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We’d never heard of Sara Driver, a woman who came of age in the New York film scene of the 1980s, counted Spike Lee among her contemporaries and Jim Jarmusch as a lover and collaborator. That her importance has to be qualified by her association with her better-known male NYU classmates is something TIFF Cinematheque… Read More »

Obvious Child isn’t like most romantic comedies and it’s not because the film follows Donna, a comedian and newly unemployed book seller, who terminates an unplanned pregnancy after a one night stand. It’s different because the female lead (played by Jenny Slate) is a well-developed, perfectly imperfect, funny woman—a real rarity in the films Hollywood… Read More »

While cruises with Mac DeMarco and VICE Island takeovers are getting a lot of the glory this NXNE, it’s important to remember that the festival boasts so much FANTASTIC non-musical programming too, including a truly impressive array of comedy listings. Among them is the second annual Laugh Sabbath Film Festival, a one-night-only screening of hilarious… Read More »

Each year when NXNE takes over the city it can get overwhelming. Who to see? Where to see them? Where are the after parties, like the secret really good ones that are not on the event calendar and how many people can you bring and still sneak in unnoticed? You bought a wristband and want… Read More »

We’re pretty excited about Obvious Child. Jenny Slate has been a shero of ours since the earliest Bestie x Bestie days, and we’re suckers for a good rom com. This has both! Throw in Gabby Hoffman and a light sprinkling of Women’s Issues and we’re basically on the brink of collapse. Which is why we’re… Read More »

Women make interesting stories I want to hear. And I don’t get to hear enough of them, especially not in film—women make up only 6% of Hollywood directors! The Breakthroughs Film Festival wants to help change that. Now in its third year, the fest will be screening 10 films by emerging female directing talent from… Read More »