Sentences with phrase «films about women striking»

And you could even lump The Post in with the cadre of films about women striking back at the patriarchy through Kay Graham's willful choice to ignore the advice of her (male) lawyers and board members and publish the Pentagon Papers.

Not exact matches

Normally, I'm eager for a story about a woman humiliating herself for love, but the tone of this fanciful film at times struck me as all wrong.

It's been nearly 20 years since Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton starred in the comedy about three women striking back at their ex-husbands and getting what they deserve, and now the trio of actresses will reunited for a new feature film project at Netflix called Divanation.

I would overhear hushed conversations on the bus about Republican relatives who won't stop gloating; directors would introduce their films, even the most purportedly apolitical, with sly allusions to the new President; a woman even struck up a conversation with me before a screening to complain about the film industry's closed - minded attitude towards her particular brand of libertarianism (I didn't have much to add).

Closing Night It Stains the Sand Red Colin Minahan, USA, 2016, 92m The solo feature directorial debut of Colin Minahan, one half of the Vicious Brothers (Grave Encounters, Extraterrestrial), makes his strongest impression yet with this engaging, visually striking film, set during apocalyptic times, about a woman, Molly (a fearless Brittany Allen), who finds herself stranded in the desert after her dumbass boyfriend is killed by a zombie.