Femme Film Friday: “Babes,” “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed,” “Tell that to the Winter Sea,” “Ghostlight” and “Thelma”
Babes – Pamela Adlon (screens in theaters nationwide starting today) At the beginning of the film “Babes,” directed by Pamela Adlon, we start with two childhood best friends, Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau), meeting for their Thanksgiving tradition of seeing a movie together in the theater. Dawn is close to having her second […]
Sundance 40 Review: June Squibb Shines in the Splendid Comedy, “Thelma”
Writer-director Josh Margolin’s feature debut, “Thelma,” is a splendid gem of hilarity and heart. Thelma (June Squibb) is a 90 year old woman, who after falling victim to a phone scam that costs her $10,000, is determined to get her money back by any means necessary. Her close relationship with her grandson, Danny (Fred Hechinger), […]
Sundance 40: Kicking off January with “Thelma” star June Squibb and producer Zoë Worth
This interview is dedicated to my grandmother Christine Ada Martin, who is going to be 99 next month on February 15th. June Squibb started as a leading lady on the stage. She was mostly a theater actress, but when she transitioned into film, she memorably played supporting characters over a span of a seventy-year career, […]