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- DaCosta calls her feature debut a modern Western, but that's a bit of a stretch. If anything, Little Woods plays as a quietly feminist thriller with a procedural bent, if that's what you can call the endless grind of trying to stay afloat.
Apr 18, 2019 · If anything, Little Woods plays as a quietly feminist thriller with a procedural bent, if that's what you can call the endless grind of trying to stay afloat. The film wrings severe...
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Apr 30, 2018 · Produced primarily by women with DaCosta as the writer and director, Little Woods is a mesmerizing movie about complicated women, told by women, that changes the image of the traditional...
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Apr 25, 2018 · Instead, Little Woods is a grim neo-Western that operates like the female response to Hell or High Water. Like David Mackenzie's taut 2016 thriller, there's a silent desperation that...
Described as a western and with echoes of Thelma and Louise, Little Woods is essentially a microcosm of many feminist themes wrapped in a tense thriller, worth the watch for Thompson’s virtuoso performance. When asked by Collider why she was drawn to the role, she explained, “it was getting to make a story about these two sisters that have ...
Apr 19, 2019 · “Little Woods” is full of wonderfully nuanced character beats. James and Thompson battle for who gives the better performance, both of them embodying a world-weariness that has infected so much of this country in places where the economics of daily life feel increasingly unmanageable.
Apr 19, 2019 · Why Tessa Thompson and Nia DaCosta made a feminist western about the opioid crisis and abortion access
Apr 19, 2019 · Violence bristles on the surface of nearly every scene in Little Woods. In this midwestern state, men throw women against the wall if they encroach on their customers; men extort women out of...
