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Greta Gerwig

loaded question: what 2023 films are you most looking forward to?

Tue, Jan 03, 2023
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New year, tons of new movies coming our way! Here’s a list of some of the big 2023 titles we know about so far to get you started salivating…

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what do women want? ‘Little Women’ and ‘Hustlers’ have some answers

Wed, Jan 15, 2020
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Women want to be able to tell our own stories, and we want to be heard. Hustlers and Little Women are so much about this (and other important things of female concern) that they’re practically the same movie.

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AWFJ 2019 EDA Awards winners announced

Mon, Jan 13, 2020
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And we have winners!

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OFCS 2019 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 08, 2020
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And we have winners!

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Dec 25–27

Fri, Dec 27, 2019
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Chinonye Chukwu writes and directs Clemency, starring Alfre Woodard; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Dec 26

Fri, Dec 27, 2019
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Greta Gerwig writes and directs Little Women, starring (among others) Emma Watson. And that’s it… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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Little Women (2019) movie review: looking askance, with love, at a classic

Thu, Dec 19, 2019
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A very welcome feminist interpretation of Alcott’s beloved novel, layered in sly, winking awareness of Hollywood clichés and the cultural pressures on women. Alive and electric, an absolute treasure.

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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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Isle of Dogs movie review: a breed apart, or a breed too far?

Fri, Mar 30, 2018
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Absolutely delightful and utterly original, with its lovingly crafted stop-motion animation bursting with sweetness but also with a winking mockery. I have just a few caveats…

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