daily stream: an elegantly nuanced story of emigration
2015’s Brooklyn is on Prime in the US, Lionsgate+ in the UK (and other services as well).
2015’s Brooklyn is on Prime in the US, Lionsgate+ in the UK (and other services as well).
2017’s Lady Bird leaves BBC iPlayer in the UK soon; on Kanopy and Netflix in the US.
The young cast is mesmerizing, but all this dusty dystopia has is vibes and vague metaphors. It only just barely touches on the potential of its science-fiction ideas to explore the human condition.
Plus apocalyptic adolescence, exasperating planetary levels of bureaucracy, and more… (First published September 10th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
Plus a soothing science-fiction horror and a scathing not-at-all satire that helps explain Boris Johnson. (First published June 11th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
I correctly guessed 10 out of the 24 categories, which is at least a little better than last year.
Women want to be able to tell our own stories, and we want to be heard. Hustlers and Little Women are so much about this (and other important things of female concern) that they’re practically the same movie.
And we have winners!
Chinonye Chukwu writes and directs Clemency, starring Alfre Woodard; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Greta Gerwig writes and directs Little Women, starring (among others) Emma Watson. And that’s it… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]