EQUITY, INTO THE FOREST, NERVE, BAD MOMS, JASON BOURNE and Other July 29 Openers – Reviews by Jennifer Merin
Meera Menon’s Equity, a drama about a woman on Wall Street, steals this week’s top spot for feminist movie goers.
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FREEHELD – Review by Susan Granger
Julianne Moore propels this based-on-a-true-court case of a lesbian cop who takes on an entire community to demand equal rights
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SPOTLIGHT October 2015: Reed Morano, Director/Cinematographer, MEADOWLAND
With her excellent first feature Meadowland opening this month, acclaimed cinematographer Reed Morano amps her behind the camera achievements. With her next project already in the works, she’s proving herself to be a formidable director about whom we’re likely to be honoring for years to come. Read on…
FREEHELD, HE NAMED ME MALALA, THE MARTIAN and Other Oct 2 Openers – Reviews by Jennifer Merin
In Freeheld, Julianne Moore and Ellen Page are brilliantly courageous and poignant as domestic partners crusading for spousal benefits. He
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AWFJ Women On Film – “Whip It” – Susan Granger reviews
You gotta love Drew Barrymore! Ever since her sweetness captured our hearts as Gertie in “E.T.,” she’s been an authentic
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JUNO – review by Susan Granger
Could Juno could be this years Little Miss Sunshine? Its a cynical, yet irresistible serio-comedy about a pregnant teenager with unquenchable optimistic. Much to her horror, precociously hip 16 year-old Juno MacGuff (Ellen Page) discovers that her one sexual encounter with nerdy, perpetually bewildered Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera) has resulted in an accidental pregnancy.
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