How do you combine your love for movies with your love for the law profession? AWFJ’s Prexy Jennifer Merin (Earthling) asked immigration attorney #DebbiLKlopman about becoming “additional crew” in our #SeptemberSpotlight awfj.org/blog/2024/08/3…

Curious about Netflix series #ThePerfectCouple with Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber? AWFJ critic Susan Granger calls it a "complicated, fast-paced thriller." Read more here: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

This remake of a 2022 Dutch horror drama "will leave you breathless." #SpeakNoEvil TJ Callahan awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

In case you can't get enough of #Trump2024, #TheApprentice is "a film about how Trump became Trump." Our reviewer Liz Braun calls it "an often amusing tale, but essentially tragic." Read more out of TIFF: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

Happy birthday to film legend #ClaudetteColbert! One of AFI's top 20 female stars of classic Hollywood cinema who starred in more than 60 movies, she won an Oscar for 1934's #ItHappenedOneNight (shown here). Got a favorite role of hers?

Happy birthday to the late #NellCarter! While a generation grew up watching her on the 1980s sitcom GIMME A BREAK!, she won a Tony for her performance in Broadway's AIN'T MISBEHAVIN', a role that also earned her a Primetime Emmy in a television reprisal.

Happy birthday to the versatile #JeanSmart! Nominated for an Emmy as a standup comedian in the HBO Max series #Hacks, she's kept us laughing since DESIGNING WOMEN in the late 1980s, then wowed us with dramatic roles in films such as GARDEN STATE, THE ACCOUNTANT, and BABYLON.

A gifted surgeon (Elizabeth Banks ❄️) doubts herself in #AMistake, a drama about a procedure gone wrong and the fallout thereafter. Director #ChristineJeffs offers a thoughtful meditation on personal responsibility in the modern world. Betsy Pickle reviews: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

Thirty years after release, a new 4K restoration of affecting coming-of-age drama #Moving (1993) from #ShinjiSomai and Cinema Guild still hits home; an adolescent's reaction to her parents’ separation is heartrending, enlightening. Diane Carson reviews: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

Consider Magnolia Pictures’ clever #OmniLoop a coming-of-middle-age tale, “rooted in female regret and expectations,” and built as a nifty time-travel SciFi. Witty, tender first feature from #BernardoBritto, with Mary-Louise Parker. Cortland Jacoby reviews: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists #MovieOfTheWeek is #HaroulaRose’s lovely comedy ALL HAPPY FAMILES, an Freestyle Digital Media film that puts the fun in dysfunctional. A man in his 40s faces sibling rivalry, mad parents & maybe romance over a weekend. With Josh Radnor. AWFJ experts review: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

Lots of great films by & about women opening this week! They include #HappyClothes, a doc about costume designer Patricia Field, Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio sister drama #InTheSummers, & Coralie Fargeat body horror flick #TheSubstance: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

Sean Baker's Palme D'Or winner #Anora takes #Tiff2024 by storm, and Liz Braun is here for it, saying it's likely one of the best movies you'll see this year. Her review: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

AWFJ's Liz Braun reviews #TIFF2024 release and Nicole Kidman starrer #Babygirl, and she DID NOT BUY IT FOR A MINUTE. Read why in her review: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

In #TIFF2024 film #BelovedTropic, director & co-writer Ana Endara Mislov gives motherhood a voice. Nadine Whitney calls it "A tender and gracious film that is often funny, sometimes a little biting, but always kind." Her review: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

Writer/director #AndreaArnold brings her film #Bird to #TIFF2024, a coming of age drama that Liz Braun says feels too long, but "Nykiya Adams’ engaging performance will hold your attention throughout." Her review: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

AWFJ's Leslie Combemale (Women Rocking Hollywood) reviews #TIFF2024 doc #BlueRoadTheEdnaObrienStory, about the brilliant iconoclastic Irish novelist. Director Sinéad O’Shea's film "does everything a great bio-doc sets out to do". Her 4 1/2 out of 5 star review: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

Canadian post-apocalyptic drama #CanIGetAWitness, released at #TIFF2024, is both ageist & preachy, says AWFJ's Women Rocking Hollywood, but performances by Sandra Oh and her co-stars eke out 3/5 stars: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

AWFJ's Ulkar Alakbarova reviews #TIFF2024 drama #DaughtersDaughter, a complicated story of loss and redemption told through the lens of motherhood. It will leave viewers "deeply moved"...read why: awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…

Our Valerie Kalfrin reviews #TIFF2024 bittersweet breakup story & sci-fi romance #DoIKnowYouFromSomewhere from director Arianna Martinez, saying scenes between the lead & her co-star "ooze warmth and brightness": awfj.org/blog/2024/09/1…