Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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Jimpa, queer identity across the generations
Read more: Jimpa, queer identity across the generationsJimpa is essentially a story about family and identity. It’s about how we label ourselves and each other. Sophie Hyde directed the film, which is a reflection of her personal family life.
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All’s Fair, you’ll love to hate it
Read more: All’s Fair, you’ll love to hate itAll’s Fair starts off with 10 minutes of such bad acting – over dramatic, scenery chewing, unrealistic, bad acting – that a lot of people turned it off right then. My thought watching those first few minutes was if good actors are performing so horribly, there must be a reason. I stayed to watch all…
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Seeking Persephone, Greek myth meets Beauty and the Beast
Read more: Seeking Persephone, Greek myth meets Beauty and the BeastSeeking Persephone is a beautifully filmed Regency romance set mostly in a lonely castle in 1805. It’s a slow burn romance between two unlikely people told in four episodes.
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The Marked Woman, a Spanish mystery
Read more: The Marked Woman, a Spanish mysteryThe Marked Woman (La desconocida) begins with a dramatic scene. A dock worker is led to a shipping container by his dog. Inside he finds a nearly dead woman who is tied and gagged.
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Alice and Steve, British comedy with Nicola Walker
Read more: Alice and Steve, British comedy with Nicola WalkerAlice and Steve are best friends. They used to date years ago. Both married other people and have remained best friends. Then Steve sleeps with Alice’s 26 year old daughter and the whole situation explodes into madness.
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Little America, 16 story anthology series
Read more: Little America, 16 story anthology seriesLittle America, seasons 1 and 2, tell 16 different stories of 16 different people and families. We see why they came to America, where they lived, what they did to survive, how they thrived, what they accomplished. They came from everywhere in the world, spoke many languages, and had many dreams.
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Office Romance, romcom with bonus characters
Read more: Office Romance, romcom with bonus charactersOffice Romance fits the romcom mold perfectly. Cute couple, nice chemistry, upscale settings, happy ending. But this film offers more in the form of some quirky and fun secondary characters who add pizzaz to the proceedings.
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Lies We Tell, period Irish drama
Read more: Lies We Tell, period Irish dramaLies We Tell, an atmospheric Irish drama set in a remote castle, tells a tense story of young Maud (Agnes O’Casey) and her struggle to hang on to her inheritance while greedy relatives seek to steal it all.
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Midwinter Break, a marriage in crisis
Read more: Midwinter Break, a marriage in crisisMidwinter Break is a two-hander with Ciarán Hinds and Lesley Manville as a long time married couple who are struggling to get through a crisis in their relationship.