"Apex" Captures the Primal Fear of Being a Woman
Given a choice between a man and a mountain, it’s safer to choose the mountain.

Before traveling to the Moon in 1971, astronauts from the Apollo 14 mission trained in the volcanic craters of the Sonoran Desert, Mexico. Through testimony and historical archives, the events that took place at this site, which is sacred to the indigenous peoples of the area, are evoked.
Given a choice between a man and a mountain, it’s safer to choose the mountain.
In less than 30 minutes, Proudfoot guides the viewer through a narrative that touches on American history, mind-health issues, race, and gender politics
“I’m always interested in exploring female fantasy, and the sexy witch is a loaded archetype that is simultaneously about men’s fears and fantasies about women, and women’s feelings of empowerment and agency. So whereas we are used to seeing the sexy witch or the femme fatale from the outside, I wanted to explore her from the inside.” - Anna Biller, on why she made The Love Witch
This Halloween movie is a remake of the 2003 movie of the same name with Black representation.
An Indonesian film that brings strong representation of Asian descent in this heart-warming tale of a woman and her dog.