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A GOOD PERSON – Review by T.J. Callahan

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 T. J. Callahan A Good Person, florence pugh, molly shannon, Morgan Freeman, Zach Braff

A Good Person is about a good person involved in a tragic incident and the actions she takes to feel good about herself again. Florence Pugh is Allison. A woman with a promising career, loving fiancé, and supportive family and friends. Life is good for this person, until she finds herself the sole survivor of a car accident that kills her soon to be sister and brother-in-law. Pain and guilt consume her. The former pharmaceutical salesperson turns to her own product.

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SPIN ME AROUND – Review by Rachel West

August 10, 2022August 14, 2022 Rachel West alessandro nivola, Allison Brie, aubrey plaza, Debby Ryan, Jeff Baena, molly shannon, Spin Me Round, Tim Heidecker, Zach Woods

Allison Brie reteams with Aubrey Plaza and writer-director Jeff Baena for Spin Me Round, which despite a cast of comedic talents, fails to deliver on its wacky premise. When Tuscan Grove Italian chain restaurant manager Amber (Brie) is selected to attend a prestigious training program for staff in Italy, she dreams of being swept off her feet in a romantic European adventure. However, the trip turns out to be different than she expected. With elements of a thriller, dark comedy, violence, and slapstick humour, Spin Me Round is one complicated mess that can’t figure out if it wants the audience to be in on the joke.

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WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY – Review by Martha K. Baker

April 13, 2019 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments biopics, emily dickenson, Madeleine Olnek, molly shannon, smy seimetz, wild nights with emily

Writer/director Madeleine Olnek did not invent this story of Emily Dickinson’s love for her sister-in-law, Susan Gilbert Dickinson. Olnek makes clear from the start that Dickinson’s love letters, quoted aloud and printed on screen, are filed in libraries in Harvard and Amherst.

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WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY – Review by MaryAnn Johanson

April 12, 2019April 15, 2019 MaryAnn Johanson 0 Comments Dana Melanie, Drunk History, Emily Dickinson, Madeleine Olnek, molly shannon, wild nights with emily

It’s like Drunk History, but sober. Based on Emily Dickinson’s own work, which also features here in illustrative voiceovers,Wild Nights with Emily is an absolutely brilliant, absolutely hilarious, stupendously ultradry sendup of a costume drama with the very serious feminist mission of setting the historical record straight — or, actually, setting it queer — on the poet.

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New York Film Festival 2018 Top Female Performances – Liz Whittemore reports

October 24, 2018November 30, 2021 Liz Whittemore 0 Comments ella smith, emma stone, juliette binoche, Kathryn Hahn, molly shannon, New York Film Festival, nyff, Olivia Colman, rachel weisz, regina king, sakura ando, The Favourite

NYFF is reliable in presenting meaty roles for women. This year’s notable performances include Juliette Binoche and Regina King, an actress who is often underappreciated. Also on my list are Molly Shannon, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz, among others presented here in no particular order.

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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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