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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 31

Fri, Jan 31, 2020
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Melina Matsoukas directs and Jodie Turner-Smith costars in Queen & Slim; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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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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movies by or about women opening US/Can Nov 22

Sun, Nov 24, 2019
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Jennifer Lee codirects and cowrites Frozen II, starring Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood movie review: the importance of radical kindness (LFF 2019)

Sun, Nov 24, 2019
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This wonder of a film wrecked me. In the best possible way. It directly confronts cynicism and misanthropy, and asks us to let them go if we can. I really needed its message. The whole world does now.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 01

Fri, Feb 01, 2019
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Taylor Russell costars in sci-fi mystery Escape Room; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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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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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Oct 17

Fri, Oct 19, 2018
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Elizabeth Chomko directs family drama What They Had; Marielle Heller directs literary-forging dramedy Can You Ever Forgive Me?; plus a whole bunch of documentaries directed by women…

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AWFJ 2015 EDA Awards winners announced

Tue, Jan 12, 2016
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Spotlight takes four awards, including Best Film…

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Where Are the Women? The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Fri, Aug 07, 2015
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Defies the clichés with which women are treated onscreen by turning the tropes of exploitation into expressions of a woman’s ownership of her sexuality.

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