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MOVIE OF THE WEEK December 27, 2019: The Best of A Banner Year

December 21, 2019December 21, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments after the wedding, always be my maybe, anthropocene, be natural, family, for sama, honey boy, honeyland, Maiden, motw, Movie of the Week, one child nation, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, roll red roll, team motw, the nightingale, tigers are not afraid, woman at war

Late December is a good time for a Movie of the Week recap: 38 of our selections have been femme-helmed, and all are about women — biodocs about influential game-changers like Tracy Edwards, Toni Morrison and Dr. Ruth, as well as narratives about complex fictional power players such as Claire in The Nightingale, Molly in Late Night and Orna in Working Woman. With inspiring stories about women’s struggles for equality and other key issues, AWFJ’s #MOTW roster shows the range and high level of achievement of women working in film. Here Team #MOTW presents our favorites. Wonder what’s in store?

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ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE – Review by MaryAnn Johanson

June 11, 2019June 12, 2019 MaryAnn Johanson 0 Comments always be my maybe, netflix

Joy of joys, Always Be My Maybe is a joy. It’s not a box-ticking exercise in diverse filmmaking. I wish I didn’t have to say that. I don’t want to say that and I don’t think that’s even a thing. But some people reading this will think it is. To them I say: Get over your white-ass self.

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ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE – Review by Sheila Roberts

May 29, 2019June 2, 2019 Sheila Roberts (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments ali wong, always be my maybe, motw, Movie of the Week, nahnatchka kahn, netflix, randall park

Netflix’s new Rom-com, Always Be My Maybe, is a refreshing love story smartly directed by Nahnatchka Khan in her feature debut, starring the charming Ali Wong and Randall Park as childhood sweethearts who part ways after a spat then bump into each other 15 years later. Wong and Park deliver sparkling performances as Sasha and Marcus who now live in vastly different worlds and share little in common — or so they think.