Nowadays, medieval reimaginings about a spunky modern girl ahead of her time are a dime a dozen. Call it the "Arya" effect, but as long as YA has existed (maybe even longer), so has the headstrong female character who bucks gender norms and only wants to play in the mud or with swords. And Birdy, the title character of the charming but slight "Catherine Called Birdy," appears to fall too easily into this category. But writer-director Lena Dunham, dipping her toes into family comedy territory for the first time, imbues "Catherine Called Birdy" with enough irreverence and absurdity to give star Bella Ramsey the chance to soar beyond her fellow "strong female characters" — even if the movie is not quite as dazzling as she is.
Based on the beloved 1994 children's novel of the same name by Karen Cushman, "Catherine Called Birdy" follows the struggles of the rabble-rousing Lady Catherine or,...
Based on the beloved 1994 children's novel of the same name by Karen Cushman, "Catherine Called Birdy" follows the struggles of the rabble-rousing Lady Catherine or,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
This evening the Curzon Mayfair in London played host to the UK Premiere of Amazon Prime Video’s Catherine Called Birdy. The affair was attended by Bella Ramsey, Andrew Scott, Joe Alwyn, Isis Hainsworth, Michael Woolfitt, Archie Renaux, Rita Bernard-Shaw, Mimi M Khayisa, Paul Kaye, Russell Brand and director Lena Dunham. Dunham adapted the 1994 novel of the same name by Karen Cushman for this new addition into the relatively paltry pantheon of mediaeval comedies.
Catherine Called Birdy will be released on Amazon Prime Video on the 7th of October, 2022. Scott Davis and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet. Here are their interviews.
Catherine Called Birdy Premiere Interviews
Plot:
A 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.
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Catherine Called Birdy will be released on Amazon Prime Video on the 7th of October, 2022. Scott Davis and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet. Here are their interviews.
Catherine Called Birdy Premiere Interviews
Plot:
A 14 year old girl in medieval England navigates through life and avoiding potential suitors her father has in mind.
The post Catherine Called Birdy Premiere Interviews – Bella Ramsey, Joe Alwyn, Andrew Scott, Lena Dunham & more on the new historical comedy appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 9/20/2022
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Who could have possibly anticipated that, nearly a decade ago when “Girls” creator and star Lena Dunham announced in an early episode of the ground-breaking HBO series that her Hannah Horvath might “be the voice of my generation. Or at least a voice. Of a generation” that she really meant that she was the voice of…medieval tweens?
Dunham’s fourth film adapts Karen Cushman’s lauded 1994 YA novel “Catherine, Called Birdy” into Starring “Games of Thrones” breakout Bella Ramsey in the title role, the film — set in medieval England — follows young Catherine as she navigates her way through a world uninterested (and unaccustomed) to caring about the whims and wishes of its women.
If this sounds at all staid to you, you really must read Cushman’s novel, which is fresh and funny in so many ways. And then, you really must see Dunham’s film, which is her best yet,...
Dunham’s fourth film adapts Karen Cushman’s lauded 1994 YA novel “Catherine, Called Birdy” into Starring “Games of Thrones” breakout Bella Ramsey in the title role, the film — set in medieval England — follows young Catherine as she navigates her way through a world uninterested (and unaccustomed) to caring about the whims and wishes of its women.
If this sounds at all staid to you, you really must read Cushman’s novel, which is fresh and funny in so many ways. And then, you really must see Dunham’s film, which is her best yet,...
- 9/11/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
God’s thumbs! Leave it to “Girls” creator Lena Dunham to deliver what’s been missing from the field of princess movies all these years: namely, permission for young women to be themselves, regardless of what their parents or the patriarchy might think. In many ways, movies — and YA movies in particular — double as a kind of socializing tool, encouraging audiences to be independent thinkers (on their surface) while in fact giving them the keys for conformity: Follow the rules, respect your elders, marry the right guy, and you’ll be rewarded with your happily ever after, they say. But that’s not independence; that’s indoctrination.
Adapted from Katherine Cushman’s 1994 novel, “Catherine Called Birdy” is a genially impertinent feature-length celebration of not always doing what you’re told. Set in 1290, at a time of infrequent baths and early-40s life expectancy, Dunham’s comedic take follows the creative...
Adapted from Katherine Cushman’s 1994 novel, “Catherine Called Birdy” is a genially impertinent feature-length celebration of not always doing what you’re told. Set in 1290, at a time of infrequent baths and early-40s life expectancy, Dunham’s comedic take follows the creative...
- 9/11/2022
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
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In her second directorial effort this year, Lena Dunham forgoes the adult themes of Sharp Stick to tell a more traditional coming-of-age story about a headstrong teenage girl living in medieval times. A significant departure from most of her previous work, the playfully broad Catherine Called Birdy, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, is a sincere effort at the sort of classic young adult films that populated the 90s and early 2000s. Young-adult storytelling has always been more than brooding love triangles and devastating wars, but in a post-Hunger Games world it’s easy to forget the smaller, more personal stories. Luckily, Dunham has no trouble remembering Karen Cushman’s 1994 novel on which this film is based, capturing the book’s humorous diary format with cheeky voiceover narration.
In the early 1200s, Lady Catherine (Bella Ramsey) is a girl on the cusp of womanhood.
In her second directorial effort this year, Lena Dunham forgoes the adult themes of Sharp Stick to tell a more traditional coming-of-age story about a headstrong teenage girl living in medieval times. A significant departure from most of her previous work, the playfully broad Catherine Called Birdy, premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, is a sincere effort at the sort of classic young adult films that populated the 90s and early 2000s. Young-adult storytelling has always been more than brooding love triangles and devastating wars, but in a post-Hunger Games world it’s easy to forget the smaller, more personal stories. Luckily, Dunham has no trouble remembering Karen Cushman’s 1994 novel on which this film is based, capturing the book’s humorous diary format with cheeky voiceover narration.
In the early 1200s, Lady Catherine (Bella Ramsey) is a girl on the cusp of womanhood.
- 9/11/2022
- by Jourdain Searles
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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