“A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night”: A Powerful Look At the Exploitation of Women
While the director didn't set out to make a feminist film, "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" reads as a reclamation of female power in a patriarchal society.

Mike is a burned-out bartender who gives Al a hard time because he is the new guy at the bar. Cal and Stu are regulars and keep getting into trouble by antagonizing the boss who is constantly juggling a bevy of interested babes.
While the director didn't set out to make a feminist film, "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" reads as a reclamation of female power in a patriarchal society.
A sweet slice-of-life anime that visualizes all the ways we creatively hide our vulnerabilities from the world.
In all actuality, “Just Mercy” should be labeled a “wall punching narrative.” Constantly, the flick throws high forms of adversity our way, amping up our most inner levels of discomfort. Filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton wonderfully paces the film in such a way that replicates the slow-burn nature of justice.
Though 'Bound' technically falls under the genres of crime and thriller, the film's heart is a romance between two women.
As one of the women said in the film, friendship in your teens is “as important as any lover” and it’s clear they lived that philosophy throughout their early adult lives as well.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.