by Jennifer Valencia Shawn Levy brings together a vibrant and brilliant ensemble cast in This Is Where I Leave You, which screened at TIFF this year. I don’t know what it is about family dramas or comedies, but I have a soft spot for them. Family dynamics of all kinds
by Jennifer Valencia Happiness. Don’t we all need more happiness in our lives? If so, where do we find it? Hector and the Search For Happiness is a film that wants us to find out. Hector is a psychiatrist who finds that his humdrum unchanging life is missing something. This has made
by Jennifer Valencia I was very excited to see Jean-Marc Vallée‘s Wild. My excitement turned to sheer gratitude to Vallée for making exactly the movie I was hoping Wild would be. The film stars Reese Witherspoon as Cheryl Strayed in her real-life journey hiking the Pacific Crest Trial, all 1,100 miles
by Jennifer Valencia I wasn’t sure what to make of Debbie Tucker Green‘s, Second Coming. The film is cryptic, fearful of committing to the concepts it puts forward, leaving the audience with more questions than answers by the end of it. It is the story of Jackie, wife of
by Jennifer Valencia In The Crosswind is the real life story of a family separated from each other during the Russian occupation of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 1941 where thousands of people were relocated to remote outposts in Siberia. Over 390,000 people were casualties of what some call the
by Jennifer Valencia It is that time of year again. As I finish writing TIFF is only hours away and I am so very excited about this year’s festival. For one reason, this year I get to see the festival from whole new perspective. This year I am a spectator
by Jennifer Valencia At 20 years old, Pulp Fiction (1994) is a classic to me. It came out as I was becoming a teenager (somehow I managed to see it), and it had a major influence on me. This film, along with Reservoir Dogs (1992), and films like The Usual Suspects (1995), introduced me to a
write up by Jennifer Valencia Everything is Cool by Matthew Williamson (2013, Video, 10 min, Canada) Matthew Williamson adopts a Bart Simpson type mask in his short Everything Is Cool as he reveals some of his observations on what first seems like just “things” from a Burger King parking lot.
These Girls On Film is quite excited to cover the 2014 Images Festival! We are dedicated to presenting the world to new perspectives on experimental, avant-gard, conceptual, and independent cinema. As a part of that, the Images Festival is a huge event, one that’s been a tradition for 27
by Jennifer Valencia Richard Rush‘s The Stunt Man (1980) uses a variety of elements from different genres to tell its story. From action the stunt man scenes to the drama revolving around the relationship between the two main characters: a film director, Eli Cross (Peter O’Toole) and Cameron, a.k.a Lucky
Critical Focus 