SARAH POLLEY

Glittering rock ‘n’ roll, women warriors and kings, spellbinding multiverses and stories of friendship and family permeated 2022 cinema and the AP Top 25 Movies list.

In “Women Talking,” Jessie Buckley continues her streak of portraying characters she lovingly refers to as “unpalatable women.”

Mennonite victims of rape gather in a barn to discuss their future in Sarah Polley’s didactic but stirring drama.

I still want to get into the country, I’m just saying to sit with that.’”Simple as its title may be, "Women Talking" is a radical work, in both its subject matter and execution. "Women Talking" could be anywhere, anytime. The whole process was different because it was women talking. For McDormand, the experience making “Women Talking” felt like forging something new in a film industry that has made strides in women behind the camera, but one where a film like “Women Talking” is still a clear exception. Not interested.”Just getting “Women Talking,” shot during the pandemic after a one-year delay because of COVID-19 made was an accomplishment.

In Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking,” there is the dialogue on screen and another off it.

Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Fabelmans” won the Toronto International Film Festival’s top prize, the People’s Choice Award, solidifying its early status as Academy Awards frontrunner.

For the first time in three years, the fall movie industrial complex is lurching back into high gear.