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AWFJ Presents ARRANGED – Review by Sandie Angulo Chen

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Sandie Angulo Chen Arranged, awfj presents, Diane Crespo, Film Movement, Francis Benhamou, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Stefan C. Schaefer, Yuta Silverman, zoe lister jones

Directors Diane Crespo and Stefan C. Schaefer’s short-and-sweet film captures the joy of the two women bonding against the odds. Their blossoming friendship overcomes obstacles, including their parents’ cringe-worthy reactions to the co-workers socializing outside of school. Even at school they can’t escape narrow-minded (and laughably inappropriate) comments from the secular Jewish Principal, who is so uncomfortable with their modesty that she accuses them of being indoctrinated and offers them cash to buy something trendy to wear.

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AWFJ Presents ARRANGED – Review by Sandie Angulo Chen

July 22, 2022January 6, 2023 Sandie Angulo Chen Arranged, awfj presents, Diane Crespo, Film Movement, Francis Benhamou, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Stefan C. Schaefer, Yuta Silverman, zoe lister jones

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HOW IT ENDS – Review by Valerie Kalfrin

July 14, 2021July 18, 2021 Valerie Kalfrin Bradley Whitford, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl Wein, helen hunt, how it ends, olivia wilde, zoe lister jones

Poets have wondered whether the world ends with a bang or a whimper, in fire or in ice. The Los Angelenos in the quirky yet poignant comedy How It Ends aren’t quite as philosophical in the shadow of a meteor about to strike the Earth. Yet such circumstances call for reflection, facing fears, and resolving past regrets.

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HOW IT ENDS (Sundance2021) – Review by Pamela Powell

January 29, 2021January 31, 2021 Pamela Powell Daryl Wein, Fred Armisen, how it all ends, olivia wilde, Sundance Film Festival 2021, zoe lister jones

Hats off to Zoe Lister-Jones and husband Daryl Wein for writing, directing, and completing a funny, off-beat film during the Covid pandemic. Lister-Jones also stars in the film as Liza who is planning how she will spend her last day on Earth as three asteroids will be destroying the planet later that night. As we have all learned during a crisis, there’s a rush on certain things.

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK: Best Femme-Helmed, Femme-Centric Films of 2017, To Date

August 2, 2017October 29, 2017 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments anne brodie, atomic blonde, band aid, beguiled, Cate Marquis, gal godot, Gillian Robespierre, Girl with All the Gifts, Jenny Slate, landline, leba hertz, liz whittemore, lone scherfig, maryann johanson, nell minow, Pam Grady, Sheila Roberts, sofia coppola, susan wloszczyna, their finest, wonder woman, zoe lister jones

Focusing on films directed by women and those featuring strong female lead characters in female-centric stories, Team #MOTW has endorsed exceptional films during 2017, to date. Midway through this year’s release schedule, we’re pausing to review films we’ve considered for #MOTW and are asking Team #MOTW members to pick their favorites. To discover who likes what, and why, continue reading…

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BAND AID — Review by Martha Baker

June 21, 2017December 4, 2018 Martha K. Baker 0 Comments adam pally, band aid, motw, Movie of the Week, zoe lister jones

‘Band Aid’ trembles before troubles. They argue. They bicker. They fight and bare their claws. They are a young married

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MOVIE OF THE WEEK June 23-30: BAND AID

June 18, 2017July 6, 2021 Dorothy Woodend 0 Comments band aid, betsy bozdech, Cate Marquis, jennifer merin, liz whittemore, nell minow, Pam Grady, Sheila Roberts, zoe lister jones

“Love is hell” might very well be the title of one of the original songs featured in the new romantic comedy Band Aid, this week’s Movie of the Week. Although in the parlance of Zoe Lister-Jones’ directorial debut, calling the song “Love is heck” might actually be more fitting. Continue reading…

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Zoe Lister-Jones on BAND AID and Her All Female Crew — Nell Minow interviews

June 17, 2017July 6, 2021 Nell Minow 0 Comments band aid, motw, Movie of the Week, zoe lister jones

“Band Aid” is a quirky indie with a charming premise, endearing performances, and surprising emotional power. Zoe Lister-Jones is the film’s writer, director, producer, lyricist, and star in the story of an estranged married couple who begin to reconnect by turning their arguments into rock songs. She even used some of her own clothes as wardrobe. Lister-Jones talks about being inspired by her artist parents and why it was important to her to have an all-female crew.

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BAND AID — Review by Cate Marquis

June 17, 2017July 6, 2021 Cate Marquis 0 Comments band aid, motw, Movie of the Week, zoe lister jones

A young married couple who just can’t stop arguing decide to turn their fights into songs, in the indie comedy BAND AID. Writer/director/producer Zoe Lister-Jones also stars in this film, her directorial debut. BAND AID is lifted by its well-done musical sequences, tuneful and surprisingly enjoyable, but the humor is more uneven.

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Zoe Lister-Jones on BAND AID — Loren King interviews

June 5, 2017July 6, 2021 Loren King 0 Comments band aid, zoe lister jones

Artistic struggle is in Zoe Lister-Jones’s DNA. The roller coaster ride of the artist’s life is one of the themes she tackles in Band Aid, the comedy she wrote and directed, and stars in with Adam Pally, about a battling couple who form a rock band as marriage therapy. Although Lister-Jones has experience as a singer, she learned bass to play Anna, an unsuccessful writer who works as an Uber driver. She also wrote the lyrics to the “fight” songs that she and Pally perform.

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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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