Reviews of movies and TV focused on women

Tag: Chloë Sevigny

  • Poker Face, Natasha Lyonne always knows the truth

    Poker Face, Natasha Lyonne always knows the truth

    Poker Face is halfway through its season, so I feel safe in saying it’s a hit. Natasha Lyonne leads a cast of guest stars so well-known it will make your head spin, in this crime-solving mystery created by Rian Johnson.

  • Review: The Act

    Review: The Act

    The Act is based on a true story about a woman who suffers from Munchausen by proxy and the damage she does to her daughter because of it. The full series is available on Hulu.

  • Review: Queen and Slim

    Review: Queen and Slim

    Queen and Slim is a loving and terrifying glimpse into a few days in the lives of an unlikely African American couple. I completely recommend the film for everyone.

  • Review: Russian Doll

    Review: Russian Doll

    All the superlatives you’ve read about Russian Doll are true. It’s wild, inventive, unique, unexpected, deep, funny, and must see TV.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Lizzie: The Lizzie Borden Story

    Watch This: Trailer for Lizzie: The Lizzie Borden Story

    Lizzie is a retelling of the Lizzie Borden story. In 1892 someone, possibly Lizzie Borden, murdered the Borden parents with an axe. Lizzie was accused and acquitted.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Beatriz at Dinner

    Watch This: Trailer for Beatriz at Dinner

    Want to watch a wealthy white man make an ass of himself? Not the one on the news – the one played so accurately by John Lithgow in Beatriz at Dinner.

  • Review: Hit & Miss

    Review: Hit & Miss

    I confess when I first heard about Hit & Miss, a British series about a transgender woman who works as a contract killer starring Chloë Sevigny, I thought it sounded awful. Really, every horrible idea you can imagine. A cis female playing transgender – and she’s a killer. And that title: too cutesy. But a […]

  • Review: Little Accidents

    Review: Little Accidents

    Little Accidents is about huge, life-altering accidents. There are two such accidents in this grim tale about the interconnected life of a small coal-mining town. Spoilers ahead.

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