Tag: Women Talking
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2023 USC Scripter Award Winner
The USC Scripter Winner honoring the best in Adapted Screenplays and their source material for 2022 has been announced. The Scripter and the Oscar for best adapted screenplay have gone to the same film 14 times over the last 34 years, excluding the last five years. Women Talking took the prize at the USC Scripter,…
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FYC: ‘Women Talking’ for Best Picture
Women Talking starts with a title card that reads, “What follows is an act of female imagination,” and this is an accurate depiction of what is to follow in the film. The Sarah Polley-directed film is adapted from the novel by Miriam Towes and is centered on the women of a Mennonite colony. The film follows…
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‘Women Talking’ Review and Discussion – Podcast
Lex, Nicole, Jillian, and Kenzie are joined by guests Ema, Cassie, and Zoë to discuss Women Talking. The film stars Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Ben Whishaw, and Frances McDormand. It was written and directed by Sarah Polley and based on the 2018 novel by Miriam Toews. The film’s story was inspired by true events in the Manitoba Colony in Bolivia.…
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Artist Spotlight: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Composer
She comes from the land of fire and ice and her music, assuredly no less magnificent, reaps the qualities of her home country, Iceland. Her homeland boasts wonders such as the magma-spewing Fagradalsfjall volcano and the powerful Seljalandsfoss waterfall. Similarly her melodies embody characteristics of these natural phenomenons, overflowing with passion with the ability to…
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Motherhood in 2022 Films
Since becoming a mother, the way I’ve watched and understood films has drastically changed. This award season feels jam packed full of stories not only with mothers as central characters, but also showcasing the different ways motherhood can alter one’s life. Motherhood is a truly different experience for everyone and that is so evident in…
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‘Women Talking’ – Review
Women Talking gives us a harrowing but hopeful tale of the start of a female revolution that packs an emotional punch. All may seem quiet on the grounds of an isolated Mennonite colony, but a revolution is taking place in a hayloft that will be heard loud and clear for generations. After discovering a horrific…
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TIFF 2022 – Prize Winners
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is officially coming to a close. Now that the prize winners have been announced, the Oscar race feels officially on. As Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans has won the 2022 TIFF People’s Choice Award as voted on by the festival’s audience. Sarah Polley’s Women Talking was the first runner-up and…
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First Reactions to Sarah Polley’s Women Talking from the Telluride Film Festival
Sarah Polley brings her newest film, Women Talking, to the 2022 Telluride Film Festival for its world premiere. Below are initial social responses to the film starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand.
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