movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Apr 20
Helen Mirren, Angourie Rice, Lily James, Juliette Binoche, Shirley Henderson, Maxine Peake, and Bel Powley headline in an unusually rich week for movies about women…
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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society movie review: the stories too painful to tell
A wonderfully old-fashioned tearjerker, with a thoroughly delightful cast, where cosy quaint Englishness is leavened by a harsh reality of World War II that pop culture has ignored.
This Beautiful Fantastic movie review: this ordinary normal
An ostensible fairy tale of the creative life in London that tries too hard to be eccentric, while also trying too hard to be grounded and realistic. This is one of those idiosyncrasies that you really can’t have both ways.
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Thu Mar 01
Documentaries by Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Jen Randall, a drama by Saila Kariat, and more.
movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Feb 09
Lots of movies to chose from, but most are playing on only a very few screens.
A New York Winter’s Tale (aka Winter’s Tale) review: cold in the city
A leaden, charmless movie that is unable to commit to its own fantasy. So implausible that even Colin Farrell’s own Irish accent sounds fake.
