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Her inside: Sofia Coppola, Spike Jonze and the perils of fictionalising your ex

The director was ‘scolded’ for creating a character based on her former husband – but reveals she hasn’t seen the film in which he supposedly modelled a character on her

The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023

The 20 best films about doomed love – ranked!

As Past Lives, a tale of lost love and roads not taken, hits cinemas, get out the tissues as we recall some of cinema’s most heart-wrenching, tortuous romances

The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023

Oscars fashion: bridal colours dominate as red carpet is scrapped

Stars such as Michelle Yeoh and Halle Berry wore white to match a champagne carpet but not every star got the memo on its change of colour

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023

Why Women Talking should win the best picture Oscar

Let’s be real: its nomination for best movie was the win. But Sarah Polley’s film is predicated on action, a #MeToo film that questions with the aim of moving forward

The Guardian - US · Mar 2, 2023

Bill Murray, Claire Foy and Rooney Mara among stars awkwardly stranded outside SAG Awards

A reporter at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel described scenes of ‘total chaos’ as actors were kept out of the venue by a fire marshal

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Women Talking draws from a true story of mass sexual assault to re-imagine how a society can deal with trauma

In Oscars contender Women Talking, inspired by a devastating true story of mass sexual assault, a group of women in an isolated community grapple with whether to forgive, stay and fight, or leave.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2023

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 · Feb 9, 2023

Ben Whishaw: We’re all more fluid than is really discussed

The role of the only male in Women Talking, a film about the awful things men do, required a rare talent. Enter Ben Whishaw, who tellsRichard Godwin about his nuanced take on modern masculinity, acting with the Queen and why the NHS is being ‘deliberately wrecked’

Evening Standard · Feb 9, 2023

How we made Oscar-winning Women Talking with Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley: ‘I love an unpalatable woman’

The director and stars discuss 2023’s most incendiary film, which just won an Oscar for Best Adapted screenplay

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023

Many ways "Women Talking" asks for mercy

Sarah Polley's Oscar-nominated take on the novel makes a powerful change that adds dimension to the Mennonite story

Salon · Feb 4, 2023