weekend watchlist: men who gaslight for fun and profit
Plus an angry Jane Austen–esque romance, childhood witchcraft, and more. (First published August 19th, 2022, on Substack and Patreon.)
Gemma Arterton
movies by or about women opening US/Can Aug 21–23
Catherine Dudley-Rose writes and directs drama Parallel Chords, starring Rachel Ann; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jul 03–05
Sasha Luss stars in action thriller Anna; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Vita & Virginia movie review: the 1920s London literary scene, drained of all passion
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?
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Thu Aug 02
Evangeline Lilly gets super tiny; Gemma Arterton runs away from her marriage; more…
movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri May 11
Elisabeth Moss, Saoirse Ronan, Mare Winningham, and Annette Bening take on Chekhov; Gemma Arterton runs away from her family; and more…
Their Finest movie review: keeping calm and carrying on making movies
Delightful dry and snarky satire on wartime propaganda, sharp feminist commentary, and a brilliant cast make this snappy historical dramedy a real corker.
The Girl with All the Gifts movie review: I believe the children are our future…
Stakes out its own fresh place in an SF subgenre that is well played out, and rehumanizes it ways that are both extraordinarily moving and deeply unnerving.
The Voices movie review: losing my cool
A chipper woman-hating comedy about a serial killer… that wants us to feel sorry for him? This is disgusting, repulsive, and enraging.
Runner Runner review: yawner yawner
Dull and perfunctory, this is a crime thriller that sets itself up as a revenge story but can’t manage to drum up any excitement or suspense, and precious little revenge, either.
