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MOVIE OF THE WEEK October 3, 2025: THE LIBRARIANS

September 28, 2025September 30, 2025 Jennifer Merin betsy bozdech, book banning, Cate Marquis, documentaries, jennifer merin, Julie Miller, Kim A. Snyder, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, Moms for Liberty, motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, sandie angulo chen, sarah jessica parker, Suzette Baker, The Librarians

If news stories about fear-driven book bans leading to bare school library shelves leave you gnashing your teeth, you will love/hate watching The Librarians. Director Kim A. Snyder’s timely, important documentary follows the brave, determined folks who are on the ground fighting for kids’ right to read the types of stories that might lead to pearl clutching by some adults but ultimately offer young people powerful new ideas and the chance to feel seen and understood.

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AND JUST LIKE THAT… – Review by Susan Granger

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 Susan Granger And Just Like That, Chris Noth, cynthia nixon, John Corbett, Kristin Davis, Michael Patrick King, sarah jessica parker

Revolving around iconic fictional fashionista Carrie Bradshaw, Sex and the City began on HBO in 1998 and continued for six successful seasons. In 2021 And Just Like That… caught up with Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) coping with the trials and tribulations of life and love as middle-aged Manhattanites. The absence of sassy, adventurous sexpot Samantha (Kim Cattrall) left a gaping hole. When the quartet became a trio, it lost a pivotal part.

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AND JUST LIKE THAT… – Review by Susan Granger

March 6, 2024March 9, 2024 Susan Granger And Just Like That, cynthia nixon, Kristin Davis, sarah jessica parker, sex and the city

After two big-screen spin-offs, the Sex and the City cast – minus Samantha – reassembled for the sequel And Just Like That… in which the quest – finding/marrying the right man – was abandoned in favor of each of the admittedly middle-aged women finding/defining herself. In the first episode of the new series, Carrie becomes a widow, selling her once-coveted Upper East Side brownstone. Her husband, known as Mr. Big (Chris Noth), collapsed from a heart attack while working out on his Peloton. At the urging of her publisher, Carrie then becomes the keynote speaker at WidowCon.

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AND JUST LIKE THAT: SEASON 1 – Review by Susan Granger

December 15, 2021December 19, 2021 Susan Granger And Just Like That, Chris Noth, cynthia nixon, hbo, Kristin Davis, Peloton, Sara Ramirez, sarah jessica parker, sex and the city

Six sassy seasons and two movies later, Sex and the City is back, streaming on HBO Max in its new incarnation: And Just Like That. Yes, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York-Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis) have remained close friends.

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WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL – Review by Susan Wloszczyna

December 15, 2019December 15, 2019 Susan Wloszczyna 0 Comments documentaries, film criticism, motw, Movie of the Week, rob garver, sarah jessica parker, what she said the art of pauline kael

There are snippets of Kael’s own voice in archival footage although first-time director Rob Garver fills in the blanks by employing actress Sarah Jessica Parker to read sections of her writing while the critic’s daughter Gina James and other associates provide commentary. Kael, who had a way of picking just the right searing or celebratory word, rattled the intellectual crowd while pooh-poohing the backers of critic Andrew Sarris’s auteur theory.

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WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL – Review by MaryAnn Johanson

December 15, 2019June 8, 2020 MaryAnn Johanson 0 Comments Gina James, Pauline Kael, sarah jessica parker, what she said the art of pauline kael

I don’t know whether to be heartened or depressed by What She Said, a terrific documentary about the life and work of legendary film critic Pauline Kael. We hear how challenging it was to make a living as a critic, the abuse she took from readers, and just the general awfulness of men, in her personal life as well as professionally.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK November 9, 2018: HERE AND NOW

November 4, 2018December 5, 2018 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments Cate Marquis, elizabeth whittemore, here and now, jennifer merin, kristen page kirby, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., motw, Movie of the Week, nikki baughan, parker, sarah jessica parker, susan wloszczyna

Introspective and contemplative, Fabien Constant’s drama Here and Now follows talented singer Vivienne (Sarah Jessica Parker) through roughly 24 hours after she’s diagnosed with a serious form of brain cancer and learns she may have no more than 14 months left to live. With everything from her upcoming tour to her time with her teenage daughter now up in the air, Vivienne struggles to come to terms with this unexpected twist of fate.

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HERE AND NOW – Review by Loren King

November 2, 2018November 4, 2018 Loren King 0 Comments cleo from 9 to 5, here and now, laura eason, motw, Movie of the Week, sarah jessica parker

How would a day unfold when it starts with a doctor delivering a grim diagnosis? That’s the premise of Here and Now, a modest but affecting drama written by playwright and House of Cards scribe Laura Eason. It’s an intimate character study that rests on the lead performance from Sarah Jessica Parker.

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HERE AND NOW – Review by Nikki Baughan

November 1, 2018November 4, 2018 Nikki Baughan 0 Comments fabien constant, here and now, laura eason, motw, Movie of the Week, sarah jessica parker

Writer Laura Eason’s screenplay effectively mines the anonymity and isolation of modern life, where people connect more easily through technology than face-to-face; we often see Vivienne surrounded by people but utterly, desperately alone. And if Fabien Constant’s direction sometimes over-eggs the pudding, the emotional truth of the story, and Parker’s nuanced, sympathetic performance, prevent it from straying too far into melodrama.

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HERE AND NOW – Review by Susan Wloszczyna

November 1, 2018November 5, 2018 Susan Wloszczyna 0 Comments here and now, motw, Movie of the Week, sarah jessica parker

Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, the story takes place in Manhattan, but is a far cry from her Cosmopolitan-swilling single lady escapades in Sex and the City. Instead, it is about a moody singer in the midst of preparing for a major engagement who learns that she has a possibly deadly brain tumor.

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