movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Jul 20
Amanda Seyfried and Lily James sing ABBA tunes; Jodie Foster patches up criminals; Lauren Greenfield investigates Western materialism; and more…
The Receptionist movie review: unpretty woman
Gloomy, authentic, essential: this auspicious feature debut from writer-director Jenny Lu is an anti–fairy tale of forgotten women and the false promises of end-stage capitalism.
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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Jul 13
Maria Mozhdah makes a harrowing visit to her parents’ homeland of Pakistan; Elsie Fisher navigates middle school; and more…
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Jul 13
Holly Hunter and Sarah Vowell are back as half of the superhero family the Incredibles; Anya Taylor-Joy and Mia Goth are caught up in a family secret; and more…
movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Jul 04
Evangeline Lilly is a tiny superhero; Lex Scott Davis protests the Purge; Laura Collado, Erica Xia-Hou, and Morgen Culver write stories about men; more…
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Wed Jul 04
Lex Scott Davis protests the Purge, Elle Fanning invents science fiction, Whitney Houston is eulogized in documentary form, and more…
The First Purge movie review: a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ for #BlackLivesMatter
This shrewd sci-fi horror franchise is as sharp as ever as it reaches yet further down into the unpleasant flipside of the American myth. A rare prequel that doesn’t feel superfluous.
Whitney documentary review: an 80s icon contemplated, venerated, mourned
Deeply moving, truly tragic; a biography with a keenly journalistic but hugely sympathetic eye. Powerful compassion and a get-up-and-dance deployment of Houston’s music may well bring her a new generation of fans.
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…
