Lena Dunham

Presenting her new film in Los Angeles, Lena Dunham recalled the early years and how it all started. “I started, in a way, so young.

Catherine Called Birdy is director Lena Dunham’s comedy about just turned thirteen-year-old Catherine (Bella Ramsey), who becomes available for marriage with the arrival of her menstrual period, to any prosperous suitor her father chooses – most of them old and undesirable – in order to rescue her family’s dire economic position, brought about by her father’s poor management of the household finances. The film amusingly documents Catherine’s willful attempts to escape the role to which she has been assigned.

In baseball terms, Lena Dunham is batting 1,000. The Oberlin graduate has directed two feature films and now, with the screening of Sharp Stick at Sundance 2022, the multi-hyphenate filmmaker has seen both her films showcase at the Park City-based independent film festival.

Brexit – the referendum on whether Great Britain should leave or remain in the European Union - hit the world like a tsunami. While world leaders try to figure out ways to deal with the aftermath, the HFPA collected reactions and opinions of the vote from American and European celebrities.