AWFJ 2023 EDA Awards winners announced
The Zone of Interest, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie are the big winners.
Diane Keaton
AWFJ 2019 EDA Awards winners announced
And we have winners!
movies by or about women opening US/Can Jun 14
Tonia Mishiali writes (with Anna Fotiadou) and directs Greek drama Pause, starring Stella Fyrogeni; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening US/Can May 08–10
Diane Keaton and Celia Weston star in comedy Poms, directed by Zara Hayes; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Jun 01
Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen are friskily inspired by Fifty Shades of Grey; and more…
movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri May 18
Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen read a book.
Home Again movie review: imitation of life
Precious, fatuous, Nancy Meyers–lite rom-com about a privileged rich white lady with no real problems who can’t help but mom her much-younger new boyfriend. Barf.
Christmas with the Coopers (aka Love the Coopers) movie review: familial torture
Glossy Hollywood automatons sleepwalk through family dynamics full of forced quirkiness, excruciating cuteness, and phony emotion. Absolutely cringeworthy.
question of the day: What item have you bought — or wanted to buy — because you saw it in a movie or on TV?
Jenna at Jezebel attended the first of a series of free screenings at New York’s The New School of movies focused on fashion, and in her writeup she quotes New Yorker writer Judith Thurman, who introduced Annie Hall: In 1978 in Nairobi, I got this bag. I got it because it was Annie Hall’s bag. … more…
December 23-25: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but… prezzies! toys! candy canes! snowball fights! big holiday dinner! But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see Sherlock Holmes this weekend?” … more…
