Female Film Critics 24/375
This London-set political thriller revolves around Kate Wyler (Keri Russell), America’s Ambassador to the U.K., and her meddlesome career-diplomat husband Hal (Rufus Sewall). At the conclusion of Season 2, visiting Vice-President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) learned that POTUS William Rayburn (Michael McKean) died of a heart-attack, making her the new U.S. President.
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Queen of Glory is a story about straddling cultures and finding your identity, something main character Sarah confronts at the same time she grapples with major life changes. Writer, director, co-producer and star Nana Mensah has crafted a very personal tale with some real life-inspired aspects of the New York ex-pat and first-generation Ghanaian community. As her character’s life and look evolve over the course of the film, these lingering close-ups on Mensah serve almost as forced insights or snapshots into her changing emotional state.
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This ‘Back to School’ month is the perfect time for Netflix’s new college-set series The Chair, starring Sandra Oh (Killing Eve, Grey’s Anatomy) as Dr. Ji-Yoon Kim, the first female head of the English department at (fictional) Pembroke University. A prestigious “lower-tier Ivy,” Pembroke has always favored its rich, white students and faculty, so the newly elected Chair faces not only gender prejudice but also racial bias. A single mother, she’s raising an adopted daughter, Ju-Ju (Everly Carganilla), with the help of her widowed, Korean-speaking father (Lee Ji-Yong).
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