AGORA: Dragged from her chariot by a mob of fanatical vigilante Christian monks, the revered astronomer was stripped naked, skinned to her bones with sharp oyster shells, stoned and burned alive as possibly the first executed witch in history. A kind of purge that was apparently big business back then.

AND THE WINNERS ARE...WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2011
WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE ON THE AIR: JAN LISA HUTTNER GETS THE OSCAR BLUES
RACIAL POLITICS IN HOLLYWOOD, AND THE ACADEMY '40 YEARS BEHIND MISSISSIPPI'
WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2011
FRANKLY MY DEAR: MOLLY HASKELL REVISITS GONE WITH THE WIND
DESPERADO HOUSEWIVES: TRIXIE REVISITS THE HONEYMOONERS
THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL REPORTS:
ON LOCATION WITH ANNETTE INSDORF
GENERATION ZERO DOC COUNTERPUNCH REVIEW: TEA PARTY CINEMA A WEAK BREW
WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE ON THE AIR: JAN LISA HUTTNER GETS THE OSCAR BLUES
WOMEN FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS NOMINATIONS 2011
FRANKLY MY DEAR: MOLLY HASKELL REVISITS GONE WITH THE WIND
DESPERADO HOUSEWIVES: TRIXIE REVISITS THE HONEYMOONERS
WOMEN'S WORK: CLUNY BROWN AND THE ILLUSIONIST
THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL REPORTS:
ON LOCATION WITH ANNETTE INSDORF
GENERATION ZERO DOC COUNTERPUNCH REVIEW: TEA PARTY CINEMA A WEAK BREW
PRINCESS KAIULANI, THE DVD

Royalty, Girl Rebellion And Colonialism In Hawaii
Listen To Power Of Few Interview With Q'Orianka Kilcher

Royalty, Girl Rebellion And Colonialism In Hawaii
Listen To Power Of Few Interview With Q'Orianka Kilcher
1/20/12
He Said, She Said....Albert Nobbs: Sex, Lies And Economics
HE SAID....
By Gerald Wright
'...During this time in history, Ireland is extremely poor. Just right around the corner from the hotel is abject poverty. Albert Nobbs knows that without her job that's where she could end up. And she knows anyone can get fired at any moment. There is a sense of fear among all the hotel workers. Sadly, she was an orphan child and as an adult she doesn't really know her own name...The story is simple and linear, but it touches on complex human issues that reflect on everyone's own life...'
CONTINUE TO READ REVIEW HERE
Gerald Wright
National Association of Black Journalists
HDfest.com
Film Showcase
SHE SAID....
'Close gives a mesmerizing performance as a 19th century woman determined to live her life covertly as a man, not out of any gender identity imperative, but to never again endure sexual violence from men. Girl bonding rules under the radar in hard times...'
CONTINUE TO READ REVIEW HERE
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press
Women Film Critics Circle
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