The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine (2021)

The genres of science fiction and fantasy are not exclusively masculine territory. Over the last few decades, female directors have brought to the screen some of the most visually stunning, intellectually daring, and deeply moving works of speculative fiction. From big Hollywood productions like Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel to independent low-budget films, women filmmakers are making a name for themselves around the world.

Despite the film’s efforts to reframe its heroine with modern complexity, a certain emotional distance lingers.

The power of a talented female director like Patty Jenkins and an overall diverse cast is what makes this film worth watching for me.

What starts off as a success story for a single mother living below the poverty line, slowly begins to weave itself into a tangled web of greed, guilt, and destruction.

Birds of Prey has some of the best stunt work and choreography of 2020, and was the most fun I’d had in an action film since John Wick 3.

The film exhibits a respect for the craft and an empathy for human tribulations that have historically been ignored.