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The Photograph movie review: love as a balancing act

The Photograph movie review: love as a balancing act

Thu Mar 05 2020, 08:33pm | 0 comments

movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 29–31

movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 29–31

Fri Jan 31 2020, 04:51pm | 0 comments

Just Mercy movie review: fighting the never-ending good fight

Just Mercy movie review: fighting the never-ending good fight

Tue Jan 14 2020, 06:46pm | 0 comments

Joker movie review: sad clown, bad clown, not at all a rad clown

Joker movie review: sad clown, bad clown, not at all a rad clown

Wed Oct 02 2019, 08:05pm | 0 comments

It: Chapter Two movie review: it doesn’t float

It: Chapter Two movie review: it doesn’t float

Wed Sep 04 2019, 05:37pm | 0 comments

movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Aug 16

movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Aug 16

Fri Aug 16 2019, 02:35pm | 0 comments

Blinded by the Light movie review: bend it like The Boss

Blinded by the Light movie review: bend it like The Boss

Sat Aug 10 2019, 06:06pm | 0 comments

Armstrong documentary review: the man we put on the Moon

Armstrong documentary review: the man we put on the Moon

Mon Jul 08 2019, 10:18pm | 0 comments

Maiden documentary review: around the world in feminist ways

Maiden documentary review: around the world in feminist ways

Sat Jun 29 2019, 12:12am | 0 comments

In Fabric movie review: retail shock therapy

In Fabric movie review: retail shock therapy

Wed Jun 26 2019, 09:39pm | 0 comments

movies by or about women opening US/Can Jun 07

movies by or about women opening US/Can Jun 07

Sun Jun 09 2019, 06:21pm | 0 comments

Rocketman movie review: what makes a rock star, and what unmakes him

Rocketman movie review: what makes a rock star, and what unmakes him

Wed May 29 2019, 09:00am | 0 comments

Nervous Translation movie review: home alone, with only her imagination for company

Nervous Translation movie review: home alone, with only her imagination for company

Tue Apr 16 2019, 02:30pm | 0 comments

Us movie review: a new kind of horror for a newly precarious world

Us movie review: a new kind of horror for a newly precarious world

Wed Mar 20 2019, 04:27pm | 0 comments

Bumblebee movie review: floats like a butterfly…

Bumblebee movie review: floats like a butterfly…

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

The Front Runner movie review: when politics turned tabloid (#LFF2018)

The Front Runner movie review: when politics turned tabloid (#LFF2018)

Tue Nov 06 2018, 10:16pm | 4 comments

Bohemian Rhapsody movie review: dynamite with a laser beam

Bohemian Rhapsody movie review: dynamite with a laser beam

Tue Oct 30 2018, 08:23pm | 16 comments

movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Sep 28

movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Sep 28

Fri Sep 28 2018, 06:39pm | 0 comments

Jane Fonda in Five Acts documentary review: the political is her personal

Jane Fonda in Five Acts documentary review: the political is her personal

Sun Sep 23 2018, 09:49pm | 2 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

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

RBG documentary review: though she be but little she is fierce

RBG documentary review: though she be but little she is fierce

Mon Apr 30 2018, 03:38pm | 6 comments

Funny Cow movie review: standing up for herself

Funny Cow movie review: standing up for herself

Thu Apr 19 2018, 06:02pm | 0 comments

Beirut (aka The Negotiator) movie review: an American man finds absolution in the messy Middle East

Beirut (aka The Negotiator) movie review: an American man finds absolution in the messy Middle East

Wed Apr 18 2018, 08:44pm | 14 comments

Borg vs McEnroe movie review: they get served

Borg vs McEnroe movie review: they get served

Tue Apr 10 2018, 08:34pm | 0 comments

Call Me by Your Name movie review: met a boy cute as can be…

Call Me by Your Name movie review: met a boy cute as can be…

Tue Jan 09 2018, 01:58pm | 27 comments

I, Tonya movie review: a woman at war with herself

I, Tonya movie review: a woman at war with herself

Thu Dec 14 2017, 04:53pm | 5 comments

Breathe movie review: paralyzed but determined to be mobile (#LFF2017)

Breathe movie review: paralyzed but determined to be mobile (#LFF2017)

Wed Oct 11 2017, 09:11pm | 1 comment

American Made movie review: they’re quite bad fellas, in fact

American Made movie review: they’re quite bad fellas, in fact

Mon Sep 25 2017, 10:30pm | 5 comments

It movie review: a series of unfortunate events

It movie review: a series of unfortunate events

Fri Sep 08 2017, 10:49pm | 247 comments

Atomic Blonde movie review: bland ambition

Atomic Blonde movie review: bland ambition

Fri Aug 11 2017, 03:03pm | 32 comments

Birthright: A War Story documentary review: how America hates women

Birthright: A War Story documentary review: how America hates women

Fri Jul 21 2017, 09:38pm | 4 comments

Cars 3 movie review: road to nowhere

Cars 3 movie review: road to nowhere

Fri Jul 14 2017, 04:10pm | 15 comments

Under the Shadow movie review: evil on the wind, and in the home

Under the Shadow movie review: evil on the wind, and in the home

Thu Jan 26 2017, 08:18pm | 0 comments

The Edge of Seventeen movie review: bleed for this

The Edge of Seventeen movie review: bleed for this

Thu Dec 01 2016, 02:53pm | 13 comments

Bleed for This movie review: entirely bloodless

Bleed for This movie review: entirely bloodless

Mon Nov 14 2016, 08:28pm | 1 comment

#LFF2016: Ma’ Rosa, Pyromaniac, All This Panic

#LFF2016: Ma’ Rosa, Pyromaniac, All This Panic

Thu Sep 29 2016, 02:24pm | 0 comments

Pete’s Dragon movie review: big friendly dragon

Pete’s Dragon movie review: big friendly dragon

Mon Aug 08 2016, 08:51pm | 11 comments

Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made documentary review: it belongs in a cinema!

Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made documentary review: it belongs in a cinema!

Fri Jun 17 2016, 04:57pm | 1 comment

Holding the Man movie review: grand romance, no qualifiers needed

Holding the Man movie review: grand romance, no qualifiers needed

Fri Jun 03 2016, 05:29pm | 2 comments

X-Men: Apocalypse movie review: everyone knows the third movie is always the worst

X-Men: Apocalypse movie review: everyone knows the third movie is always the worst

Thu May 19 2016, 10:31pm | 23 comments

Requiem for the American Dream and The Divide documentaries review: economic inequality for all

Requiem for the American Dream and The Divide documentaries review: economic inequality for all

Wed Apr 27 2016, 08:51pm | 2 comments

Love & Mercy movie review: strange vibrations

Love & Mercy movie review: strange vibrations

Wed Apr 06 2016, 05:58pm | 2 comments

Eddie the Eagle movie review: white man can’t jump, much

Eddie the Eagle movie review: white man can’t jump, much

Tue Mar 29 2016, 04:59pm | 54 comments

90 Minutes in Heaven movie review: God-awful

90 Minutes in Heaven movie review: God-awful

Mon Jan 04 2016, 08:08pm | 6 comments

Black Mass movie review: men behaving badly… again

Black Mass movie review: men behaving badly… again

Wed Nov 25 2015, 05:03pm | 0 comments

Fathers & Daughters movie review: fit to be family tied

Fathers & Daughters movie review: fit to be family tied

Fri Nov 13 2015, 08:39pm | 0 comments

Experimenter movie review: the subject is you

Experimenter movie review: the subject is you

Fri Oct 23 2015, 08:31pm | 0 comments

Steve Jobs movie review: insanely great (#LFF2015)

Steve Jobs movie review: insanely great (#LFF2015)

Mon Oct 19 2015, 04:53pm | 11 comments

Straight Outta Compton movie review: men’s anger, but only when it makes them righteous

Straight Outta Compton movie review: men’s anger, but only when it makes them righteous

Thu Aug 27 2015, 09:13pm | 6 comments

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