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THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER – Review by Leslie Combemale

December 17, 2025December 17, 2025 Leslie Combemale Imogen Poots, Jim Belushi, Kristen Stewart, Lidia Yuknavitch, The Chronology of Water

Of course memory is subjective. It lies to us. It reorders story. It plays like a damaged 8-millimeter film in our heads. Memory also isn’t always kind. Regardless of how we WANT to remember, it plays sharp, shocking snippets of experience, often unbidden, anytime of the day or night. For those who have trauma in their personal history, it can be a destructive, obtrusive loop that only stops with hard work or hard drinking. This is the genesis of Lidia Yuknavitch’s incendiary memoir The Chronology of Water, which draws from her survival of physical and sexual abuse by her father, drug addiction, the power of memory, and the experience of womanhood.

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THE FATHER – Review by Diane Carson

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021 Diane Carson anthony hopkins, florian zeller, Imogen Poots, olivia coleman, the father

Director Florian Zeller realistically depicts the mental confusion of octogenarian Anthony who weaves in and out of reality, struggling with a dementia he refuses to acknowledge, one symptom of his cognitive deterioration. Second, Anthony’s primary caregiver, daughter Anne, elicits empathy through scenes focusing on her painful coping.

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FRENCH EXIT – Review by Susan Granger

February 15, 2021February 15, 2021 Susan Granger azazel jacobs, danielle macdonald, french exit, Imogen Poots, lucas hedges, michelle pfeiffer, susan coyne, Valerie Mahaffey

Michelle Pfeiffer’s icy, incandescent performance garnered her a Golden Globe nomination, even though Azazel Jacobs’ film leaves much to be desired. Pfeiffer plays elegant, entitled Frances Price, a once-wealthy Manhattan widow who has fecklessly blown through her late husband Frank’s fortune.

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FRENCH EXIT – Review by April Neale

February 10, 2021February 14, 2021 April Neale azazel jacobs, danielle macdonald, french exit, Imogen Poots, lucas hedges, michelle pfeiffer, susan coyne, Valerie Mahaffey

Michelle Pfeiffer seems to have nine lives in French Exit. She is also a poster child for the wealthy WASP mavens of the last century who never ate, rarely emoted, smoked and drank heavily and were perfectly turned out at every waking moment. Women named Babe, Alva, Muffy and Cornelia.

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THE FATHER – Review by Susan Granger

February 10, 2021February 13, 2021 Susan Granger anthony hopkins, florian zeller, Imogen Poots, olivia coleman, the father

First seen sitting in a chair, reading a book while listening to classical music in his posh London flat, Anthony Hopkins delivers a heartbreaking performance as an 80-year-old gentleman trying to come to terms with the subtle disorientation of dementia. At this point, Anthony – that’s his character’s name, since director Florian Zeller wrote the role for Hopkins – barely recognizes his daughter, Anne (Olivia Colman), who is trying to introduce him to Laura (Imogen Poots), a new caregiver.

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FRENCH EXIT – Review by Martha K Baker

February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 Martha K. Baker (Archived Contributor) azazel jacobs, danielle macdonald, french exit, Imogen Poots, lucas hedges, michelle pfeiffer, susan coyne, Valerie Mahaffey

There are some who think that Valerie Mahaffey ritzes up the joint, that she adds quirk and zest and uniqueitude. The character actress does just that to French Exit although the film is already a bit quirky and different, so Mahaffey fits right in with Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges.

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VIVARIUM – Review by Susan Granger

March 29, 2020March 31, 2020 Susan Granger 0 Comments Imogen Poots, jesse eisenberg, lorcan finnegan, vivarium

Watch carefully as the introductory scene with the cuckoo birds shows how they trick other birds into raising their young. It’s a metaphor that foreshadows what’s about to unfold.

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, Aug 10 – Aug. 16: SHE’S FUNNY THAT WAY

August 10, 2015August 16, 2015 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments Imogen Poots, jennifer aniston, Kathryn Hahn, owen wilson, Pam Grady, peter bogdanovich, Rhys Ifans, Sandra Kraisirideja, screwball comedy, She's Funny That Way, Will Forte

Opening August 14, the AWFJ Movie of the Week is She’s Funny That Way, the new film from actor/writer/director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show). Described as a screwball comedy in the same vein as Bogdanovich’s 1972 classic What’s Up Doc?, it follows the interconnected lives of the cast and crew of a Broadway show. The all-star ensemble features Imogen Poots, Jennifer Aniston, Kathryn Hahn, Owen Wilson and Will Forte, among others. Read on…