FILMS—Starring Jennifer Lawrence as a self-made business lady/inventor (fuck yeah!), David O. Russell’s Joy is a surreal, fairy tale-adjacent delight that’ll make you forget the final terrible Hunger Games movies were ever made. Hate whimsy? YOU’RE ALSO IN LUCK! Todd Haynes’ Carol finally brings confirmed Grand Dame of Suspense Patricia Highsmith’s forgotten(ish) lesbian pulp to the screen, featuring fictional power couple Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara. Set phasers to Oscar buzz! MEGAN BURBANK
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