movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 17
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie star in Bombshell; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Nicole Kidman
movies by or about women opening US/Can Dec 13
Sophia Takal directs and writes, with April Wolfe, Black Christmas, starring Imogen Poots and Aleyse Shannon; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 25
Jennifer Lopez stars in romantic comedy Second Act; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
Destroyer movie review: holding out for an antiheroine
Nicole Kidman’s pitiless performance completely upends genre expectations in Karyn Kusama’s tense, grim crime noir. Uncompromising and subtly challenging, like a cerebral itch you can’t quite scratch.
AWFJ 2018 EDA Awards winners announced
Our most honored films are Roma (five awards), The Favourite (four awards), and Can You Ever Forgive Me? (three awards).
movies by or about women opening US/Can Dec 17-Jan 04
It’s Christmas for movies about women! Women-centered Mary Queen of Scots, The Favourite, Second Act, and Bumblebee all open wide over the holidays. Amazing.
Aquaman movie review: deep blah sea
When it’s not tediously predictable in its clichés, its complete lack of narrative or thematic daring, and its colorless meathead hero, it’s a mess of incoherent action and noisy psychedelic chaos.
The Beguiled movie review: horror of manners
If Jane Austen wrote a horror movie. An almost serene sinisterness infuses female-gazey carnal intrigue… but it could be even more feminist than it is.
a few thoughts on ‘Big Little Lies’ (and open thread)
I’m floored by its breakdown of toxic masculinity and toxic femininity… [This post is not behind the paywall.]
Queen of the Desert movie review: Gertrude Bell gets forgotten again
This may be Werner Herzog’s most conventional film, but its mostly untold true story knows what it means for a woman to choose a life of adventure and intellect.
