babes – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

MOVIE OF THE WEEK January 3, 2025: Team #MOTW’s Favorite MOTWs of 2024

December 30, 2024December 30, 2024 Jennifer Merin babes, betsy bozdech, Black Box Diaries, Cate Marquis, Frida, Ghostlight, jennifer merin, La Chimera, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, mointains, nell minow, Pam Grady, sandie angulo chen, sherin nicole, the Last Showgirl, the teachers's lounge, The Wasp, We Grown Now

Team #MOTW looks back at the films we featured during 2024 and highlights our favorites. There are many things about 2024 that we want to forget, but these femme-helmed/femme centric films that brought inspiration, understanding, compassion, and respite replete with laughter are not among them — and they must not slip into oblivion. Their themes, topics and genres are diverse, and each one of them is a gem. Add them to your must watch list. Share the titles with friends. To find out more about each of the selected films, click on the highlighted titles for links to the full #MOTW coverage that was published on AWFJ.org on the day of their release. Enjoy all of them!

Reviews

BABES – Review by Rachel West

May 22, 2024May 26, 2024 Rachel West babes, filmnation, Ilana Glazer, michelle butreau, neonrated

There’s the family you’re born into and your chosen family, made up of the friends you hold near and dear. In director Pamela Adlon’s Babes, female friendship and the support that comes from your chosen family is front and centre in her surprisingly sweet and touching directorial debut. Co-written by and starring Broad City alum Ilana Glazer and Survival of The Thickest’s Michelle Buteau, Babes delivers more than one might expect from an unplanned pregnancy comedy.

Movie of the Week

MOVIE OF THE WEEK May 17, 2024 – BABES

May 11, 2024May 12, 2024 Jennifer Merin babes, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, filmnation, Ilana Glazer, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, michelle butreau neonrated, motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, nikki fowler, pamela adlon, sandie angulo chen, sherin nicole

Pamela Adlon may be a Gen Xer herself, but she proves that she genuinely understands Millennials in her feature directorial debut, Babes. With its sometimes crude, sometimes sweet script co-written by uber-Millennial comedian Ilana Glazer (who also co-stars), Adlon’s New York City-set comedy follows main characters Eden (Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau) as they authentically navigate the messy glory of adult life, from motherhood and marriage to friendship and self care.