new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Apr 07–10
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
Never Rarely Sometimes Always movie review: the secret lives of girls and women
Softly savage, exposing the unspoken subtext of the lives of girls and women: the mundane but covert garbage that gets piled upon us, the knotted existence too many of us are just barely surviving.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Apr 06–10
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Trolls: World Tour movie review: a cinematic Rubicon by dint of pandemic coincidence
As pastel and glittery as its predecessor, with a silliness more glorious and less forced. Sweet, smart, sincere… but it doesn’t deserve to be carrying the future of movies on its little shoulders.
The Perfect Candidate movie review: a woman’s place is everywhere
A young Saudi doctor runs for local political office, finding her courage while more frustrated than usual by the limitations and restrictions placed upon her. Heartening, inspiring, gently ironic.
Tape movie review: her too
Messy, furious, sometimes at odds with itself, this tale of documenting a powerful man’s sexual intimidation of a vulnerable woman is absolutely necessary, full of a rage that is absolutely vital.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Mar 31–Apr 03
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new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Mar 30
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The Platform (El hoyo) movie review: bold and bitter food for thought (#Netflix)
This sci-fi dreadfest immerses you into a shocking mystery, punches you in the gut, then grips you with a wisdom that transcends its obviousness, daring you to deny that its open savagery is our own.
reader Bluejay’s project to help us all stay sane (and I want yours too)
Flick Filosopher reader and commenter Bluejay is recommending “songs for sheltering: music for uplift, every day.” Good stuff.
Bloodshot movie review: bloodshit
Incoherent action sequences and strained sci-fi woo-woo can’t save a clueless mashup of Robocop, The Matrix, and Captain America that makes a mockery of its protagonist. Deeply terrible.
“Remain Indoors”
Absolutely timeless. Unfortunately. #RemainIndoors
a message from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost…
…in the time of coronavirus.
a message from the Doctor at this strange and anxious time
Okay, this made me cry…
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Mar 23–27
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new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Mar 23–29
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Blow the Man Down movie review: redefining the femme fatale
Quietly savage, weirdly funny, this feminist take on crime noir is ferocious in a way that only slowly reveals itself. Conflict and compassion wax and wane in a mystery that isn’t quite what it seems.
Corpus Christi (Boze Cialo) movie review: the accidental priest
This profoundly empathetic tale of an unlikely spiritual leader is a condemnation of the dogmatism and narrowmindedness of the Catholic Church and a provocative exploration of guilt and redemption.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Mar 17–20
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new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Mar 16–21
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Lost Girls movie review: and still unfound (#Netflix)
Based-on-fact drama puts the focus where it rarely is onscreen: on women who are victims of male violence. Yet a terrific central performance and an abundance of empathy cannot overcome its clichés.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Mar 13
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movies by or about women opening US/Can Mar 13
Betty Gilpin costars in The Hunt; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Mar 11–13
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Mar 11–13
Philippa Lowthorpe directs and Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe write Misbehaviour, starring Jessie Buckley and Keira Knightley; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Mar 10–13
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new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Mar 09–15
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I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again, today, Saturday, March 14th
Topics under discussion include movies Misbehaviour and True History of the Kelly Gang, political satire and historical fiction, and more.
My Darling Vivian documentary review: from ardent lover to cold hard Cash (#SXSW2020)
Nascent celebrity culture and the myth of the artist’s muse are skewered by the tale of Johnny Cash’s first wife, Vivian Liberto, told by her daughters and a trove of vintage photos and love letters.
Saint Frances movie review: there will be blood — deal with it
Taboo-busting laugh-until-you-cry tale dares to speak of oft-unspoken matters of women’s lives. So very necessary to open up the range of women’s experiences seen as baseline. I love this movie.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Mar 04–06
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Mar 04–06
Kelly Reichardt cowrites and directs First Cow; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Swallow movie review: leaves a sour taste
Half a century ago, this would have been radical. Today, it’s banal. The slick postwar aesthetic is emblematic of a male filmmaker’s understanding of women that exists only through dated stereotypes.
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Mar 06
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Mar 06
Stella Meghie writes and directs The Photograph, costarring Issa Rae; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Military Wives movie review: tired choir dramedy needs to change the tune
So aggressively precisely what you think it is that there’s almost no point in seeing it. Flattens a true story into generic pap that isn’t even that successfully, authentically feel-good, either.
Onward movie review: the Pixar road goes ever on
Don’t let the Pixar curve throw you: familiar this quest may be, but it’s full of magic and wonder and humor and melancholy, and set in a fully realized fantasy world. Not a masterpiece but very good.
curated: the roles typecast actors would prefer to play
“We hope that these photos encourage viewers to reflect on the way that stereotypes persist in mass culture….”
The Photograph movie review: love as a balancing act
It’s meet-melancholy in an elegant, female-gazey romantic drama audaciously mingling past and present. A swanky celebration of confident, complex women and the bittersweetness of adult relationships.
Push documentary review: why the rent is too damn high (and how to fix it)
Badass UN Special Rapporteur Leilani Farha probes the global housing crisis and breaks down the complex cause into something readily comprehensible… then enraging. (But she has a solution, too.)
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Mar 03–06
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Mar 02–08
A simple listing of new releases and other stuff currently available.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Feb 28
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 28
Elisabeth Moss stars in The Invisible Man; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Feb 28
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 28
Elisabeth Moss stars in The Invisible Man; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Feb 25–28
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new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Feb 24–28
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The Lodge movie review: stuck in miserably mushy snow
This exasperating movie is so obnoxious it could be deliberately trolling us. Wants to have its ambiguous cake and eat it, too, smothered in a gloomy frosting. *extremely pinches nose in despair*
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Feb 21
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
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