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If Beale Street Could Talk movie review: a velvet fist of love and strength

If Beale Street Could Talk movie review: a velvet fist of love and strength

Fri Feb 08 2019, 08:48pm | 0 comments

Nina movie review: dreary would-be sexual melodrama

Nina movie review: dreary would-be sexual melodrama

Fri Jan 25 2019, 01:02pm | 0 comments

Destroyer movie review: holding out for an antiheroine

Destroyer movie review: holding out for an antiheroine

Sat Jan 19 2019, 09:14pm | 0 comments

Voices of the Sea documentary review: when home cannot nurture a family

Voices of the Sea documentary review: when home cannot nurture a family

Fri Jan 11 2019, 01:57pm | 0 comments

On the Basis of Sex movie review: Notorious RBG’s origin story

On the Basis of Sex movie review: Notorious RBG’s origin story

Thu Jan 03 2019, 07:54pm | 0 comments

Polina movie review: what it takes to dance ballet

Polina movie review: what it takes to dance ballet

Thu Dec 20 2018, 03:54pm | 0 comments

Bumblebee movie review: floats like a butterfly…

Bumblebee movie review: floats like a butterfly…

Wed Dec 19 2018, 11:50pm | 0 comments

Mary Queen of Scots movie review: not so good to be the queen…

Mary Queen of Scots movie review: not so good to be the queen…

Fri Dec 14 2018, 02:00pm | 0 comments

Dumplin’ movie review: throwing her weight around (#Netflix)

Dumplin’ movie review: throwing her weight around (#Netflix)

Mon Dec 10 2018, 06:44pm | 0 comments

Family in Transition documentary review: weathering change at home (#DOCNYC2018)

Family in Transition documentary review: weathering change at home (#DOCNYC2018)

Fri Nov 30 2018, 08:05pm | 0 comments

The Girl in the Spider’s Web movie review: an itsy-bitsy reboot

The Girl in the Spider’s Web movie review: an itsy-bitsy reboot

Fri Nov 23 2018, 09:12pm | 0 comments

3 Days in Quiberon movie review: a star is torn

3 Days in Quiberon movie review: a star is torn

Fri Nov 16 2018, 06:59pm | 2 comments

Under the Wire documentary review: journalists under fire in Syria

Under the Wire documentary review: journalists under fire in Syria

Wed Nov 14 2018, 05:06pm | 0 comments

A Private War movie review: this is not fake news (#LFF2018)

A Private War movie review: this is not fake news (#LFF2018)

Tue Nov 13 2018, 07:38pm | 1 comment

Widows movie review: the women left to clean up men’s messes (#LFF2018)

Widows movie review: the women left to clean up men’s messes (#LFF2018)

Fri Nov 09 2018, 08:58pm | 4 comments

Prospect movie review: frontier sci-fi with a working-class vibe

Prospect movie review: frontier sci-fi with a working-class vibe

Sat Nov 03 2018, 05:11pm | 0 comments

What They Had movie review: family ties and lies

What They Had movie review: family ties and lies

Sun Oct 28 2018, 09:21am | 0 comments

Halloween (2018) movie review: all tricks, few treats

Halloween (2018) movie review: all tricks, few treats

Tue Oct 16 2018, 03:21pm | 59 comments

Sadie movie review: coming of age the hard way

Sadie movie review: coming of age the hard way

Sat Oct 13 2018, 11:48am | 0 comments

Pili movie review: the trials of women are many, and universal

Pili movie review: the trials of women are many, and universal

Fri Oct 12 2018, 12:51pm | 0 comments

Bad Times at the El Royale movie review: bad times indeed

Bad Times at the El Royale movie review: bad times indeed

Thu Oct 11 2018, 11:53am | 24 comments

A Star Is Born movie review: a perfect movie in all ways

A Star Is Born movie review: a perfect movie in all ways

Mon Oct 01 2018, 05:18pm | 25 comments

All About Nina movie review: a woman owning her anger

All About Nina movie review: a woman owning her anger

Sun Sep 30 2018, 08:43pm | 4 comments

Little Women movie review: sisters weird

Little Women movie review: sisters weird

Thu Sep 27 2018, 09:40am | 10 comments

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. documentary review: the multiple identities of a modern artist

Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. documentary review: the multiple identities of a modern artist

Wed Sep 26 2018, 10:18pm | 0 comments

Tea with the Dames (aka Nothing Like a Dame) documentary review: legends speak

Tea with the Dames (aka Nothing Like a Dame) documentary review: legends speak

Thu Sep 20 2018, 09:45pm | 0 comments

Lost Child (aka Tatterdemalion) movie review: little devil? or little boy?

Lost Child (aka Tatterdemalion) movie review: little devil? or little boy?

Fri Sep 14 2018, 02:51pm | 0 comments

A Simple Favour movie review: suburban mom stumbles into mystery!

A Simple Favour movie review: suburban mom stumbles into mystery!

Mon Sep 10 2018, 11:05pm | 23 comments

The Miseducation of Cameron Post movie review: just as she is

The Miseducation of Cameron Post movie review: just as she is

Fri Sep 07 2018, 03:13pm | 5 comments

Crazy Rich Asians movie review: a Golden Age of Hollywood romance with an overdue fresh twist

Crazy Rich Asians movie review: a Golden Age of Hollywood romance with an overdue fresh twist

Thu Sep 06 2018, 10:28pm | 13 comments

Destination Wedding movie review: reality bites

Destination Wedding movie review: reality bites

Thu Aug 30 2018, 06:03pm | 11 comments

Searching movie review: real virtuality

Searching movie review: real virtuality

Wed Aug 29 2018, 03:26pm | 20 comments

Memoir of War (La Douleur) movie review: woman on the homefront

Memoir of War (La Douleur) movie review: woman on the homefront

Wed Aug 29 2018, 01:22pm | 0 comments

The Bookshop movie review: quiet portrait of a woman of words

The Bookshop movie review: quiet portrait of a woman of words

Wed Aug 22 2018, 10:27pm | 9 comments

Juliet, Naked movie review: idol threat

Juliet, Naked movie review: idol threat

Fri Aug 17 2018, 02:32pm | 6 comments

Dog Days movie review: a mangy mongrel of a movie

Dog Days movie review: a mangy mongrel of a movie

Wed Aug 08 2018, 08:47pm | 17 comments

Sicilian Ghost Story movie review: grim failing tale

Sicilian Ghost Story movie review: grim failing tale

Fri Aug 03 2018, 02:05pm | 2 comments

Puzzle movie review: reclaiming the pieces of her life

Puzzle movie review: reclaiming the pieces of her life

Fri Jul 27 2018, 09:32pm | 1 comment

Apostasy movie review: witness to the oppression of religion

Apostasy movie review: witness to the oppression of religion

Thu Jul 26 2018, 04:53pm | 5 comments

93Queen documentary review: women are doing it for themselves

93Queen documentary review: women are doing it for themselves

Wed Jul 25 2018, 09:39pm | 0 comments

The Receptionist movie review: unpretty woman

The Receptionist movie review: unpretty woman

Fri Jul 20 2018, 02:16pm | 0 comments

The First Purge movie review: a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ for #BlackLivesMatter

The First Purge movie review: a ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ for #BlackLivesMatter

Thu Jul 05 2018, 07:12am | 36 comments

Whitney documentary review: an 80s icon contemplated, venerated, mourned

Whitney documentary review: an 80s icon contemplated, venerated, mourned

Tue Jul 03 2018, 07:00pm | 1 comment

Boundaries movie review: family lies

Boundaries movie review: family lies

Fri Jun 29 2018, 12:28pm | 0 comments

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms movie review: the tragedy of the immortal

Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms movie review: the tragedy of the immortal

Wed Jun 27 2018, 02:08pm | 3 comments

Ocean’s Eight movie review: revenge of the women

Ocean’s Eight movie review: revenge of the women

Thu Jun 14 2018, 10:27pm | 26 comments

Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist documentary review: counterculture’s wise elder woman

Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist documentary review: counterculture’s wise elder woman

Sun Jun 10 2018, 04:25pm | 2 comments

Half the Picture documentary review: a woman’s place is behind the camera (#SundanceLondon2018)

Half the Picture documentary review: a woman’s place is behind the camera (#SundanceLondon2018)

Fri Jun 08 2018, 08:07pm | 1 comment

Hereditary movie review: the haunting is coming from inside the family (#SundanceLondon2018)

Hereditary movie review: the haunting is coming from inside the family (#SundanceLondon2018)

Tue Jun 05 2018, 02:40pm | 8 comments

A Kid Like Jake movie review: the kid is all right; the parents are freaking out

A Kid Like Jake movie review: the kid is all right; the parents are freaking out

Fri Jun 01 2018, 04:10pm | 3 comments

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