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Women at the poles: Rashid Irani reviews Hustlers
5 years, 3 months ago

Women at the poles: Rashid Irani reviews Hustlers

Hindustan Times  

HUSTLERS Direction: Lorena Scafaria Actors: Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu In her most magnetic performance since Out of Sight, Jennifer Lopez portrays the ringleader of a group of pole dancers who fleece Wall Street high rollers of their ill-gotten wealth in this rollercoaster romp. Inspired by a New York magazine article, the true-life tale of strip club employees impacted by the …

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Inside Jennifer Lopez’s Impressive Pole-Dancing Tutorial In ‘Hustlers’
5 years, 3 months ago

Inside Jennifer Lopez’s Impressive Pole-Dancing Tutorial In ‘Hustlers’

Huff Post  

Constance Wu and Jennifer Lopez in "Hustlers." STXfilms There’s no one best scene in “Hustlers.” Can you really say that Usher’s strip-club strut tops Jennifer Lopez dancing to Fiona Apple’s “Criminal”? STXfilms Johanna Sapakie, a choreographer who has a decade of aerial experience in Cirque du Soleil, gave Lopez a “crash course” in “all things pole” to perfect the “Criminal” …

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Hustlers review: A lean, fierce take on female empowerment in a corrupted world
5 years, 3 months ago

Hustlers review: A lean, fierce take on female empowerment in a corrupted world

The Independent  

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. 15 cert, 109 mins “This whole country’s a strip club,” says …

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Review: Jennifer Lopez is a star reborn in ‘Hustlers,’ a smart, bracing tale of strippers turned grifters
5 years, 4 months ago

Review: Jennifer Lopez is a star reborn in ‘Hustlers,’ a smart, bracing tale of strippers turned grifters

LA Times  

The movies have rarely done right by Jennifer Lopez, but the brashly entertaining “Hustlers” isn’t just the exception that proves the rule; it reconfigures her cinematic image with such brazen intelligence and purpose that it seems determined to make up for lost time. You might recognize the song in the background as Fiona Apple’s “Criminal,” whose opening lyrics cheekily sum …

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How Lorene Scafaria’s ‘Hustlers’ turned a tabloid stripper drama into an ode to female empowerment
5 years, 4 months ago

How Lorene Scafaria’s ‘Hustlers’ turned a tabloid stripper drama into an ode to female empowerment

LA Times  

To quote a timeless Janet Jackson jam, as “Hustlers” does in its opening seconds, this true crime stripper drama is a story about control. Producer Adam McKay, whose company Gloria Sanchez Productions developed the project, she said, was supportive of her bid: “He said, ‘I hope Scorsese passes.’” Scafaria eventually won the job and helped convince execs it was a …

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