Tag: Bande de filles

  • Portrait of a Lady on Fire review – mesmerised by the female gaze

    Portrait of a Lady on Fire review – mesmerised by the female gaze

    Writer-director Céline Sciamma’s entrancing historical romance about a young painter and her subject is a perceptive, erotic exploration of powerWhat a thrillingly versatile film-maker Céline Sciamma has proved to be. Having made an arthouse splash with the Euro-hits Water Lilies and Tomboy, she wrote and directed Girlhood (Bande de filles), a breathtaking portrait of modern…