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Month: September 2023

loaded question: what are some great movies about underappreciated women in history?

Mon, Sep 11, 2023
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And why aren’t there more of them? (Rhetorical question; we know why.) Do you know of a historical woman most of us have never heard of whom you’d love to see a movie about?

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My Animal movie review: out of the wilderness (and into a bigger one)

Sun, Sep 10, 2023
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A mysterious, mournful film about proscribed teenaged-girlhood and feral female sexuality. There’s nothing entirely original here, but what it has to say, it says with enormous confidence and panache.

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The Dive movie review: don’t hold your breath

Sun, Sep 10, 2023
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Intermittent moments of fleeting suspense punctuate literal and figurative murkiness (I gave up trying to figure out what was going on) as it flails around trying to pad itself out to feature length.

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daily stream: condemned to repeat the past, etc…

Fri, Sep 08, 2023
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2017’s The Death of Stalin is on Hulu and Kanopy in the US, Prime and Apple TV in the UK.

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daily stream: a rare genuine onscreen everywoman

Thu, Sep 07, 2023
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2002’s My Big Fat Greek Wedding is on Max in the US, ITVx in the UK.

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daily stream: where dogs are the equals of humans

Tue, Sep 05, 2023
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2021’s Stray is on Kanopy in the US, Netflix in the UK.

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daily stream: smashing bigotry and creating solidarity

Mon, Sep 04, 2023
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2014’s Pride is on Paramount+ in the US, Disney+ in the UK.

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loaded question: what are some great movies about unions and the fight for workers’ rights?

Mon, Sep 04, 2023
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Industrial action on a scale unseen in perhaps decades is remaking economic landscapes on both sides of the Atlantic, and such events are rife with the personal and cultural drama movies love…

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daily stream: tastes like chicken…

Sat, Sep 02, 2023
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2000’s Chicken Run is on Prime in the US, and streaming on Prime (leaving soon!) and Disney+ in the UK.

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daily stream: hey, Adrian!

Fri, Sep 01, 2023
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1976’s Rocky is streaming on Prime in the US and Netflix in the UK, but leaves both services at the end of September.

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