Since the belated #MeToo reckoning of 2016, the otherwise innocuous word pairing of “women” and “talking” has become synonymous with a specific sort of clammy fear for the kind of man who really should have been more scared in the first place. The cathartic toppling of numerous predators in numerous industries has mostly been started by networks of abused women sharing intel, whispers of horrifying men doing horrifying things.
Those whispers are set to become far louder throughout this year’s awards season, later in the year in the aptly named She Said, the narrative adaptation of Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s Weinstein investigation starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan, and in Women Talking, an impassioned new drama from actor turned director Sarah Polley, whose own experiences with toxic men have also led her to finally speak out. Her new film is an adaptation of Miriam Toews’ 2018 novel, a loose retelling of a spate of grim real-life crimes.
