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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael documentary review: art and trash in measured quantities

Sun, Dec 15, 2019
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A terrific portrait of the legendary critic, as objective as she was proudly subjective. Pulls no punches on her complicated life and work but rightly hails how she revolutionized thinking about film.

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Ordinary Love movie review: marriage story

Mon, Dec 09, 2019
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A Cancer Movie but not a horror story. Funny, moving, hopeful; an intimate portrait of a couple who know how to support each other and why that matters. Oh, and it’s also a love letter to the NHS.

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The Cave and For Sama documentaries review: life inside a war zone

Tue, Nov 19, 2019
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Two intimate documentaries from inside the Syrian civil war, diaries of women who stayed to fight for their nation and help their people, pay tribute to human perseverance and chide Western apathy.

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Vita & Virginia movie review: the 1920s London literary scene, drained of all passion

Sun, Jul 07, 2019
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The legendary literary lesbian romance, starring the incendiary duo of Gemma Arterton and Elizabeth Debicki, is criminally blah, lacking all sexual and intellectual passion. How does this happen?

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Maiden documentary review: around the world in feminist ways

Sat, Jun 29, 2019
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The riveting tale of misogyny-busting sailor Tracy Edwards is as beautifully modulated as fiction, full of twists and turns and delicious ironies, and even sports a perfect ending. Yet it’s all true.

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Always Be My Maybe movie review: this is how to shake up the tired rom-com

Wed, Jun 12, 2019
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Doesn’t rock the rom-com boat but absolutely delightful anyway. A smart, modern romantic comedy that flips genre scripts and finds a freshness in making room for new voices and new perspectives.

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Late Night movie review: walking the talk (show) (Sundance London 2019)

Sun, Jun 09, 2019
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The deliciously entertaining Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling take center stage in a comedy about women in a male-dominated world. Laugh-until-you-cry and witheringly funny, often even keenly skewering.

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Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché documentary review: the movie pioneer you’ve never heard of

Tue, Apr 16, 2019
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Not only a portrait of the woman who made more than a thousand of the very first films, but a mystery detective story about how the achievements of a trailblazing woman were erased, and found again.

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Blowin’ Up documentary review: women getting shit done

Mon, Apr 01, 2019
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A fly-on-the-wall peek into a court in New York City where women work to help other women with realistic solutions to complicated problems. A wonderful ode to creative and compassionate thinking.

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The Brink documentary review: a nasty piece of work

Thu, Mar 28, 2019
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I feared a portrait of human dumpster fire Steve Bannon would humanize him, but he’s beyond that. Can we use this inside look at his political and cultural manipulations to stop his fomenting of hate?

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