Tag: Saoirse Ronan

• Mary Queen of Scots Review — Yaaasss Kween

  

  Mary Queen of Scots wants to be a big feminist picture. A brutal excoriation of the wrongs done to women, powerful before their time, brought down by men who cannot counteance their position. In truth I have little idea how historical a work it is, writer Beau Willimon (of House of Cards, among others) adapted…

  E Warren

  January 24, 2019

  Female Filmmakers, Film, Review

  Beau Willimon, Cinema, Costume, David Tennant, Film, Films, Historical, Josie Rourke, Margot Robbie, Movie, Movies, Opinion, Review, Saoirse Ronan, Two Stars

• Lady Bird Review: Everything I couldn’t be

  

  There’s mess in the life of Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson. Nothing quite adds up for her in the way it’s supposed to, or maybe she’s just getting the sums wrong. It’s telling in a way that the character is bad at maths and you ever really find out what she’s good at. Aside from making…

  E Warren

  March 7, 2018

  Female Filmmakers, Film, Review

  A24, Beanie Feldstein, Cinema, Comedy, Film, Films, Five Stars, Focus Features, Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird, Laurie Metcalf, Lucas Hedges, Movie, Movies, Opinion, Review, Saoirse Ronan, Tracy Letts, Universal Pictures