A nonprofit organization amplifying the voices/perspectives of female critics and supporting work in film by and about women. Jennifer Merin, Editor-in-Chief
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Life-affirming, heart-breaking @AppleTV doc #ComeAndSeeMeInTheGoodLight from #RyanWhite is love story & homage to poet #AndreaGibson; they & poet/wife Megan Falley face Gibson's cancer with humor, insight, rock-solid partnership. #loisaltermark reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/11/07/com…
The @AWFJ #MovieOfTheWeek is #ShihChingTsou's terrific @netflix coming-of-age #LeftHandedGirl, co-written with #SeanBaker. Mother, 2 daughters make a life in Taipei despite hardship, family secrets. Tale told from child's (Nina Ye) POV. Experts review: awfj.org/blog/2025/11/09/mov…
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See #AmiCanaanMann's biopic #AudreysChildren, and discover how it took a woman — Dr. Audrey Evans — to overhaul children's cancer treatments AND help found the first Ronald McDonald House. From #blueharborentertainment @loisaltermark.bsky.social reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/03/20/aud…
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A grammar guru literally takes a stand across the 50 states inviting passersby to lodge complaints about apostrophes to past participles in the documentary #RebelWithAClause. @loisaltermark says this is the most fun movie you’ll see all year! awfj.org/blog/2025/09/09/reb…
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The first black woman elected to Congress & the first black major-party Presidential candidate, #ShirleyChisholm blazed a trail for #womeninpolitics. Learn more about her here. #womenempowerment #vote #womenleaders #womensupportingwomen #womeninpower awfj.org/blog/2024/03/16/shi…
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Today is #BarbaraLee's birthday, born today in 1946! The congresswoman said “The laws of this country have stacked the deck against women and people of color" - Let her inspire you today & every day.
AWFJ talks about Abby Ginsberg's doc on her here:
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"Get ready to laugh your tuchus off - Bad Shabbos is a surprisingly smart and taut dark comedy." - Lois Alter Mark, @AWFJ
Laugh your tuchus off with BAD SHABBOS - extended for its NINETEENTH week in theaters and available now on Digital everywhere! 😂 BadShabbos.com
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According to @loisaltermark, newcomer @LilyCollias gives a breakthrough performance in
@indiadonaldson4 compelling father/daughter camping drama, GOOD ONE. A brilliant first film, with a #feminist pov. Read the full #MovieReview here: awfj.org/blog/2024/08/01/goo… @metrograph_pics
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Lois Alter Mark reviews @Tribeca audience award winner & NYC love letter #BadShabbos: "You don't have to be Jewish to love it, but if you are, get ready to laugh your tuchus off"...Full review: awfj.org/blog/2025/09/15/bad…
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Director #MauraSmith beautifully captures the spirit of her subject in #SteveSchapiroBeingEverywhere, a terrific @abramorama doc about the ace photographer who covered every change-maker & movie star — and the nation. Iconic images. #LoisAlterMark reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/11/04/ste…
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Lives of 5 regular people connect over an antiques appraisal show in #LostandFoundInCleveland. Crowd pleaser dramedy from #MarisaGuterman & @KeithGerchak. Ensemble cast with Martin Sheen, June Squibb, Stacy Keach, Dennis Haysbert. #LoisAlterMark reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/10/28/los…
The results of an @AWFJ film critic mentorship program, undertaken by #CortlandJacoby and teacher #DrewMarvin at Woodson High School in Northern Virginia, are in: It's a huge success! Read the reviews from our fledgling critics. @portcortlandia reports: awfj.org/blog/2025/11/04/awf…
Grand, sumptuous, passionate, a heartbreaking vision of hubris and humanity: that's @FrankensteinGDT from Guillermo del Toro (@RealGDT). Superb adaptation of Mary Shelley’s gothic work; Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi. See @netflix now. @valeriekalfrin review: awfj.org/blog/2025/11/03/fra…
Disturbing @Netflix doc #ThePerfectNeighbor depicts a clash between neighbors that led to the fatal 2023 shooting of Ajika Owens, a mother of 4, by Susan Lorincz. Director #GeetaGandbhir uses gripping police body cam footage. @valeriekalfrin reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/11/04/the…
On Nov 6, Happy Birthday to Oscar-winning actor #EmmaStone from @AWFJ (The Alliance of Women Film Journalists) What's your favorite Emma Stone performance? Why, #TheFavourite of course ... along with #Poorthings & #Cruella & #LaLaLand & #Birdman & #Eddington & recently #Bugonia.
Very special birthday greetings to Oscar-winning actor, filmmaker and activist @sally_field from all of us @AWFJ. Happy November 6 birthday and many happy returns of the day ... we've been watching since #Gidget! ❤️
Mixed but still promising @IndieFilmCom's #ViolentEnds is #JohnMichaelPowell’s neo-western/Southern Gothic/revenge crime thriller about a large, drug-running, criminal clan in the Ozarks. With Billy Magnussen, James Badge Dale. @nadine_whitney reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/10/28/vio…
A lady never reveals her age — unless it's her 95th birthday! Happy Birthday June Squibb from your friends at @AWFJ. We're busy watching you in @sonyclassics' #EleanorTheGreat and will see you in #LostandFoundInCleveland from #Attend in theatres Nov 7. Many happy returns! 🍾🎂
The @AWFJ mourns the loss of Oscar-nominated actress #DianeLadd who passed away recently at 89. Ladd’s career spanned 70 years and over 200 films and TV shows. Her daughter, actress #LauraDern says her hero is flying with angels now. What is your favorite Diane Ladd role?
