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by Megan Henderson
August 9, 2026
I’m always a sucker for a crime action thriller. I can’t get enough of the heart-pounding tension, the sweaty-palmed anticipation, and the edge-of-your-seat fight scenes. It gets me every time,
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by Megan Henderson
August 5, 2026
Everyone remembers the complicated feelings that come along with being a young adult. In fact, some of us may still be in that season of our lives, experiencing those feelings.
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by Megan Henderson
July 31, 2026
For some fascinating reason, Gen Z is scared of sex. They don’t want to talk about it, barely want to experience it, and definitely don’t want to see it on
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by Matt Fagerholm
July 31, 2026
For our fourth wedding anniversary, Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin Fagerholm and I spent a week driving to see friends and family all around California. One of our essential stops
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by Megan Henderson
July 23, 2026
“Margo’s Got Money Troubles” is an electric, neon-soaked story that follows young Margo (Elle Fanning), whose life gets turned upside down once she gets pregnant and decides to keep the
7 min read
by Megan Henderson
July 14, 2026
The first time I went to summer camp was when I was 15 years old. My parents sent me to a theatre arts camp, and at that point in my
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by Matt Fagerholm
July 13, 2026
When my wife, Cinema Femme founder Rebecca Martin Fagerholm, and I decided to visit California for our fourth wedding anniversary, we knew that one of our destinations would have to
24 min read
by Matt Fagerholm
June 8, 2026
Upending an audience’s expectations has become one of the most joyous experiences to have in a movie theater, especially when so many releases from mainstream studios are content to remain
6 min read
by Matt Fagerholm
May 29, 2026
As a variation on our Femme Filmmaker Friday articles, our contributor Matt Fagerholm is offering his thoughts on three new male-directed films (plus one new female-directed series) all bolstered by
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by Matt Fagerholm
April 29, 2026
It’s a special kind of thrill when the greatness of an emerging filmmaker’s work hits you like a thunderbolt. That’s precisely what happened to me upon discovering the sublimely nuanced
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by Matt Fagerholm
April 13, 2026
After seeing Chicago’s BDSM community turn out in huge numbers for a euphoric preview screening of Harry Lighton’s acclaimed movie “Pillion” earlier this year, it’s clear that Madison Young’s equally
22 min read
by Matt Fagerholm
March 13, 2026
As I spent twelve hours in the hospital last week, waiting for my dad to recover from his long-belated knee replacement surgery, I found a liberating mode of escapism in
