AWFJ 2019 EDA Awards winners announced
And we have winners!
Diane Keaton
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…
June 19: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We all know how it is. You’d like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but the Old Testament stippled with fart jokes ain’t your idea of a good time. But you can have something close to that blockbuster experience at home with the proper application of DVDs. In fact, you might … more…
