Too young to remember writer, feminist, and political activist Gloria Steinem? This film by Julie Taymor (“Frida”), based on Steinem’s autobiography, not only documents her achievements but her struggle along the way. Taymor doesn’t give you a run-of-the-mill biopic, which is based on Steinem’s recent book. “The Glorias” aims for the details you don’t know […]
This is another one of Miranda July’s quirky movies (Me and You and Everyone we Know) in which grifter parents bring up their daughter to scam with the best of them. After taking acrobatic leaps and ducks to avoid the cameras outside a post office, Old Dolio (Wood) goes in, opens a mailbox, and after making
“Misbehavior” tackles a large portion of London’s women’s liberation movement of the early 70s, beginning with a scrappy group that infiltrated the Miss World Pageant in 1970. Screenwriters Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe give so many of the characters their own point of view moments, that sometimes it’s unclear exactly whose story is being told
This movie is odd, with the title being the strangest part. Associations to a nest are normally that of a stable, comfy, nurturing place with a family altogether. The story starts out like this, although with a few signs that there might be fundamental problems—a mother consistently late in getting the kids to school, a father needing
There is a good movie in “Antebellum” somewhere, with social commentary and a twist that could knock your socks off. Unfortunately, writers/directors Gerard Bush, Christopher Renz whose experience with short films and music videos isn’t enough to make this one work. Musician turned actress Janelle Monae (“Moonlight,” “Hidden Figures”) is completely committed in her role, which is the only reason this
My continued complaint with filmmakers is they don’t watch enough other films. “Blackbird” might have been an award-worthy, groundbreaking new take on the terminally ill/assisted suicide moral dilemma if a handful of other films on the same subject hadn’t gotten their first. Roger Michell (“Notting Hill,” “My Cousin Rachel“) isn’t known for originality, in fact,
The filmmakers really double down on “secrets”, the word in the title. In the story, secrets are nested in layers, and although I think it’s intended to increase the mystery, it simply became off-putting to me in the end. Noomi Rapace as Maja brings her ability to exploit a sense of intrigue as she has done so
Most of us have probably never heard of Pete Souza, but I predict he will be known by millions more after his recent documentary, The Way I See It, is released and witnessed. Pete was always in the background during his years of being the chief White House photographer during President Reagan’s and President Obama’s terms of
From writing episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy” to “Gossip Girl”, Natalie Krinsky makes her directorial debut with this generations Bridget Jones, another generations “Pride & Prejudice”. Geraldine Viswanathan (“Bad Education”, “Blockers”) must carry and sell the entire film based on her likeability, and how funny you find her. You either find her dumb- wit and prat
This is a film that gets my ire up. On the one hand, it is about genuine emotions that are well portrayed, but in its overall point and the intricacies of the story it misses big-time. Melanie (Owen) and her mother Dawn (Taylor) live in a typical mother-daughter relationship after the father’s death. They disagree, argue a