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Women Talking review: This meditation on abuse and survival deserves the Best Picture Oscar

Sarah Polley’s superlative film, based on Miriam Toews’ 2018 novel, features an all-star cast on staggering form

The Independent UK

Women Talking – a radical film that reimagines how cinema can be made

Words matter. They give expression to our experiences, allow us to tell our stories and make sense of our place within the world. With language comes the ability to speak: to speak for, and to speak out. To name injustices and imagine alternative futures. The radical feminist Audre Lorde tells…

The Conversation

‘Oscar will never leave my house again’: 12 Oscar winners whose awards were stolen, destroyed or vanished

From the stolen Academy Award recovered from an airport bin to the time Matt Damon’s Oscar washed away in a flood, Adam White recalls the gold-plated vanishing acts that stars would love to forget

The Independent UK

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Frances McDormand’s 10 best performances – ranked!

Shortly to be seen on our screens in Women Talking, the actor is enjoying a fruitful – and Oscar-hauling – career third act, creating work that is empathic, political, and often doesn’t look like acting at all

The Guardian - UK

Radical dialogue and open roads in 'Women Talking'

In Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking,” there is the dialogue on screen and another off it

The Independent UK

In quietly powerful ‘Women Talking,’ victims debate the next step after their attackers are caught

Writer-director Sarah Polley draws strong performances from an ensemble cast that includes Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand.

Chicago Sun-Times

The women of 'Women Talking' react to taking festival season by storm

TELLURIDE, Colo. — Frances McDormand, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and other actors in the ensemble of Sarah Polley's extraordinary drama "Women Talking" were walking into the Werner Herzog Theatre for a post-screening Q&A on Sept. 4 just as a few members of the audience were leaving the venue. A friend…

Los Angeles Times

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The Welsh actress who went from playing rugby to performing on Broadway

Gaby French grew up in Cardiff and is now back in her home city after an award-winning performance on Broadway

Wales Online

Best Max movies: the 23 finest films to stream in July 2024

These are the best Max movies to watch on one of the world's best streaming services.

TechRadar

Oscars 2022: From Frances McDormand to Halle Berry, eight of the best feminists speeches

As we gear up for the 94th annual Academy Awards, Sabrina Barr looks at the best feminist speeches from Hollywood’s night of nights

The Independent UK

‘Oscar will never leave my house again’: 12 Oscar winners whose awards were stolen, destroyed or simply vanished

From the stolen Academy Award recovered from an airport bin to the time Matt Damon’s Oscar washed away in a flood, Adam White recalls the gold-plated vanishing acts that stars would love to forget

The Independent UK

The Tragedy of Macbeth’s Kathryn Hunter: ‘The car crash wasn’t an accident – it was a suicide attempt’

The award-winning stage actor gives one of the standout performances in Joel Coen’s film and is about to star on the London stage in ‘The Chairs’. But things might have turned out very differently, she tells Sarah Crompton, as she urges, ‘If you are feeling suicidal, get help, get help,…

The Independent UK

What makes Joel Coen's Shakespeare unique: His 'Macbeth' is haunted by other movies

The focus of Joel Coen's "The Tragedy of Macbeth," now streaming on Apple TV+, naturally falls on Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, who star as an older-than-usual Macbeth and Lady Macbeth.

Los Angeles Times

The best Hulu movies: 29 great films to stream in June 2024

These are the best Hulu movies to stream today, including The Batman, Anchorman, and Fight Club.

TechRadar

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