse F-rated new releases. At least you can vote for women with your film £!
Girlhood (Céline Sciamma) is electrifying, a coming-of-age story alive with possibility. As Sciamma told me when I interviewed her,
It’s also about how the great love stories and great sentimental journey for girls is among girls. But in the end [Vic/Marieme] just leaves everyone. To me, one of the bravest things she does is say no to love, because that guy loves her and he’s gentle. She is a heroine of the refusal, she refuses everything – that’s why I think she’s profoundly from today.
In a serendipitous bit of scheduling, Film Fatale member Rebecca Johnson’s Honeytrap also arrives this week; as Kaleem Aftab notes in The Independent, it’s Brixton’s answer to Sciamma’s Parisian filles de banlieues. Adapted from real-life events, it’s a jittery, lo-fi thriller with a compelling central performance from Jessica Sula.
And staying in offers a chance to catch a blink-and-miss release from earlier this year on Curzon Home Cinema. Something Must Break (Ester Martin Bergsmark), a tale of transition and transgression set on the seedier side of Stockholm. Bergsmark makes their city and their characters glow with love.
Bon weekend.
See this article with photos here.
The F-rating 