Dua Lipa – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

BARBENHEIMER Rules: Conflating BARBIE and OPPENHEIMER – Pam Grady Comments

July 21, 2023July 27, 2023 Pam Grady barbenheimer, Barbie, Benny Safdie, Billie Eilish, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Cyndi Lauper, David Krumholtz, Dua Lipa, emily blunt, florence pugh, greta gerwig, Margot Robbie, Oppenheimer, rhea perlman, robert downey jr, Ryan Gosling

There are places where the two films intersect, making Barbenheimer less ridiculous than the memes suggest: Both Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) and Barbie (Margot Robbie) are midcentury icons, Oppenheimer as the father of the atomic bomb that forever changed the way humans live in the world, and Barbie as the doll that broke the mold, freeing little girls from the tyranny of baby dolls and forever changing the way children play with dolls.

Reviews

BARBIE – Review by Pam Grady

July 20, 2023July 27, 2023 Pam Grady america ferrera, Ariana Greenblatt, Barbie, Billie Eilish, Cyndi Lauper, Dua Lipa, greta gerwig, Indigo Girls, Jacqueline Durran, lizzo, michael cera, noah baumbach, rhea perlman, Rodrigo Prieto, Ryan Gosling, Sarah Greenwood, Spice Girls. Margot Robbie

It’s not easy being a stereotypical doll. At least, if your name is Barbie and you find yourself unexpectedly facing an existential crisis. Hype for this rendering of the life of Mattel’s classic toy had so many photos of Margot Robbie and a bleached blonde Ryan Gosling, as Barbie and her boytoy Ken spread across so many websites, that the production became a candy-colored mystery but with Greta Gerwig at the helm and a script by her and husband Noah Baumbach,) it seemed likely Barbie would not be a feature-length kiddie toy commercial. And it isn’t. This is, to borrow a phrase from the Eurythmics, sisters doing it for themselves. With dolls.

Reviews

BARBIE – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

July 20, 2023September 4, 2023 Valerie Kalfrin america ferrara, Ashley Swanson, Barbie, Dua Lipa, greta gerwig, helen mirren, Jacqueline Durran, Katie Spencer, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Sarah Greenwood

Like the doll’s copious wardrobe and accessories, the movie Barbie leaves lots to unpack—and probably more than people might expect. This funny, eye-catching film sports pitch-perfect performances from Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, paying tribute to the iconic toy while skewering the patriarchy and feminist window-dressing. It’s also a coming-of-age story about Barbie herself.

News

Blerta Basholli Celebrates HIVE in DC – Leslie Combemale reports

November 10, 2021November 13, 2021 Leslie Combemale Blerta Basholi, Dua Lipa, kosovo, Movie of the Week, Vjosa Osmani, Yllka Gashi

There’s a dream every female filmmaker must have of their projects getting support on a grand scale, as amplification from studios and outside sources with influence can make all the difference to a film’s success. That being true, writer/director Blerta Basholi must be over the moon after November 9th’s screening of her award-winning film Hive in Washington, DC. Not only were Basholli and Hive’s star, Yllka Gashi in attendance, but so were the president of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani, who is only the second female president in Kosovo’s history, and AMA, MTV, and Grammy-winning musician, supermodel, and activist Dua Lipa.