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Lynn Shelton, an indie filmmaker who helped popularize the mumblecore genre with works such as “Humpday” and “Your Sister’s Sister,” died Friday of a blood disorder. She was 54. Shelton was best known for her naturalistic, understated approach to comedy and drama in low-budget films that were hits with the Sundance crowd, but she reached… via… Continue reading Lynn Shelton, Director of ‘Humpday’ and ‘Little Fires Everywhere,’ Dies at 54 – Variety — News

Well, its been a while. There has been an obvious lack of new cinema releases and the movies I have been watching at home have been old classics; my equivalent to comfort food and a warm blanket in dark times. And I’m not as compelled to write about older releases as I am for new […]… Continue reading Portrait of a Lady on Fire — A Blogger Needs A Focus

Please give generously to QueerCare, African Rainbow Family, Say It Loud Club, Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants, The Outside Project, and Galop. When I had been in London for the first time, for less than two hours, I encountered a British man on the Piccadilly line coming from Heathrow with my mother. We were […]… Continue reading Because They Liked the Novelty of a Double Decker Bus — Christine Hannigan

Maria admits she doesn’t like Kevin Smith movies as much as she used to; Brandon admits he’s never really liked Kevin Smith movies. Chasing Amy gets some things right and a lot of things wrong, but it still has a place in cinema history. via Chasing Amy: A 90s Lesbian Film That Doesn’t Quite Get It… Continue reading Chasing Amy: A 90s Lesbian Film That Doesn’t Quite Get It Right — Peculiar Picture Show

Desiree Akhavan, Barbara Hammer, Cheryl Dunye, and more narrate the history of queer women onscreen in this accessible and documentary. via ‘Dykes, Camera, Action!’ Review: A Peppy, If Pithy History of Lesbian Cinema — IndieWire

Little Women is a 2019 American coming of age period drama film directed by Greta Gerwig. It is the eighth film adaptation of the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. The film star should Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, Laura Dern, Timothee Chalamet, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, James […]… Continue reading Little Women (2019) — Chloe the Critic

Blackboard Jungle is a 1955 social commentary film about teachers in an interracial inner-city school, directed by Richard Brooks, based on the novel The Blackboard Jungle by Evan Hunter. The film stars Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, Anne Francis and Louis Calhern. This is the breakout role for Poitier. The film follows the story […]… Continue reading Classic of the Week: Blackboard Jungle (1955) — Chloe the Critic

The Lighthouse is a 2019 psychological thriller horror film directed by Robert Eggers and stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as two lighthouse keepers who lose sanity when a storm leaves them stranded on a mysterious New England island in the 1890s. The film is shot in entirely black and white. This film has an […]… Continue reading The Lighthouse (2019) — Chloe the Critic