“A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night”: A Powerful Look At the Exploitation of Women
While the director didn't set out to make a feminist film, "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night" reads as a reclamation of female power in a patriarchal society.
The Reception (2012)
The past meets up with the present when a former group of college friends are reunited and forced to sit together at a wedding reception. As the reception carries on, an old grudge resurfaces and a new concern arises. Jake, Wes, and Sara re-assume their roles in their tumultuous love triangle, while Sam tries to get them to realize that Jess is struggling with pill addiction. Can these old friends get over the past in order to salvage the present? —Justin Nelson
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The past meets up with the present when a former group of college friends are reunited and forced to sit together at a wedding reception. As the reception carries on, an old grudge resurfaces and a new concern arises. Jake, Wes, and Sara re-assume their roles in their tumultuous love triangle, while Sam tries to get them to realize that Jess is struggling with pill addiction. Can these old friends get over the past in order to salvage the present? —Justin Nelson
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Genre:Drama
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In Theaters:2/17/2012
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