daily stream: an extremely unhappy Thanksgiving
2013’s Prisoners is on Netflix on both sides of the Atlantic.
Melissa Leo
daily stream: desperate women, desperate measures
2008’s Frozen River is on Hulu in the US, BFI Player in the UK.
movies by or about women opening US/Can from Thu Nov 01
Suzi Yoonessi directs dramedy Unlovable; Nosipho Dumisa directs thriller Number 37; more…
movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Mar 16
Rosamund Pike hijacks a plane, Melissa Leo gets a break from prison, Odeya Rush befriends a dictator, and more…
Snowden movie review: the system’s self-correction
A gripping précis of what Edward Snowden learned at the CIA and NSA, why he went public, and why it matters. Entertaining yet also deeply unsettling.
evening clickbait: I am a heroine of cinema; who’s the robot that won’t cop out?; Magneto killed JFK; The Representation Project; John Sayles cannot get his films funded; Melissa Leo, agent of awesome
Stuff I found on the Net today (and one from yesterday).
Prisoners trailer: Detective who now?
I am deeply concerned about the fact that one character is called “Detective Loki.”
question of the day: What do you think of the Oscar winners and losers?
And was the ceremony any fun? How were James Franco and Anne Hathaway as hosts? What did I miss?
Colin Firth and Natalie Portman are Oscar shoo-ins; everything else up for grabs: Oscar predictions
Here’s an at-a-glance look at my picks for Sunday night’s Academy Awards — projected winners are Xed. Keep in mind: this isn’t a list of whom I think should win Oscars but whom I think will win…
Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Awards nominees
The AWFJ is one of the critics’ groups I belong to; my input helped determine these nominees, and I will vote in the final balloting to narrow it down to the winners. I still have to watch a few of these nominees…
