• alicia witt in longlegs (2024). she is dressed as a nun, sat in a car, with her bloodied hands covering her face in horror.

    Nicolas Cage does not play a spider in 'Longlegs'

    read
  • mia goth in maxxxine (2024). she is dressed in full hollywood glam, turning her head over her shoulder and smiling, mid-wave.

    'MaXXXine' is a ball-busting finale to Ti West's 'X' trilogy

    read
  • sofia kappel in pleasure (2021). she is lying on a bed with a hand touching her face and a finger in her mouth. her eyes look seductively into a camera visible from the top of the picture.

    Films to help you understand consent

    read
  • cailee spaeney in priscilla (2023). she is sat in a 1950s diner with her hair tied back in a ponytail and dressed in her school uniform. her back is to the camera, with her head turned over her shoulder, looking directly at us.

    'Priscilla' balances the perspective on Elvis Presley

    read
  • barry keoghan in saltburn (2023. he lies upon a freshly laid grave, shirtless and weeping in the rain.

    'Saltburn': a class satire by the privileged

    read

what the hell is girlblog?

girlblog! is a film critique website created by rachel gambling. it was set up in 2023 and has since become a creative writing project that she’s very fond of.

who the hell is rachel gambling?

rachel gambling is the weird quiet girl in the back of your classroom. she has a lot of thoughts on some things. she has a pgdip in history from birkbeck, university of london, and a ba in english literature and creative writing from the university of warwick. she is the daughter of a vicar, a third-generation south african immigrant, and a born-and-bred essex girl. she works full-time as a sex educator for a uk sexual health charity.

i’m looking for contributors to write guest blogs on their favourite films and the latest releases. want to know more?

want to write for girlblog?

email me

email me

gimme your money

!

gimme your money !

girlblog! is run purely out of the love from my heart. also from the small amount of disposable income i have. it’s completely free to access and i want to keep it this way — so if you think what i’m doing here is neat, please consider helping with the running costs of this website and send me a small donation as a token of appreciation. thank you!