All articles by Violet Lucca
“I wanted each character to be wrestling with what I wrestle with”: Lee Isaac Chung on Minari
Lee Isaac Chung’s gently comic semi-autobiographical drama Minari is an acutely observed portrait of a Korean-American family’s hardscrabble attempts to live off the land in rural Arkansas. He talks about faith, farming and family ties.
By Violet Lucca
In The Forty-Year-Old Version, Radha Blank hoists her own star
By Violet Lucca
The female gaze: 100 overlooked films directed by women
By Isabel Stevens, Bryony Dixon and others
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
Plus One review: an old-school romcom, for better, for worse
By Violet Lucca
The Mule review: Clint Eastwood kicks against the American Dream
By Violet Lucca
Film of the week: The Miseducation of Cameron Post teaches tough life lessons
By Violet Lucca
Ocean’s Eight review: girls just wanna have bling
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
I Am Not Your Negro review: race, rage and the American Dream
By Violet Lucca
A pantheon of one’s own: 25 female film critics worth celebrating
By Anne Billson, Mark Cousins and others