movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Nov 04–08
Felicity Jones costars in The Aeronauts; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound documentary review: why movies sound so great (even if you never noticed before)
Enlightening, thrilling masterclass in the art of cinematic sound, from every moment of groundbreaking history to the difference between sound editing and sound mixing. (Win your next Oscar pool!)
Doctor Sleep movie review: a reckoning with the ghosts of the past
A wonderfully unexpected sort of horror movie, beautiful and delicate, but unsettling, too, with an authentic plausibility to the dichotomy between the invented uncanny and the human response to it.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Nov 01
Kasi Lemmons cowrites and directs Harriet, starring Cynthia Enrivo; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Nov 01
Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore star in After the Wedding; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
new sci-fi flash fiction: “A Little Knowledge…”
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).
Terminator: Dark Fate movie review: it’s back… and we don’t know why
Fight the future. Change the future. Watch the future reset itself so that everything ends up much the same way anyway. Repeat. This time-travelling franchise is, ironically, stuck in the past.
Harriet movie review: a true American hero finally gets her due (LFF 2019)
Tubman’s heroics are excellent movie-movie fodder. This “origin story” embraces her towering legend and her profound symbolic power, finally sliding her into the epic American pop-culture narrative.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Oct 25
Naomie Harris stars in Black and Blue; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Oct 23–25
Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, and Natalia Reyes star in Terminator: Dark Fate; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
