A Double Dose Of Dread And Paranoia
I am breaking form this week, covering two movies in one piece. My intention in the beginning of this challenge was to writ...
It's Not Just The Trail That's Unique In This Test Of Endurance
Film #11: The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young (2014)
Directors: Annika Ilti...
Film #10: Wadjda (2012)
Director: Haifaa Al Mansour
Wadjda (Waad Mohammed) is all that’s best about being an 11 year old girl. She is funny and feisty, long...
Five Sisters, Not Easily Broken
Film #9: Mustang (2015)
Director: Deniz Gamze Urgüven
I write this review on International Women’s Day, and I couldn’t ha...
Documentary Gives A Human Face To Both Victims And Abusers
Film #8: Deliver Us From Evil (2006)
Director: Amy Berg
I write this just a couple of days aft...
Movie Still Plays Well, On And Off The Field
Movie #7: A League of Their Own (1992)
Director: Penny Marshall
This falls into the “I can’t believe you haven...
A Stylish But Morally Ambiguous Romantic Comedy
Film #6: An Education (2009)
Director: Lone Scherfig
After I reviewed 2015’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl ...
You Only Hurt The Ones You Love
Film #5: Your Sister’s Sister (2011)
Director: Lynn Shelton
Jack (Mark Duplass) remains trapped grief and depression a year...
Wayne And Garth Show Us How To Party On
Movie #4: Wayne’s World (1992)
Director: Penelope Spheeris
Ah, Wayne’s World. This is my first #52FilmsByWomen entr...
The Pleasures And Pitfalls Of Friendship
Movie #3: Walking and Talking (1996)
Director: Nicole Holofcener
Nicole Holofcener wrote and directed one of my ...