R; 1h 37m
Emily (Aubrey Plaza) is saddled with student debt and locked out of the job market due to a minor criminal record. Desperate for income, she takes a shady gig as a “dummy shopper,” buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a handsome and charismatic middleman named Youcef (Theo Rossi). Faced with a series of dead-end job interviews, Emily soon finds herself seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills of black-market capitalism, and increasingly interested in her mentor Youcef. Together, they hatch a plan to bring their business to the next level in Los Angeles.
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Category Archives: Women
Emily the Criminal (2022)
Ida B. Wells: A Passion For Justice (1989)
54min
Documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Though virtually forgotten today, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a household name in Black America during much of her lifetime (1863-1931) and was considered the equal of her well-known African American contemporaries such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois.
IDA B. WELLS: A PASSION FOR JUSTICE documents the dramatic life and turbulent times of the pioneering African American journalist, activist, suffragist and anti-lynching crusader of the post-Reconstruction period. Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison reads selections from Wells’ memoirs and other writings in this winner of more than 20 film festival awards.
“Tells of the brave life and works of the 19th century journalist, known among Black reporters as ‘the princess of the press,’ who led the nation’s first anti-lynching campaign.” – New York Times
“A powerful account of the life of one of the earliest heroes in the Civil Rights Movement…The historical record of her achievements remains relatively modest. This documentary goes a long way towards rectifying that egregious oversight.” – Chicago Sun-Times
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Nevertheless (2020)
Documentary exploring women’s rights, sexual harassment, and the #metoo movement, one of the largest movements for gender equality in human history.
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Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss (2019)
16m
Salesgirl discovers the ultimate secret to regularization.
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A Dark Satire About Worker Exploitation in the Philippines
Room Without A View (2021)
1h 13m
The film is a kaleidoscopic gaze on the exploitative working conditions experienced by migrant domestic workers hired under the Kafala system in Lebanon. Meagre wages, manipulation and a room without windows. Lebanon’s countless maids fight back against the mechanisms of modern slavery.
Director: Roser Corella
Body Parts (2022)
1h 26m
An examination of how the nude female body is hypersexualized, under attack and exploited on and off screen in Hollywood.
‘Body Parts’ Review: Even Sex Scenes Have Rules
Full Time (2021) Original title: À plein temps
- 1h 28m
Just when Julie finally gets an interview for a job that will let her raise her children better, she runs into a national transportation strike.
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“Full Time,” Reviewed: A Hectic Thriller of Everyday Life
FAIR PLAY (2023)
R; 1h 53m
Luke and Emily don’t just live together – they also work together as analysts in the high-stakes and high-pressure world of finance, forced to abide by company policy and keep their relationship secret. When a job opens up above them, Emily is thrilled to hear whispers that it might be going to Luke. But when it ultimately ends up hers, the couple is forced into a difficult situation. With the tables turned, Luke finds it harder to support her success and the pair start to unravel. With a delicacy that more genre films aiming to tackle weightier topics could afford to emulate, Domont cooly constructs a contemporary story about how a gendered disparity in finance and power can wreck a seemingly successful relationship.Back in 1994, the corporate thriller Disclosure posited that the only thing scarier than a woman scorned was a woman scorned who was also your boss, painting a laughably dated portrait of the evils of having women climb the corporate ladder. Fair Play, while recalling many a Michael Douglas thriller from Fatal Attraction to A Perfect Murder, is a smart rebuke to such misogyny. The biggest threat here ends up being a man’s ego.(Benjamin Lee, The Guardian)
Director/Writer: Chloe Domont
Irma la Douce (1963)
When a policeman falls in love with a prostitute, he doesn’t want her to see other men, so he creates an alter-ego who will be her only customer.
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- 2h 27m
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