Sara Clements

The Highwaymen is marketed as being based on the “untold true story” of “the legends who took down Bonnie and Clyde.” While on the surface, John Lee Hancock’s latest film is all about the politics surrounding the capture of two of America’s most notorious criminals, in many ways, it feels like a story that didn’t need to be told as it rehashes the same old tale of how Bonnie and Clyde lived and died.

The film follows two legendary lawmen, Frank Hamer and Maney Gault (Kevin Co...

Over the past 11 years, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has given audiences many strong female characters. Some have stood on their own on the small screen like Agent Carter, or have been perfectly content with having their name forever etched alongside their counterpart like The Wasp, but now the standalone female superhero movie we've been waiting for is finally here.

Sitting comfortably in a mold that Marvel Studios has built and has nestled itself in over the last decade, Ca...

One of five films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Never Look Away follows the strokes of an artist on the canvas of his life.

The artist is Kurt Barnert, and the film illustrates his art and the influences on it—from pre-war, to post-war, to his success in the 1960s. The movie’s focus on the power of art is introduced to us within the first few seconds, as we see Kurt’s aunt take him to an art exhibition as a...

Any one person could name several films centred around sports such as football, baseball, and boxing, but Stephen Merchant’s Fighting with My Family showcases a sport that is rarely seen on film: wrestling. Not just wrestling, but WWE. With a box office weekend filled with the final film of a beloved series about dragons, the latest sci-fi bloc...

Mirai is one of two Japanese films nominated for an Oscar this year, and the sixth to ever be nominated in the animated feature category. Directed by Mamoru Hosada, Mirai is a simple story that is executed in an original way. A young boy’s life is turned upside down when his parents bring home his new baby sister, Mirai. Through a series of vignettes, we see the young boy, Kun, in all his anxieties and in all his growth as he adjusts to his new life as a big broth...

Directed by Arantxa Echevarría, Carmen & Lola is a heartbreaking Spanish drama with a beautiful love story at its center. The film follows two gypsy girls, Carmen (who is recently engaged and dreaming of owning her own hair salon) and Lola (a street artist dreaming of becoming a teacher, but who is forced to spend most of her days helping her father out at his fruit stand).

Marriage and children are constantly being pushed on Lola, but she has a secret that could destroy her family: She's a le...

In 20th Century Women, Greta Gerwig's character says, "What? I'm menstruating? Why is that a big deal?" And it isn't. But for some reason, most filmmakers don't want to tackle this important part of womanhood on screen.

Lisa Brühlmann, however, does just that. Her feature debut, Blue My Mind, is all about the changes that a teenage girl's body goes through. But what Brühlmann does is shape this into a fantasy/horror film — a coming of age tale reminiscent of Raw and The Lure. When Mia (Luna We...

Ladyworld opens with nothing but a black screen, the sound of girls screaming, and a storm erupting; the horror of the next 93 minutes beginning instantly.

The film follows eight girls who are trapped together in a house after an earthquake. It's a pure, unhinged thriller. As time passes, we see the girls lose every sense of themselves, any sense of rationality, as desperation for escape takes hold. They scream, fight, start talking to themselves, and begin eating everything, from flowers to l...

Happy Death Day Groundhog Day‘s itself in a sequel that’s just as nuts as the first, but adds a new sci-fi twist.

Happy Death Day was one of the many cinematic surprises that came out in 2017. It was quickly a hit and proved itself essential viewing during the Halloween season. But while it wasn’t the only film stuck in a time loop that year — speaking namely of Before I Fall — its premise brought something fresh to the horror genre. And while it...

We all carry within us fixations with certain ideas, things, and people that shape our tastes and who we are. These fixations can sometimes transform into obsessions. And while they are innocent most of the time, some obsessions have the power to take you by the hair and control your every thought and action, which can often lead to ruin.

Yorgos Lanthimos’s The Favourite is one film garnering awards season buzz this year that perfectly demonstrates how obsessions develop and can result in cat...

Netflix’s Close is an action film that succeeds in crafting authentic female characters.

Written and directed by Vicky Jewson, Close was inspired by the life of female bodyguard Jacquie Davis. The character-driven action thriller tells a story of survival and the destructive actions of corporate greed. But tied to all this are two female characters who are complex and whose relationship is the film’s foundation.

Close opens with the film’s protagonist, Sam (Noomi Rapace), in the middle of a w...

In the shadows of the latest hit series and original films, there are some unique titles lurking in the depths of the Netflix library.

Netflix acquires films from all over the world. So many in fact, that most go unnoticed. While a large sum are forgettable, the streaming platform’s library offers some odd looking contributions if you’re looking for something unique to dive into.

Of course, we shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, so perhaps our readers will find a new favorite out of the five...

Unicorn Store, Brie Larson’s directorial debut, has been picked up by Netflix for a 2019 release.

Brie Larson has had an amazing past few years, including an Oscar win and being cast as the titular character in the first stand-alone movie for a female Marvel superhero, but many are unaware that she has also been working behind the camera. Unicorn Store, starring the first-time director herself, alongside Captain Marvel co-star Samuel L. Jackson and Joan Cusack, is the comedy screened at the T...

It has been a pretty good year for LGBT cinema, especially lesbians (let’s go!).

2018 delivered Rafiki the first LGBT film to be released from Kenya; we saw famous writers and their career struggles in Colette and Can You Ever Forgive Me; Nick Robinson stole our hearts in Love, Simon; Rachel Weisz spat in Rachel McAdams’s mouth in Disobedience and made love to a Queen in The Favourite; with The Miseducation of Cameron Post and Boy Erased we saw gay conversion therapy depicted on both sides of...

Netflix’s latest original film Bird Box, directed by Susanne Bier, falls short of being the next A Quiet Place with its drawn-out narrative and a timeline that causes the film to lose its impact.

Post-apocalyptic narratives have been growing in popularity in recent years. The latest film to take a turn with the subgenre is Bird Box.

It quickly becomes clear that the film is about a fight for survival, centring around Sandra Bullock’s Malorie and two children. The film opens five years after a...