We Are the Best!

Lukas Moodysson gives us a captivating portrait of 13-year-old proto-punk girls in 1982 Sweden.

"...made about what it’s like to be a 13-year-old girl, something We Are the Best! off-handedly acknowledges at its..."

June 13, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

What Goes Around ...

With 'Some Girl(s)', Neil LaBute circles back from stage to screen

"...That question curls around the heart of Some Girl(s), the new film based on Neil LaBute's 2005 play..."

March 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Robert Faires

I Know Who Killed Me

Lindsay Lohan knows there are fates worse than her current legal quagmire – starring in this clunker, for example.

"...more than a few brain cells. The film’s good girl/bad girl conceit may be rooted thematically in the dual..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Flicka

Girls and their horses. They're grist for this new update of Mary O'Hara's beloved novel My Friend Flicka.

"...Roberts. Does the world need another movie about a girl and her horse? If only someone would have posed..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

The Latest From Z Zeitgeist

'Pathogen' and 'Zombie Girl: The Movie'

"...written, directed, shot, and edited by a determined 12-year-old girl? Perhaps nothing. But Emily Hagins' Pathogen, which premiered this..."

June 30, 2006 Screens Feature by Marrit Ingman

The Memory of a Killer

A hitman who's losing his memory to Alzheimer's anchors this absorbing Belgian policier that's tightly wound and expertly unraveled.

"...he realizes one of his targets is a 12-year-old girl. Even a contract killer has certain standards. It turns..."

Sept. 23, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Baxter

Director Showalter (Comedy Central's Stella) misses a terrific opportunity to pull back the curtain on "the other guy" – the Baxter is the lead man's second fiddle in your standard romantic comedy – and ends up making a pretty good case for why the sad sack never gets the girl.

"...Baxter is the other guy, the nice guy the girl settles for while she twiddles her thumbs, waiting for..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

View From the Top

"...spandex and high-volume hair? Paltrow plays Donna, a small-town girl who dreams of a life in the sky, servicing..."

March 28, 2003 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Swimfan

"...thanks to the butterfly stroke and the love of good-girl paramour Amy (Appleby). Dividing his time between the pool,..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Woo

"...Ralph, Darrel Heath, David Chappelle, Ll Cool J and Girlina. Try as I might, I just can't seem to..."

May 15, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Seberg

Prosaic bio-drama of the radical starlet never shines like she did

"...“They want the girl in the Herald Tribune shirt,” quips actor Jean Seberg..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Fantastic Fest Review: Ride Your Wave

Surfing romance becomes a smart, lovely story of loss and growth

"...When boy meets girl and girl meets boy and they fall in love..."

Sept. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

The original girl detective makes a modern return

"...of Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase featured a girlish silhouette holding a magnifying glass, Sherlock Holmes-style. Subsequent editions..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Zach Theatre's Once

This musical disarms the cynicism of our age with the sweet story of a guy and a girl who bond over music

"...that feels so earnest. An unnamed guy and a girl meet and bond over music. Their relationships are complex,..."

Oct. 5, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Power Rangers

A new generation of teens with superpowers must save the world

"...a quarterback with authority issues; Kimberly, a reforming mean girl, is the Pink Ranger; Blue Ranger Billy is “on..."

March 31, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Eagle Huntress

Real-life heroine soars above tradition

"...Girl power takes flight in this upbeat documentary about a..."

Nov. 23, 2016 Movie Review by Steve Davis

2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Programs A & B

"...woman during a burglary in 1980. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s “A Girl in the River” is the story of an 18-year-old..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Coloring in the Margins

Pop-up series Alt Girl Cinema highlights diversity

"...The alternative film series Alt Girl Cinema offers its third showcase this weekend: "Women of..."

Jan. 22, 2016 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Sisters

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler wistfully party like there's no tomorrow

"...Who knew she’d be so good as the bad girl?..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Brooklyn

When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?

"...little village. It’s a painful transition for this less-than-worldly girl, one fraught with frequent tears and overwhelming heartache. As..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Ouija

Hasbro's soothsaying board is the MacGuffin in this teen horror film.

"...lights!) suicide of her BFF Debbie (Hennig), teen smart girl Laine (Cooke), along with boyfriend Trevor (Kagasoff), sister Sarah..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Only God Forgives

Drive's Nicolas Winding Refn reunites again with Ryan Gosling and adds Kristin Scott Thomas to the mix for this descent into heartlessness.

"...Julian’s brother Billy (Burke) rapes and kills a 16-year-old girl, and is executed in turn by the girl’s father...."

July 19, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Texas Chainsaw

Decades after the original, this story about the deranged, backwoods cannibal with a power tool still has legs – and extra 3-D torque.

"...farmhouse, presumably killing the cannibalistic clan. But a baby girl survives, and a married mob couple scoop up the..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Up Too Early

Google Streetview fashion critique from 24th and Guadalupe

"...when Matthew Modine (aka "Joker") euthanizes the Viet Cong girl with a .45 slug to the head at the..."

June 28, 2012 Chronolog Post by The Luv Doc

The Little Traitor

Set in the British Mandate of Palestine in the summer of 1947, The Little Traitor stars Alfred Molina and tells its story through the eyes of a young innocent.

"...in using his binoculars to spy on the comely girl next door than he is in spying on the..."

April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Red Riding: 1974

This is the first of three absorbing adaptations (filmed concurrently by different directors) of David Peace’s linked novels about crime and corruption in Yorkshire, England.

"...his face bashed in, usually on account of a girl. RR: 1974 is the first of three adaptations (filmed..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Whip It

Drew Barrymore makes her directing debut with this Austin-set story about the modern age of roller girls.

"...shots filmed here in the capital city. Teeming with girl-power spirit, Barrymore’s film exudes an all-encompassing benevolence rather than..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Thirst

The new film from the South Korean director of Oldboy is a stunning feast for the senses but veers off-track with its overlong meditation on vampirism.

"...Have you heard the one about the priest, the girl, and the mother-in-law? Would you like to? It goes..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Obsessed

Idris Elba and Beyoncé co-star as a married couple whose happy life is disrupted by a stalker.

"...catfight. Obsessed unspools like one long tease for the girl-on-girl wrestling we know will eventually come. Until that climactic..."

May 1, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Tokyo!

This triptych of short films by directors Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho is a gorgeous, sprawling mess.

"...The Science of Sleep. In it, a sweet twentysomething girl (Fujitani) and her goofy boyfriend (Kase), an aspiring filmmaker..."

April 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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