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Who’s #1? AWFJ Wonder Women Countdown Of Best Fictional Female Characters

August 29, 2016September 14, 2018 Marilyn Ferdinand (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments alien, awfj wonder women, casablanca, clarice starling, fargo, gone with the wind, lisa lund. thelma dickinson, marge gunderson, mary poppins, mildred pierce, nora charles, norma rae, ripley, scarlett ohara, silence of the lambs, thelma and louise, Thin Man

Our members celebrate liberated woman among their choices of our top 11 women characters, including a factory worker who demands her rights, a widow who founds her own successful company in the very unequal 1940s, two friends who take “Give me liberty or give me death” literally—and our No. 1 Wonder Woman. WHO IS SHE? Read on.

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SPOTLIGHT January 2015: GAIL ANNE HURD, Producer Extraordinaire

January 1, 2015June 8, 2020 Susan Wloszczyna 0 Comments alien, Gail Anne Hurd, james cameron, Linda Hamilton, Producers Guild. PGA, Terminator, Walking Dead

Gale Anne Hurd smashed the gender barrier in action and science fiction with the Terminator trilogy and Aliens, and now produces The Walking Dead, TV’s most-watched scripted drama. She’ll be honored this month with the Producers Guild of America’s David O. Selznick Achievement Award. Read on…

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AWFJ Women On Film – The Week in Women, July 24, 2009 – MaryAnn Johanson

July 24, 2009 MaryAnn Johanson 3 Comments alien, awfj women on film, comic con, judd apatow, katherine heigl, maryann johanson, orphan, sigourney weaver, the ugly truth, the week in women

Judd Apatow doesn’t know what sexism is, Katherine Heigl doesn’t know what grownup is, and Orphan knows that women deserve

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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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