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MOVIE OF THE WEEK October 1, 2021: STOP AND GO

September 25, 2021October 8, 2021 Jennifer Merin betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, jennifer merin, Julie Jolley, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, loren king, mallory everton, motw, Movie of the Week, nell minow, Pam Grady, pandemic, recovery, sherin nicole, stephen meek, Stop and Go, susan wloszcyna, whitney call

Time has moved differently since March 2020, often slowing to a glacial crawl. For that reason, the charming road comedy Stop and Go — which is set during the early days of Covid-19 — already feels quaintly nostalgic. Remember when we doused everything in Lysol? And changed clothes after coming back from the store? And were terrified our loved ones would catch Covid and die? (Hmm. Maybe things haven’t changed so much since lockdown started after all.)

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK September 27, 2019: RIOT GIRLS

September 22, 2019October 2, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, jennifer merin, Jenny Raven, Jovanka Vuckovic, katherine collins, leslie combemale, liz whittemore, Madison Iseman, marina antunes, nell minow, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Pam Grady, riot girls, sandie angulo chen, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszcyna

Scrappy and full of style, “Riot Girls” is a memorable first feature from director Jovanka Vuckovic, who shoots for cult-movie status with her story of warring teen factions in an alternate 1995 ravaged by a disease that’s wiped out everyone past the age of pimples and angst.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK August 16, 2019: ONE CHILD NATION

August 11, 2019August 14, 2019 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments betsy bozdech, china, documentaries, jennifer merin, Jialing Zhang, loren king, Marilyn Ferdinand., maryann johanson, motw, Movie of the Week, nanfu wang, nikki baughan, one child nation, sandie angulo chen, Sheila Roberts, susan wloszcyna

Nanfu Wang’s One Child Nation is a frank, honest look at the devastating impact of China’s “one child per family” policy. Introduced by the Chinese government in 1979 as a radical way of curbing unsustainable population growth, the policy relied on powerful propaganda — and strict enforcement — to ensure compliance. In the documentary, the Chinese-born Wang, now a mother herself, explores the program’s long-term impact on her country and her people.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK April 13, 2018: THE RIDER

April 8, 2018December 5, 2018 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments anne brodie, jennifer merin, kristen page kirby, Marilyn Ferdinand., maryann johanson, nikki baughan, susan wloszcyna

Sweeping vistas and earnest performances are at the heart of Chloe Zhao’s moving drama The Rider, which follows the struggles of a modern cowboy after his promising rodeo career is cut short by a grave injury. Filmed almost entirely on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, The Rider features Pine Ridge residents — members of the Lakota tribe — playing thinly fictionalized versions of themselves.Continue reading…

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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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