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  • Amy Woolsey

    Amy Woolsey

    Amy Woolsey is a freelance writer who recently graduated from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. Her writing has appeared in the Mason student newspaper, Fourth Estate, and Bitch Flicks, a feminist pop culture website. She blogs about film and TV at theauramusings.wordpress.com.

    Latest articles by Amy Woolsey

    Looking captures the essence of American anxiety.

    How Looking perfectly captured American anxiety

    The Explainer I am not gay nor a man, nor a resident of San Francisco, but HBO's underrated series understood me

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    • These three movies seem so different yet share one common theme.

      How Spotlight, Room, and The Revenant confront the horrors of violence

      The Explainer A trio of Best Picture nominees remind us that violence is real, and it has consequences

      By Amy Woolsey Last updated 25 February 16

      The Explainer
    • Angelina Jolie Pitt stars in "By the Sea."

      Angelina Jolie's By the Sea, and the triumphant return of the Hollywood melodrama

      The Explainer The melodrama's unexpected resurgence on television is finally showing up on the big screen

      By Amy Woolsey Last updated 13 November 15

      The Explainer
    • Sienna Miller

      Why so many great actresses are ruthlessly cut out of big Hollywood movies

      opinion Black Mass, Tomorrowland, and X-Men: Days of Future Past prove just how expendable most female roles really are

      By Amy Woolsey Published 14 September 15

      opinion
    • Do we really need a younger Han Solo?

      The Han Solo movie proves that prequels are the worst

      opinion Ban prequels!

      By Amy Woolsey Last updated 17 July 15

      opinion

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