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weekend watchlist: sweet, funny, frank pillow talk

Tue, Oct 11, 2022
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Plus apocalyptic adolescence, exasperating planetary levels of bureaucracy, and more… (First published September 10th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

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weekend watchlist: hacking capitalism

Tue, Aug 02, 2022
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Plus the horror stories women live, cold cops, and more. (First published July 2nd, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)

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True History of the Kelly Gang movie review: toxic came the masculinity

Tue, Apr 21, 2020
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Revisionist tale of the Australian folk hero rages against the dark forces that shaped him: emotional and economic neglect and abuse forged in patriarchy and colonialism. Electrifyingly punk and vulgar.

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my picks for tonight’s 92nd Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2019’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Feb 10, 2020
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I correctly guessed 10 out of the 24 categories, which is at least a little better than last year.

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AWFJ 2019 EDA Awards winners announced

Mon, Jan 13, 2020
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And we have winners!

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 10

Fri, Jan 10, 2020
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Anna Waterhouse cowrites Seberg, starring Kristen Stewart; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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OFCS 2019 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 08, 2020
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And we have winners!

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Dec 25–27

Fri, Dec 27, 2019
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Chinonye Chukwu writes and directs Clemency, starring Alfre Woodard; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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