Imagine if men were all but invisible onscreen; Kathryn Bigelow is a man, baby! and Read more

The ghostwriter encounters all manner of trouble, including the chance to sleep with a beautiful, vulnerable, angry woman. “Bad idea,” he tells himself in his bathroom mirror. And you, who’ve seen Chinatown, can only mutter, “No kidding.” Read more>>

In case your travel agent hasn’t warned you, don’t plan to visit Ogden Marsh, Iowa, pop. 1,260. Not if you want to come back. Not if you happen to drink the water. Read more

The lawmen facing off with guns incarnate the film’s broader dilemma pretty much exactly: who is crazy here, those who have been made irresponsible by disease or those who won’t take responsibility for the devastation they wreak? Read more>>

Well, at least you can’t accuse them of deceptive advertising: this stereotypical, interracial/buddy action comedy is, indeed, a cop out – in every sense of the word. Read more

AWFJ Women On Film highlights films made by and about women: Read more

Why do women pay to see crappy movies? Where is the networking and support for female filmmakers? And Read more

Burning women, bloody women, women waifish and sensual, emaciated and menacing. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) is haunted by all of them in “Shutter Island.” Read more>>

AWFJ highlights films made by and about women Read more

This disappointing romantic comedy bonbon seems more geared to celebrity-spotting than cinematic storytelling, as it interweaves the lives of several Los Angelinos during the course of one fateful February 14th. Read more