The Girl on the Train

Another girl gone in this tedious adaptation

"...Gone girls are very big business. Certainly Paula Hawkins’ bestseller The..."

Oct. 7, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Danish Girl

Biopic about the first person to undergo sexual reassignment surgery

"...Redmayne delivers another physically transformational performance in The Danish Girl. This time, instead of mutating from a healthy young..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Girl

David Riker's indie drama stars Abbie Cornish as a Texas woman, who finds maturity while smuggling Mexicans across the border.

"...In The Girl, writer/director David Riker returns to many of the same..."

April 5, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Jersey Girl

Ben Affleck plays a widower dad in this family dramedy from an uncustomarily sweet Kevin Smith.

"...George Carlin, Raquel Castro and Jennifer Lopez. Before Jersey Girl screened at the Paramount Theatre during SXSW, Kevin Smith..."

March 26, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Girl on the Bridge

"...Vanessa Paradis, Claude Aufaure, Bertie Cortez and Giorgios Gatzios. Girl on the Bridge is a film about luck and..."

Oct. 13, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Just Another Girl On the I.R.T.

"...(Johnson) in the movies before -- an African-American teenage girl who dreams of becoming a doctor and getting out..."

April 16, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Girl in Progress

The roles of mother and daughter get mixed up in this old story told in a smart way.

"...The surprise is it's not half bad. The titular girl in progress is Ansiedad (Ramirez), who, true to her..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

The third book of Stieg Larsson's addictive Swedish trilogy is now onscreen.

"...cast to play Lisbeth Salander, the heroine and titular "girl" of the Swedish action/conspiracy/psychological trilogy that exploded into global..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Factory Girl

Sienna Miller nails Edie Sedgwick's gamine naivete in this biopic, but the film feels far too pat for its own good.

"...Herrman and Hayden Christensen. Who is this generation's It Girl? And does it deserve one? There's an argument to..."

Feb. 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Girl 6

"...on the phone-sex industry opens with a shot of Girl 6 (Randle), an aspiring actress, as she reads a..."

March 29, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

My Girl Two

"...those Indiglo watches for Christmas and while viewing My Girl 2, I pressed the illumination button on it three..."

Feb. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

The Match Factory Girl

With not even 70 minutes total running time and, seemingly, not more than two dozen total lines of dialogue, The Match Factory Girl spins a compelling narrative, a devastating cultural portrait, and an object lesson in the less-is-more school of storytelling.

"...Elina Salo, Esko Nikkari and Ves Vierikko. Minimalism reaches new heights in Finnish director Kaurismaki's 1990 film The Match..."

April 2, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Girl, Interrupted

"...Adapted from Susanna Kaysen's memoir of the same title, Girl, Interrupted tackles the ever-popular subject of mental illness and..."

Jan. 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Single Girl

"...debate their future: The opening shots of A Single Girl (La Fille Seule) strike an eternally familiar note. This..."

July 25, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Quiet Girl

Irish tale of a lost girl finding hope will break and mend your heart

"...That simple tension is the heart of The Quiet Girl (An Cailín Ciúin), Ireland's first-ever Best International Feature Film..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Tonight's Your Last Chance to See 'Girl Rising'

'One girl with courage is a revolution'

"...Girl Rising is a story of big dreams. The feature..."

May 2, 2013 Screens Post by Jessi Cape

Alfonso and Thomas and The Dying Girl

Former teenage Texas film buffs unite on homage-filled cancer comedy Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

"...as collaborators on Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, in theatres this Friday, June 26. Mann anchors the..."

June 26, 2015 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Call Girl of Cthulhu Comes Knocking

Director Chris LaMartina on puns and Lovecraft

"...In the history of indie horror-comedy, the name Call Girl of Cthulhu is up there with The Little Shop..."

April 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Valley Girl

This is one of the great teen romance movies: It’s Romeo and Juliet played out between an L.A. punk rocker and a Valley girl. Cage has never appeared more soulful.

"...Deborah Foreman, Colleen Camp and Frederic Forrest. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl fall in love. But they’re from..."

May 13, 1983 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVDanger: Last Girl Standing

Austin horror goes beyond the slasher

"...Like any good Austin horror, Last Girl Standing makes a subtle nod to The Texas Chain..."

Nov. 4, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl

Gothic conventions revamped for coming-of-age chiller

"...at the dark cloud hanging over Sweet, Sweet Lonely Girl...."

Oct. 3, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

White Girl

Sex, drugs, and privilege

"...yourself for the salvo that is Elizabeth Wood’s White Girl, the latest in the perennial state-of-the-union movie concerning “today’s..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Gone Girl

When a lady vanishes, David Fincher holds the moral compass.

"...darkly and deadly, in David Fincher’s nightmarishly fine Gone Girl. I say nightmarishly because nearly the whole of this..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Review: ‘The Girl’

HBO Film examines Hitchcock's obsession with Tippi Hedren

"...In the new HBO film The Girl, a troubled figure of authority..."

Oct. 19, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

New Best Friend

"...remarkably entertaining by sheer anti-virtue of its oversexed awfulness, New Best Friend is the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent of Showgirls...."

April 12, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

His Girl Friday

"...Starring: Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell and Ralph Bellamy. His Girl Friday (as well as The Awful Truth) highlights Cary..."

June 9, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl

A madcap animated ramble through Kyoto's drinking district

"...inaccurately named anime The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl. The night is anything but short, and the protagonist..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Pairing Girl Scout Cookies With Beer?

Vince Thompson at the Brass Tap makes it seem ordinarily brilliant

"...right? So you figure that pairing craft beer with Girl Scout cookies is, like, it’s gotta be some kind..."

Feb. 14, 2018 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Girl Most Likely

Kristen Wiig plays the darker side of the girl who hasn't fulfilled her potential and Annette Bening co-stars as her Atlantic City mom.

"...Tiny and well-intentioned but dramatically inert and sham-kooky, Girl Most Likely is for Kristen Wiig completists only, and..."

July 19, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

A Girl Cut in Two

French master Claude Chabrol's latest film is the tale of the downfall of a cheery, open-faced weathergirl in Lyons who falls in love with two different men.

"...Marie Bunel. In his invaluable (if sometimes insufferable) The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, David Thomson speaks of Chabrol’s..."

Dec. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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