by Jesselyn Whiteside | May 24, 2024 | List & Reviews
At its heart, the Daniel’s Everything Everywhere All at Once is the story of a mother and daughter struggling to understand each other and how they ultimately come to understand what love really means. The film begins with Joy (Stephanie Hsu) chasing her mother,...
by Jess Fitzpatrick-Howard | May 21, 2024 | List & Reviews
Brian De Palma’s Carrie (1976) is a compelling and fantastic exploration of the explosive and complex relationship between mothers and daughters. It is an intense battle of religious fanaticism, unchecked cruelty and, ultimately, a journey into female...
by Bijin Chen | Apr 24, 2024 | List & Reviews
“Maybe it is because she was born to me and she was born a girl, and I was born to my mother and I was born a girl, all of us like stairs, one step after another, going up, going down, but always going the same way.” AnMei, The Joy Luck Club Wayne Wang’s...
by Lucy Wilcox | Apr 24, 2024 | List & Reviews
Coraline (2009) is a film which depicts a young 11-year old girl called Coraline (Dakota Fanning) who desires more than the monotony of being an only child under a new roof in a place she doesn’t know too much about. From the offset, we become aware of the lack of...
by Caillin McDaid | Apr 24, 2024 | List & Reviews
Maggie Gyllenhall’s confident directorial debut, The Lost Daughter, is an audacious film that does not shy away from tackling complex themes of mothers and daughters, identity, and desires versus fulfilment. Films from actors-turned-directors can often feel like...
