Women Talking: Directed by Sarah Polley. With Rooney Mara, Judith Ivey, Emily Mitchell, Kate Hallett. Do nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
Review:(#1) There is a mystery at the heart of the film that is largely glossed over in the trailer making it difficult to find a reason to be encouraged to watch the film. (#2) As we finally get more information about the film, the setting, presence, and emotional heft of the sub...
Where’d the Color Go? ‘Women Talking’ and ‘Emancipation’ Cinematographers on Why They Desaturated Their Oscar Contenders Luc Montpellier, Robert Richardson, and Rob Legato tell IndieWire about their film's bold and unusual approaches to color palettes. By Jim Hemphill January 12, 2023 2:30...
The meaning behindWomen Talking’stitle might seem obvious, but it’s not just a reference to the women of the film, well, talking. The film’s title refers to the women speaking discreetly about the subjects they don’t want others, and in this instance men, to overhear. Be it about ...
In Season One ofGirls,Marnie Michaels (Allison Williams) does something many of us have dreamed of doing. She becomes so aroused after talking to bonafide arty douchebag Booth Jonathan that she has to go masturbate in the bathroom of an event space. "I want you to know, the first time ...
The "acting" in this film is not really worth mentioning. Tristam does most of the talking, and she passionately tells the guests and us, the viewers, about the act. It's more like a workshop than anything else. All in all, an important film, in my view, for all those guys out ...
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Sarah Polley captures the magnitude of leaving in her new film, Women Talking, an adaptation of Miriam Toews’s 2018 novel. When I first heard about the project, I didn’t think I could bring myself to watch it, though I read and admired the book. The story is inspired by the real-...