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MOVIE OF THE WEEK June 21, 2019: LATE NIGHT

June 16, 2019June 17, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, emma thompson, jennifer merin, late night, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, maryann johanson, mindy kaling, nell minow, Nisha Ganatra, Pam Grady, sandie angulo chen, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna

Cross The Devil Wears Prada with 30 Rock, and you might get something like Late Night, director Nisha Ganatra’s timely comedy about a starry-eyed young comedy writer named Molly (Mindy Kaling) who gets the chance of a lifetime when she’s hired to work for iconic late-night talk show host Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson). Written by Kaling, the movie mixes behind-the-scenes showbiz humor with smart observations about what it’s really like for women to break down barriers.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK June 14, 2019: TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM

June 9, 2019June 16, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments betsy bozdech, biopic, Cate Marquis, documentary, leslie combemale, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, maryann johanson, mitw, Movie of the Week, Pam Grady, sandie angulo chen, Sheila Roberts, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, toni morrison thepieces i am

Inspiring and intimate, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ documentary Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am is a revealing portrait of a true American icon. The Nobel Prize-winning author shares details of her life and work honestly and openly, while fellow luminaries — and enthusiastic fans — like Oprah Winfrey, Fran Lebowitz, Walter Mosley, and many more wax rhapsodic about Morrison’s talent and significance as a writer.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK June 7, 2019: ALWAYS BE MY MAYBE

June 2, 2019June 12, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments ali wong, always bemy maybe, betsy bozdech, catemarquis, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, lorenking, marina antunes, motw, Movie of the Week, nahnatchka kahn, nell minow, netflix, randallpark, sandie angulo chen, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna

Even when you have a pretty strong sense of how it’s going to end, there’s something immensely appealing about a good, old-fashioned romantic comedy; they’re the comfort food of movies. And while Nahnatchka Khan’s “Always Be My Maybe” is, thankfully, refreshingly NEW-fashioned in terms of representation — and has some genuinely surprising comic elements — it’s exactly the kind of romcom that’s perfect to curl up in front of on a Saturday night. (Plus, it has a subplot all about actual comfort food, so there’s that.)

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK May 31, 2019: Rachel Carey’s ASK FOR JANE

May 27, 2019June 10, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments ask for jane, betsy bozdech, Cait Cortelyou, cody horn, jane collective, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, maryann johanson, motw, Movie of the Week, Pam Grady, rachel carey, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna, truth-based narrative

Movies don’t get much more timely than Ask for Jane, director Rachel Carey’s earnest, fact-based feature film debut about a group of young college women in pre-Roe v. Wade Chicago who formed the Jane Collective, an underground organization that defied current laws and risked criminal prosecution to help women with unwanted pregnancies secure safe medical abortions.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK May 24, 2019: ASK DR. RUTH

May 19, 2019May 28, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments ask dr ruth, betsy bozdech, biodocs, Cate Marquis, documentaries, holocaust survivor, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, maryann johanson, motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, ruth westheirmer, ryan white, sandie angulo chen, sex therapist, Sheila Roberts

With her twinkling eyes, mischievous grin, and clear zest for talking about all things intimate, Dr. Ruth Westheimer — the public version of her, anyway — has always been an easy woman to like. Happily, Ryan White’s engaging documentary about America’s pre-eminent sex therapist, Ask Dr. Ruth, provides ample evidence that she’s just as appealing once you get to know her better.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK May 17, 2019: Amy Poehler’s WINE COUNTRY

May 12, 2019May 21, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments amy poehler, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, jennifer merin, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, maryann johanson, maya erskine, maya rudolph, nell minow, netflix, rachel dratch, sandie angulo chen, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna, tina fey, wine country

If you can’t get to wine country with your own girlfriends anytime soon, you could do far worse than tagging along with Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch, and their crew as they celebrate female friendship in all its messy glory. Blending crisp whites and robust reds with both humor and introspection, Wine Country is like a cross between a buddy comedy and a midlife-crisis therapy session.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK April 19, 2019: BE NATURAL – THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY BLACHE

April 14, 2019April 17, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments alice guy blache, be natural, betsy bozdech, documentary, female filmdirectors, Marilyn Ferdinand., marina antunes, maryann johanson, movie of the week #MOTW, nell minow, pamela green, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna, untold story of alice guy blache

Briskly paced and packed with fascinating information about one of film’s true pioneers, Pamela B. Green‘s Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache is a crash course in film history — or, more accurately, film herstory. Because, as it turns out, the roots of cinematic storytelling are as feminine as they can be.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK April 12, 2019: GIRLS OF THE SUN

April 7, 2019April 16, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, eva husson, girls of the sun, Golshifteh Farahani, jennifer merin, liz whittemore, loren king, marina antunes, maryann johanson, nell minow, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna

A determined mother prepares to battle an extremist regime in desperate hopes of finding and rescuing her young son, who was torn from her by the same oppressors who turned her into a sex slave. No, it’s not The Handmaid’s Tale — it’s director Eva Husson’s powerful Girls of the Sun, which is based on all-too-real circumstances in present-day Kurdistan.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK April 5, 2019 – BLOWIN’ UP

March 31, 2019April 4, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments betsy bozdech, blowin up, Cate Marquis, documentaries, Eliza Hook, Honorable Toko Serita, loren king, marina antunes, maryann johanson, prostitution, Sheila Roberts, stephanie wang breal

Stephanie Wang-Breal’s calmly compassionate fly-on-the-wall documentary Blowin’ Up takes viewers inside a unique courtroom in Queens. Run by Judge Toko Serita, the court is the first of its kind to approach prostitution in a way that encourages solving problems rather than compounding them. Counseling and training take the place of shaming and judgment.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK March 29, 2019: WORKING WOMAN

March 24, 2019March 25, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, israeli films, Liron Ben-Shlush, liz whittemore, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., michal aviad, motw, Movie of the Week, Pam Grady, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszczyna, working women

Timely and authentic, Michal Aviad’s drama “Working Woman” will resonate with any ambitious woman who’s ever found that success on the job is accompanied by unwanted sexual attention from a male supervisor/co-worker. So, you know, every ambitious woman.

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