Abbey Bender

Abbey Bender is a regular film contributor at Voice Media Group. VMG publications include Denver Westword, Miami New Times, Phoenix New Times, Dallas Observer, Houston Press and New Times Broward-Palm Beach.

Latest Stories

<i>Lemon</i> Squeezes the Hipster-Antihero Thing Hard, but Not Much Good Comes Out

Lemon Squeezes the Hipster-Antihero Thing Hard, but Not Much Good Comes Out

By Abbey Bender

Dog of War: <i>Megan Leavey</i> Follows a Woman and a Canine onto the Front Lines

Dog of War: Megan Leavey Follows a Woman and a Canine onto the Front Lines

By Abbey Bender

The Very British <i>Their Finest</i> Shows It Took a War to Get Women Screenwriting Jobs

The Very British Their Finest Shows It Took a War to Get Women Screenwriting Jobs

By Abbey Bender

Set in a Now Better Than Ours, Miss Sloane Pits a Powerful Woman Against the Gun Lobbyists

By Michael Nordine and Others

Kate Winslet Saves the Poor and Miserable With Couture in the Insulting The Dressmaker

By Abbey Bender

Blame Fatale: White Girl Suggests Its Heroine’s Suffering Is All Her Own Fault

By Abbey Bender

John Krasinski’s The Hollars Can’t Break the Dysfunctional Sundance Mold

By Abbey Bender

Maybe Florence Foster Jenkins‘ Unsung Heroine Should Have Stayed That Way

By Abbey Bender