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Women’s Work Continues on ‘Call the Midwife’

By Alexandra MacAaron

Watching 'Call the Midwife' is a wonderful experience for anyone. But, I can’t help thinking that it is all the richer for those of us who are women and mothers. Every episode resonates.

News

(VIDEO) The Wednesday Five: Resolutions For Me and Thee, Anjelica Huston Searches for the Next Marilyn and Tips for the Technically Challenged

By Women's Voices For Change

The blogosphere celebrated the New Year with news about Anjelica Huston's new TV show, an interview with a giant of midwifery, and some thoughts funny and serious on New Years' resolutions.

Film & Television

Mystery, Merchants and Motherhood: PBS’s Sunday Night Triple-Header

By Alexandra MacAaron

For those of us still mourning the loss of our beloved "Downton Abbey," here’s good news. This spring, PBS is serving up three back-to-back series — "Call the Midwife," "Grantchester" and "Mr. Selfridge" that will transport you across the pond for the next several Sunday nights.

Film & Television

Promising New Director and Her
‘Promising Young Woman’

By Alexandra MacAaron

In 'Promising Young Woman,' the mind-blowing feature film debut of director/screenwriter Emerald Fennell, there are lots of “good men” willing to do a bad thing.

Film & Television

Hollywood News: The (Relative) Upside of a Down Year

By Alexandra MacAaron

Women directors saw significant growth, helming 16% of the top 100 films, up from 12% in 2019 and a deplorable 4% in 2018. There was also steady improvement for women directing the top 250 films, with 18% in 2020, in contrast to 13% in 2019 and 8% in 2018.

Film & Television

‘Emma.’ — Hollywood Revisits Austen
(and Delights Us) Again

By Alexandra MacAaron

The latest Austen to grace the big screen is Autumn de Wilde's 'Emma.' The period — or "full stop," as the Brits call it — is part of the title because, as the director disingenuously explains, "It's a period drama."

Film & Television

‘The Crown,’ Season 3: A Tale of Two Sisters

By Alexandra MacAaron

It's a testament to the entire creative team — and most especially to the sublime acting talents of Colman, Bonham Carter, and company, that 'The Crown' offers never a dull moment.

Film & Television

Vita & Virginia: Literary Love Story Lacks Spark

By Alexandra MacAaron

'Vita & Virginia' is lovely to look at, and the content is interesting from both historical and literary perspectives. But, the relationship at its center is never quite as all-consuming as it should be.

Film & Television

‘Little Women’ Still Inspires After 150 Years

By Alexandra MacAaron

The latest addition to the “Little Women” lexicon is a Masterpiece mini-series, airing on PBS this month. As one would assume, it's marvelous.

Arts & Culture · Film & Television

True Confessions of a Netflix Binger

By Alexandra MacAaron

Home alone with a terrible cold, I watched Showtime’s entire series "The Tudors" on Netflix. Not a season, mind you, but the entire series: 6 wives, 38 episodes. Every time I told myself I should get up, get to work (get a life), I’d fast-forward through the closing credits and Netflix would automatically push me into the next episode. It was marvelous.

Film & Television

Oscar-Nominee Vanessa Kirby in ‘Pieces of a Woman’

By Alexandra MacAaron

Losing a baby before or immediately after birth is a profound and deeply personal experience. And it’s one that playwright and screenwriter Kata Wéber has dramatized powerfully in 'Pieces of a Woman.'

Poetry

Three poems from Indigo by Ellen Bass

By Amanda Moore

With a keen sense of humor that acknowledges how even our saddest moments can offer levity, Ellen Bass offers comfort and assurance in these poems, always leading us back from the brink of intense emotion with wisdom and care.

Film & Television

‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’:
Love Lives in the Female Gaze

By Alexandra MacAaron

Céline Sciamma has described her latest film, 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire,' as a "manifesto on the female gaze."

Film & Television

One Child Nation, a Powerful, Personal View of China’s Extreme Policy

By Alexandra MacAaron

Nanfu Wang was aware that she might face resistance and actual danger as she uncovered the truth about China's one-child policy — 35 brutal years of the country's history that it now seems determined to forget.

Books

Book Review:
‘Educated,’ An Unforgettable Journey Toward Self

By Alexandra MacAaron

In its 300-plus pages, a woman discovers her voice and recognizes the changes that she must embrace in order to live a free, fulfilling, and educated life.

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