Witchy Women Should Watch

The Love Witch and here's why

The Love Witch came out in 2016, but I don’t think it could have impacted me then the way it did after my own spiritual awakening and Saturn return. When I first watched it, I had just moved to a new city on my own. I was in a cycle of outsourcing my power to men over and over again. Then this film landed in my lap, projected across my screen like a spell I didn’t know I needed — and it was life-changing.

Everything about it felt like it was made for women, by women. The art direction, the casting, the hypnotic score, the Technicolor aesthetic straight out of the 60s — it was eye candy that drew me in completely. But beyond the visual delight, it was the messages, the themes, the layers that stayed with me.

What I respect most is Anna Biller’s devotion to her vision. The Love Witch was a seven‑year journey, and as a filmmaker, I can relate. Film is one of the most expensive and resource‑heavy art forms — often you know you have to make something, and you end up doing it all yourself just to bring it into the world. And that’s exactly what she did: she wrote, directed, produced, edited, and composed the music; oversaw the sets and costumes; hand‑made countless pieces herself — including hand‑hooking Elaine’s pentagram rug over six months of evenings — and chose to shoot on 35mm to achieve that luminous, classic Technicolor glow.

Biller embodies the auteur spirit: uncompromising, wildly talented, and absolutely devoted to her vision. Watching The Love Witch reminded me that films can be portals — whimsical, seductive, and transformative. For me, it was a mirror, showing me both the traps I’d fallen into and the power I still had within me. And me thinks it took some witch craft to make this piece of art!

It’s a film I recommend to every witchy woman (and honestly, anyone open to being enchanted). It isn’t just a movie — it’s a spell.