Lost Girls movie review: and still unfound
Based-on-fact drama puts the focus where it rarely is onscreen: on women who are victims of male violence. Yet a terrific central performance and an abundance of empathy cannot overcome its clichés.
Girlhood
My Life as a Zucchini (aka My Life as a Courgette) movie review: nutritious, filling, and delicious
Simply a lovely film, with some of the most striking — and haunting — animation I’ve ever seen, and full of a remarkable and palpable warmth and humanity.
Black movie review: tragically bad
A facile riff on Romeo & Juliet amongst Brussels gangs. Banal, clichéd, and treats its teenage-girl protagonist in a spectacularly disgusting way.
AWFJ 2015 EDA Awards winners announced
Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…
Where Are the Women? Girlhood
This isn’t simply a movie about a teenage girl: it’s about what it means to be a teenage girl. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Tribeca ’03: Girlhood (review)
How often must we hear the same story over and over again before someone in a position to do something about it starts to listen? Oscar-nominated documentarian Liz Garbus relates a familiar tale — of horrible sexual abuse and parental neglect and indifference from the justice system — with a shocking, powerful intimacy that’s a … more…
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