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Cinema Sevens: Oscars Should Have Beens – Actress in a Leading Role

The historic Oscar stats tell a tale that questions fairness and that does not truly reflect how these bald guys are handed out. It also…

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Posted in Horror Oscars

The Horror Genre Shutout at the Academy Awards

“DON’T you swear at me, you little shit! Don’t you EVER raise your voice at me! I am your mother! You understand?” This is the…

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Posted in Culture Movies

Filmotomy’s Best Films of the Decade – Jasmine May’s List

Members of the Filmotomy team agonize over their top ten for the decade (2010-19). The power of the written word set for the screen should…

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Posted in Actress Horror

Film Road to Halloween: Jennifer Lawrence’s Hellish Turn in Darren Aronofsky’s mother!

The road to Halloween is paved with good films. Wherein we countdown to the spirited season with a hundred doses of horror. 12 days to…

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Posted in Women

Directed By Women September – Location: Winter's Bone

Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone takes place in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri, where teenage Ree (Jennifer Lawrence) is trying to provide for her household: her…

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Posted in Oscars

For Your Consideration: Michelle Pfeiffer, Best Supporting Actress, mother!

There is plenty to try and decipher about the psychological thriller mother!. For example, one could wonder whether the story about an unnamed couple trying to…

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Posted in Podcast

Filmotomy Podcast #9: Hey, That's Darren Aronofsky's Mother You're Talking About!

So we are already at episode 9 of the podcast, and it kind of feels like we are still making it up as we go…

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Posted in Review

Darren Aronofsky's Mother! Proves To Polarize With Its Ambiguity

So many things to say about Darren Aronofsky’s new film, Mother!. First, I want to express that I really liked it. It’s scary, intense, emotional,…

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Posted in LGBT Women Writing

What Jennifer Lawrence and Sasha Stone Said

“Is this the stark reality?” says actress Jennifer Lawrence in a new letter penned on behalf of, and sincerely directed to, those who suffer the…

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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #23

So much to see and read and remember. As we look back 30 years, to this very day in fact according to Back to the…

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