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My Animal movie review: out of the wilderness (and into a bigger one)

Sun, Sep 10, 2023
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A mysterious, mournful film about proscribed teenaged-girlhood and feral female sexuality. There’s nothing entirely original here, but what it has to say, it says with enormous confidence and panache.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire May 10

Sat, May 11, 2019
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Aretha Franklin headlines concert documentary Amazing Grace; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Mon Oct 22

Fri, Oct 26, 2018
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Sandi Tan writes and directs documentary Shirkers; Audrey Wells writes and Amandla Stenberg stars in teen drama The Hate U Give; more…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Oct 17

Fri, Oct 19, 2018
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Elizabeth Chomko directs family drama What They Had; Marielle Heller directs literary-forging dramedy Can You Ever Forgive Me?; plus a whole bunch of documentaries directed by women…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Oct 03

Fri, Oct 05, 2018
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Marta Prus directs a documentary about Olympic gymnast Margarita Mamun; Theresa Rebeck directs feuding-siblings dramedy Trouble; more…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Sep 14

Sat, Sep 15, 2018
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Angie Wang directs crime drama MDMA; Amma Asante directs historical romance Where Hands Touch; Amy Scott directs documentary Hal; more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Aug 10

Fri, Aug 10, 2018
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Jennifer Yuh Nelson directs Amandla Stenberg in a dystopian thriller; Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, and Eva Longoria are dogs’ best friends; more…

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The Darkest Minds movie review: seeking a prom date for the end of the world

Fri, Aug 10, 2018
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The YA dystopia is now just another fantasy setting for teen romance. We have normalized the apocalypse. Superpowered kids are being held in concentration camps, but OMG, will Ruby and Liam get together?!

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Aug 01

Sat, Aug 04, 2018
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Mila Kunis and Kaye McKinnon have a spy adventure; Amandla Stenberg fights for respect in a future dystopia; Chloë Grace Moretz undergoes a terrible “therapy”; more…

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today in studio asskissing: just try avoiding ‘The Hunger Games’ between now and March

Tue, Nov 08, 2011
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I’m not posting these new character posters merely because I want to look at them. What makes you think that?

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