Sarah Polley

Films directed by Sarah Polley

• The Best Day of My Life (1999)
• Don't Think Twice (1999)
• I Shout Love (2001)
• All I Want for Christmas (2002)
• Away from Her (2006)  (also known as: "An ihrer Seite", "Daleko od niej", "Egyre távolabb", "Kaukana poissa", "Lejos de ella", "Loin d'elle", "Longe Dela", "Lontano da lei")
• Take This Waltz (2011)  (also known as: "Bu Dans Senin", "Entre o Amor e a Paixão", "Notas de Amor", "Take This Waltz: Une histoire d'amour", "Volt egy tánc")
• Stories We Tell (2012)  (also known as: "Apáim története", "Histórias que Contamos", "Historie rodzinne", "Les histoires qu'on raconte")
• Women Talking (2022)  (also known as: "A Voz das Mulheres", "Ce qu'elles disent", "Die Aussprache", "Ellas hablan", "Entre Mulheres")

Quotes by Sarah Polley

"I think the key to directing is having the courage to admit what you don't know, to not try to hide your weaknesses and to find collaborators who you can trust enough to be honest with about those deficiencies."
-- Sarah Polley (source)

"I think the uncertainty of a basic objective truth is in my films, and that's part of me as a Canadian. That's a cultural thing that has been handed down to me. That there's not one truth that everyone must obey, but that there are different realities for everyone. That other perspectives matter and can be challenging and difficult to deal with, but cannot be dismissed. And I do think that at its best, that's what Canada is."
-- Sarah Polley (source)

"In a lot of ways, being an actor is the worst training you could possibly have for being a director. You've been in this environment your whole life, so you think you know it. But 90 per cent of everyone's job on a set, you soon find out, is to protect the actors from any pertinent information. It's not like you're being manipulative or secretive. But they have to go somewhere profound and do something quite emotional. You're not going to mention the weather is screwed and you have to condense three-day scenes into half a day and they better get it right or we're all going to hell."
-- Sarah Polley (source)

"Screenwriting is my favourite part of the filmmaking process because everything is still possible and not mitigated by the exigencies of production. I find it to be a joyful process as well as agonizingly lonely. It is so magical, later, to have dozens of extremely talented people make those ideas you've had alone in a quiet room become tangible and real."
-- Sarah Polley (source)

"Sometimes when you say, 'I want to be collaborative,' people assume that means you don't have a vision. But collaboration is my vision. My vision is, 'My process looks different from the way most men I've worked with operate.' It's a confident process of wanting people's voices to be heard and credited. It's a feminist process. I don't have to act like all the dudes I hated working with."
-- Sarah Polley (source)

"We're still at a point where women [directors] aren't allowed to be mad visionaries. We have to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that we're responsible, that we can handle it, that we've got all our ducks in a row . . . most women who direct always come in on budget, always come in on schedule, and if they were wild and irresponsible it would not be put down to brilliance, but to a general flakiness."
-- Sarah Polley (source)

"When you're writing a screenplay, you're really writing a blueprint for something that's a jumping off point. The way I make films, I'm not a single vision person. I'm very dependent on intense collaboration so a script is a place to begin in terms of conversations with others."
-- Sarah Polley (source)

Quote about Sarah Polley

For QUOTES about a specific film by Sarah Polley, please see:   I Shout Love    Away from Her    Take This Waltz    Stories We Tell    Women Talking   

Notes about Sarah Polley

• Director, screenwriter, actor, and political activist.
• Born in Toronto.
• Began acting when she was four years old; as a child, had a major role in the TV series Road to Avonlea (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
• As an adult, has acted in films such as Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter (1997) and Isabel Coixet's My Life without Me (2003).
• Wrote the 2017 television mini-series Alias Grace, an adaptation of a Margaret Atwood novel.

Bibliography for Sarah Polley

Section 1: Publications by Sarah Polley

• Polley, Sarah. "The men you meet making movies." New York Times, October 14, 2017.
• Polley, Sarah. "Preface." In Away from Her , by Alice Munro. New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 2007.
• Polley, Sarah. Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory. Toronto: Hamish Hamilton, 2022.
• Polley, Sarah. "Stories We Tell: A post by Sarah Polley." NFB Blog, August 29, 2012.
• Polley, Sarah, and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. "Women Talking: Sarah Polley & Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers: Unpacking what justice, accountability and reconciliation looks like." Now (Toronto), September 7, 2022.

Section 2: Publications about Sarah Polley

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

• Anderson, Scott. "The stories she tells: Filmmaker Sarah Polley's advice for students who want to get into the movie business? Just do it." Interview with Sarah Polley. University of Toronto Magazine, March 27, 2013.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. "Why director Sarah Polley is a national treasure." CBC, July 6, 2020.
• Canadian Press. "Sarah Polley named ACTRA National Woman of the Year." Toronto Star, March 4, 2020.
• Cassivi, Marc. "À table avec... Sarah Polley : Deux nations, deux cinémas." Interview with Sarah Polley. La Presse, May 29, 2007. [in French]
• Daum, Meghan. "How Sarah Polley, child star and 'Canada's Sweetheart,' grew up way too fast." Review of Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory, by Sarah Polley. New York Times, March 1, 2022.
• Dryden, Ken. "Sarah Polley: Canada's awesome, says the filmmaker. Take the health-care system, achieved 'against all odds.' She has a movie about it in her mind's eye." Interview with Sarah Polley. Toronto Star, July 1, 2014.
• Dundas, Deborah. "'Dangerous stories' told honestly." Toronto Star, March 5, 2022.
• Hewitt, Chris. "Polley can direct, act and do it all; The 42-year-old's repertoire includes singing and writing.." Star Tribune (Minneapolis), April 29, 2021.
• Itzkoff, Dave. "Secrecy? Not for Sarah Polley." New York Times, February 18, 2022.
• Knegt, Peter. "Take this waltz through 25 years of rare Sarah Polley interviews." CBC, July 28, 2017.
• LeBlanc, Lauren. "Sarah Polley on writing for the screen vs. writing for the page." Interview with Sarah Polley. Vanity Fair, February 25, 2022.
• Liss, Sarah. "Who does Sarah Polley think she is? She first gained fame as a child actor. The writer and director has been confronting the traumas of these early experiences ever since." The Walrus, May 17, 2022.
• McLaren, Leah. "From TV starlet to director, via a road less travelled." Interview with Sarah Polley. Globe and Mail, September 7, 2006.
• O'Neill, Heather. "Heather O'Neill on Sarah Polley: Polley became famous when she was 11. Her story's gone untold—until now." Maclean's, March 2, 2022.
• Onstad, Katrina. "An actress with doubts, but not about directing." Interview with Sarah Polley. New York Times, April 29, 2007, Late Edition (East Coast).
• Phelan, Erin. "Road from Avonlea: Face to face with Sarah Polley." Interview with Sarah Polley. Reader's Digest (Canadian), August 2007.
• Schwartz, Alexandra. "The stories Sarah Polley couldn't tell: The director spent years recovering from a head injury, raising a family, and facing the traumas of her past. In a new book, she tells us what she's learned." Interview with Sarah Polley. New Yorker, March 13, 2022.
• Wilkinson, Alissa. "What the film Women Talking loses (and preserves) from the 2018 novel: The plot is based on a horrifying true story from 2011, but the resistance philosophy goes back to St. Augustine." Vox, September 14, 2022.

Documentaries

• Stories Sarah Tells. Directed by Ann Marie Fleming. National Film Board of Canada / Office national du film du Canada, 2013.

Web Sites

• Film Reference Library. "Canadian Film Encyclopedia." Film Reference Library (Toronto International Film Festival Group). http://cfe.tiff.net/canadianfilmencyclopedia/.

Section 3: Publications about the Films of Sarah Polley

I Shout Love (2001)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

• McSorley, Tom. "Short takes: I Shout Love." Review of I Shout Love. Take One (Toronto), May 2002.

Away from Her (2006)  (also known as: "An ihrer Seite", "Daleko od niej", "Egyre távolabb", "Kaukana poissa", "Lejos de ella", "Loin d'elle", "Longe Dela", "Lontano da lei")

Book Chapters

• Fladd, Nadine. "'Stunning and Strange': Iceland as Memory and Prophecy in Alice Munro's 'White Dump' and Sarah Polley's 'Away from Her'." In Double-Takes: Intersections between Canadian Literature and Film, edited by David R. Jarraway, 59-76. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2013.
• Oughton, Karen. "The Home, the Body and Otherness: Canadian Representations of Identity and Feminism in Mary Harron's American Psycho, Sarah Polley's Away from Her and the Soska Sisters' American Mary." In Celluloid Ceiling: Women Film Directors Breaking Through, edited by Gabrielle Kelly and Cheryl Robson, 54-76. Twickenham, U.K.: Supernova Books, 2014.
• Polley, Sarah. "Preface." In Away from Her , by Alice Munro. New York: Vintage Contemporaries, 2007.

Brief Sections of Books

• Basting, Anne Davis. Forget Memory: Creating Better Lives for People with Dementia. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009. (pp. 47-49)
• Leach, Jim. Film in Canada, 2nd ed. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press, 2011. (pp. 207-210)
• Thornham, Sue. What If I Had Been the Hero?: Investigating Women's Cinema. London: Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the British Film Institute, 2012. (pp. 131-137)

Journal Articles

• Cicero, Caroline, and Craig Detweiler. "Solidarity and Ambivalence in Away From Her." Journal of Aging, Humanities and the Arts 3, no. 1 (March 2009): 76-80.
• McGill, Robert. "No Nation but Adaptation: 'The Bear Came Over the Mountain,' 'Away from Her,' and What It Means to Be Faithful." Canadian Literature, no. 197 (Summer 2008): 98-111.
• Oatley, Keith. "Coming together." Review of Away from Her. PsycCRITIQUES 52, no. 39 (2007).
• Peters, Harry. "Niet ver weg van haar verhaal: boekverfilming Away from her." Skrien 39, no. 9-10 (November-January 2007-2008): 22-25. [in Dutch]

Brief Sections of Journal Articles

• Naremore, James. "Films of the Year, 2007." Film Quarterly 61, no. 4 (2008). (pp. 57-58)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

• Alleva, Richard. "Cheating to be Faithful: 'Away from Her'." Review of Away from Her. Commonweal, June 15, 2007.
• Ansen, David. "Love's labor's lost." Review of Away from Her. Newsweek, May 14, 2007.
• Baudin, Brigitte. "Un couple au passé décomposé." Le Figaro, May 2, 2007. [in French]
• Bradshaw, Peter. "Forgive and forget: Sarah Polley's directorial debut is a spellbinding, delicate Alzheimer's drama: Away from Her." Review of Away from Her. Guardian, April 27, 2007.
• Calhoun, Dave. "Film: Close up: Sarah Polley." Interview with Sarah Polley. Time Out, May 11, 2007.
• Castaldo, Joe. "That vision thing." Interview with Sarah Polley. Canadian Business, September 11, 2006.
• Cochrane, Kira. "'I felt like a crazy stalker'." Interview with Sarah Polley. Guardian, April 13, 2007, Film & Music section.
• Denby, David. "Games of chance: The current cinema." Review of Away from Her. New Yorker, May 14, 2007.
• Desrochers, Jean-Philippe. "Away from Her." Review of Away from Her. Séquences, July-August 2007. [in French]
• Diva. "Away from Her." Review of Away from Her. Diva, no. 132, 2007.
• Fulford, Robert. "A loss of language and the language of loss: The poetics of Alzheimer's." National Post, May 15, 2007.
• Garbarz, Franck. "Loin d'elle : Le deuil de la mémoire." Review of Away from Her. Positif, May 2007. [in French]
• Globe & Mail. "Director Sarah Polley turns Munro story into feature." Globe and Mail, February 22, 2006.
• Goldstein, Meredith. "First-time director is picture of maturity: Sarah Polley, 28, earns raves for 'Away From Her'." Boston Globe, May 13, 2007, LivingArts section.
• Griffin, John. "Young age can't mask Sarah Polley's old soul: Her feature-length directorial debut, Away from Her, carries the assurance of a veteran artist—which she is." Montreal Gazette, May 12, 2007, Final edition.
• Harvey, Dennis. "Away from Her." Review of Away from Her. Variety, September 25, 2006.
• Horn, John. "Write of passage: Sarah Polley the filmmaker comes of age after adapting a difficult Alice Munro story for the big screen." Interview with Sarah Polley. Toronto Star, February 23, 2008.
• Johnson, Brian D. "Goodbye to that jagged little pill: A mellower Sarah Polley plays parent to some elder icons for her stunning directorial debut." Maclean's, May 7, 2007.
• Johnson, Brian D. "A star is reborn, behind the camera: Directing her first movie, the ever-precocious Sarah Polley finds magic in age-old love." Interview with Sarah Polley. Maclean's, September 11, 2006.
• Kauffmann, Stanley. "People in shadows." Review of Away from Her. New Republic, May 21, 2007.
• Kelly, Brendan. "Canuck film finds homegrown hero." Variety, July 16, 2007.
• Kelly, Brendan. "Kudos for Polley pic." Variety, April 25, 2007.
• Knight, Chris. "A heartbreaking departure of both mind and love." Review of Away from Her. National Post, May 4, 2007, All But Toronto edition, Arts section.
• Lacey, Liam. "Sarah Polley makes an assured directing debut." Globe and Mail, May 4, 2007.
• Lacey, Liam. "Top 10 of 2006: Sarah Polley: She's had a milestone year in front of and behind the camera. But she hasn't let the bright Hollywood lights distort her vision." Globe and Mail, December 22, 2006.
• Lussier, Marc-André. "Away from Her : Sarah Polley : Naissance d'une cinéaste." Interview with Sarah Polley. La Presse, May 5, 2007. [in French]
• MacDonald, Gayle. "Away from Her: Win improves chances for Oscar nom; Polley thrilled by Julie Christie's Golden Globe nod." Interview with Sarah Polley. Globe and Mail, January 15, 2008.
• Matheou, Demetrios. "Not remembering to forget." Interview with Sarah Polley. Sight & Sound, May 2007.
• Medley, Mark. "Away from Her close to a sweep: Sarah Polley's directorial debut wins almost all major trophies." Montreal Gazette, March 4, 2008.
• Mitchell, Elvis. "Sarah Polley: Actors who say they want to direct are a dime a dozen—but ones who make movies like hers are few and far between." Interview with Sarah Polley. Interview, June 2007.
• Monk, Katherine. "Ache of loss: Sarah Polley's tale of grief is a remarkable achievement." Review of Away from Her. Ottawa Citizen, May 11, 2007, Final edition, Front section.
• Munso, Danny. "Away from Her." Creative Screenwriting, March 2007.
• Patterson, Hannah. "Away from Her." Review of Away from Her. Sight & Sound, May 2007.
• Pevere, Geoff. "Away from Her draws us close to husband's anguish." Review of Away from Her. Toronto Star, September 11, 2006.
• Pupo, Mark. "Woman on the verge: On the eve of her directorial debut, she's steeling herself for the spotlight—again." Toronto Life, October 2006.
• Reid, Michael. "Pinsent savours dream role." Interview with Gordon Pinsent. Edmonton Journal, May 8, 2007, Front section.
• Riding, Alan. "A role about winter for Julie Christie, a star in eternal spring." Interview with Julie Christie. New York Times, April 18, 2007, Late Edition (East Coast).
• Schneller, Johanna. "At 28, Sarah Polley starts over: On Friday, the girl from Avonlea makes her debut as a director with the already lauded Away From Her: 'I'm in a good place right now'." Interview with Sarah Polley. Globe and Mail, April 28, 2007.
• Schwarzbaum, Lisa. "Recall girl." Review of Away from Her. Entertainment Weekly, May 11, 2007.
• Scott, A.O. "Time's wounds, and the heart's." Review of Away from Her. New York Times, May 4, 2007, Late Edition (East Coast).
• Sealy, Shirley. "Away from Her." Review of Away from Her. Film Journal International, June 2007.
• Stone, Alan A. "A care in the world." Review of Away from Her. Boston Review, July-August 2007.
• Travers, Peter. "Away From Her." Review of Away from Her. Rolling Stone, May 3, 2007.
• Tremblay, Odile. "Entrevue avec Sarah Polley : Une étonnante maturité." Interview with Sarah Polley. Le Devoir, May 12, 2007. [in French]
• Winters, Laura. "The fresh young filmmaker and her scenes from a long marriage." Interview with Sarah Polley. Washington Post, May 6, 2007, Final edition, Sunday Arts section.

Take This Waltz (2011)  (also known as: "Bu Dans Senin", "Entre o Amor e a Paixão", "Notas de Amor", "Take This Waltz: Une histoire d'amour", "Volt egy tánc")

Book Chapters

• Fleischer, David. "Take This Waltz (2011)." In World Film Locations: Toronto, edited by Tom Ue, 114-115. Bristol: Intellect, 2014.

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

• Anderson, Melissa. "Take This Waltz." Review of Take This Waltz. The Village Voice, June 27, 2012.
• Anderson, Tyler. "Her dream realized: In a way, Sarah Polley has grown up with TIFF, so there was really only one place to premiere Take This Waltz." Interview with Sarah Polley. National Post, September 10, 2011.
• Barlow, Helen. "Polley puts the passion on." Interview with Sarah Polley. The West Australian, June 13, 2012.
• Barnard, Linda. "Dancing to a different tune: Seth Rogen's character in Take This Waltz is more like the real him." Interview with Seth Rogen. Toronto Star, June 29, 2012.
• Barnard, Linda. "Sarah Polley's waltz in the west end." Interview with Sarah Polley. Toronto Star, September 10, 2011.
• Barnard, Linda. "Tempted in Toronto." Review of Take This Waltz. Toronto Star, June 29, 2012.
• Bloom, Julie. "Sexuality and other female troubles." New York Times, May 13, 2012.
• Bradshaw, Peter. "Touching the void." Review of Take This Waltz. Guardian, August 17, 2012.
• Broverman, Alison, Sarah Lazarovic, and Anna Myers. "Cause of attraction." National Post, July 6, 2012.
• Burr, Ty. "Polley's 'Waltz' a muddled dance." Review of Take This Waltz. Boston Globe, July 6, 2012.
• Chang, Justin. "Take This Waltz." Review of Take This Waltz. Variety, September 19, 2011.
• Cockrell, Eddie. "A fine dance." The Australian, May 26, 2012.
• Dent, Nick. "Drama takes risks and whisks them up into a brilliant piece." Review of Take This Waltz. Sunday Telegraph (Australia), June 10, 2012.
• Ebert, Roger. "Take This Waltz." Review of Take This Waltz. Chicago Sun-Times, July 11, 2012.
• Gilbey, Ryan. "Take This Waltz." Review of Take This Waltz. New Statesman, August 20, 2012.
• Gleiberman, Owen. "Take This Waltz." Review of Take This Waltz. Entertainment Weekly, July 6, 2012.
• Globe and Mail. "Sarah Polley's lesson to filmmakers: Toronto can look magical, too." Globe and Mail, July 15, 2012.
• Harvey, Shannon. "A flawed but lovable story." Review of Take This Waltz. The West Australian, June 14, 2012.
• Hawker, Philippa. "Stepping lightly." Review of Take This Waltz. The Age (Melbourne), June 16, 2012.
• Hawker, Philippa. "Waltzing into love affairs: the search for fulfilment." Interview with Sarah Polley. The Age (Melbourne), June 16, 2012.
• Hynes, Eric. "Sarah Polley minds the gap." Interview with Sarah Polley. The Village Voice, June 27, 2012.
• Knight, Chris. "The hook of love." Review of Take This Waltz. National Post, June 29, 2012.
• Knight, Chris. "A waltz from her: Sarah Polley explores a more immature kind of love in her second film." Interview with Sarah Polley. National Post, June 27, 2012.
• Lacey, Liam. "In praise of cheaters: There's heat. There's warmth. But Sarah Polley's sophomore film is a fickle dance partner, writes Liam Lacey." Review of Take This Waltz. Globe and Mail, June 29, 2012.
• Landesman, Cosmo. "Save the last dance for me: A married woman falls for another man, yet still loves her husband. Cosmo Landesman enjoys a quirky take on the infidelity theme." Review of Take This Waltz. Sunday Times (U.K.), August 19, 2012.
• Monk, Katherine. "The art of desire: Sarah Polley's fascination with romantic love forms the heart of her new movie." Interview with Sarah Polley. Ottawa Citizen, September 10, 2011.
• Monk, Katherine. "Polley's emotional truth challenges, but worth effort." Review of Take This Waltz. Winnipeg Free Press, June 29, 2012.
• O'Sullivan, Michael. "The illusion of love, actually." Review of Take This Waltz. Washington Post, July 6, 2012.
• Paatsch, Leigh. "Dancing up a storm." Review of Take This Waltz. The Advertiser (Adelaide), June 14, 2012.
• Patterson, John. "Relationship drama Take This Waltz brings Sarah Polley and Michelle Williams together, and John Patterson is impressed by the results." Guardian, August 11, 2012.
• Prickett, Sarah Nicole. "In praise of cheaters; Give me lust, give me adultery, give me death. That's what affairs are about, writes Sarah Nicole Prickett, not the pale shadows and the lush lives we see on screen." Globe and Mail, June 29, 2012.
• Puig, Claudia. "Take This Waltz misses connection: Setting outshines film's strong cast." Review of Take This Waltz. USA Today, July 6, 2012.
• Rea, Steven. "On movies." Interview with Sarah Polley. Philadelphia Inquirer, July 8, 2012.
• Rea, Steven. "'Take This Waltz': Charming tale of love and heartache." Review of Take This Waltz. Philadelphia Inquirer, July 13, 2012.
• Roach, Vicky. "Chequered history of the amazing Ms Polley." Interview with Sarah Polley. Daily Telegraph (Australia), June 18, 2012.
• Schneller, Johanna. "Michelle Williams, in the sunlight, quietly." Interview with Michelle Williams. Globe and Mail, June 23, 2012.
• Schneller, Johanna. "My film is not autobiographical. Honest." Interview with Sarah Polley. Globe and Mail, September 10, 2011.
• Scott, A.O. "Sometimes attraction becomes a slow dance around the subject." Review of Take This Waltz. New York Times, June 29, 2012.
• Shoard, Catherine. "Take This Waltz." Review of Take This Waltz. Guardian, September 12, 2011.
• Shoard, Catherine. "'Things will work out, even badly': Sarah Polley's new film about the messiness of infidelity has prompted extreme and very personal reactions. She tells Catherine Shoard how much she has enjoyed the emotional fallout." Interview with Sarah Polley. Guardian, August 10, 2012.
• Stewart, Sara. "Flirting with adultery during Canadian 'Waltz'." Review of Take This Waltz. New York Post, June 29, 2012.
• Stratton, David. "Delicate dance." Review of Take This Waltz. The Australian, June 16, 2012.
• Teplitsky, Ariel. "West end Waltz." Toronto Star, June 29, 2012.
• Wheatley, Catherine. "Take This Waltz." Review of Take This Waltz. Sight & Sound, September 2012.
• Whitington, Paul. "Waltzing to the tune of real-life love." Review of Take This Waltz. Irish Independent, August 17, 2012.

Stories We Tell (2012)  (also known as: "Apáim története", "Histórias que Contamos", "Historie rodzinne", "Les histoires qu'on raconte")

Book Chapters

• Ue, Tom. "Stories We Tell (2012)." In World Film Locations: Toronto, edited by Tom Ue, 120-121. Bristol: Intellect, 2014.

Brief Sections of Books

• Dillon, Sarah. Deconstruction, Feminism, Film. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2018. (pp. 114-120)

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

• Adams, Mark. "Stories We Tell." Review of Stories We Tell. Screen International, August 30, 2012.
• Barnard, Linda. "Sundance: Sarah Polley's got more stories to tell." Toronto Star, January 22, 2013.
• Bielski, Zosia. "'It's a wonderful story about fathers'." Globe and Mail, August 31, 2012.
• Bradshaw, Peter. "Stories We Tell." Review of Stories We Tell. Guardian, August 30, 2012.
• Braun, Liz. "Brilliant story best told in the watching." Review of Stories We Tell. Toronto Sun, October 12, 2012.
• Braun, Liz. "Family affair: In making Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley came to learn much about, and admire, the 'astounding' mother who died when she was 11." Interview with Sarah Polley. Toronto Sun, October 12, 2012.
• Carraway, Kate. "When family secrets aren't taken to the grave." National Post, October 12, 2012.
• Dodes, Rachel. "Sarah Polley on documenting family secrets." Interview with Sarah Polley. Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2013.
• Dunlevy, T'Cha. "Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell liberates director from her past: Without talking about it, the actor and director delivers an intensely personal story." Interview with Sarah Polley. Montreal Gazette, October 19, 2012.
• Erbland, Kate. "Sarah Polley is ready to make movies again, seven years after life-changing 'Stories We Tell'." Interview with Sarah Polley. IndieWire, July 24, 2019.
• French, Philip. "The consequences of a brief encounter." Review of Stories We Tell. Observer (U.K.), August 19, 2012.
• Groen, Rick. "Show, don't tell: Sarah Polley's documentary about her family and its secrets is sensitive, intelligent and technically accomplished. Rick Groen explains why it still fails as a film." Review of Stories We Tell. Globe and Mail, October 12, 2012.
• Hontebeyrie, Isabelle. "Le secret de Sarah Polley : Les histoires qu'on raconte." Interview with Sarah Polley. Journal de Montréal, October 13, 2012. [in French]
• Howell, Peter. "Sarah Polley's journey of self-discovery." Interview with Sarah Polley. Toronto Star, October 6, 2012.
• Howell, Peter. "Stories We Tell." Review of Stories We Tell. Toronto Star, October 12, 2012.
• Knight, Chris. "In the name of the father; Sarah Polley comes to terms with her family's history in Stories We Tell." Review of Stories We Tell. National Post, October 12, 2012.
• Knight, Chris. "Parental guidance suggested: 'My hope is that people project their own families on to this,' Sarah Polley says of her new doc Stories We Tell, which explores her own relative secrets." Interview with Sarah Polley. National Post, October 11, 2012.
• Lavoie, André. "Tout sur sa mère, ou presque : La réalisatrice Sarah Polley présente le documentaire Stories We Tell." Interview with Sarah Polley. Le Devoir, October 19, 2012. [in French]
• Lodge, Guy. "Stories We Tell." Review of Stories We Tell. Variety, September 3, 2012.
• Lussier, Marc-André. "Secrets de famille." Interview with Sarah Polley. La Presse, October 20, 2012. [in French]
• Lussier, Marc-André. "Stories We Tell : De beaux portraits." Review of Stories We Tell. La Presse, October 18, 2012. [in French]
• Mintz, Corey. "Dining out on Polley family stories." Toronto Star, October 13, 2012.
• Monk, Katherine. "Bringing ghosts to life: Sarah Polley's searing documentary combines gothic romance, suspense saga and biographical portrait." Review of Stories We Tell. Ottawa Citizen, October 26, 2012.
• Monk, Katherine. "Sarah Polley uncovers 'the mess of life' in family-based doc." Interview with Sarah Polley. Ottawa Citizen, October 19, 2012.
• Polley, Sarah. "Stories We Tell: A post by Sarah Polley." NFB Blog, August 29, 2012.
• Presse Canadienne. "Un secret de famille inspire à Sarah Polley son prochain documentaire." Le Devoir, August 31, 2012. [in French]
• Provencher, Normand. "Secrets de famille." Review of Stories We Tell. Le Soleil (Québec), November 9, 2012. [in French]
• Romney, Jonathan. "All aboard the rickshaw of love." Review of Stories We Tell. Independent on Sunday, August 19, 2012.
• Salutin, Rick. "Sarah Polley tells a story." Toronto Star, October 12, 2012.
• Schneller, Johanna. "Settling affairs." Interview with Sarah Polley. Globe and Mail, October 6, 2012.
• Schou, Solvej. "Sundance 2013: Sarah Polley talks 'Stories We Tell'." Interview with Sarah Polley. Entertainment Weekly, January 12, 2013.
• Szklarski, Cassandra. "Polley mines family secrets for genre-blurring doc 'Stories We Tell'." Interview with Sarah Polley. Edmonton Journal, October 8, 2012.
• Wong, Tony. "Sarah Polley's big secret: Actress breaks the news with movie about dad." Toronto Star, August 30, 2012.

Women Talking (2022)  (also known as: "A Voz das Mulheres", "Ce qu'elles disent", "Die Aussprache", "Ellas hablan", "Entre Mulheres")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

• Benchetrit, Jenna. "Sarah Polley says stakes are 'incredibly high' in Women Talking, her Oscar-buzzed fourth film." Interview with Sarah Polley. CBC, December 17, 2022.
• Bradshaw, Peter. "Women Talking review—ensemble drama forefronts female experience of violence." Review of Women Talking. Guardian, February 9, 2023.
• Bresge, Adina. "'We were part of a movement': Sarah Polley on making 'Women Talking'." Interview with Sarah Polley. Toronto Star, September 15, 2022.
• Brody, Richard. "'Women Talking,' reviewed: a sublime script, a merely very good movie." Review of Women Talking. New Yorker, January 6, 2023.
• Buchanan, Kyle. "To deal with film festival pressure, Sarah Polley heads for the hills: Hiking helped the actress-turned-auteur as she premiered her buzzy drama 'Women Talking' in Telluride and Toronto." Interview with Sarah Polley. New York Times, September 14, 2022.
• Canfield, David. "Sarah Polley's radical vision for Women Talking: The writer-director and her cast speak candidly about upending Hollywood norms for a film with even bigger revolutions on its mind." Vanity Fair, December 5, 2022.
• Cassivi, Marc. "Brillantes paroles." Review of Women Talking. La Presse, January 13, 2023. [in French]
• Cassivi, Marc. "Les histoires qu'on se raconte." La Presse, January 10, 2023. [in French]
• Chang, Justin. "A splendid 'Women Talking' and indulgent 'Bardo' get Telluride arguing from the start." Review of Women Talking. Los Angeles Times, September 3, 2022.
• Cochrane, Lauren. "Dress sensitivity: creating the Mennonite costumes for Women Talking." Interview with Quita Alfred. Guardian, February 24, 2023.
• Coggan, Devan. "Director Sarah Polley gets Women Talking." Interview with Sarah Polley. Entertainment Weekly, November 7, 2022.
• Debruge, Peter. "Women Talking' review: Sarah Polley takes on the patriarchy in this powerful act of nonviolent protest." Review of Women Talking. Variety, September 3, 2022.
• Delap, Leanne. "No one is having more fun this awards season than Sarah Polley. Her clothes reflect that." Toronto Star, March 11, 2023.
• Elliott, Mandy. "Film review: sorrow, joy, anger and faith." Review of Women Talking. Canadian Mennonite, February 22, 2023.
• Ehrlich, David. "'Women Talking' review: Sarah Polley's electric drama is an urgent vision of how to remake our world." Review of Women Talking. IndieWire, September 3, 2022.
• Friedman-Rudovsky, Jean. "I covered the story that inspired 'Women Talking.' Here's what I wish more people knew." Time, January 27, 2023.
• Greenblatt, Leah. "Women Talking review: A religious commune reckons with rape and retribution; An isolated Mennonite community is rocked by scandal in Sarah Polley's starry, uncompromising drama." Review of Women Talking. Entertainment Weekly, September 3, 2022.
• Grierson, Tim. "'Women Talking': Toronto review." Review of Women Talking. Screen Daily, September 9, 2022.
• Hall, Sandra. "The Crown's Claire Foy is ferocious in this Oscar-nominated drama." Review of Women Talking. Sydney Morning Herald, February 14, 2023.
• Hemphill, Jim. "Where'd the color go? 'Women Talking' and 'Emancipation' cinematographers on why they desaturated their Oscar contenders: Luc Montpellier, Robert Richardson, and Rob Legato tell IndieWire about their film's bold and unusual approaches to color palettes." IndieWire, January 12, 2023.
• Hontebeyrie, Isabelle. "«Ce qu'elles disent» : le choc des mots." Review of Women Talking. Journal de Montréal, January 12, 2023. [in French]
• Hornaday, Ann. "'Women Talking': Political debate becomes declaration of independence." Review of Women Talking. Washington Post, January 4, 2023.
• Horton, Adrian. "Why Women Talking should win the best picture Oscar." Guardian, March 3, 2023.
• Howell, Peter. "Sarah Polley, Oscar winner, celebrates finally being heard—and silencing the naysayers." Toronto Star, March 13, 2023.
• Howell, Peter. "Waving a fist against patriarchy; Polley's powerful drama makes filmgoers ponder the meaning of forgiveness, love, justice and faith." Review of Women Talking. Toronto Star, September 10, 2022.
• Jamet, Constance. "Women Talking : l'expérience post MeToo de «démocratie radicale» de Sarah Polley." Interview with Sarah Polley. Le Figaro, March 8, 2023. [in French]
• Jamet, Constance. "Women Talking : la reine Claire Foy se rebelle." Interview with Claire Foy. Le Figaro, March 8, 2023. [in French]
• Jessop, Vicky. "How we made Women Talking with Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley and Sarah Polley: 'I love an unpalatable woman'." Evening Standard (London), March 6, 2023.
• Keegan, Rebecca. "Making of 'Women Talking': Why writer-director Sarah Polley originally resisted taking on the awards contender." Hollywood Reporter, December 7, 2022.
• Kermode, Mark. "Women Talking review—a stellar ensemble energises Sarah Polley's timeless parable." Review of Women Talking. Guardian, February 12, 2023.
• Kohn, Eric. "Sarah Polley on 'Women Talking,' Hollywood sexism, and Terry Gilliam." Interview with Sarah Polley. IndieWire, October 10, 2022.
• Laffly, Tomris. "'Women Talking' film review: Sarah Polley's searing drama contemplates revenge and forgiveness." Review of Women Talking. The Wrap, September 3, 2022.
• Lawson, Richard. "Sarah Polley's Women Talking wades into a mighty discourse." Review of Women Talking. Vanity Fair, September 9, 2022.
• Lederman, Marsha. "Amplify: We need to talk about the Oscars snubs for Women Talking." Globe and Mail, March 10, 2023.
• Lee, Benjamin. "Women Talking review—Sarah Polley's moving Mennonite #MeToo drama." Review of Women Talking. Guardian, September 9, 2022.
• Lévesque, François. "Sarah Polley, femme de parole et de cinéma." Interview with Sarah Polley. Le Devoir, December 30, 2022. [in French]
• Li, Shirley. "When a single conversation can mean life or death: Sarah Polley's new film, Women Talking, is about 'ending a world and creating a new one'—all in the space of a single debate." The Atlantic, January 6, 2023.
• Linden, Sheri. "'Women Talking' review: Rooney Mara, Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley lead an ace ensemble in Sarah Polley's potent drama." Review of Women Talking. Hollywood Reporter, September 3, 2022.
• Loughrey, Clarisse, and Jessie Thompson. "Oscar-worthy meditation on sexual abuse and survival." Review of Women Talking. Independent (U.K.), February 10, 2023.
• McCarthy, Todd. "Women Talking Telluride review: Rooney Mara and superb female ensemble in Sarah Polley's powerful drama." Review of Women Talking. Deadline, September 4, 2022.
• Murphy, Mekado. "Anatomy of a scene: how an apology creates a turning point in 'Women Talking'." New York Times, March 3, 2023.
• Nijhuis, Michelle. "In Women Talking, acts of imagination are acts of resistance ." Literary Hub, January 6, 2023.
• O'Malley, Sheila. "Women Talking." Review of Women Talking. RogerEbert.com, December 23, 2022.
• Peterson, Karen M. "How 'Women Talking' costume designer Quita Alfred sourced outfits from a real-life Mennonite community." Variety, January 3, 2023.
• Polley, Sarah, and Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers. "Women Talking: Sarah Polley & Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers: Unpacking what justice, accountability and reconciliation looks like." Now (Toronto), September 7, 2022.
• Puckett-Pope, Lauren. "The simple yet remarkable feat of the best picture-nominated Women Talking." Elle, January 24, 2023.
• Radio-Canada. "Women Talking : un film et un mouvement, selon sa réalisatrice, Sarah Polley." Radio-Canada, September 15, 2022. [in French]
• Rao, Sonia. "Jessie Buckley is brave enough to be scared: In 'Women Talking,' the 33-year-old Irish actress continues her streak of portraying characters she lovingly refers to as 'unpalatable women'." Washington Post, January 17, 2023.
• Schneller, Johanna. "'I don't have to act like all the dudes I hated working with': Sarah Polley offers a new directorial vision with Women Talking." Interview with Sarah Polley. Globe and Mail, November 24, 2022.
• Schneller, Johanna. "'As of next week, I'm going to be in sweatpants': Sarah Polley on the roller-coaster ride of Oscar season." Interview with Sarah Polley. Globe and Mail, March 10, 2023.
• Schneller, Johanna. "Polley says Oscar win for Women Talking was 'surreal and wonderful'." Interview with Sarah Polley. Globe and Mail, March 15, 2023.
• Simonpillai, Radheyan. "Kate Hallett holds her own against acting legends in Women Talking—and she's our inaugural Rising Star." CBC, January 6, 2023.
• Stuart, Tessa. "'We can imagine a better future': Sarah Polley on 'Women Talking'." Interview with Sarah Polley. Rolling Stone, December 25, 2022.
• Thiessen, Vic. "Film review: women strong and faithful." Review of Women Talking. Anabaptist World, January 31, 2023.
• Walsh, Savannah. "Claire Foy on why Women Talking 'reminded me of puberty'." Interview with Claire Foy. Vanity Fair, January 27, 2023.
• Whipp, Glenn. "The women of Women Talking react to taking festival season by storm." Los Angeles Times, September 9, 2022.
• Wilkinson, Alissa. "What the film Women Talking loses (and preserves) from the 2018 novel: The plot is based on a horrifying true story from 2011, but the resistance philosophy goes back to St. Augustine." Vox, September 14, 2022.
• Willmore, Alison. "Is the year's most urgent Me Too movie About Mennonites?" Vulture: Devouring Culture, September 10, 2022.
• Wood, Alisson. "Women Talking, She Said, and thinking about trauma onscreen." Elle, January 27, 2023.
• Zuckerman, Esther. "For one night only, an 'infinite expression' of Women Talking: Sarah Polley's film became inspiration for three short plays for 'An Evening of Wild Female Imagination' in New York City." Vanity Fair, January 10, 2023.
• Zuckerman, Esther. "The harrowing story behind Sarah Polley's buzzy drama Women Talking." Time, September 14, 2022.

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