All articles by Violet Lucca
Fire of Love pairs spectacular archive footage with an unsatisfying narrative
Sara Dosa’s documentary about volcanologist couple Katia and Maurice Krafft is mesmerising to look at, but its approach to storytelling – stuck somewhere between the conventional and experimental – fails to truly enrapture.
By Violet Lucca
“I wanted each character to be wrestling with what I wrestle with”: Lee Isaac Chung on Minari
By Violet Lucca
In The Forty-Year-Old Version, Radha Blank hoists her own star
By Violet Lucca
The Roads Not Taken review: Sally Potter grapples with the power of the past
By Violet Lucca
A womb of one’s own: a short history of abortion on film
By Violet Lucca
The Mule review: Clint Eastwood kicks against the American Dream
By Violet Lucca
A Wrinkle in Time review: a faltering fantasy of self-discovery
By Violet Lucca
The Square review: Ruben Östlund artfully exposes hidden injustice
By Violet Lucca
Fifty Shades Freed review: vanilla sex and a cartoon villain
By Violet Lucca
Film of the week: Coco, Pixar’s vital dance with los muertos
By Violet Lucca
A pantheon of one’s own: 25 female film critics worth celebrating
By Anne Billson, Mark Cousins and others