Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Review: I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore
Read more: Review: I Don’t Feel at Home in This World AnymoreI Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore is a mix of dark comedy, crime drama, and gory thriller. It’s not one thing. It’s unique and quirky, even a bit of a mess. There are minor spoilers ahead.
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A Day Without a Woman
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Review: The White Helmets
Read more: Review: The White HelmetsThe Netflix documentary short The White Helmets won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 2017. You can watch it now on Netflix. Let me rephrase that. You should watch it now on Netflix.
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When We Rise
Read more: When We RiseI don’t want to review When We Rise in the way I normally talk about a mini-series. Instead, I want to share some reflections on the events it dramatizes.
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Watch This: Trailer for Season 3 of Grace and Frankie
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Season 3 of Grace and FrankieGrace and Frankie will return to Netflix for season 3 on March 24. Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin snarl their way through another season of togetherness.
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Review: Me, Myself and Her (Io e lei)
Read more: Review: Me, Myself and Her (Io e lei)Me, Myself and Her (Io e lei in the original Italian) is a 2015 romance from Italy. It features two women in love, which some reviews I read consider a revolutionary idea for an Italian film.
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Watch This: Trailer for Custody with Viola Davis
Read more: Watch This: Trailer for Custody with Viola DavisLifetime TV’s Custody premiers March 4th. It has an outstanding cast including Viola Davis as a NYC family court judge, Hayden Panettiere as a lawyer, and Catalina Sandino Moreno as a mom who may lose her kids.
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Review: Around the Block
Read more: Review: Around the BlockAround the Block is an Australian Hamlet story. It’s set in a Sydney high school where the students are mostly indigenous or Maori or Pacific Islanders. It’s beautiful and tragic and full of unforgettable images. Beware the spoilers.
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Review: Hidden Figures
Read more: Review: Hidden FiguresI loved Hidden Figures. Maybe a man could watch this film and not love it, but there is no way a woman could watch Hidden Figures and not love it. It was the most emotionally satisfying film I’ve seen in a long time.
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Review: Girls Lost (Pojkarna)
Read more: Review: Girls Lost (Pojkarna)Watching Girls Lost (Pojkarna in the original Swedish) makes me wish I had all that education film critics have. That way I might understand all the Swedishness of this film with its strange symbolism, magical thinking, and morose ending. Beware the spoilers.