
Jen is a life-long film buff frequently dubbed a "Walking Movie Encyclopedia.” While earning a degree in Film Studies, she joined AFI and IFP. A three-time national award-winning writer, Jen also runs her site Film Intuition as well as its Review Database Blog.
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When it comes to equal rights, as this award-winning documentary illustrates, Sisters in ‘77 were “doing it for themselves.”
American college students send you French Postcards with love in this overlooked 1979 comedy classic.
JP Barton wonders if he prefers New York's skyscrapers to Vermont's Greener Mountains in this family-friendly DVD.
Released amidst a sea of blockbusters, "don't you forget" about this Breakfast Club-inspired documentary.
With a little political comedy reform, Kevin Costner's Swing Vote could have been a major contender.
Like a trip to the art museum, Brideshead Revisited is beautiful to look at but so cold you'll wish you packed a sweater.
Like a ricocheted bullet, the effects of this revenge-drenched Southern Gothic morality tale will linger long after it stops.
Brittany Murphy channels Holly Golightly in this frothy and forgettable 21st century spin on Breakfast at Tiffany's.
Rene Clair's infectious blend of French romance and musical comedy makes foreign film buffs feel as though they've hit the lottery.
Roman Polanski takes you sailing with a hitchhiker in his tense, gorgeously restored feature filmmaking debut.
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