Girlhood (Bande de filles)

Well, I'm a black girl, I'm French and I'm from a poor neighborhood, and I never felt as happy to be this girl as when I was watching this film. Seeing people that look like my friends, like me, on the big screen,as heroines... Seeing friendship, love and most importantly…

Maëva

Has Rihanna seen this

Sara Clements

Verrrrry glad I ended up watching Céline Sciamma's previous work after being bowled over by Portrait Of A Lady On Fire. (And very glad I watched them with my girlfriend, whose insights were invaluable in helping me properly contextualize certain moments as the credits…

demi adejuyigbe

sciamma centers the bonds of womanhood as a sacred space. they exist for each other and no one else. the protagonist of girlhood finds her identity through the touch of other girls. she is molded not by her abusive brother nor her controlling boyfriend but by the laughing…

kailey

Celine Sciamma is a princess from the moon sent to earth to make perfect movies. and while this is a bit less airtight than TOMBOY, it compensates with technical grace and newfound conceptual razzmatazz. day 2 of TIFF and i'm already using "razzmatazz". hold on to your…

davidehrlich

"It's not my fault." "Whose fault is it?" Yes, faceless teacher, it was your fault. She taunts and sneers and then expects Marieme to answer her when there's some suggestion of something more, deeper here, but of course, she's become untrustworthy, another authority…

Sally Jane Black

i know it's been said so many times by now, but this scene is absolutely everything: the momentary crux of girls knowing they are their own lights in a cold world. jewels with fire inside. joy, celebrating themselves no matter what the world says or gives them. love for…

clare

Kinda fell apart in the final third for me, but I can't imagine loving a single scene more this year than the one set to Rihanna's "Diamonds."

Genevieve Koski

the lighting in the diamonds scene transports me to a state of pure comfort and bliss i can’t even put into words

kj