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Dec 5, 2024 | 
metacritic.com | Marielle Heller |Rachel Yoder |Robbie Collin |Jourdain Searles
December 2024 Movie Preview Keith Kimbell The month ahead will bring a new Robert Eggers horror film, likely Oscar contender The Brutalist, a Lion King sequel, a Bob Dylan biopic, and more. Get details on these and all of the other notable films debuting this month.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
thebharatexpressnews.com | Rachel Yoder
In night bitch, Amy Adams stars as a woman known only as Mother. She’s an artist who put her career aside to focus on raising her young son, spending far more time cleaning up messes and driving to mommy-and-me storytimes than experimenting with visual art and dealing with scholars. Over the course of the film, Mother attempts to foster community with other mothers and thrive as a caregiver and homemaker, all while suspecting that she is turning into a dog at night.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
iowapublicradio.org | Rachel Yoder
The program booklet for the third annual Refocus Film Festival opens with a question: “How did we get here?” For Andrew Sherburne, executive director of FilmScene, the answer dates back to the “slightly more innocent and optimistic days of February 2020.”That’s when Sherburne and FilmScene’s programming team met with Iowa City author Rachel Yoder to share their dreams of launching a festival that combines literature with film.
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
whatisawlastweek.substack.com | Rachel Yoder |Mehr Gill
Treasure is a drop in the ocean of Holocaust films that the world cannot get enough of. TheZone of Interest and the upcoming A Real Pain are just a couple of examples of the mainstream attention that this event continues to get. Is there a catch? Treasure begins in 1991 at Warsaw Airport, where Ruth (Lena Dunham) anxiously awaits her father’s arrival (he missed the flight he was supposed to take from New York because he wandered off to McDonalds).
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Nov 25, 2023 | 
likewise.com | Rachel Yoder |T. Kingfisher |Mona Awad |Mark Z. Danielewski
Suggested byEm L and upvoted by 2 othersNightbitchby Rachel YoderLiked by 376Suggested byJessica H and upvoted by 1 otherSuggested bySydney Hamilton and upvoted by 1 otherBunnyby Mona AwadLiked by 2.3KSuggested byPix and upvoted by 1 otherHouse of Leavesby Mark Z. DanielewskiLiked by 4.4KPixHouse of Leaves is a unique and mind-bending experiment in storytelling.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
booksaremagic.squarespace.com | Jules Rivera |Deborah Levy |Déborah Levy |Ainslie Hogarth |Rachel Yoder
By Jules Rivera & Friends♬ Mamma Mia, Here We Go Again! ♬ Mamma Who Bore Me! ♬ Mamma, Oooooh! ♬I love books about motherhood. I love books about mothers who are having a rough go, who are happy they made the decision to have a child, and the ones questioning if they want a part of any of it at all.
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Oct 6, 2023 | 
powells.com | Rachel Yoder |Stephen Jones |Cherie Dimaline |TJ Klune
My absolute favorite scene from a horror movie is from American Werewolf in London. We see limbs stretching, hair sprouting, and our protagonist howling with pain, all to “Blue Moon,” and transforming into a wild, feral creature. With Halloween and peak horror movie watching season approaching, I wanted to highlight werewolves and eerie, and at times painful, transformations. by Rachel YoderThe protagonist feels like she’s turning into something else.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
harpers.org | Rachel Yoder
And so I found myself at the door of an old woman’s shady house, a house I had tried to dream, had inquired about in emails, how to find and where exactly. Red brick, they said. Maybe rottweilers for sale? Look for it west of Intercourse, Pennsylvania. On the way, I read all the signs: doll outlet—5,000 dolls, country knives, buggy rides. Through her side door, a darkened kitchen, for there was no electricity and the day was dull with a gray blanket of clouds.
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May 11, 2023 | 
bookclubs.com | Polly Rosenwaike |Ainslie Hogarth |Rachel Yoder |Jessamine Chan
Mother's Day is a special occasion celebrated around the world to honor and appreciate the significant role that mothers play in our lives. It can be a joyful day spent with family and friends, but it can also be a painful day for those who have lost their moms or mother figures in their lives. While gifts and gestures are lovely ways to show our appreciation, sometimes the best way to honor mothers is by taking a step back and reflecting on their immense contributions.
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Apr 28, 2023 | 
mimimontgomery.substack.com | Curtis Sittenfeld |Jenny Jackson |Rachel Hawkins |Rachel Yoder
TGIF, my people, and welcome to your weekly installment of Fully Booked! Today, I’m going to give a little round-up of things I’ve read and enjoyed recently. The plan is to do this on a monthly basis, as well as highlight some books I’m looking forward to reading. This marks the fourth week that this newsletter has been alive. That’s, like, basically the lifespan of a cicada. (Maybe? Idk, don’t fact check me on that. I got a B in Bio.) So we’re really doing the damn thing.
