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How to Build a Girl movie review: instruction manual not included

Wed, May 06, 2020
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The hypocrisy of the world’s expectations of girls gets a gently sardonic knock via an audaciously confident young woman battling to be herself. This is a lovely, goofy movie, easygoing and chaotic.

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what do women want? ‘Little Women’ and ‘Hustlers’ have some answers

Wed, Jan 15, 2020
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Women want to be able to tell our own stories, and we want to be heard. Hustlers and Little Women are so much about this (and other important things of female concern) that they’re practically the same movie.

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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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OFCS 2019 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 08, 2020
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And we have winners!

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I’m on BBC World Service’s “The Arts Hour” again TONIGHT, Saturday, June 15th

Sat, Jun 15, 2019
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Listen online or on actual over-the-airwaves radio. Imagine that.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire May 27–31

Fri, May 31, 2019
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Octavia Spencer, Diana Silvers, and McKaley Miller star in horror thriller Ma; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can May 22–24

Fri, May 24, 2019
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Jill Magid directs documentary The Proposal, about her own performance-art project; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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Booksmart movie review: these kids today, with their academic overachievement and their niceness…

Wed, May 22, 2019
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A rare treat: a perfect film. Smart, funny, wise, sparkling with wit both visually and in its snappy dialogue. A self-assured directorial debut from Olivia Wilde, confident and effortless. Pure joy.

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