Plan B (2021) Buddy comedy meets road trip movie in Natalie Morales’ charming film about two South Dakotan teens’ panicked, chaotic search for the morning-after pill. After a condom falls out of her vagina the morning after losing her virginity, and after being denied access to Plan B by a morally opposed pharmacist — citing […]
Abortion on Film: Plan B (2021): Natalie Morales’ Comedy about Girls Search for Pill
Abortion on Film: Agnes Varda’s One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977)
One Sings, the Other Doesn’t (1977) Agnès Varda’s ode to female friendship and women’s liberation traces the bond between two young women over a dozen years, beginning in 1962. That bond is forged when Apple (Valérie Mairesse), a 17-year-old with a fiercely independent streak, secures the money needed for her new friend Suzanne (Thérèse Liotard), […]
Abortion on Film: Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020) A transfixing account of a small-town teenager dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always, offers candid contemplation of abortion as a choice based not on hand-wringing but on sobering pragmatism. Autumn (Sidney Flanigan) and Skylar (Talia Ryder), her steadfast cousin, embark on an unsettling odyssey from […]
Abortion Per Hollywood: Grandma (2015), Starring Lily Tomlin in Superb Performance
In Paul Weitz’s modestly intimate but funny and poignant comedy-drama, Grandma, Lily Tomlin plays an ill-tempered lesbian on an all-day odyssey across Los Angeles to raise the $600 her granddaughter (Julia Garner) needs for an abortion.
1 Cary Grant: Best Films (Dramas, Thrillers, Comedies
In a distinguished career that spanned 34 years (1932-1966), and comprised of 76 movies, Cary Grant was widely recognized for both comedic and dramatic roles. Among his best-known films are:





