movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Jun 29
Ruth Wilson claims her family farm; Jessica Chastain heads west; Léa Drucker battles her husband; more…
Month: June 2018
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Wed Jun 27
Beattie Edmondson adopts a dog; Shailene Woodley goes to sea; more…
Boundaries movie review: family lies
Mildly wacky road-trip shenanigans meet mildly uncomfortable family dramedy. The saving grace? The cast is a joy to spend time with.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms movie review: the tragedy of the immortal
Epic yet intimate, this is a visually gorgeous and emotionally lush fantasy drama about love and hope set in a violent but beautifully realized invented world.
movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Jun 22
Bryce Dallas Howard versus dinosaurs, Vera Farmiga versus her criminal dad, Shirley Henderson versus Parkinson’s disease, more…
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Mon Jun 18
Sandra Bullock and Cate Blanchett plan a heist, Diane Kruger plots revenge, and more…
movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Jun 15
Animated Holly Hunter and Sarah Vowell battle supervillains; Madelyn Deutch battles the postcollege blues…
Eating Animals documentary review: where’s the beef (coming from)?
The philosophical and the sentimental trump the practical in this exposé of factory farming that, while effective in showing us the horrors, offers only simplistic solutions.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Thu Jun 14
Toni Collette fights family demons; Sylvia Syms fights to stay with her husband; Mc Linn Da Quebrada fights bigotry.
The Happy Prince movie review: in the gutter, looking at the stars
Writer, director, and star Rupert Everett’s labor of cinematic love, about the last years of Oscar Wilde, is a small wonder of contradictions: nightmarish yet sanguine, a bit sordid yet full of grace.
