A still of Maxine Peake as Elen in the film 'Gwen' wearing a cloak in a barren landscape next to a still of Kirsten Dunst as Julie in 'Melancholia,' wearing a wedding dress and a neutral expression while clutching a bouquet of flowers.

Roles in Retrospect #4: IWD 2022 – Maxine Peake and ‘Gwen’ (2018) and Kirsten Dunst and ‘Melancholia’ (2011)

By: Hayley Paskevich
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In this special International Women’s Day edition of Roles in Retrospect, two of our staff writers reflect on the actresses’ past performances that are memorable to them.

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Maxine Peake in Fanny Lye Deliver'd. A middle-aged woman with blue eyes, dressed in 17th century Puritan clothing, stands in a doorway and stares ahead.

REVIEW: ‘Fanny Lye Deliver’d’ (2019) is an Offbeat Feminist Folk Horror

By: Kevin Woodley
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A comic folk horror that erupts into a feminist story of woman’s rebirth and fiery retribution.

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