I just finished Riot Women and it was about perfect! Five menopausal women form a punk band and write angry songs about their lives. Sally Wainwright's scripts are tragic and hilarious, the acting is excellent. There's nothing about this show I didn't love. And it passes the Bechdel test with flying colors.

One big problem with TV shows (and probably movies, but I don't watch many) about fictional musicians that rely on original music is that the music sucks. I liked Nashville a lot as a soap opera but it's musically blah with one or two exceptions and they're mostly that way. This show is an exception. The songs probably aren't going to make the hit parade IRL but they're totally listenable.

Here's one of the songs -- Violet -- sung by the great Rosalie Craig -- Watch it!

#RiotWomen #SallyWainwright #TV #Television #RosalieCraig #PunkRock #Menopause

https://youtu.be/sSM3XOHMkx8?si=FnfK2Mn1_7_WrN54

BritBox’s ‘Riot Women’ Is a Thoughtful but Imperfect Menopausal Ride: TV Review

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/riot-women-review-britbox-1236629458/

BritBox’s ‘Riot Women’ Is a Thoughtful but Imperfect Menopausal Ride: TV Review
#Variety #Reviews #TVReviews #BritBox #JoannaScanlan #RiotWomen #RosalieCraig #SallyWainwright

https://variety.com/2026/tv/reviews/riot-women-review-britbox-1236629458/

Riot Women, invisible no longer

https://oldaintdead.com/riot-women-invisible-no-longer/

Als reine Tech-Dystopie betrachtet ist dieser Film uninspiriert und uninteressant. Aber der Kern ist ein anderer. https://letterboxd.com/andrepitz/film/the-pod-generation/

#BabyToGo #ChiwetelEjiofor #EmiliaClarke #filme #filmkritik #RosalieCraig #SophieBarthes #ThePodGeneration #VinetteRobinson #Letterbox

Gesehen: The Pod Generation (2023)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGMx_7oAeUM

BE/FR/GB/US, R: Sophie Barthes, D: Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig, Vinette Robinson, Wikipedia

Als reine Tech-Dystopie betrachtet ist dieser Film uninspiriert und uninteressant. Hier wabern lediglich viel zu vage Konzepte durch die Welt, denen zwar nicht unbedingt wohlwollend, aber auf jeden Fall seltsam indifferent begegnet wird.

Aber der Kern des Films ist ein anderer und die gesellschaftlichen Implikationen technologischen Fortschritts sind gar nicht sooo wichtig. Vielmehr geht es um die Konzerne hinter den Technologien, die ihr absurdes Vermögen für die endgültige Demontage des Staates einsetzen und mit neoliberaler Rhethorik ihr autoritäres Bestreben verschleiern.

★★½☆☆

https://andrepitz.de/2024/10/26/gesehen-the-pod-generation-2023/

#510 #BabyToGo #ChiwetelEjiofor #EmiliaClarke #Filme #Filmkritik #RosalieCraig #SophieBarthes #ThePodGeneration #VinetteRobinson

'Moonflower Murders' Trailer Sends Lesley Manville on a New Case!! Check It Out!! #AdrianRawlins, #AlexandrosLogothetis, #ClaireRushbrook, #ConlethHill, #DanielMays, #LesleyManville, #MagpieMurders, #MarkGatiss, #MatthewBeard, #MoonflowerMurders, #PBSMasterpiece, #PippaBennettWarner, #RosalieCraig, #SanjeevKohli, #TimMcMullan

https://movizark.com/2024/06/01/moonflower-murders-trailer-sends-lesley-manville-on-a-new-case-check-it-out/

'Moonflower Murders': First Images Sees Lesley Manville on a New Case!! Check It Out!! #AlexandrosLogothetis, #MarkGatiss, #RosalieCraig, #PippaBennettWarner, #AdrianRawlins, #LesleyManville, #MagpieMurders, #MoonflowerMurders, #PBSMasterpiece, #TimMcMullan, #DanielMays, #ClaireRushbrook, #ConlethHill, #MatthewBeard, #SanjeevKohli

http://movizark.com/2023/12/16/moonflower-murders-first-images-sees-lesley-manville-on-a-new-case-check-it-out/