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The film frames a teenage girl’s feminist awakening as both an act of personal empowerment and an initiation into a wider conversation

It's refreshing to see a teen coming of age film directly tackle political issues and feminist awakening.

The riot grrrl dramedy drops March 3 on Netflix. By Reina Harwood 3/2/2021 at 2:00pm Hadley Robinson as Vivian in Moxie On March 3, Amy Poehler’s new film Moxie hits Netflix. (Based on a 2017 young adult novel by Jennifer Mathieu, it’s Poehler’s second directorial effort, following 2019’s Wine Country.) The opening scene takes place in a quiet pocket of Oregon trees. “It was beautiful. Very mossy and very rainy, as expected. I loved it,” says Hadley Robinson,...

Print The retro-titled “Moxie,” based on the 2017 novel by Jennifer Mathieu, is a likable, well-performed and admirably inclusive, if not terribly deep, comedy about teen feminism. The film, directed by Amy Poehler from a script by Tamara Chestna and Dylan Meyer, should strike a chord with young women aware — or becoming aware — that they’re growing up in a system still flagrantly rigged against them more than 50 years after their grandmas began burning their bras. Vivian (Hadley Robi...

. Finally fleshing out the character of Wanda Maximoff, and putting an entire Marvel Cinematic Universe property behind Elizabeth Olsen was a wise choice. Giving Paul Bettany the chance to give by far his most charismatic portrayal of Vision yet was a wise choice. Everything about casting Kathryn Hahn, Teyonah Parris, Kat Dennings and Randall Park in their exact roles was a wise choice. But perhaps the wisest choice made by the powers behind WandaVision was hiring acclaimed composers Kristen...

Moxie, Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl” is used as a rallying cry for today’s tormented teen girls today, admonishing them to rise up against their high school oppressors and resist whatever bullshit society is already laying on them. It’s a perfect choice, and one that director Amy Poehler tells us came with Bikini Kill frontwoman Kathleen Hanna’s explicit blessing. Poehler’s genuine love for Hanna is clear in the video above, which also finds the SNL vet expounding on the value of fe...

Amy Poehler directs story about a high schooler who sparks a student body revolution

Review: Netflixs Moxie Means Well but Falls Flat I Love What Netflixs Moxie Was Trying to Do: I Just Dont Like How They Did It 13 Shares When Netflix announced they were adapting Moxie into a feature film, fans of Jennifer Mathieus original novel were hype. I was excited, too. Even though I havent read the book, I wanted to love Moxie, as it has all the elements I look for in a film: a fantastic soundtrack, filled with everything from Bikini Kill and The Linda Lindas to Ti...

Amy Poehler directs and stars in a new Netflix movie about a teen becoming radicalized—to a point—in the tradition of her one-time riot grrrl mom

Developer Raising Impact Fund To Save Live Music Venues Through Real Estate Joe Argabrite was expecting a record-breaking 2020 at his 750-seat live music venue in Louisville, Kentucky. But Argabrite and his co-owners at Headliners Music Hall were forced to cancel every show after March and found themselves struggling to stay in business. Headliners has a deep connection to the Louisville music scene. Since opening in 1998, the venue has hosted the Black Ke...