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The often-overlooked middle sister, Mary Bennet, in the #PrideandPrejudice household gets her due in the BritBox "sleeper sensation" #TheOtherBennetSister, which @susangranger found empathetic and enchanting. More here. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/14/the…
That's a wrap on the 64th annual #NewYorkFilmFestival, where out of 34 films on the main slate, only nine--or just under 25 percent--were directed by women. @MarBarFu has more. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/14/nyf…
Do you remember your first horror movie? With Halloween around the bend, our reviewers weigh in on the level of fear kids experience during scary movies and how do onscreen blood and gore influence their social expectations. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/22/hor…
The eight-part miniseries #AmericanHostage covers the same true-crime event as the 2025 film Dead Man’s Wire, featuring a standout performance from #JonHamm but otherwise tedious pacing. @susangranger has more. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/22/ame…
In #KlaraandtheSun, #JennaOrtega plays a solar-powered droid who bonds with a brilliant yet ill teen--a premise that director Taika Waititi treats with more wide-eyed whimsy than edge, says @TeejFlix1, but Ortega burns bright. More here. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/22/kla…
Shot with the observational intimacy of cinéma vérité, #QueenatSea centers on a riveting performance by #JulietteBinoche as a caregiving daughter thrust into a complicated situation involving her mother, who has dementia. @AprilMac has more. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/23/que…
Renowned film and television producer #NinaJacobson will receive the Polly Platt Award for Producing during the 33rd Annual Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference opening this month. @BAMOK has the details. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/22/wee…
The 64th New York Film Festival closed out its Main Slate with an uplifting 9 films directed by women. Not great, but better than last year. @MarBarFu reviews the largely successful #NYFF64 : awfj.org/blog/2026/10/14/nyf…
The ambitious artistic endeavor known as #Digger is about the only nice thing @jen4green can say about the #TomCruise starrer from Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. She says it’s #Birdman for the post climate catastrophe age. More here : awfj.org/blog/2026/10/20/dig…
#TenderLovingCare is director #MikeLeigh’s continuation of his Humane Profiles. The comedy drama, part of the #NYFF2026 follows best friends in post-Brexit England. @dcarson_critic says it had a rare, honest appeal. In general release Dec. 4th. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/14/ten…
ICYMI, AWFJ is proud to SPOTLIGHT filmmaker Zoey Martinson, director of the award winning feature film #TheFisherman. Find out what makes her and her new film special HERE: awfj.org/blog/2026/10/01/spo…
Tribeca debut #MissRepresentationRiseUp opens this week, & AWFJ member @valeriekalfrin says there's so much backlash going on for girls & women now, the documentary can't possibly cover it all, but is it worth viewing? Find out by reading the full review: awfj.org/blog/2026/06/11/mis…
This week:
Jennifer Siebel Newsom's doc on rising backlash of women's progress in #MissRepresentationRiseUp
Writer/director Habiba Nosheen's inspiring doc #TheGymnastsofFishermanColony
Eleanor Coppola's film insider view #MakingMarieAntoinette
More: awfj.org/blog/2026/10/18/ope…
Ghana’s Volta Region attuned a young #ZoeyMartinson to how humor and storytelling were part of everyday life. "It was the first time I felt truly comfortable claiming what I wanted for myself," says the writer/director of #TheFisherman. More here. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/01/spo…
The heartbreaking documentary #APlaceofAbsence follows mothers searching tirelessly for their long-missing migrant children, weaving delicate visual poetry with stories of unacceptable horrors and unfathomable loss. More on our Movie of the Week here. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/11/mov…
Now that the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival (#TIFF2026) has wrapped, catch up on our team's coverage! Reviews include films such as #UnionTown, #AGoodLittleSoldier, #HeadtoHead, and #ChildrenUntold. More here. awfj.org/blog/tag/tiff-2026/
#VirginieEfira and #TaoOkamoto jointly earned the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival this year for #AllofaSudden, an "incredibly thoughtful" film about an intense friendship among a rapidly progressing illness, says @MarBarFu. More here. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/14/all…
Focusing on teens on a school trip to the ruins of Pompeii, #LaGradiva ebbs and flows with the rhythms of its young subjects, eventually building to a surprising tragedy, says @MarBarFu. More here. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/14/la-…
Fresh off an Audience Award at San Sebastián (SSIFF), #LaBolaNegra opens in US theaters this week, a sweeping three-tale epic weaving together stories from different periods of Spanish history. @jen4green has more. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/14/la-…
An unguarded performance from newcomer #AniPalmer makes #BigGirlsDontCry so potent, says Sarah Ward, conveying how adolescence is "a whirlwind of yearning, trying, searching, striving and flailing." More here. awfj.org/blog/2026/10/14/big…
