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Cannes Film Festival

Olga movie review: coming out swinging for Ukraine

Thu, Mar 17, 2022
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Poignant, pointed drama about a teenage Ukrainian gymnast fuses the personal and the political in a portrait of the spirit of Ukraine that is now being tested in the worst way. Incredibly affecting.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Apr 05

Fri, Apr 05, 2019
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Alice Rohrwacher writes and directs Italian drama Happy as Lazarro; and not much else… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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AWFJ 2018 EDA Awards winners announced

Thu, Jan 10, 2019
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Our most honored films are Roma (five awards), The Favourite (four awards), and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (three awards).

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Jeune Femme (aka Montparnasse Bienvenüe) movie review: the heroine of her own life

Fri, May 18, 2018
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Laetitia Dosch burns with a passionate anxiety in French writer-director Léonor Serraille’s debut, a clever, wise, wildly unsentimental portrait of a woman learning how to be herself.

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They movie review: the most important decision of their young life

Tue, May 08, 2018
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Tender and contemplative, but as it meanders to its not-quite conclusion, it misses a ripe opportunity to give a stronger voice to a character the likes of which isn’t often heard.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Mar 09

Sat, Mar 10, 2018
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Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of the classic novel A Wrinkle in Time, starring Storm Reid, is the big news…

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The Cinema Travellers documentary review: moving pictures, under threat

Mon, Jan 22, 2018
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A marvelous film, so full of the wonder of movies, so melancholy about the changing cinema landscape, so hopeful that though the technology is changing, the love will endure.

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#LFF2017: Blade of the Immortal, Gemini, Makala

Thu, Oct 26, 2017
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Quick takes from the now-wrapped 61st London Film Festival.

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The Beguiled movie review: horror of manners

Fri, Jun 30, 2017
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If Jane Austen wrote a horror movie. An almost serene sinisterness infuses female-gazey carnal intrigue… but it could be even more feminist than it is.

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Clash (Eshtebak) movie review: the view from inside social upheaval

Fri, Apr 21, 2017
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Challenging and provocative, but the limitations it places on itself restrict the appreciation for anyone not already steeped in its culture and politics.

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