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Watch an exclu­sive clip from Anna Biller’s The Love Witch

10 Mar 2017

Words by Jack Godwin

Saman­tha Robin­son serves up a les­son in gen­der pol­i­tics in this sub­ver­sive hor­ror melodrama.

Patri­ar­chal ten­den­cies are place under the micro­scope to win­ning effect in Anna Biller’s genre-skew­er­ing lat­est fea­ture, The Love Witch. To cel­e­brate the film’s the­atri­cal release, we’ve got an exclu­sive clip which neat­ly sets up its fem­i­nist themes.

After being scorned by her sex­ist hus­band, Elaine (Saman­tha Robin­son) turns to witch­craft, using her potions, charms and tricks to seduce and dom­i­nate men.

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The sub­ver­sive gen­der pol­i­tics and off­beat humour of Biller’s film are on full show here, as we see Wayne’s (Jef­frey Vin­cent Parise) haughty swag­ger under­cut by the rev­e­la­tion that Elaine is the one firm­ly in control.

You can read more about Anna Biller’s sex­ploita­tion-spoof­ing hor­ror melo­dra­ma in our inter­view with the direc­tor, as well as the LWLies Rec­om­mends review.

The Love Witch is in cin­e­mas from 10 March.

Woman in a yellow blouse stirring a cauldron on a table with various potions and ingredients.
Dark-haired woman with heavy eye makeup and large pendant necklace against a red background.
Two illustrated book covers depicting a smiling Black man wearing a hat and tie, with a city skyline in the background

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