LITTLE WOMEN GO QUEER

Writer and director Greta Gerwig’s lush adaptation of the 1868 novel Little Women drops on Christmas Day, fitting for a story that turns on seasons and cycles. For Gerwig’s version of the beloved novel, she deploys a framing device that incorporates Alcott’s preferred ending, in which the formidable Jo March flexes her agency and evades marriage altogether

Oscar-nominated star Saoirse Ronan takes on the role of Jo, one of literature’s most revered tomboys. And Gerwig’s , which includes scenes of Jo pushing back against her publisher for forcing her to marry