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SORRY, BABY – Review by Lynn Venhaus

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When bad things happen to good people, the wind is understandably knocked out of one’s sails – and the loving, concerned people around them. Sorry, Baby is a specific, bittersweet look at how Agnes, a young woman in graduate school, is affected by a sexual assault, and her recovery in the aftermath. Eva Victor, who wrote, directed and starred in this revelatory black comedy-drama, is a fresh new voice that demonstrates how an assured female point of view is sorely needed in modern filmmaking.

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THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 – Review by Susan Granger

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Best known for his sharp, perceptive dialogue, peppered with succinct soliloquies, writer/director Aaron Sorkin has crafted a timely, yet talky tale, utilizing flashbacks and newsreel footage. Free speech and demonstration are interpreted as lawless rioting with the government and its supporters expressing complete faith in the police. Perhaps Sasha Baron-Cohen’s Abbie Hoffman puts it best: “The institutions of government are wonderful things, but right now are populated by some terrible people.”

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AWFJ Movie of the Week, May 4-10: HOT PURSUIT

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Opening May 8, AWFJ’s Movie of the Week is Hot Pursuit, directed by Anne Fletcher (27 Dresses, The Proposal) and starring Reese Witherspoon as a by-the-book cop trying to protect the newly-rich widow of a drug boss (Sofia Vergara) on a journey through the wilds of Texas. Read on…

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