Kristen Stewart – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

WEEK IN WOMEN: Kristen Stewart named Berlinale Jury President – Brandy McDonnell reports

January 27, 2023January 29, 2023 Brandy McDonnell Berlin International Film Festival, directorial debuts, film festivals, Kristen Stewart, twiw, week in women

Oscar-nominated American actor, screenwriter and director Kristen Stewart will serve as the president of the International Jury at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. Stewart first attended the Berlin International Film Festival in 2010 with Welcome to the Rileys. She has just completed production on Love Me, as well as on Love Lies Bleeding, and is currently working on her feature-length directorial debut, the adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s The Chronology of Water.

Reviews

SPENCER – Review by Diane Carson

October 25, 2021November 11, 2021 Diane Carson biopics, Claire Mathon, Diana Spencer, Kristen Stewart, pablo larrain, Princess of Wales., sally hawkins, Timothy Spall

As Princess Diana, Kristen Stewart gives a magnetic performance. Most impressive was her ability to capture Diana’s nonverbal subtleties and her verbal rhythms, to communicate her entrapment and then the release of dancing spontaneously, exuberantly. Stewart was asked to dance at the conclusion of many production days, and the editing together of this extemporaneous, free expression conveys what Diana has been suppressing.

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HAPPIEST SEASON – Review by Susan Granger

December 3, 2020December 4, 2020 Susan Granger alison brie, aubrey plaza, Clea Duvall, happiest season, Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, mary steenburgen

Don’t get me wrong. I’m all in favor of diversity and inclusiveness, but this lesbian update on Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? doesn’t have a shred of believability. Since her parents died, Abigail – a.k.a. Abby (Kristen Stewart) – has never been into the holiday season. Despite that, her live-in girl-friend, Harper (Mackenzie Davis), impulsively insists that Abby come home with her to celebrate with her family.

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SEBERG – Review by Martha K Baker

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments Benedict Andrews, biopic, Jean Seberg, Kristen Stewart, Seberg

Undoubtedly, the life and early death of Jean Seberg are worth recounting in film, the medium in which she made her mark. Would that the current biography of Seberg’s last years measure up to her life and death. It tries. It almost makes it, but, in the end, Seberg barely introduces Jean Seberg.

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SEBERG – Review by Susan Granger

February 25, 2020March 1, 2020 Susan Granger 0 Comments Benedict Andrews, biopic, Jean Seberg, Kristen Stewart, sebrg

Inspired by the life of French New Wave star Jean Seberg, best known for Jean-Luc Godard’s “Breathless,” this is a tepid political thriller, set in the late 1960s when she was targeted by J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI because of her romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal.

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SEBERG – Review by MaryAnn Johanson

February 18, 2020February 21, 2020 MaryAnn Johanson 0 Comments Anthony Mackie, Jean Seberg, Kristen Stewart, Seberg

The cat-and-mouse game that French New Wave icon Jean Seberg never realized she was playing with the FBI is the crux around which the confused Seberg pivots. By far the most compelling aspect of this limp, strangled attempt to merge the biopic with the paranoid thriller is the central performance by the always fascinating Kristen Stewart.

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UNDERWATER – Review by Susan Granger

January 15, 2020January 18, 2020 Susan Granger 0 Comments Kristen Stewart, Underwater

The vampires and werewolves Kristen Stewart faced in “Twilight” pale in comparison with the gigantic aquatic creature that’s after her in this silly deep-sea dirge.

Festivals

REAL REEL WOMEN at TIFF 2019 – Report by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

September 1, 2019September 15, 2019 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 0 Comments helen reddy, judy garland. real reel women, Kristen Stewart, madam curie, marjan satrapi, rene zellweger, TIFF, toronto international film festival

In the spirit of the AWFJ’s REAL REEL WOMEN project which showcases the breathtaking history of biopics about some of history’s most significant women, the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival includes an intriguing array of films that could comfortably be added to this formidable list, with a notable majority directed by women filmmakers.

Festivals Reviews

TIFF18 Review: JEREMIAH TERMINATOR LEROY (World Premiere) – Alexander Heller-Nicholas

October 1, 2018October 1, 2018 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas 0 Comments asia argento, jeremiah terminator leroy, jt leroy, justin kelly, Kristen Stewart, laura alpert, Laura Dern, Savannah Knoop, tiff18

In any other time, there surely couldn’t be a twisted lo-fi queer-leaning biopic co-starring Laura Dern and Kristen Stewart that could be anything less than a total smash hit. Individually, each actor has developed intensely devoted fan bases in both the general mainstream and simultaneously among cult film die-hards. Framed with that ever-alluring ‘based on a true story’ chestnut, Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy should be win-win. So this indie turn should be a slam dunk, and yet…these are far from ordinary times.

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LIZZIE — Review by Martha K Baker

September 15, 2018 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments axe murder, chloe sevigny, Kristen Stewart, lizzie, lizzie borden, true crime

Lizzie resurrects an old axe murder mystery. The year is 1892. The murder: Mr. and Mrs. Borden. The suspect: Lizzie. If this movie were just the unspooling of a Victorian axe murder, it would still balance merit with demerits, but as it’s based on a real murder, Lizzie takes on an element of history beyond the psychological thriller. The story begins in medias res as Lizzie Borden, one of wealthy Alexander Borden’s two daughters, finds her father axed. She screams for Bridget, the servant, to call the police. Then they find Abby Borden, Lizzie and Emma’s icy step-mother, also axed.

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