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Orphan: First Kill movie review: not-so-little girl lost

Wed, Aug 17, 2022
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The rare sequel better than the original, but that’s not saying much. Takes too long to get to its surprises, its adult star is unconvincing as a child, and its minimal cleverness feels like a cheat.

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The Princess documentary review: look back in anger

Thu, Aug 11, 2022
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A portrait of Diana’s depiction in the press that is incendiary, incisive, and transfixing. A litany of horror, in retrospect, and an incredibly valuable look at how public stories are shaped by media.

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Mrs Harris Goes to Paris movie review: a fashion for kindness

Fri, Jul 29, 2022
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This 60-year-old story of pursuing a dream with resolute kindness could not feel more fresh in its knowing class clash. Lesley Manville is an absolute treasure, her command of comedic pathos supreme.

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Good Luck to You, Leo Grande movie review: come as you are

Fri, Jul 01, 2022
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Full of honesty and humanity, utterly lacking in shame over a basic human need, the female experience of which is almost universally ignored onscreen. Light, funny, diverting. So why was I bawling?

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Nude Tuesday movie review: nonsense, not quite inspired (Tribeca Film Festival 2022)

Fri, Jun 17, 2022
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The wacky-yet-heartfelt comedy just about works; the gibberish dialogue, not so much. But this could be the makings of a crowdsourced cult fave, if playful viewers end up creating their own subtitles.

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Men movie review: if it walks like misogyny and squawks like misogyny…

Fri, Jun 10, 2022
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A “critique” of misogyny that is outright misogynist, even before it goes down a gorefest rabbit hole of infuriating contempt for women. What the hell is going on with this would-be-mythic mishmash?

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The Quiet Girl (An Cailin Ciuin) movie review: sweet summer child

Sun, Jun 05, 2022
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One of the most beautiful movies I’ve ever seen. It is impossibly small, and emotionally immense, full of the most bittersweet of pathos that the coming-of-age genre offers. A treasure, and a gift.

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My So-Called Selfish Life documentary review: TFW you lack that certain “maternal instinct”

Tue, May 10, 2022
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Dismantles myths about motherhood and misconceptions about child-free women with brisk, cheeky humor and intersectionality, and begins to build the cultural scripts we need for paths without kids.

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Happening (L’événement) movie review: the history about to repeat itself

Fri, May 06, 2022
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An intense, intimate tale of historical illegal abortion, with a central performance of focused terror; a harrowing body horror that looms again. I cannot overstate the absolute urgency of this film.

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The Yellow Wallpaper movie review: gaslight but no heat

Thu, Apr 28, 2022
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Stiflingly literal mounting of the classic feminist tale. Flat and stilted, with no cultural context and no visceral insight into its protagonist’s plight, and emptiness where there should be empathy.

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