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  Review by BRÁT ★★★½ 2

  need more movies about the devastating loneliness + loss of emotional intimacy + perceived abandonment/betrayal of gal pal break-ups because uhhhh they really do be like that :/

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  Review by Laura ★★★★ 1

  what girlfriends & frances ha both do so well is highlight how women perceive being alone as being selfish. there is this fear that if you take time to yourself, and want to have a space separate from your relationship, or focus on an artistic pursuit or your career, that you are alienating yourself in an unhealthy way. but they also show how solitude is needed to become rooted enough in your ideas & practices to create. how the space you build for yourself gives you time to figure out what you want to make. and in the end, when your work is ready to show, you bring the people you love to spaces where they can gather, and feel, and you invite them into the world you created when you were once alone.

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  Review by Sean Baker 12

  I can’t believe this was a first-time watch for me. Seems to have been a big influence on Lena Dunham and the mumblecore crowd. 
  It is so close to Girls in style, tone and pacing that it’s perfect that Dunham gave episodes to director Claudia Weill to direct. 

  Thanks to Criterion Channel for making this available.

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  Review by Sally Jane Black 1

  Abortion, adultery, career, romance, art, independence, friendship, sex, sexual health, rent, space, assertiveness, religion, trust, marriage, and sexuality interact in every day moments, small arguments, disappointments, triumphs, deep conversations, quiet conflicts, and chance meetings. The major dramas are largely eschewed. We don't see the weddings, except still images, black-and-white through the character's lens. Her life is in constant collision with reminders of dependence--not community, not in the film's view--and constraint. She navigates, pushing through narrow tunnels of relationships, jobs, roommates, and responsibilities, holding on dearly to what modicum of freedom she can find. This is contrasted, eventually, with one deep bond that empowers instead of stifles, and a bittersweet reunion that illustrates the bond while also reminding that the restrictions…

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  Review by Muriel ★★★★★ 2

  such an authentic depiction of womanhood and female friendship like this one rarely comes along, i found myself going wow she is literally me more times than i'd like to admit. can confirm you never get over the excruciating pain of losing your best friend to a man

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  Review by Robert Franco

  a film about learning one of the most important lessons in everyday life: how to be comfortable with being alone. and considering the times we’re living in, we need to be reminded of this now more than ever.

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  Review by Brianna

  ‪a genuinely near-perfect movie about one of my biggest fears (my friends getting married and having kids) which doesn’t even end with a feel-good resolution and susan accepting annie’s new life but more like both parties’ contentment in not really being apart of one another’s separate lives but still committing to the intimacy of their friendship‬

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  Review by jarod ★★★★ 1

  between this and fleabag i'm starting to think i should say fuck it and abandon my morals and fall in love with an emotionally unavailable religious leader

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  Review by Sarah ★★★★½ 2

  Frances Ha (1978)

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  Review by ˗ˏˋ Liam ˊˎ˗ ★★★★ 2

  that’s the frances ha print right there

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  Review by Laura ★★★★ 1

  “i take you more seriously than you take yourself.”

  so much of this film is about doubt & how you cannot see yourself the way you see your best friend. makes you realize how fucked up it is that we never get the experience to live without questioning our own choices or work — but also how meaningful it is to be able to look at someone else and reassure them, when they are stuck behind that same wall.

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  Review by Ayo Edebiri ★★★★½

  to have both young Christopher Guest and old Eli Wallach at your feet. a dream!