Barb Bretz
Film & Book ReviewerFriday Film Reviewer & Monthly Book Reviewer
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Based on a 95-page memoir written by recent Nobel Prize-winning author Annie Ernaux, “Happening” is a French film set in the 1960s with a theme that is surprisingly relevant 60 years later.
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"Final Cut" was the only film selected for the 2022 Sundance Film Festival that was pulled from the line up at the last minute for a very good reason.
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In Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, a hardworking London charwoman follows her dreams and takes viewers along on her adventure.
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Where the Crawdads Sing is the eagerly awaited film adaptation from the bestselling novel of the same name.
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Directed by Baz Luhrmann, the biopic Elvis premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival where it received a twelve minute standing ovation.
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Downton Abbey ran for 6 seasons on TV and has now spun off its second feature film: Downton Abbey: A New Era.
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When laws in this country disrespect women, some women feel empowered to disrespect those laws.
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Cyrano is the 2021 musical version of Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Amor Towles’ third novel, The Lincoln Highway, has followed his first two, Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow straight to the New York Times Bestseller list.
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Herself is the story of a young, single mother rebuilding life for herself and her young daughters after escaping an abusive marriage. It premiered at Sundance 2020.