Tag: Jessie Buckley
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Hamnet: touching & beautiful, but take tissues
Hamnet is a magnificent film – beautiful, touching, brilliant. I have no doubt that it will earn many best picture awards from various places. My question is will Chloé Zhao also win as many awards as best director, because she deserves it for this outstanding work. There are a couple of spoilers ahead.
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Fingernails review, odd tale about people who don’t recognize love
Fingernails is a strange little film. The premise you must accept to watch it is that science has found a way to test for true love by ripping out a fingernail and putting it in a machine that tells you if it’s a match for another fingernail. If the machine gives you 100%, it’s the…
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Wicked Little Letters review, raunchy and funny women for the win
I loved Wicked Little Letters. I loved the raunchy Shakespearean curses, I loved the cast, I loved the humor, I loved the wacky feminine urge to resist the patriarchy. It is a complete delight.
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Women Talking, the choices are not easy
Women Talking, written and directed by Sarah Polley, based on a book by Miriam Toews, looks at the decision making process among a group of Mennonite women who lived in a remote colony in Bolivia. When it comes to stories about empowered women taking control of their own destiny, this is an outstanding one.
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Review: The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal directs
The Lost Daughter takes an intimate and unflinching look at the contradictions and imperfections of motherhood. Maggie Gyllenhaal wrote and directed this touching and disturbing film based on a novel by Elena Ferrante. It’s Gyllenhaal’s first time directing. You can see it on Netflix.
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The Courier: Nail-biting Cold War drama
The Courier is based on a true story about the Cuban Missile Crisis of the early 1960s that almost ended in nuclear war between America and the Soviet Union. Even though I lived through that time and was glued to the news about it, this is a part of the story I never knew. The…
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Beast, with a breathtaking performance from Jessie Buckley
Beast examines the hidden bestiality in the human psyche. This grim story stars a brilliant Jessie Buckley in a role that won her awards. Director Michael Pearce also won awards for this film. It’s streaming on Prime Video.
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Review: Wild Rose
Wild Rose tells the story of a Glasgow woman who dreams of becoming a Nashville star. Jessie Buckley stars as Rose-Lynn in this music filled drama.