Marissa      the      Cinephile

There’s something intrinsically engrossing happening to my brain when watching Ana Lily Amirpour’s THE BAD BATCH. It has imagination, it...

If there’s one thing I love about America, it’s exploring the vast landscape through no other means than road tripping. I’ve driven...

Karyn Kusama’s THE INVITATION (2015) is eerily poetic connecting its seductively almost paralyzing ambiance, to what I imagine it feels...

Anna Biller’s THE LOVE WITCH is magnetic for a multitude of reasons whether it resides in its themes of feminism, fantasy, witchcraft and...

One cannot deny the hilarity in the opening sequence of SWISS ARMY MAN and those of you who have seen it know what I’m talking about that...

I had my first Cinefamily experience last week. I had the pleasurable chance seeing my first Lina Wertmüller film, LOVE & ANARCHY and it...

What’s so mesmerizing about Jane Campion’s THE PIANO (1993) is this feminist mindset captured by the lens tethered to vivid imagery and...

Where do I even begin with Liliana Cavani’s 1974 THE NIGHT PORTER as the core foundation of the film’s subject matter is about a...

I couldn’t help but notice the underlying theme in Mel Gibson’s directorial work and this hit me in the very early hours this morning....

Steve McQueen’s HUNGER (2008) is a powerful, meditative work of art peering into the 1981 Irish hunger strike in the Maze Prison...

SHADOWS (1959) directed by John Cassavetes is purely a film about people. People struggling as artists all of which are three siblings of...

** I forewarn you. I cannot say enough exciting things about this spellbinding film! ** NEAR DARK (1987) directed by Kathryn Bigelow is...

Night’s breath whispering upon my naked ears translating a sky of ecstasy I linger in the ethereal of ridicule and grace but my lips...

I’ve seen an array of exploitation films throughout the years and I have to confess this one was the most beautifully disastrous of train...

REMEDY (2013) was directed by Cheyenne Picardo which was inspired from her experiences as a pro-domme and pro-sub in an NYC dungeon. This...