Tag: Women Directors
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Signature Move, love and wrestling
Signature Move does a lot of things right, even though it isn’t the best movie ever. It’s a love story and an homage to Lucha Libre and luchadoras.
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Stay the Night, a slow romance told in one night
Stay the Night is an everything-happens-in-one-day kind of romance. Two people having their own separate bad days meet in a bar and stumble through a lot together before the morning.
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Ballard stars Maggie Q in an outstanding mystery series
Ballard is another mystery series based on novels by Michael Connelly. Maggie Q stars in this one as Det. Renée Ballard who has been stuck in a basement working cold cases with a team of unpaid volunteers.
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl review
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a rich, textured tale of family secrets revealed during a traditional Zambian funeral. Thematically, it shows how patriarchal systems and customs are enforced by both men and women. There are some spoilers ahead.
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The Kollective, citizen journalists expose deep fakes
The Kollective features a group of young citizen journalists who are dedicated to speaking the truth in an age of misinformation. It’s set in locations all over the world as their investigation into a plane crash in the Congo leads them to a group of international incidents.
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The Old Guard 2 keeps up the fight
The Old Guard 2 is a continuation of the story of the immortals we met in The Old Guard. A few new characters and twists bring some changes but basically the story remains pretty much the same.
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Summer of 69 – yes, that 69
Summer of 69 from writer and director Jillian Bell is a funny tale about a naive high school girl who thinks knowing how to execute a particular sex activity will land her the boy of her dreams. It sounds like it’s about sex, but it’s really about growing up and making friends.
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My Mom Jayne is a beautiful documentary
My Mom Jayne is a tender, loving exploration by Mariska Hargitay into her famous mother Jayne Mansfield’s life and relationships. Jayne Mansfield died in a car accident when Mariska was only three. Jayne was 34.
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Art Detectives, new series for cozy mystery fans
Art Detectives is a new cozy mystery series. It’s the kind of who dunnit that features affable, soft spoken police and crimes that don’t involve a lot of swearing and violence.