Year: 2023 Runtime: 97 minutes Director: Brittany Snow Writers: Becca Gleason, Brittany Snow Actors: Courtney Eaton, Francesca Reale, Thomas Mann, Dave Bautista, Joel McHale, Gina Rodriguez, Kid Cudi By Nadine Whitney “I want to be okay with me” – Riley Writer and director Brittany Snow’s debut feature “Parachute” is an intimate and impartial examination of the difficulty in dealing with persistent mental health issues and … Continue reading Review: Parachute
By Caz Armstrong “Civil War” (2024) takes us on an exhilarating and violent ride across a not-too-distant America torn apart by civil war. Morgan Roberts has written a great review of it here but the film opens the door to discussion about women in conflict and female photographers. Women have been on the front lines as long as there has been recorded conflict. Look at … Continue reading “Civil War” and Women in Armed Conflict
Year: 2022 Runtime: 92 minutes Director: Vera Drew Writers: Vera Drew, Bri LeRose Actors: Vera Drew, Griffin Kramer, Lynn Downey, Kane Distler, Nathan Faustyn, David Liebe Hart, Phil Braun By Taylor Hunsberger Right out of the gate I can tell you that Vera Drew’s “The People’s Joker” is the most original and interesting piece of media I have seen in years. What Drew has managed … Continue reading Review: The People’s Joker
Year: 1934 Runtime: 105 minutes Director: Frank Capra Writer: Robert Riskin, Samuel Hopkins Adams (based on his short story) Actors: Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Walter Connolly, Jameson Thomas, Charles C. Wilson By Joan Amenn This film is the stuff of Hollywood legend. It was shot in just a few weeks with lead actors who did not even want to be on set. One of them … Continue reading Pre-Code April: It Happened One Night
Year: 2023 Runtime: 73 minutes Writers/Directors: Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach Actors: Mélinée Leclerc, Clotilde Hesme, Laetitia Dosch, Esteban, Patrick Pineau, Claudine Acs, Jean-Marie Fonbonne, Antoine Momey, Scarlett Cholleton, Alenza Dus, Anais Weller, Milan Cerisier, Nahil Mostefa, Pietro Sermonti, and Anna Parent By Joan Amenn If anyone were to say to me that animation is for children, this is one of the films I would show them … Continue reading Animated April Review: Chicken for Linda!
Year: 2024 Runtime:100 minutes Director: Thea Sharrock Writer: Jonny Sweet Actors: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Timothy Spall, Hugh Skinner, Alisha Weir, Paul Chahidi By Joan Amenn “This is more true than you think.” Take two of the best actresses working today, add one supporting actress whose work is gaining notice and toss in a toxic paternal relationship in the 1920’s and you have … Continue reading Review: Wicked Little Letters
Year: 2024 Directors: Jordan Canning, Jonathan A. Rosenbaum Actors: Karen Prell, Donna Kimball, Dave Goelz, John Tartaglia, Frank Meschkuleit, Lilli Cooper, Aymee Garcia, Andy Hayward, Kanja Chen, Ben Durocher By Joan Amenn Hold on to your radishes! The Fraggles are back with a new season and lots of new adventures to sing and dance themselves into. After a critically acclaimed first season, the Fraggles are … Continue reading Review: Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock, Season 2
Year: 2022 Runtime: 91 minutes Directors: Camille Hardman, Gary Lane By Joan Amenn This documentary directed by Camille Hardman and Gary Lane is unflinching in its depiction of what our mothers and grandmothers faced in terms of inequality and how their work continues. The fact that all of the primary cast of actors agreed to be interviewed for it indicates just how much they believe … Continue reading Review: Still Working 9 to 5
By Joan Amenn Just in time for Women’s History Month, there is a great new short film now available on a few streaming services about the trailblazing, brilliant Ada Byron Lovelace. Titled, “Ada” it focuses on her heartrending struggle to raise funds to build a form of mechanical tool, a tool that someday in the far future would be known as a computer. We were … Continue reading Exclusive Interview with “Ada” Actor/Writer/Producer Julie Bruns
Year: 2024 Runtime: 87 minutes Director: Carla Gutiérrez Actor: Fernanda Echevarria del Rivero By Joan Amenn Carla Gutiérrez is best known for her exceptional work as an editor on films such as “RBG”(2018) and “Julia” (2021) but this is her debut film as a director and I certainly hope it won’t be her last. I have long admired the work of Frida Kahlo but never felt … Continue reading Review: Frida
In Their Own League 