Jennifer Merin (Earthling)

Intense @netflix political thriller series #Hostage is binge-worthy. UK PM (Suranne Jones) & French President (Julie Delpy) band together to thwart a criminal plot, against of landscape of misogyny. Created, scripted by #MattCharman. @susangranger reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/08/2…

Sobering, inspiring, #CatchingBullets, a @Buffalo8Pro doc from #BenScholle, features ex-dealer Darren Seals, youth mentor in St. Louis, and how he steers Black teens away from violence via conflict resolution, life skills, trades. @dcarson_critic reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/08/0…

AWFJ critic Sandie Angulo Chen calls #SongsFromTheHole, a doc about musician James "JJ ’88” Jacobs, who is serving a life sentence & found redemption through art & faith, "a moving celebration of the humanity and artistry of incarcerated adults": Review: awfj.org/blog/2025/08/0…

Critic Julia Swift says #FreakierFriday "brings a wave of nostalgia, laughter, and heartfelt storytelling." She loved it! ..."Light, fun, and expertly crafted, this sequel is poised to delight audiences of all ages." Read why you should see it NOW: awfj.org/blog/2025/08/0…

The new @netflix miniseries #Untamed starring Eric Bana solving mysteries in Yosemite National Park has already been renewed for a second season. Season 1, according to @susangranger is scenic escapism. Read more; awfj.org/blog/author/su…

AWFJ is headed for #TIFF50! This year's festival has an impressive batch of women-led films, including ones this year from Chloe Zhao, Nia DaCosta, and Scarlett Johansson. @rachel_is_here has more. awfj.org/blog/2025/08/1…

#KatieHolmes is set to write, direct, and star in #HappyHours, a sweeping character-driven feature film trilogy about two people (played by Holmes and Joshua Jackson) navigating their relationship among careers and other complications. @BAMOK has more. awfj.org/blog/2025/08/1…

After seven seasons of #Outlander, #Starz introduces its steamy prequel, #BloodOfMyBlood, with the love stories of Claire's and Jamie's parents. @susangranger has more about this "intriguing, enchanting" adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling novels. awfj.org/blog/2025/08/1…

A "a female driven wuxia film of political intrigue," #TheFateofLeeKhan from 1973 is back in a stunning, "sophisticated and savvy" 2K restoration, says @dcarson_critic. More here. awfj.org/blog/2025/08/1…

With #Disney's #FreakierFriday out in theaters, get to know its groundbreaking composer. #AmieDoherty is one of the few female composers to score a studio film in 2025. Learn more about her in AWFJ's Spotlight. awfj.org/blog/2025/08/0…

Director Anu Valia's sharp, incisive @QuiverDistrib drama about class, race, & domestic labor, #WeStrangers, is @AWFJ #MovieOfTheWeek. Black cleaner (a terrific Kirby Howell-Baptiste) quietly alters power dynamic with clueless white clients. Reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/08/1…

@Variety RIP Graham Greene.

Graham Greene, Oscar-Nominated 'Dances with Wolves' Actor, Dies at 73 variety.com/2025/film/obit…

@AWFJ @SightSoundmag I love her work!!!!

Raise a toast to Belgian director, screenwriter, artist, and professor #ChantalAkerman, born on June 6, 1950. The late filmmaker is the first woman to top @SightSoundmag's "Greatest Films of All Time" critics poll in 2022, with her film #JeanneDielman. imdb.com/name/nm0001901/

Is life as we want it at stake for women of all ages and ethnicities? Hard not to feel that way. @JenniferMerin reviews films celebrating inspiring female politicians in this hyper-political age. Find your inspo here: ♀️💪 awfj.org/blog/2024/10/1…

The @AWFJ #MovieOfTheWeek is #WordsOfWar, a #RollingPictures biopic from #JamesStrong on fearless journalist & human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya (Maxine Peake), murdered for telling the truth about Putin & Russian troops in Chechen. Experts review: awfj.org/blog/2025/04/2…

Filmmaker #RyanCoogler's brilliant take on color, culture and colonialism is the @warnerbros 1930s Mississippi Delta-set vampire tale, @SinnersMovie, with Michael B. Jordan, Delroy Lindo. Perfection in music, costumes etc. @wrh.bsky.social reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/04/2…

Extraordinary doc from director #MariaFredriksson concerns a Swedish family mystery of separated twins, Nazi experiments and maybe a murder — all discovered by chance. See #TheGullspangMiracle on @filmmvmtplus or @plex. Riveting fare. @LynnVenhaus reviews: awfj.org/blog/2025/04/2…

Filmmaker #KirstenFoe looks at misogyny in the music industry in @QuiverDistrib's #OffTheRecord, starring Rainey Qualley as LA aspiring musician, Ryan Hansen as her complex, "Svengali" boyfriend. Romantic drama with plenty of action.#BetsyPickle reviews:awfj.org/blog/2025/04/2…

Director Soleil Moon Frye’s highly anticipated two-part doc The Carters: Hurts to Love You premieres 3/15 exclusively on @paramountplus. #TheWeekinWomen @BAMOK @moonfrye #NickCarter #AaronCarter awfj.org/blog/2025/04/0…

"A REAL PAIN, Holocaust Tourism & Gaza." A perfect vehicle for relationship dynamics, personalities & the "themes of memory and trauma tourism" to unfold, writes essayist Yael Friedman. Read more at link below. @realpainfilm @idapost awfj.org/blog/2025/03/2…