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SANCTUARY (TIFF 2022) – Review by Ulkar Alakbarova

September 19, 2022September 22, 2022 Ulkar Alakbarova Christopher Abbott, margaret qualley, Micah Bloomberg, Sanctuary, Zachary Wigon

Has a thought such as ‘stop the world I want to get off’ crossed your mind while watching a specific film? A film that you have no clue what it’s about; neither its concept nor what it tries to tell you? The film that you have no words to describe. I will tell you what I planned to write about Zachary Wigon’s Sanctuary – this is just a phenomenal film that you won’t be able to not tell your friends about. So just go and watch it. End of review. But as a film critic, I should probably do better than that.

Festivals Reviews

STARS AT NOON (MIFF 2022) – Review by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

August 16, 2022 Alexandra Heller-Nicholas claire denis, Eric Gautier, Joe Alwyn, margaret qualley, melbourne international film festival, MIFF 2022, Stars at Noon, Tindersticks

Stars at Noon is a seductive, sexy ride, and when we’re in it it’s a pleasant enough journey. Running at well over two hours, however, it does at times overstay its welcome, a result perhaps of a too-loyal commitment to its literary source material. Stars at Noon is a satisfying one night stand of a film; it’s pleasurable enough while it is happening, but the second it’s over it’s almost far too easy to forget.

Reviews

MAID – Review by Martha K Baker

October 6, 2021October 8, 2021 Martha K. Baker Andie MacDowell, Anika Noni Rose, Maid, margaret qualley, Molly Smith Metzler, netflix, series, Stephanie Land

The creator of Maid, Molly Smith Metzler, wrought fiction from Maid, a good book of facts about poverty in America. Although it’s best to remember that the television series is not the book (kind of like Nomadland“, the Netflix series sincerely studies poverty — especially its burden on women.

Reviews

MY SALINGER YEAR – Review by Maitland McDonagh

March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Maitland McDonagh J.D. Salinger, Joanna Rakoff, margaret qualley, My Salinger Year, sigourney weaver

The trouble with My Salinger Year isn’t that it’s a terrible movie–it’s not. It’s that its version of Joanna Rakoff ‘s novel is so profoundly uninteresting; earnest, naïve, bright without being especially perceptive and untested by the kind of experiences that fiction writers use to force such unformed characters to develop.

Interviews Movie of the Week

Filmmaker Margaret Betts on NOVITIATE — Interview by Kristen Page-Kirby

December 30, 2017October 24, 2018 Kristen Page-Kirby 0 Comments margaret betts, margaret qualley, motw, Movie of the Week, novitiate

“Novitiate” is a love story about a girl in a relationship with a guy who just doesn’t seem to be paying much attention to her. It’s a fairly typical tale, except the girl is a 17-year-old nun in training and the guy is God. In the drama, opening Friday, Cathleen (played by Margaret Qualley) enters the (fictional) convent of the Sisters of Blessed Rose in 1964. She begins her journey toward becoming a nun with a one-year stint as a postulant, getting used to the daily routine of the convent.

Movie of the Week Reviews

MOVIE OF THE WEEK: October 27: NOVITIATE

October 22, 2017May 19, 2020 Betsy Bozdech 0 Comments anne brodie, Cate Marquis, dianne agron, esther iverem, jeanne wolf, jennifer merin, liz whittemore, maggie betts, margaret betts, margaret qualley, maryann johanson, melissa leo, nell minow, novitiate, nuns, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna, thelma adams, vatican ii

Writer/director Margaret Betts’ first feature is a compelling drama that tells the sometimes-bleak story of Cathleen, an earnest young woman who decides to take the veil in the early 1960s, as Vatican II reforms dictated changes in the cloistered lives of women religious. Novitiate is a stunning eye-opener. Continue reading…

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NOVITIATE — Review by Cate Marquis

October 16, 2017October 22, 2017 Cate Marquis 0 Comments margaret betts, margaret qualley, melissa leo, motw, Movie of the Week, novitiate

NOVITIATE stars Margaret Qualley as Cathleen Norris, a 17-year-old raised by a non-religious single mother who nonetheless decides to enter

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"#TheLostKing is far from perfect but it is witty, vaguely edifying, and very British." @LizBraunSun reviews director Stephen Frears' latest, starring the always luminous Sally Hawkins: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/the-lost-king-review-by-liz-braun/

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ICYMI: @MarBarFu brings us #AWFJ's weekly look at movies made by and about women. For March 20-26, here's a run down of what's hitting theatres or streaming: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/opening-march-20-to-26-2023-margaret-barton-fumo-reports/

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Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska‘s #Fugue is finally getting a long-overdue limited US cinema release. Our own @suspirialex takes a look at this portrait of a woman in crisis: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/fugue-review-by-alexandra-heller-nicholas/

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We had to wait decades for Nicolas Cage's very first western (Butcher's Crossing) but then only 1 year for his second - #TheOldWays. @susangranger reviews the latest from @PrimeVideo: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/20/the-old-ways-review-by-susan-granger/

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"Documentary-like in its candor, [#TheWorstOnes] is also touchingly tender as it captures a memorable summer in its characters’ lives." Our Movie of the Week (#MOTW) team reviews the #Cannes2022 #UnCertainRegard winner from Lise Akoka & Romane Gueret: https://awfj.org/blog/2023/03/18/movie-of-the-week-march-24-2023-the-worst-ones/

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