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Category: the watchlist

A weekly wrap-up of everything I watched at home and in-theatres for a given week. What have you seen lately?

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Days of The Week (Films Watched October 1 – 6)

It’s deeply fitting that on a week where I give thanks, my #52 brings me to Ava DuVernay

Posted on October 8, 2016November 8, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched September 24 – 30)

A lot of re-watches, a Netflix show, and a thought on pulling punches.

Posted on October 1, 2016October 8, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched September 3 – 23)

Seen anything good lately?

Posted on September 24, 2016October 1, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched August 27 – September 2)

The filmmaking communities need more storytellers like Kasi Lemmons

Posted on September 3, 2016September 8, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched August 20 – 26)

A messy look at motherhood in the #52 serves as a reminder that parenting is the starting line, not the goal.

Posted on August 27, 2016September 2, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched August 13 – 19)

The first foreign entry in almost two months points me towards a genre I want more entries into…and the flaw with this project.

Posted on August 21, 2016August 27, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched August 6 – 12)

The gathering, the comic director, and the mash-up of a movie.

Posted on August 13, 2016August 21, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched July 30 – August 5)

A titanic entry in the canon of women in film arrives in my fifty two.

Posted on August 6, 2016August 13, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched July 23 – 29)

On a slower week than usual, the #52 project arrives at an apt metaphor.

Posted on July 30, 2016August 6, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched July 16 – 22)

Wondering where Karyn Kusama went to, and why the same fate doesn’t befall dudes whose films underperform.

Posted on July 23, 2016July 30, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched July 9 – 15)

I feel more like myself, Rebecca Miller introduces me to Maggie, and I remember something about this project I should have thought about before.

Posted on July 16, 2016July 23, 2016
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Days of The Week (Films Watched July 2 – 9)

That one time that a woman got to direct a comic book film…

Posted on July 9, 2016July 15, 2016

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