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Title/Year
Author
1
The Tale (2018)

Anne Cohen

The film feels like [Jennifer Fox is] taking us on a journey of self-exploration without a foregone conclusion, which makes the end result both satisfying and not satisfying, much like real life.
Posted May 23, 2018
2
Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

Ariana Romero

Your only real problem will be, you'll simply wish there was more.
Posted May 18, 2018
3
On Chesil Beach (2018)

Anne Cohen

It's a delicate story that would be impossible to adapt for film were it not for the strength of the actors involved.
Posted May 17, 2018
4
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Anne Cohen

Think of Solo as you would its eponymous hero: a scruffy-looking, half-witted nerf-herder of a film that's not bad to look at, and oh-so devilishly fun.
Posted May 17, 2018
5
RBG (2018)

Natalie Gontcharova

While it may gloss over some aspects of Ginsburg's life, we've never seen as intimate a portrait of the usually private justice.
Posted May 2, 2018
6
Tully (2018)

Anne Cohen

Tully's strength lies in [Diablo] Cody's signature harmony between acerbic, wry humor, and stark, naked emotion.
Posted Apr 30, 2018
7
Disobedience (2018)

Anne Cohen

That approach is what makes Disobedience feel so fresh. Whereas most modern "off the derech," stories focus on Jews struggling to acclimate to their new lives, this film instead takes a look at what happens when you try to fit back into your old one.
Posted Apr 26, 2018
8
Avengers: Infinity War (2018)

Anne Cohen

You shouldn't be able to care about that many people at once. And yet, Avengers: Infinity War more than pulls it off.
Posted Apr 24, 2018
9
I Feel Pretty (2018)

Anne Cohen

I Feel Pretty isn't designed to be taken that seriously. In fact, to do so is to deprive yourself of a movie that is, all in all, funny, cathartic, and more than a little bit moving.
Posted Apr 18, 2018
10
First Match (2018)

Sesali Bowen

The movie's take on Black girl magic doesn't sparkle with glitter, but it honors our experiences nonetheless, daring you not to look away, even when you want to.
Posted Apr 4, 2018
11
Blockers (2018)

Anne Cohen

The casting in Blockers is phenomenal. [Leslie] Mann is almost manic in her best role in years, grounding the more boorish comedy of her male co-stars.
Posted Apr 3, 2018
12
Tyler Perry's Acrimony (2018)

Sesali Bowen

[Tyler] Perry is up to his old (and profitable) tricks, and unfortunately, it's neither inspiring nor relatable.
Posted Apr 2, 2018
13
Roxanne Roxanne (2018)

Sesali Bowen

The film isn't just an account of one woman in hip-hop. It's about how the lived experiences of Black and brown people, including women, were always the heartbeat of rap.
Posted Mar 16, 2018
14
Tomb Raider (2018)

Anne Cohen

In fact, the physical and emotional toll of being Lara Croft is more evident in this film than it ever was before: watching Vikander heave herself up onto the wing of a rusty World War II plane perched over a waterfall is to feel your own biceps burn.
Posted Mar 14, 2018
15
Flower (2018)

Anne Cohen

[Zoey Deutch] carries the film, appearing in every scene, and gives an injection of gritty reality to a character who could otherwise have felt like a stand-in for the sexually curious millennial woman.
Posted Mar 13, 2018
16
Thoroughbreds (2018)

Anne Cohen

Individually, these two young women are insufferable. Bored and suffering from rich white female priveleg-itis, they have distinctly first-world problems. But together, they're perversely charming.
Posted Mar 7, 2018
17
A Wrinkle in Time (2018)

Anne Cohen

Ava DuVernay's A Wrinkle in Time is a magical adventure across dimensions and planets, saturated with vibrant colors and an Oprah the size of a small building.
Posted Mar 7, 2018
18
Love, Simon (2018)

Anne Cohen

But Love, Simon's greatest triumph is that it manages to highlight the small ways in which even the most accepting and open-minded among us can make coming out difficult, even in 2018.
Posted Mar 1, 2018
19
Annihilation (2018)

Anne Cohen

Portman smoothly conveys both delicate intellect and physical strength, a tough combination to pull off, while Jason Leigh is terrifyingly serene. Rodriguez, in stark contrast to her Jane the Virgin roots, was born to play an action heroine.
Posted Feb 23, 2018
20
Red Sparrow (2018)

Anne Cohen

Red Sparrow, at its core, is about a woman's emancipation from the various men who control her: her ballet partner, her uncle, her lover, and the patriarchal state. Why cheapen that with a tepid romantic interest?
Posted Feb 21, 2018
21
A Fantastic Woman (Una mujer fantástica) (2018)

Sesali Bowen

But it's Marina's resilience - the essence of her being that inspired the name of the film - in loving Orlando in both life and death is the most endearing and touching thing you'll see.
Posted Feb 9, 2018
22
Fifty Shades Freed (2018)

Anne Cohen

But seriously, for a movie that's supposed to be the final stroke in some kind of galactic-level movie orgasm, they sure picked the people least likely to make that happen.
Posted Feb 9, 2018
23
Black Panther (2018)

Anne Cohen

The film constantly manages to subvert expectations, while remaining firmly within the action-packed superhero genre.
Posted Feb 9, 2018
24
Beware the Slenderman (2016)

Morgan Baila

Their sincerity chilled me to the core, maybe because they are so invested in something that is not real.
Posted Feb 5, 2018
25
Step Sisters (2018)

Sesali Bowen

There are other stories to tell about being Black on a PWI campus that don't involve racial injustice and trauma... Jamilah brought that narrative to life in Step Sisters, and honestly, that's good enough for me.
Posted Jan 24, 2018
26
Girls Trip (2017)

Sesali Bowen

It's a beautiful tribute to Black womanhood, friendship, and joy in a hilarious package.
Posted Dec 28, 2017
27
Bright (2017)

Elena Nicolaou

Bright did not care about its women characters - though clearly, [Noomi] Rapace and [Lucy] Fry did. It's a shame the movie's script wasn't strong enough to communicate all the work they had done to fill out their characters' backgrounds.
Posted Dec 28, 2017
28
A Christmas Prince (2017)

Lauren Le Vine

A Christmas Prince appeared, [is] a warmly lit tale as old as time.
Posted Dec 27, 2017
29
Christmas Inheritance (2017)

Sarah Midkiff

Netflix clearly understands what goes into creating a Christmas romantic comedy, and it has ticked all the boxes.
Posted Dec 27, 2017
30
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017)

Sesali Bowen

And despite how corny the execution was, the 2017 updates in Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, were well-done.
Posted Dec 27, 2017
31
The Post (2018)

Arianna Davis

[Meryl Street] is not just great in this film; she is excellent.
Posted Dec 27, 2017
32
15: A Quinceanera Story (2017)

Ariana Romero

While the teen's gender identity is treated as only part of her story, her journey as a young trans woman throwing a quinceanera does give us the kind of perspective the world is sorely lacking.
Posted Dec 21, 2017
33
15: A Quinceanera Story (2017)

Arianna Davis

Zoey's story is a reminder that in the communities where family and tradition rule, it might take more time (and more work!) to catch up in being accepting or progressive. Zoey's story, however, is proof that it can happen.
Posted Dec 20, 2017
34
Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)

Kaitlin Reilly

Gross, messy, unapologetic, awkward, stumbling - the women of Pitch Perfect are far from flawless, but the franchise never congratulates itself for that. Newsflash: This is how real women are.
Posted Dec 19, 2017
35
I, Tonya (2018)

Anne Cohen

Seeing her navigate the obstacles in her own life makes her brief moment of success all the more impressive, and her eventual downfall that much harder to witness.
Posted Dec 7, 2017
36
The Shape of Water (2017)

Arianna Davis

Whether you're a hopeless romantic or a sci-fi geek, we all could stand to both receive and give a little more compassion right now.
Posted Dec 6, 2017
37
The Shape of Water (2017)

Elena Nicolaou

Want a picture of the culture Weinstein refers to? Watch The Shape of Water. Meet Richard Strickland.
Posted Dec 6, 2017
38
The Shape of Water (2017)

Rebecca Farley

This is about a woman discovering her voice (literally) via a fish-man who is unavoidably attractive. She's Belle, but hungrier, more resolute. And it's about time we handed a tenacious woman some decision-making power.
Posted Dec 5, 2017
39
The Disaster Artist (2017)

Anne Cohen

So, to see the machinations behind it - the never-ending takes, the adding of the water bottle, Wiseau's commitment to "real human behavior" - gives depth to what, on the surface, appears purely trash.
Posted Nov 30, 2017
40
Lady Bird (2017)

Kathryn Lindsay

The message of Gerwig's Lady Bird changes depending on which side of motherhood you sit.
Posted Nov 27, 2017
41
Coco (2017)

Arianna Davis

Still, what really blew me away about Coco is the historic but long-overdue feat of being the first-ever movie with an all-Latino voice cast. It paid off.
Posted Nov 22, 2017
42
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

Anne Cohen

That's the problem that Three Billboards warns us about. As our horror fades into complacency when faced with an overwhelming problem, who will be there to remind us? Who will put up our billboards?
Posted Nov 14, 2017
43
Lady Bird (2017)

Anne Cohen

Greta Gerwig has reclaimed the narrative around virginity - and it's all the better for it.
Posted Nov 6, 2017
44
Hello, My Name is Doris (2016)

Esther Zuckerman

Doris may be a bit clueless, but the movie doesn't deny [Sally] Field her sexuality.
Posted Nov 4, 2017
45
Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Lauren Le Vine

The film really lets Chris Hemsworth flex his comedy chops...along with his bulging muscles.
Posted Nov 1, 2017
46
Mudbound (2017)

Anne Cohen

Give Dee Rees all the awards!
Posted Nov 1, 2017
47
A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)

Anne Cohen

Bad Moms Christmas takes everything that was wrong with the original Bad Moms, and inflates it with holiday cheer.
Posted Nov 1, 2017
48
Across the Universe (2007)

Elena Nicolaou

Logically, I know that love isn't all you need. For the hour and a half I spent rewatching Across the Universe, though, I thought it was.
Posted Oct 24, 2017
49
Wonderstruck (2017)

Anne Cohen

In this role, 14-year-old [Millicent] Simmonds is striking a small victory for deaf women who have gone too long without seeing themselves and their stories told on a big screen.
Posted Oct 20, 2017
50
Ingrid Goes West (2017)

Elena Nicolaou

Ingrid Goes West never gives our protagonist a moment of enlightenment, during which she realizes social media is the source of all of her problems (spoiler: it's not). I don't expect that moment to arrive for me, either.
Posted Oct 3, 2017