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Jun 25, 2026
Thinking Films: Another Woman (1988) | E180
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Alex CurmiHOST
And if I had to ask you, Jonathan, what do you think about this film really works for you? What really resonates? What do you think, um, strikes you the most about this?
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19:33Jonathan KirschnerGUEST
Well, I would start with where Michael started, which is in praising Gena Rowlands' performance.
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19:37Jonathan KirschnerGUEST
Um, and not only is it an outstanding performance, but it is very much against type, so that if you looked at her entire career, she usually played a woman who was, her emotions were right at her fingertips, and here she's playing a, a woman who's so restrained in her emotions.
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19:54Jonathan KirschnerGUEST
It's an impressive performance, but it's also not a, a, a lazy performance or an easy performance for her.
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20:08Jonathan KirschnerGUEST
And again, I tend to be very appreciative of movies that do that extremely well.
45 MINS LATER

Alex CurmiHOST
So something I like is, like, o- once we've talked about a film, what can we take away? 'Cause I, I, I think that films really, good films like this can hold a lot of valuable lessons, and I'm wondering, having watched it, maybe you, maybe you want people to arrive at their own interpretations, but what do you guys think maybe are some key takeaways you would want someone to potentially get from this film? And maybe I could start with, with Jonathan.