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SEE – Review by Susan Granger

August 23, 2021August 28, 2021 Susan Granger alfre woodard, apple tv series, Hera Hilmar, jason momoa, sci fi, see, Sylvia Hoeks

This dystopian sci-fi fantasy/drama series begins its second season with a third already in production. The opening credits are a montage of nerve endings that, as the volume increases, form various shapes. As star Alfre Woodward notes: “The characters in season two do not see the past coming to haunt them, but the past coming to be resolved…See has so many parallels with what is going on with the world – or even what could happen. There’s the idea of the masses laying trust in prophetic figures.”

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CLEMENCY – Review by Susan Granger

March 3, 2020March 7, 2020 Susan Granger 0 Comments alfre woodard, chinoya chukwu, clemency

Stoic prison warden Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard) is psychologically and emotionally exhausted after years of overseeing death-row executions. Woodard delivers a masterfully restrained performance, but the film is excruciating to watch. The point is how enforcing the death penalty not only dehumanizes the condemned but also takes a spiritual toll on those who carry out the execution.

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CLEMENCY – Review by Brandy McDonnell

January 28, 2020February 2, 2020 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments #oscarssowhite, Aldis Hodge, alfre woodard, Chinonye Chukwu, clemency, sundance film festival

Throughout her four-decade acting career, Woodard has garnered an Academy Award nomination, four Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes, but that doesn’t quite do justice to her practically preternatural skills as a performer.

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CLEMENCY – Review by Carla Renata

December 10, 2019December 29, 2019 Carla Renata (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments Aldis Hodge, alfre woodard, Chinonye Chuckwu, clemency

Clemency will leave you asking can one find hope in other people’s decisions and are men in prison simply invisible because people refuse to see them? This is one of the best films released in 2019 and I am most proud to declare it was written and directed by a woman of color…Chinonye Chuckwu.

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THE WEEK IN WOMEN: Alfre Woodard Talks Inclusion, ‘Luke Cage’ and What’s Next — Brandy McDonnell interviews

June 10, 2018August 14, 2018 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments alfre woodard, inclusion, luke cage

Alfre Woodard, named one of the deadCenter Film Festival’s 2018 Oklahoma Film Icon Award winners, considers herself an “original gangster,”

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THE WEEK IN WOMEN: Gadot Seeks Gold, Chastain Joins X-MEN, Woodard Becomes Lionesque and Lamarr Gets Documentary — Brandy McDonnell reports

August 13, 2017September 7, 2019 Brandy McDonnell 0 Comments alexandra dean, alfre woodard, bombshell, Gal Gadot, hedy lamarr, jessica chastain, Jon Favreau, lion king, Patty Jenkins, wonder woman, x-men dark phoenix

Warner Bros. will mount an Oscar campaign for Wonder Woman, Gal Gadot and director Patty Jenkins, striving to get first-ever

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"#TheLostKing is far from perfect but it is witty, vaguely edifying, and very British." @LizBraunSun reviews director Stephen Frears' latest, starring the always luminous Sally Hawkins: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/the-lost-king-review-by-liz-braun/

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ICYMI: @MarBarFu brings us #AWFJ's weekly look at movies made by and about women. For March 20-26, here's a run down of what's hitting theatres or streaming: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/opening-march-20-to-26-2023-margaret-barton-fumo-reports/

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Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska‘s #Fugue is finally getting a long-overdue limited US cinema release. Our own @suspirialex takes a look at this portrait of a woman in crisis: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/fugue-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

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We had to wait decades for Nicolas Cage's very first western (Butcher's Crossing) but then only 1 year for his second - #TheOldWays. @susangranger reviews the latest from @PrimeVideo: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/the-old-ways-review-by-susan-granger/

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"Documentary-like in its candor, [#TheWorstOnes] is also touchingly tender as it captures a memorable summer in its characters’ lives." Our Movie of the Week (#MOTW) team reviews the #Cannes2022 #UnCertainRegard winner from Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/movie-of-the-week-march-24-2023-the-worst-ones/

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