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Susanne Bier

movies by or about women opening US/Can from Thu Dec 13

Sat, Dec 15, 2018
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KiKi Layne stars in drama If Beale Street Could Talk; Nadine Labaki directs social-realist drama Capernaum; more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Sat Dec 08

Sat, Dec 15, 2018
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Susanne Bier directs science fiction drama Bird Box; Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi codirects documentary Free Solo; more…

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from Facebook: Susanne Bier on why film needs to open up to women’s perspectives

Tue, Mar 08, 2016
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A Second Chance movie review: cops and fathers

Mon, Mar 23, 2015
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An impossible tragedy, a movie that confounds all expectations and is full of a terrible suspense. You have never seen a cop movie like this before.

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making sitcom lemonade (Love Is All You Need review)

Fri, Apr 26, 2013
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What starts out as conventional dramedy becomes a charming, wise story about making the most of whatever life throws at you…

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Brothers (review)

Wed, Dec 02, 2009
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Yes, this is a movie about our soldiers today in Iraq and Afghanistan. Deal with it.

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