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MOVIE OF THE WEEK March 21, 2019: THE BRINK

March 17, 2019March 22, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments alison klayman, arina antunes, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, documentaries, kristen page kirby, lizwhittemore, loren king, marie therese guirgis, maryann johanson, motw, nell minow, sandie angulo chen, Sheila Roberts, steve bannon, the brink

It’s no exaggeration to say that Steve Bannon quickly became one of the most reviled figures in Donald Trump’s inner circle during the 2016 election and the early days of Trump’s presidency. Cagey and clever, Bannon never seemed to make a move that wasn’t completely calculated. So you have to wonder what his motivation was to allow filmmaker Alison Klayman and her cameras into his life to film The Brink, an intimate documentary that follows Bannon from 2017 through the historic 2018 midterm elections.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK March 15, 2019: ROLL RED ROLL

March 10, 2019March 14, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments Cate Marquis, documentary, kristen page kirby, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, maryann johanson, nancy schwartzman, nellminow, rape. steubenville, roll red roll, sandie angulo chen, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna, true crime

Following the infamous 2012 case in Steubenville, Ohio, in which two teen boys who were local highschool football heroes assaulted and raped an intoxicated female classmate, Nancy Schwartzman’s compelling documentary, Roll Red Roll, crystalizes the danger of supporting a “boys will be boys” mentality.

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AWFJ ROUND TABLE: Defining Feminist Film Criticism

March 5, 2019March 13, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments alexandra heller-nicholas, Chaz Ebert, esther iverem, feminist film criticism, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., martha p nochimson, maryann johanson, nell minow, rogerebert.com, roxana hadadi

The term ‘feminism’ and the descriptor ‘feminist film critic’ are in frequent use these days, as the women in film movement stirs debate and demands change in the the movie industry. Women film critics are, like women working in all aspects of the industry, marginalized not only by disparity in employment opportunities, but also in the overall attitude — a lack of seriousness — with which our reviews and commentaries are evaluated. Reputable reports support this assertion with stats, and women film critics feel it in our guts 24365

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK March 1, 2018: SAINT JUDY

February 24, 2019March 3, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, kristen page kirby, Leem Lubany, liz whittemore, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, michelle monaghan, motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, saint judy, sandie angulo chen, shiela roberts, susan wloszczyna

SAINT JUDY is director Sean Hanish’s fact-based drama about immigration attorney Judy Wood (Michelle Monaghan), whose tenacity, empathy, and intelligence

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK February 22, 2019: WOMAN AT WAR

February 17, 2019February 21, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments benedikt Erlingsson, betsy bozdech, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, icelandic films, jennifer merin, liz whittemore, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, maryann johanson, nell minow, Pam Grady, susan wlosczcyna, woman at war

Having a fearless, independent, complicated middle-aged woman at the center of this original comedy/drama is reason enough to distinguish the Icelandic film Woman at War. That director Benedikt Erlingsson, working from a script he wrote with Ólafur Egill Egilsson, has managed to make a film about environmental activism in the Icelandic countryside that’s fresh, quirky and compelling is an added bonus.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK February 15, 2019: DAUGHTER OF MINE

February 10, 2019February 15, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments alba rohrwacher, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, daughter of mine, kristen page dirby, laura bispuri, liz whittemore, loren king, marina antunes, maryann johanson, Movie of the Week, sandie angulo chen, sara casu, susan wloszczyna, valeria golino

A passionate exploration of the nature of motherhood, daughterhood, and connection, Laura Bispuri’s Daughter of Mine has a raw, naturalistic feel that makes its characters and their choices seem very real. Viewers are plunged right into the world of two Italian women who both lay claim to a young girl who finds herself torn between them.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK February 8, 2019: WHO WILL WRITE OUR HISTORY

February 3, 2019February 13, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments adrien brody, betsy bozdech, holocaust, joan allen, loren king, marina antunes, maryann johanson, nell minow, Oyneg Shabes Archive, Pam Grady, roberta grossman, sandie angulo chen, Sheila Roberts, warsaw ghetto, who will write our history?

Every single Jew who died during World War II at the hands of Hitler and his Nazis had a story to tell — and the fact that so many of those stories died with them is an unfathomable tragedy. But some of their stories survived, including those preserved by the brave Polish Jews who risked their lives to create the Oyneg Shabes Archive. This astounding cache of documents and artifacts from the Warsaw Ghetto is the subject of Roberta Grossman’s moving, fascinating documentary Who Will Write Our History.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK February 1, 2019: RUST CREEK

January 27, 2019February 13, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments betsy bozdech, catemarquis, hermione corfield, jen mcgowan, liz whittemore, loren king, lorenking, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, michelle lawler, nell minow, rust creek, Sheila Roberts, thriller

Smart, strong, and determined, college senior Sawyer (Hermione Corfield) is no victim. But she is someone who finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time in Jen McGowan’s tense survival thriller “Rust Creek” — and what happens as a result will ensure that you never leave home without rock-solid directions (or a backup phone battery) again.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK January 25, 2019: ROMA

January 20, 2019February 13, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments Alfonso Cuarón, anne brodie, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, kristen page kirby, liz whittemore, loren king, marina de tavire, maryann johanson, mexican films, nell minow, pamgrady, ROMA, Sheila Roberts, yalitz aparicio

Winner of the AWFJ’s 2018 EDA awards for Best Film and Best Non-English Language Film (as well as Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing), Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” is a lushly filmed, beautifully specific slice-of-life drama that presents its central female characters with love and compassion. The story centers on Cleo (newcomer Yalitza Aparicio), the cook/maid/nanny to an upper middle class family living in Mexico City’s Roma district in the early 1970s.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK January 28, 2019: COMMUNION

January 14, 2019February 10, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments Anna Zamecka, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, Communion, documentaries, komunia, kristen page kirby, liz whittemore, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., maryann johanson, oscars shortlist, Pam Grady, polish films, sandie angulo chen, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna

A tenacious Polish teen who’s had to grow up too soon takes center stage in Anna Zamecka’s powerful documentary Communion. The film invests viewers deeply in Ola as she works every angle she can think of to bring her family back together, even though the odds seem stacked against her.

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"Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends to no wind" Queen Elizabeth I is on @AWFJ's #RealReelWomen List of women with true stories told in fiction films. View for #WomensHistoryMonth inspiration! https://t.co/lJmEmogQ5t

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