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women in film

reviews 4 stars, assa sylla, bande de filles, céline sciamma, foreign film, french, girlhood, idrissa diabaté, karidja touré, lindsay karamoh, mariétou touré, women in film

GIRLHOOD

March 8, 2015

Turns out theres a lot going on in between those selfies and snickers.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2.5 stars, action, channing tatum, douglas booth, eddie redmayne, jupiter ascending, mila kunis, reviews, sci-fi, sean bean, the wachowskis, tuppence middleton, women in film

JUPITER ASCENDING

February 8, 2015

What happens when a space opera hits a few sharp notes?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 3.5 stars, a girl walks home alone at night, ana lily amirpour, arash marandi, foreign film, horror, iranian, marshall manesh, mozhan marnò, sheila vand, vampires, women in film

A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT

February 1, 2015

We portray a certain side of ourselves to the world at large…and sometimes that person just invites bad things.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, alessandro nivola, ava duvernay, bio-pic, carmen ejogo, common, cuba gooding jr, david oyelowo, directors of colour, dylan baker, giovanni ribisi, lorraine toussaint, martin sheen, oprah winfrey, reviews, selma, stephan james, tessa thompson, tim roth, tom wilkinson, wendell pierce, women in film, women of colour

SELMA

December 28, 2014

A sign of the times in a portrayal of times gone by.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 2 stars, angelina jolie, domhnall gleeson, drama, finn wittrock, garrett hedlund, jack o'connell, miyavi, reviews, unbroken, war, women in film

UNBROKEN

December 27, 2014

In the face of great feats of endurance, the question isn’t how our heroes find the strength to endure, but rather why?

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Ryan McNeil
reviews 4 stars, comedy, david cross, gabe liedman, gaby hoffman, gillian robespierre, jake lacy, jenny slate, obvious child, polly draper, reviews, richard kind, rom-com, women in film

OBVIOUS CHILD

June 29, 2014

With great audacity, and great empathy, a new romantic comedy takes its place amongst the year’s best films.

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Ryan McNeil
reviews catherine keener, comedy, enough said, james gandolfini, julia louis-dreyfus, nicole holofcener, toni colette, women in film

ENOUGH SAID

December 27, 2013

Going back a little bit for an under-appreciated gem of 2013.

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Ryan McNeil
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