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About Wilda Williams

Wilda Williams is a freelance writer and editor. She has reviewed for Film-Forward since 2019 and blogs about books, movies, and other cultural matters at willywaldo.tumblr.com.

Food and Country

An examination of the economic impact the Covid crisis inflicted upon the independent food industry.

By |October 10th, 2024|Documentary|0 Comments

The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan gives a raw and committed performance as a young alcoholic struggling in her recovery on Scotland’s remote Orkney Islands.

By |October 3rd, 2024|Book adaptation|0 Comments

A Mistake

Featuring Elizabeth Banks’s bravura turn as a skilled Auckland surgeon facing the consequences of a split-second decision.

By |September 22nd, 2024|Book adaptation|0 Comments

Swan Song

An immersive behind-the-scenes look at a two-year effort to restage Swan Lake.

By |July 25th, 2024|Arts|0 Comments

Widow Clicquot

The woman who revolutionized the French champagne industry.

By |July 19th, 2024|Biopic|0 Comments

Touch

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur shifts gears with this subtle, romantic melodrama that blends elements of Past Lives and The Notebook.

By |July 12th, 2024|Book adaptation|0 Comments

Firebrand

An uneven period drama about the Tudor monarch’s final spouse that plays fast and loose with the historical record.

By |July 1st, 2024|Costume Drama, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

How to Come Alive with Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer packed more eventful living into a single lifetime than a dozen men.

By |June 28th, 2024|Documentary|0 Comments

Wildcat

Ethan Hawke directs the biopic of Flannery O'Connor, writer of some of the most original fiction in American literature.

By |May 3rd, 2024|Biopic, Featured|0 Comments