Contemplate the meaning of Independence Day while celebrating it. Movies on AWFJ's Independence Day watch list let you celebrate and contemplate simultaneously. Akk are streaming. Many seem prescient! Movies inform and inspire. See AWFJ's watch list at awfj.org/blog/2025/06... Viva democracy!!!

awfjorg For Pride Month, we SPOTLGHT @cheryldunye.bsky.social, iconic queer filmmaker. Dunye's THE WATERMELON WOMAN, a seminal work of Queer New Wave cinema, has inspired many films centering queerness, Blackness or both. Brava Dunye!!! Read Leslie Combemale's SPOTLIGHT on Dunye awfj.org/blog…

#AlliancefWomenFilmJournalists congrats Emmy-nominated writer/showrunner Molly Smith Metzler whose darkly comedic, femme-centric series SIRENS is on Netflix. Read about it @ awfj.org/blog/2025/05... #allianceofwomenfilmjournalists #sirens #netflixseries @mollysmithmetzler @netflix.com x

A must see! CHAMBERMAID's take on a WW1 Prague household shows how hard life was for women. Anka and Resi's connection is respite from repression in a male-dominated world. Director MarianaCengelSolcanska makes that connection a lifeline for them both. #MovieOfTheWeek @ awfj.org/blog/2025/05...

Amy Landecker pulls off a hat trick with #ForWorse, writing, directing, and starring in this snappy romantic comedy about a divorced woman finding her feet in the Los Angeles dating scene. My @awfjorg.bsky.social review. #SXSW2025 awfj.org/blog/2025/03...

An endless summer might sound divine, but in the speculative drama #GloriousSummer, it’s a recipe for ennui. This #SXSW2025 film is more of a thought experiment than an intriguing whole. My @awfjorg.bsky.social review. awfj.org/blog/2025/03...

I loved the #SXSW2025 documentary #MarleeMatlinNotAloneAnymore, a revealing & introspective look at this groundbreaking performer, conveying interviews and revelations via how she experiences life: with visuals, sign language, and captioning. My @awfjorg.bsky.social review. awfj.org/blog/2025/03...

@idapost.bsky.social drops it @ @awfjorg.bsky.social on #arealpain 🧐 awfj.org/female-gaze/...

Raising a mental toast to #ValKilmer, gone too soon at 65. If I may, check out #Val on Amazon Prime. I reviewed this documentary for @awfjorg.bsky.social in 2021. It's an engrossing, poignant, and introspective look at his career creative & drive in his own words. awfj.org/blog/2021/07...

@awfjorg.bsky.social ‘s Movie of the Week is Emilie Blichfeldt’s THE UGLY STEPSISTER! shorturl.at/NcmkA

Nicole Kidman has become known for playing women whose meticulous life hides secrets. Amazon Prime's HOLLAND has some below the surface but in a way that’s more half-baked than satisfying. More in my @awfjorg.bsky.social review. awfj.org/blog/2025/04...

A film crew determined to make the best of a mix-up is the basis of MAGIC FARM, a comedic drama with more going on in the background than its myopic main characters or the film cares to explore. More in my @awfjorg.bsky.social review. awfj.org/blog/2025/04...

Combining the French Revolution with anime and musical numbers, #TheRoseofVersailles on Netflix is a peculiar concoction, like a wasabi macaron. It might look pretty, but boy, is this an acquired taste. More in my @awfjorg.bsky.social review. awfj.org/blog/2025/04...

Joel Potrykus’ VULCANIZADORA is releasing now. In my review for @awfjorg.bsky.social I said “Vulcanizadora is supremely accomplished, unbearably sad, and the kind of film which is hard to shake off. Magnificient.” awfj.org/blog/2024/08...

#AnotherSimpleFavor is more a travelogue for Italy’s stunning island of Capri than a satisfying mystery, with more twists to track than the island’s jackknifing roads. My @awfjorg.bsky.social review. awfj.org/blog/2025/04...

ICYMI: My #HotDocs25 wrap piece for @awfjorg.bsky.social. Get a look at the women making news at this year's film fest in Toronto: awfj.org/blog/2025/05...

Julie Max's THE SURRENDER is a solid horror film, but a truly breathtaking portrait of palliative caregiving - I've never seen it so authentically represented in a horror movie. Don't miss this one: hits Shudder on the 23 May. My review is over at @awfjorg.bsky.social here awfj.org/blog/2025/05...

Proud to announce the nominees for the 2024 AWFJ EDA Awards! Read the list. What are your favorites? What are your predictions? awfj.org/2024-eda-awa...

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is proud to announce the winners of the AWFJ EDA Awards for Best Female-Directed Feature and Best Female-Directed Short at Whistler Film Festival 2024. Congrats to all! Read the report to discover the winners: awfj.org/blog/2024/12...

AWFJ's December SPOTLIGHT is focused on Diane Warren! Read @wrh.bsky.social's profile on the revered and prolific songsmith at awfj.org/blog/2024/11...

Exciting news! Focus Features will release Chloe Zhao's HAMNET, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's eponymous novel. We can't wait to see Zhao's take on this fictionalized life of William Shakespeare and his son, Hamnet, who died at a young age. Read more about it at awfj.org/blog/2024/11...

Ellen Cooper is a respected portrait painter & teacher whose work has won many awards & accolades. This example is a bit uncharacteristic, but I like its photo-realistic quality. It's called "Defiance of Erebus.” In this instance, Erebus refers to the god of old age. www.ellencooper.net/index.html

​HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Disney's beloved Moana returns to theaters in MOANA 2 on Nov 27. Stars Auli‘i Cravalho and Dwayne Johnson reunite for a journey into Oceana's dangerous waters. Holiday thrills for the whole family! Read Brandy McDonnell's report at awfj.org/.../week-in-...

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AWFJ's weekly report on femme-centric releases: #DidI, a thriller co-written & directed by Sarah Tice #AlbanyRoad, a holiday dramedy by writer/director Christine Swanson, & Payal Kapadia's Mumbai drama #AllWeImagineAsLight. More: awfj.org/blog/2024/11... #femalefilmmaker #womeninfilm

AWFJ's Movie of the Week is NIGHT IS NOT ETERNAL, director Nanfu Wang's compelling comparison of how her activism in China differs from the activism of Rosa Maria Paya in Cuba. Both women press equally for freedom/human rights, but don't agree on Trump-ism. 👏 ✊💪 Read more: awfj.org/blog/2024/11...

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