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Quicklet on "The Closer," Season 1

Quicklet on "The Closer," Season 1

Go inside the initial season of the TNT smash series starring Kyra Sedgwick with character bios, episode summaries, and more.

2012

Valerie Kalfrin

Valerie Kalfrin

Stories

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Time Out: At 25, “Out of Sight” Still Takes Its Lovers Beyond Time

Steven Soderbergh toys with time by stopping the story in freeze frames, flashing into the past, even skipping forward — like memories do.

Jun 29, 2023

Time Out: At 25, “Out of Sight” Still Takes Its Lovers Beyond Time

Jun 29, 2023

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Review: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

The best kind of reimagining, this stop-motion film transforms a familiar tale into a passionate fable of compassion and tenderness

Dec 23, 2022

Review: “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

Dec 23, 2022

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Review: “Emily the Criminal”

Aubrey Plaza is riveting as a woman who dips into credit card fraud in this unflinching debut feature with no simple answers

Aug 26, 2022

A white woman in her thirties stands in a warehouse with a blurred background. Her brown hair is pulled back. She wears a gray tank top and has a brown shoulder bag.

Aug 26, 2022

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“Maybe I Can Take Up This Space in the World”

Geena Davis on “A League of Their Own” and helping others be seen

Aug 21, 2022

A white woman in her thirties with shoulder-length blonde hair stands at home plate. She holds a baseball bat, wears a uniform and blue ballcap, and has a determined look.

Aug 21, 2022

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Review: “Prey”

This prequel flips the script on the “Predator” franchise with a fierce, intelligent woman at the center

Aug 20, 2022

A young indigenous woman with long black hair and wearing buckskin stands in a forest in daylight. She has black face paint across her eyes and holds a tomahawk in her right hand.

Aug 20, 2022

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Review: “I Didn’t See You There”

This Sundance 2022 documentary offers a nuanced and empathetic look at life with a physical disability

Feb 13, 2022

In a reflection of an unmarked storefront is a gray silhouette of a man using an electric wheelchair. Behind the man is a spectacular red and yellow circus tent.

Feb 13, 2022

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Review: “Leonor Will Never Die”

This winsomely offbeat adventure from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival shows the power of stories to connect and heal

Feb 11, 2022

An older woman with mussed hair and wearing a housedress holds a hammer and peers through a pipe.

Feb 11, 2022

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“I’m Into an Individual Gaze”

Director Nina Menkes and colleagues at Sundance 2022 talk about sexist filmmaking techniques and being “Brainwashed”

Jan 31, 2022

An older white woman with shoulder-length blonde hair stands lectures in front of a black and white image on a movie screen. She wears a blue blouse and slacks.

Jan 31, 2022

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Review: “Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power”

This 2022 Sundance documentary from director Nina Menkes analyzes sexism in shot design and its fallout

Jan 27, 2022

A closeup of a white woman’s eyes. A vague film image projects across her face, coloring it blue.

Jan 27, 2022

Review: “The 355”

This wannabe thriller assembles an impressive team of talented women, then gives their characters inconsistent intelligence and instincts.

Jan 14, 2022

Four women dressed to the nines stand outside a lush building and look off into the distance. From left, they are a brunette in a black off-the-shoulder evening dress, a long-haired brunette in a green evening gown, a blonde in a black top with thin straps and chic slacks, and a black woman with chin-length hair dressed in a sharp black blazer and slacks.

Jan 14, 2022

Valerie Kalfrin

Valerie Kalfrin

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Screenwriter, script consultant, film/culture writer (RogerEbert.com, In Their Own League). http://valeriekalfrin.com.

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