cléo

04/05/2023

A decade ago (!!!) today, the first issue of cléo journal went online. From 2013 to 2019, countless people helped keep this publication running as we strove to publish fresh film criticism from feminist perspectives.

A decade on (!!!), our website needs a bit of work and we’d love if you celebrated this anniversary by buying a copy of our beautiful reader. (Cover by Jazzmyn Coker and design by .) The funds go to digital preservation and web fees.

Swipe for a few classic covers and order your own reader at the link in bio. Donations are also accepted via PayPal linked at cleojournal.com

Covers

vol. 1, issue 1: flesh
spring 2013
By us on clipart 🤣

vol. 2, issue 1: crave
spring 2014
By

vol. 3, issue 2: camp
summer 2015
By

vol. 4, issue 2: lol!
summer 2016
By

vol. 4, issue 3: firsts
winter 2016
By

vol. 5, issue 1: soft
spring 2017
By

vol. 5, issue 2: shorts
summer 2017
By

vol. 5, issue 3: hot
winter
By .s.brar

vol. 6, issue 1: varda
spring 2018
By

01/19/2020

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate the launch of "the cléo reader: 2013-2019"--on sale now online and at fine local retailers. Pictures by Stephen Attong.

12/11/2019

Our print compendium is now on sale! 🎉

"The cléo reader: 2013-2019" is a 156-page celebration of some of the best writing that was published in the journal over the course of its six years and features new introductions by Kiva Reardon, Anne T. Donahue, Fariha Róisín, Lulu Wang and artwork by Jazzmyn Coker.

cléo journal was a publication dedicated to film and film culture and informed by intersectional feminist perspectives, which was published three...

12/07/2019

Some news! We've been quiet for the past while as we've been working on our print compendium 📚 (Remember, the one made possible by Barry Jenkins that will celebrate some of our best writing over our six-year run?) Good news! "The cléo reader: 2013-2019" will be on sale starting NEXT WEEK!!! Our store will be up soon so stay tuned 🛍️

Inspired by Agnes Varda and realized by a collective of passionate and curious cinephiles, cléo started a conversation on film and feminism that too few were having. To mark the publication’s closing, and its critical impact on film discourse in Canada and beyond, The Globe and Mail presents an a...

11/20/2019

Check out this piece by our editor Chelsea Phillips-Carr on the film BETTY BLUE 💙 for The Criterion Collection.

Betty Blue: The Look of Love By ​Chelsea Phillips-Carr On Film / Essays — Nov 19, 2019 On Film Essays Features Interviews Visual Analysis Short Takes In Theaters The Daily Inside Criterion Sneak Peeks Tech Corner Criterion Designs Production Notes Top 10 Lists Closet Picks FYI On the Channel In ...

11/17/2019

Agnès Varda’s final film VARDA BY AGNÈS is opening soon in cities across Canada!

It's an unpredictable documentary from a fascinating storyteller, with Varda shedding light on her experience as a director. The film is a fitting closure for Varda's loyal audience.

Click below to see where it's playing and when ⬇️

THEATRICAL STARTS November 29, 2019 SHOWTIMES 2019 - FRANCE - 115 MINUTES - ENGLISH - FRENCH An unpredictable documentary from a fascinating storyteller, Agnès Varda’s new feature documentary sheds light on her experience as a director, bringing a personal insight to what she calls “cine-wri

10/10/2019

In our ✨ new blog ✨ we're thrilled to bring you an oral history of the Scarborough Pictures Episodic Directing Program––which provides opportunities to Black, Indigenous, and people of colour (BIPOC) filmmakers to shadow directors on the acclaimed CBC documentary series "In the Making".

An interview with Amar Wala, Chelsea McMullan, Sherien Barsoum, and Isa Benn about the Scarborough Pictures Episodic Directing Program.

09/14/2019

In the last issue of cléo, we dive deep into these films:

- Zia Anger's I REMEMBER NOTHING
- Jane Arden's THE OTHER SIDE OF UNDERNEATH
- Brett Story's THE HOTTEST AUGUST
- Astra Taylor's WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?

and more ⬇️

For this issue we’re interested in all things SICK, be it physical ailments, mental illness, the politics of health and care, or the social ills that threaten to poison us.

08/29/2019

✨ New blog: read our coverage of the 2019 edition of the Locarno Film Festival, written by Manuela Lazic.

She examines four films that screened at the festival, all of which "take the same humanistic stance, looking at the oppressed through kind but honest eyes".

Film critic Manuela Lazic explores humanistic themes in a selection of films from the Locarno Film Festival's 72nd edition.

08/28/2019

An oral history of cléo from its writers and editors 📝❤️

We are also thrilled to announce that thanks to a generous donation from filmmaker Barry Jenkins, we will be releasing a best-of print compendium at the end of the year.

Inspired by Agnes Varda and realized by a collective of passionate and curious cinephiles, cléo started a conversation on film and feminism that too few were having. To mark the publication’s closure, and its critical impact on film discourse in Canada and beyond, The Globe and Mail presents an a...

08/23/2019

The latest issue of cléo is here––and it will also be our last.

vol. 7, issue 2: sick

http://cleojournal.com/issue/vol-7-issue-2-sick/

08/18/2019

For the Open City Documentary Festival, cléo's Cathleen Evans delved into Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell’s MS SLAVIC 7, looking at the film’s approach to identity and ancestral legacy.

Click below to read! ⬇️

Continuing our series, Cathleen Evans delves into Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell’s MS Slavic 7, looking at the film’s approach to identity and ancestral legacy. Much of MS Slavic 7 takes place around the edges of an anniversary party. Amidst the din of cutlery and soft drone of conversati...