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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.

The Secret Garden

The timeless tale of childhood lost and redeemed returns to the screen.

By |August 10th, 2020|Book adaptation|0 Comments

Flannery

Fans of Flannery O'Connor's work will reread her books with fresh eyes, while newcomers will be introduced to her wild, visionary imagination.

By |July 16th, 2020|Arts, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

John Lewis: Good Trouble

The story of Congressman John Lewis’s life is the ongoing story of the civil rights movement.

By |July 2nd, 2020|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Coward. Bully. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

The sometimes eye-opening, jaw-dropping stories that the interviewees divulge bring Cohn—and the documentary—so vividly to life.

By |June 18th, 2020|Documentary, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Shirley

Stylistically and tonally, director Josephine Decker tries to present writer Shirley Jackson’s life like a Shirley Jackson story.

By |June 4th, 2020|Book adaptation, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|1 Comment

Les Misérables

Ladj Ly’s movie graphically examines how French society, through the actions of one police squad, reaps what it sows.

By |February 14th, 2020|Drama, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

Non-Fiction, Her Smell, Where’s My Roy Cohn? | MoMA’s Contenders 2019

Now in its 12th annual incarnation, “The Contenders” series screens some of the most noteworthy films of the previous 12 months.

By |January 6th, 2020|Festivals|0 Comments

The Booksellers | NYFF 2019

Eccentric and idiosyncratic personalities abound.

By |October 31st, 2019|Documentary, Festivals|0 Comments

Portrait of a Lady on Fire | NYFF 2019

Céline Sciamma turns to period drama with this elegant meditation on female desire that flips the script on the male gaze.

By |October 16th, 2019|Costume Drama, Festivals|0 Comments