Reviews of movies and TV focused on women

Tag: Paul Mescal

  • Aftersun, fragments of a distant past

    Aftersun, fragments of a distant past

    Aftersun is the story of a father and daughter on vacation in Turkey, but overarching that is the now grown daughter’s struggle to understand her father through adult eyes. This review contains spoilers.

  • Review: The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal directs

    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.

  • Review: Normal People

    Review: Normal People

    Normal People is an Irish series streaming on Hulu. It tells the story of two people who love each other but are unable to make it fully work.

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