This 13th-century-set film from Lena Dunham adopts a similar template to other modern period comedies – a feisty female heroine, diverse casting, pop songs – but in fact runs rather deeper.
They say, “Write what you know.” I’ve never been all that sure. Lena Dunham has written what she knows: contemporary life among creative types, the subject of her debut film Tiny Furniture, her much-discussed TV series Girls, and her second film Sharp Stick. Those were delightful at times (except the last one, which
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"Girls" creator/star Lena Dunham returns with a family-friendly adaptation of Karen Cushman's award-winning children's novel, "Catherine Called Birdy."