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Juliette Binoche

Who You Think I Am movie review: on the Internet, no one knows you’re a sexy French lady

Fri, Apr 10, 2020
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Not even the treasure that is Juliette Binoche can make this cynical romantic thriller palatable. Does not say the things about social media and the lives of older women that it thinks it does.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire May 10

Sat, May 11, 2019
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Aretha Franklin headlines concert documentary Amazing Grace; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Apr 05

Sun, Apr 07, 2019
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Taraji P. Henson costars in historical drama The Best of Enemies; 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 21-Jan 04

Thu, Dec 20, 2018
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Women get wide releases! Christina Hodson writes and Hailee Steinfeld stars in sci-fi action-adventure Bumblebee; Deborah Davis cowrites and Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz star in historical dramedy The Favourite; more…

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Polina movie review: what it takes to dance ballet

Thu, Dec 20, 2018
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A marvelous paean to everything that goes into making great art: hard work, complicated humanity, taking risks, and trusting one’s own instincts. Anastasia Shevtsova is tremendous as a young woman with an indomitable spirit.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Apr 27

Fri, Apr 27, 2018
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There are no new movies opening in wide release in the US today that are written or directed by women, and none about women. In limited release, Juliette Binoche, Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams, and Alia Shawkat are looking for love, with varying degrees of success.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Apr 20

Fri, Apr 20, 2018
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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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Let the Sunshine In (Un beau soleil intérieur) movie review: her own worst enemy

Fri, Apr 20, 2018
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Juliette Binoche’s search for midlife love is drenched in ennui and punctuated by weary philosophizing. There’s not a lot of satisfaction in it, nor much by way of resolution. Very French.

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The 33 movie review: swallowed up by the earth

Wed, Jan 27, 2016
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A missed opportunity to tell what should be a captivating real-life disaster tale that is instead plodding, scattershot, and lacking in dramatic impetus.

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Godzilla movie review: sympathy for Gojira

Mon, May 12, 2014
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Elegantly updates the King of All Monsters for the 21st century… but Hollywood’s tedious myopia means the movie as a whole isn’t quite so beautiful.

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