movies by or about women opening US/Can Oct 04
Natalie Portman stars in Lucy in the Sky; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Oct 02–04
Renée Zellweger stars in Judy; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Good Posture movie review: growing up, still deferred
A rare new expedition to the realm of messed-up young women is as unsatisfying as many of the ones about feckless young men. An unlikeable protagonist should at least be interesting. This one isn’t.
Joker movie review: sad clown, bad clown, not at all a rad clown
Not fit to lick the boots of Martin Scorsese or Christopher Nolan, though the height of its ambition appears to be its desperation to do so. A movie as pathetically ineffectual as its protagonist.
Luce movie review: whom to believe, and what that says about us
Intense, uncomfortable family drama morphs into psychological suspense in a challenging tale of racial and cultural identity eliding the biases and delusions of its characters with the viewer’s own.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Sep 25–27
Jill Culton writes and codirects Abominable; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Sep 27
Nanfu Wang and Jialing Zhang direct documentary One Child Nation; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Official Secrets movie review: blow all the whistles
Not a spy thriller but a story of emotional and intellectual suspense wrangling with matters of patriotism and of conscience, and of just how far journalism’s watchdog role can and should take it.
movies by or about women opening US/Can Sep 18–20
Tuva Novotny directs Swedish dramedy Britt-Marie Was Here, starring Pernilla August; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Corporate Animals movie review: work is hell
Corporate culture gets a delightfully twisted kick in the ass when a “team-building retreat” turns disastrous. As horror vies with comedy, the pitch(black)-perfect cast gets the balance just right.
