Powerful Sony Pictures Classics tale of colonialism and racism in Rhodesia from a child's POV. Directorial debut from #EmbethDavidtz (who wrote and stars) brings Alexandra Fuller's memoir to life in #DontLetsGoToTheDogsTonight, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists #MovieOfTheWeek. Reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/07/0…

Joel Coen's #HoneyDont is "a grizzly homage to the neo-noir gumshoe films that would make Quentin Tarantino proud," says T.J. Callahan, but with a lot of plot threads that make it hard to say yes. More here. awfj.org/blog/2025/08/2…

#TWIW and Brandy McDonnell have put together an annotated list of the 50+ Femme-helmed films at #TIFF2025 that includes the directorial debut of Scarlett Johansson and a new movie from #AcademyAward winner Chloe Zhao. Read more: awfj.org/blog/2025/08/2…

Austin Butler steps up to the plate in the crime caper #CaughtStealing, a film that has "hits and misses" but "definitely doesn’t strike out," says T.J. Callahan. More in her review here. awfj.org/blog/2025/08/2…

The Dragon has arrived! #AceDragonWok is the hottest and tastiest new Asian restaurant on the #LasVegasStrip. Check out Chef AJ for fresh seafood, steaks and noodles galore. In Treasure Island Casino where’s there’s always free parking. Treasure Island

We just ate at #AceDragonWok in #TreasureIslandCasino #LasVegas . The Asian Fusion food is so good it gives you happy feet.

While nothing extraordinary, #DowntonAbbeyTheGrandFinale gives this historical drama and sophisticated soap opera a proper and sentimental fare thee well. T.J. Callahan gives it "two pinkies up." More in her review. awfj.org/blog/2025/09/1…

#TheLongWalk is a "thought-provoking, unnerving" film and also one of the deepest you'll see this year, says T.J. Callahan : "deeply disturbing, deeply intense, deeply inhumane and deeply moving." More in her review. awfj.org/blog/2025/09/1…

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists #MovieOfTheWeek is #LiveALittle, a Breaking Glass Pictures feminist adventure of self-discovery from #FannyOvesen. Close friends take backpacking trip in Eastern Europe. All fun and games until one wakes up naked in a stranger's bed. Experts review: awfj.org/blog/2025/09/1…

June Squibb and #EleanortheGreat "hit me big time in the tissue box," says T.J. Callahan, who also praises first-time director Scarlett Johansson for the "refreshing" way she’s highlighted older persons and their life struggles. More in her review. awfj.org/blog/2025/09/2…

A politically charged dramatic action comedy, #OneBattleAfterAnother is "an experience that touches all the emotions" with "bravura performances," says T.J. Callahan. More in her review here. awfj.org/blog/2025/09/2…

W/D Benny Safdie deconstructs the sports biopic as we know it turning UFC champ #MarkKerr’s life into The Wide Wide World of Sports in #TheSmashingMachine. Star #DwayneJohnson is SPARticus, but his chariot is slow. T.J. Callahan has more awfj.org/blog/2025/09/3…

RIP actor/singer/filmmaker Diane Keaton — with respect and admiration from your friends Alliance of Women Film Journalists, keen followers since The Godfather (1972). With 70+ credits over a lifetime, including Annie Hall, Reds, Something's Gotta Give and Book Club, can you pick a favorite film?

#BlackPhone2 borrow from many popular slasher/psychological horror films but "continues to dial up the terror," says T.J. Callahan. More in her review here.

The 63d New York Film Festival is a wrap! Female filmmakers were well represented: #KellyReichardt’s The Mastermind, #RebeccaZlotowski’s A Private Life, #RebeccaMiller’s Mr. Scorsese, #GeetaGandbhir’s gripping doc, The Perfect Neighbor, etc. Brava! Margaret Barton-Fumo reports: awfj.org/blog/2025/10/1…

This larger than life #Frankenstein from the award winning Guillermo del Toro is a work of art, painting a humanizing picture of a man and his monster. Read my review here: awfj.org/blog/2025/10/1… @houstonfilmcritics Netflix

Just in time for Halloween, #GuillermoDelToro is Puttin on the Ritz and pulling out all the stops for his big screen adaptation of Mary Shelley’s #Frankenstein. T.J. Callahan says don’t miss this homage to one of the world’s most famous monsters. awfj.org/blog/2025/10/1…

The biopic #BruceSpringsteenDeliverMeFromNowhere is a "deep cuts" look at the early Boss, with more sulking and less singing than some fans might like. T.J. Callahan says it's a "quality film about one of music's MVP's," but "one note" as a whole. More here. awfj.org/blog/2025/10/2…

Is there a #cauliflower shortage? Not one #Dimassi or #Fadi’s Mediterranean restaurants had their roasted cauliflower dish in #Houston the last 2 days. My craving is on high alert.

Read the film reviews of several #WoodsonHighSchool students in Northern Virginia who were part of a film critic mentorship program piloted in partnership with the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Find out more from Cortland here: awfj.org/blog/2025/11/0…