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AWFJ Movie of the Week, August 29 – September 2: The Light Between Oceans

August 28, 2016June 8, 2020 Dorothy Woodend 0 Comments alicia vikander, Derek Cianfrance, drama, michael fassbender, Pam Grady, rachel weisz, Romance, The Light Between Oceans, thelma adams

Opening Sept. 2, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is The Light Between Oceans,
The season of serious films kicks off with a new cargo of epic stories, sweeping vistas and major actors. One film has every single one of these things – Derek Cianfrance’s The Light Between Oceans. Read On…

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, January 11-17: A PERFECT DAY

January 11, 2016January 18, 2016 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments A Perfect Day, benicio del toro, comedy, drama, Fernando Leon de Aranoa, Melanie Thierry, Olga Kurylenko, Pam Grady, Sandra Kriaisirideja, Tim Robbins

Opening January 15, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is A Perfect Day, the new drama from Spanish writer/director Fernando Leon de Aranoa about a group of aid workers attempting to resolve a crisis in an armed Balkan conflict zone. Read on…

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, January 4-10: ABOUT RAY

January 4, 2016January 10, 2016 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments ABOUT RAY, drama, Elle Fannin, Gaby Dellal, Naomi Watts, Nell Minnow, Nikole Beckwith, Sandra Kraisirideja, susan sarandon

Opening July 10, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is About Ray, which stars Elle Fanning (Malificent, Trumbo) as a young woman who makes the decision to transition from female to male Read on…

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, December 21 – 30 : 45 YEARS

December 27, 2015January 3, 2016 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments 45 years, Andrew Haigh, charlotte rampling, drama, Geraldine James, Sandra Kraisirideja, Tom Courtnay

Opening Dec. 23, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is 45 Years, British writer/director Andrew Haigh’s follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2011 film Weekend. Like that film, this is also a drama about love and relationships told in an intensely personal way. Its protagonists are long-married couple Geoff (Tom Courtenay) and Kate (Charlotte Rampling) who find their relationship rocked by a revelation from the past on the eve of their 45th anniversary. Read on…

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, December 8 – December 14: BLEEDING HEART

December 7, 2015December 13, 2015 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments Bleeding Heart, Diane Bell, drama, jessica biel, Sandra Kraisirideja, thriller, Zosia Mamet

Opening December 11, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Bleeding Heart, writer/director Diane Bell’s second film which tells the tale of two sisters caught up in the dangerous world of prostitution. Read on…

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, November 17-November 23: CAROL

November 16, 2015December 22, 2018 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments carol, cate blanchett, drama, nell minow, Pam Grady, Patricia Highsmith, Phyllis Nagy, rooney mara, Sandra Kraisirideja, Sarah Paulson, Todd Haynes

Opening November 20, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Carol, director Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven, I’m Not There sumptuous new drama staring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara as two women who are drawn to each other in the strict moral landscape of 1950s New York. Read on…

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, November 3-November 9: MISS YOU ALREADY

November 2, 2015October 16, 2018 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments catherine hardwicke, Dominic Cooper, drama, drew barrymore, Jacqueline Bisset, Miss You Already, Morwenna Banks, nell minow, nikki baughan, Paddy Considine, Sandra Kraisirideja, Toni Collette

Opening November 6, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Miss You Already, director Catherine Hardwicke’s (Thirteen, Twilight) drama about a lifelong female friendship put to the test by serious illness starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette. The title may bring to mind flippant adolescent attachments, but the film is an astute study of adult female friendships, as seen through the intense prism of terminal illness Read on…

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, October 27-November 2: OUR BRAND IS CRISIS

October 26, 2015November 1, 2015 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments Billy Bob Thornton, comedy, David Gordon Green, drama, nell minow, our brand is crisis, Peter Straughan, sandra bullock, Sandra Kraisirideja

Opening October 30, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Our Brand Is Crisis, director David Gordon Green’s new comedy drama based on Rachel Boynton’s 2006 documentary of the same name which looked at the tactics and consequences of American political campaigns.. Read on…

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, October 20-26: SUFFRAGETTE

October 19, 2015February 15, 2020 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments abi morgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Ben Whishaw, Carey Mulligan, drama, Helena Bonham Carter, jennifer merin, meryl streep, nell minow, Romola Garai, Sandra Kraisirideja, sarah gavron, Suffragette

Opening October 23, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Suffragette, British director Sarah Gavron’s phenomenal portrait of the brave women at the vanguard of the rights to vote campaign in the early 20th century . Read on…

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, October 5-11: THE FORBIDDEN ROOM

October 5, 2015November 4, 2018 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments anne brodie, charlotte rampling, drama, Evan Johnson, Geraldine Chaplin, Guy Maddin, jennifer merin, Pam Grady, Sandra Kraisirideja, The Forbidden Room

Opening October 9, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is The Forbidden Room, artist filmmaker Guy Maddin’s latest experimental work set in the claustrophobic confines of a marooned submarine deep below the ocean’s surface. Read on…

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