“Sharp Stick” is here to beat the “inborn judgment and shame around female desire” out of a stigmatized culture. “It’s a joke as old as celluloid that the minute we spot a sexually active girl in a ...

For a decade, Lena Dunham has kept more than busy, executive producing TV series like “Camping” and “Generation” and putting out her memoir. Yet she’s been notably selective about her main slate of ...

Chicago - Editor's note: This review originally ran as part of our coverage of the 2022 Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 28, 2022. It has been republished in light of the film's debut in theaters. Lena ...

'Sharp Stick' marks Lena Dunham's return to feature filmmaking. Kristine Froseth delivers a stunning performance to this chaotic, yet haphazard comedy. Sarah Jo (Froseth) is a naive 26-year-old woman ...

Perhaps it’s no surprise that Sharp Stick has run into controversy. After all, it was written and directed by Lena Dunham, ever since Girls debuted on HBO in 2012, Dunham has been a lightning rod for ...

Lena Dunham’s new movie follows a 26-year-old who methodically gains sexual experience after having an uncomfortable affair. By Amy Nicholson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

Twelve years after "Tiny Furniture," Dunham returns to the big screen with another uncomfortable look at human desire. But what happens when the "human" is often missing? Over the course of six ...

This year, Dunham returned to Sundance Film Festival with her first feature-length film in over 10 years. Sharp Stick tells the story of Sarah Jo (Kristine Froseth), a young woman who experienced a ...

Unlike "Girls" and "Tiny Furniture," Dunham's first film in 12 years feels less created than contrived. Dunham’s second act was “Girls,” and that was a one-series revolution: not the first HBO show to ...