Janet Planet

Janet Planet: A Nostalgic Yet Complex Dive Into Motherhood and Coming-of-Age

Annie Baker, one of America’s most revered playwrights, transitions to the world of cinema with her film Janet Planet. Set against the backdrop of rural Massachusetts in the early 1990s, the film is a tender exploration of a mother-daughter relationship through the lens of 11-year-old Lacy, played by Zoe Ziegler, and her mother Janet, portrayed…

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Girls Will Be Girls

“Girls Will Be Girls (2024)” Movie Review: A Mesmerizing Mother-Daughter Duel Set in the Himalayan Heights

If there’s one thing cinema has repeatedly shown us, it’s that nothing quite sparks cinematic magic like the complex dynamics of mother-daughter relationships. Enter Girls Will Be Girls (2024), the directorial debut of Shuchi Talati, an Indo-French production that not only dips its toes into this well-trodden narrative path but submerges itself entirely into the…

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