Mandy (Billie Piper) is a mess. A single mum to a young son, she’s constantly conflicted about her ultra-competitive media career, clashing with her unhappy parents, and attracted to the wrong men. She’s also smart and self-aware. Acutely conscious of the demands placed on women to “have it all,” she is still weighed down by […]
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Director Kitty Green’s “Ukraine is not a Brothel (2013) and “Casting JonBenet” (2017) established the Australian as an accomplished documentarian of contemporary female-powered narratives. Green’s fictional debut is a day-in-the-life that focuses on the seemingly banal routine of an entry-level film company assistant, which evolves into a spine-chilling study of gender politics, power dynamics, and […]
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