Sharp Stick is a 2022 American comedy film that explores themes of sexuality, loss, and power in a nontraditional way. It follows a naive 26-year-old named Sarah Jo, yearning for connection, who gets ...

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 ...

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 ...

Now on VOD, Sharp Stick is the second film directed by Lena Dunham, creator of HBO’s Girls and occasional shit-stirrer. The movie puts Dunham’s brand of somewhat awkward, somewhat confessional comedy ...

The "losing your virginity" cinematic subgenre gets an intriguing spin in Sharp Stick. This is the first film Lena Dunham has written and directed since 2011's Tiny Furniture. In the intervening ...

An ingenue babysitter trying to seduce the child’s father while mom’s away is a ripe-for-Hollywood scene — or cliche. In the hands of director Lena Dunham (who also plays the mom), it gets turned into ...

When “Girls” came out, it was an instant revelation. Lena Dunham was hailed as a prodigy, groundbreaking, largely for her depiction of a certain variety of early-20s casual sex. She eschewed the ...

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