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Year: 2019

new science-fiction flash fiction: “Mixed and Matched”

Sat, Jul 13, 2019
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A teaser for the story inside, plus some more info on this project and a plea for your financial support for it (and for all my work).

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Jul 12

Fri, Jul 12, 2019
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Lulu Wang writes and directs dramedy The Farewell, starring Awkwafina; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jul 12

Fri, Jul 12, 2019
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Chloë Sevigny costars in horror comedy The Dead Don’t Die; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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Armstrong documentary review: the man we put on the Moon

Mon, Jul 08, 2019
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Meet the “nerdy engineer” who dreamed of a life in aviation… and landed a tin can on the Moon. A deeply moving portrait of the modest man who seems to have been destined for his historic voyage.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Jul 03–05

Sun, Jul 07, 2019
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Marianne Ihlen is featured in documentary Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jul 03–05

Sun, Jul 07, 2019
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Sasha Luss stars in action thriller Anna; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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Vita & Virginia movie review: the 1920s London literary scene, drained of all passion

Sun, Jul 07, 2019
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The legendary literary lesbian romance, starring the incendiary duo of Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki, is criminally blah, lacking all sexual and intellectual passion. How does this happen?

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curated: “The Dominance of the White Male Critic”

Sat, Jul 06, 2019
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Spoiler: The dominance of the white male critic is not a good thing.

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Midsommar movie review: välkommen to weird Ikea

Fri, Jul 05, 2019
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It’s hard to escape the sense that Ari Aster is getting off on Florence Pugh sobbing and screaming as he fetishizes her terror and torment. And none of it is in the pursuit of any meaning or message.

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new science-fiction flash fiction (FREEBIE!): “The Day of Broken Glass”

Thu, Jul 04, 2019
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These stories are usually for Patreon patrons only, but this one’s free!

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