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Movie of the Week 

MOVIE OF THE WEEK June 12, 2026: HONEYJOON

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Part mother-daughter comedy, part grief drama, part generational clash, and part travelogue, writer/director Lilian T. Mehrel’s charming, poignant Honeyjoon tells the story of two women in mourning whose complicated feelings — for themselves, for each other, and for the loved one they’ve lost — must be sorted out before they can move forward. The fact that it’s all happening while they’re in the gorgeous Azores Islands both helps and hinders their journey.

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Reviews 

HONEYJOON – Review by Monique Jones

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Lilian T. Mehrel’s Honeyjoon is a funny and heartfelt film about the pains of growing beyond the life of a loved one who has passed on. The film is about a mother and daughter who are figuring out how to move on after the one-year anniversary of the man they call husband and father. But there’s also a stealthy conversation about how Iranians who escaped the Iranian Revolution of 1979 can find a way to live again despite the “slow goodbye” (to paraphrase the film) they’re experiencing with their country.

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