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Nicole Holofcener

my picks for tonight’s 91st Academy Awards (the Oscars for 2018’s films) (winners indicated)

Mon, Feb 25, 2019
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I correctly guessed 9 out of the 24 categories, which is appalling. I shall be in my corner reprimanding myself.

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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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OFCS 2018 awards winners announced

Wed, Jan 02, 2019
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Roma wins four awards including Best Picture; Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is Best Animated Feature.

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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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Every Secret Thing movie review: skeletons in the heart

Sun, May 17, 2015
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A slow burn mystery in which the secrets aren’t so much about the crimes it explores but truths of women’s emotional lives that are too often ignored.

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the Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2013 EDA Award winners

Fri, Dec 20, 2013
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12 Years a Slave and Gravity win big…

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cannot contain my excitement for the London Film Festival

Thu, Sep 05, 2013
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I’m hyperventilating from the array of overwhelming movie awesomeness before me.

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Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2010 EDA Awards nominees

Tue, Dec 28, 2010
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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…

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question of the day: What’s your dream actor/director pairing, and what kind of movie would they make?

Fri, May 14, 2010
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Hilarious headline in the Onion this week: Ridley Scott Trades Russell Crowe To Tim Burton For Johnny Depp And though I hate to quote an entire story, this one is so short: HOLLYWOOD, CA—Directors Ridley Scott and Tim Burton traded their favorite actors Wednesday, closing a deal in which Scott received Johnny Depp and Burton … more…

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