Lindsey Bahr
” Pieces of a Woman “ begins with a tragedy. Martha (Vanessa Kirby) is expecting her first child with her partner Sean (Shia LaBeouf). For a few minutes, we see them in the final stages of preparation for life with a baby: She’s saying farewell to her co-workers and packing up her things; Her mother is signing the papers on a practical minivan; And they’re hanging the final photos up in the well-stocked and tastefully neutral nursery.
Then, suddenly, Martha is in labor and for almost 30 minutes the audience is given a front row seat to the most realistic and graphic depiction of a home birth ever put on film. It’s a difficult labor Martha is almost drunk with pain and it’s made even more stressful by the fact that their midwife is unavailable and a replacement is sent. Then it ends in death.
‘Pieces of a Woman” begins with a tragedy. Martha (Vanessa Kirby) is expecting her first child with her partner Sean (Shia LaBeouf). For a few minutes, we see them in the final stages of preparation for life with a baby: She’s saying farewell to her co-workers and packing up her things; Her mother i
It’s hard to decide what’s most shocking in “The Dissident,” Bryan Fogel’s urgent, gripping new documentary about the horrific murder of Saudi columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Of course, there are.
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Jake Coyle
This image released by Amazon Studios shows Molly McCann, left, and Ruby Rose O Hara in a scene from Herself. (Pat Redmond/Amazon Studios via AP) January 07, 2021 - 11:20 AM
Phyllida Lloyd s âHerself,â an Irish drama of spousal abuse set against Dublin s housing crisis, has some narrative weak spots but its foundation of resilience and heart is strong.
Previous forays into film by Lloyd, a veteran theatre director, have been more elaborate, starrier affairs ( Mamma Mia! âThe Iron Lady ). But âHerselfâ is a smaller, neo-realistic and often stirring story about Sandra (Clare Dunne, who co-wrote the script with Malcolm Campbell), a mother of two daughters (Molly McCann, Ruby Rose OâHara) and the wife of a monstrous brute, Gary (Ian Lloyd Anderson).