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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 21
Autumn de Wilde directs and Eleanor Catton writes Emma., starring Anya Taylor-Joy; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Feb 19–21
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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 21
Danielle Sanchez-Witzel cowrites Like a Boss, starring Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Like a Boss movie review: it doesn’t quite fall down on the job
This instantly forgettable fluff lazily relies on too many unfunny slapstick and grossout tangents. But real humor blossoms in the terrific performances and in a fast, funny, and surprising feminism.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, US/Can, Feb 18–21
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Dark Waters movie review: capitalism will kill ya
If you like these sorts of movies, you’ll like this one, a solid SJW drama out to condemn, with plenty of evidence, profit-above-all capitalism that embraces willful negligence and corruption.
new and ongoing dvd/blu/vod releases, UK/Ire, Feb 17–21
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Seberg movie review: inept tribute to a troubled movie star
French New Wave icon Jean Seberg plays an unwitting game of cat-and-mouse with the FBI in a strangled blend of biopic and paranoid thriller. Not even always fascinating Kristen Stewart can save this.
The Call of the Wild movie review: a very good boi (mostly)
An old-fashioned kiddie adventure, sweetly earnest, equal parts scary, funny, exciting, sad, and happy, with only a bit of uncanny valley in its CGI doggo star. Definitely had something in my eye.
new and ongoing cinema releases, US/Can, Feb 14
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 14
Stella Meghie writes and directs The Photograph, costarring Issa Rae; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
A Simple Wedding movie review: spoiler, it’s not so simple
Charming culture-clash rom-com is full of life, celebrating human universals of family and love, and embracing differences that make the world so interesting. Smart and spritely, feminist and funny.
new and ongoing cinema releases, UK/Ire, Feb 14
A simple listing of movies opening this week and in continuing release.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 14
Autumn de Wilde directs and Eleanor Catton writes Emma., starring Anya Taylor-Joy; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
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