Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Watch This: Trailer for Mudbound
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for MudboundMudbound is the latest from director Dee Rees. It’s the story of two families – one black, one white – bound uneasily together on the muddy farmland of the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow era.
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Listen to What She Said
Read more: Listen to What She SaidHere’s the latest video from Feminist Frequency. It has a catchy title: One Weird Trick for Helping Women.
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Review: Amnesia
Read more: Review: AmnesiaI keep stumbling onto movies with Sense8’s Max Riemelt. Amnesia is one of those. Amnesia is set on the glorious island of Ibiza, which is as much a character in the story as the people.
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Watch This: Trailer for Flint
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for FlintFlint is about the water crisis in Flint, Michigan and the 4 women who brought it to national attention. It premiers Saturday Oct. 28 on Lifetime TV.
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Review: You’re Not You
Read more: Review: You’re Not YouYou’re Not You is a tearjerker about a woman dying of ALS and how that affects the people around her. It’s predictable in many ways but it’s elevated by an excellent group of actors who create outstanding characters in this story about both living and dying.
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Previews of Coming Attractions
Read more: Previews of Coming AttractionsI’ve got a bunch of previews for you today. I give you my capsule comments. I’d love to hear yours in the comments.
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Rebeccapurple + Spirit Day
Read more: Rebeccapurple + Spirit DayI’ve always used purple on my blog in honor of Eric Meyers’ daughter Rebecca, who died at age 6. Nobody knew that but me, but I’m aware of it each time I open my blog. But today, the color purple represents Spirit Day, a day GLAAD created to show support for LGBTQ youth. On this…
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Review: OtherLife
Read more: Review: OtherLifeOtherLife, a sci-fi flick from Australia, features Jessica De Gouw as brilliant scientist Ren Amari. It’s a story about memory, lived experience, and artificially created experience.
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Review: Megan Leavey
Read more: Review: Megan LeaveyMegan Leavey is based on the true story of a female Marine and her bomb-sniffing dog Rex. It is on Netflix or can be rented on Prime Video.
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Review: XXY
Read more: Review: XXYXXY is a 2007 film from Argentina about an intersex teen. The language and knowledge around the topic of intersex persons has advanced in the 10 years since the film, but it is still a beautiful and sensitive story.