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Late Night is the perfect romantic comedy for ambitious women
This is a love story between a woman and her job, and that’s why it’s so good.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Life
Netflix's Always Be My Maybe teaches us the most important love language of all
With added Keanu Reeves, too.
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Life
Long Shot review: Romance usurps bromance in this satirical comedy
There are a few bum notes in Long Shot, but ultimately Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen shine bright in this thoroughly enjoyable romcom.
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- Emily Gargan
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Life
Is Avengers: Endgame REALLY worth three hours of your life? Stylist investigates
We all know that the superhero genre can be sexist – but Marvel’s Endgame is here to change that.
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- Kayleigh Dray
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- Hannah-Rose Yee
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Sexist trolls are targeting Captain Marvel with fake bad reviews
This is why we can’t have nice things
Life
All is True is a touching, witty and human portrait of a literary genius
Kenneth Branagh's depiction of Shakespeare as a flawed, fraught and fallible man is unlike anything bardophiles have seen before, says Kemi J Williams.
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- Kemi J Williams
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Life
Can You Ever Forgive Me? is a beautifully observed portrayal of loneliness
Melissa McCarthy is truly magnificent as an embittered and whiskey-soaked Lee Israel, says Under Her Eye’s Emily Gargan.
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- Emily Gargan
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Life
Beautiful Boy is a tale of addiction, love and recovery
But Felix Van Groeningen’s film offers up a sanitised depiction of the drugs epidemic, says Kemi Williams.
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- Kemi J Williams
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Life
The Favourite is unlike any period drama you’ve ever seen before
“Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the Queen bitch of them all?”
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- Mayran Yusuf
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Life
RBG is already one of the most important films of 2019
An intimate portrait of an unlikely rock star: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
Sorry to Bother You is a daring satire about the evils of capitalist greed
You'll feel uncomfortable for all the right reasons
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- Kemi J Williams
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- Mayran Yusuf
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Say hello to Anna and the Apocalypse, your new gory Christmas classic
Hey Anna, are you ok?
Life
Disobedience is a passionate story of repressed desire and religious duty
Rachel McAdams and Rachel Weisz’s Disobedience is a powerful faith vs lust story for the ages
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- Emily Gargan
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Life
Under Her Eye: meet the women who will change the way you think about film
After a three-month search, Stylist is thrilled to reveal the winners of our Under Her Eye female film critic initiative
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- Stylist Team
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Life
“Why Widows is the perfect antidote to saccharine girl-power movies”
Viola Davis’ new film doesn’t peddle tired tropes about sisterly solidarity – and it’s all the more powerful for it.
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- Moya Crockett
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Visible Women
Under Her Eye: who should be our next film reviewer? Vote now
Read the reviews and vote for your favourite now
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- Helen Bownass
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Life
What the critics are saying about Lady Gaga’s first major film role
A Star Is Born premiered at the Venice Film Festival – and the first reviews are in.
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- Moya Crockett
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Life
Why you’ll soon be seeing more reviews by women on Rotten Tomatoes
The influential film site is making major changes in a bid to increase gender diversity.
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- Moya Crockett
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- Megan Murray
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Female film critics are still the minority. Here’s what Stylist is doing about it
We're looking for three budding film critics to join us on a mission of equality
Visible Women
Why the world needs more female film critics
As Stylist launches a new initiative to galvanise female film reviewers, we investigate why representation matters now more than ever.
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- Rosamund Dean
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