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  1. Maggie Gyllenhaal questions lack of women directors

    Venice Film Festival jury president Maggie Gyllenhaal said women face systemic barriers in film, outpointing the lack of female directors in the main competition category. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #venicefilmfestival #filmfestival #womendirectors #director #genderequality #films Read the story here: 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow…

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  2. H is for Hawk, a touching study of grief

    H is for Hawk is based on a true story. It is an adaption of the book by the same name by Helen MacDonald. Claire Foy stars as Helen in this touching look at how a goshawk helped a woman cope with the loss of her father. […]

    oldaintdead.com/h-is-for-hawk-

  3. The Fabulous Four or how to waste a great cast

    The Fabulous Four stars Susan Sarandon, Bette Midler, Megan Mullally, and Sheryl Lee Ralph. It was directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. Those facts ought to mean something good. Unfortunately, what it turned out to be was somewhere between average and a mess. […]

    oldaintdead.com/the-fabulous-f

  4. Weekly Watches: The Testaments and Margo’s Got Money Troubles

    Two excellent TV series I'm watching weekly are at a point where I'm ready to talk about them. They are The Testaments and Margo's Got Money Troubles. Normally I like to wait until something is complete so I can binge it. This is because I'm quite old and my memory is gone. But these two series are so powerful and strong, they make an indelible impression. Let's see how the old brain holds up. […]

    oldaintdead.com/weekly-watches

  5. Queenie, strong enough to be vulnerable

    Queenie is a British series written and directed by women and starring Dionne Brown as Queenie, a 25 year old Jamaican British woman. Queenie isn't doing well in life, at work, in her family relationships, or in her love life. She's a mess. […]

    oldaintdead.com/queenie-strong

  6. The Starling Girl, a coming of age story

    The Starling Girl, written and directed by Laurel Parmet, looks at the journey of 17 year old Jem Starling (Eliza Scanlen) as she deals with a restrictive religious community, a growing interest in sex, and a crush on her married youth counselor. […]

    oldaintdead.com/the-starling-g

  7. Clean Slate review: family healing and comedy

    Clean Slate stars Laverne Cox as a trans woman who returns to her Alabama family home and a father (George Wallace) who does not know his child is a woman. She's been away and out of touch for 23 years. […]

    oldaintdead.com/clean-slate-re

  8. Parachute review: troubled people struggle with life

    Parachute, an intense drama from director Brittany Snow, tells a gritty and difficult story about a young woman with food and body issues.

    Parachute begins the day Riley (Courtney Eaton) comes out of rehab for her eating disorder. She meets Ethan (Thomas Mann), who just got out of jail that day. In spite of knowing that forming a new relationship is not a good idea, the two of them stick together.

    For a long time they try to function as just friends. When they try to take it further it [...]

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