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A14 PEOPLE & ARTS
Friday 28 OctOber 2022
A 1960s underground abortion network in ‘Call Jane’

By JAKE COYLE she is slowly awakening to
AP Film Writer the changing times. In the
In Phyllis Nagy’s “Call Jane,” opening scene, she walks
Joy (Elizabeth Banks) is a through an elegant hotel
1960s housewife married to lobby with sumptuous mu-
a defense attorney (Chris sic playing a moment that
Messina) with a teenage would fit right in in “Carol”
daughter (Grace Edwards) only to be struck at the rau-
and a baby on the way. cous sound of women pro-
A heart condition, though, testing outside. “You can
threatens her life in child- feel a shifting current,” she
birth. The only treatment, tells her husband.
her doctor tells her, is “to It’s a paper ad at a bus stop
not be pregnant.” that brings Joy to Jane. Af-
When they, acting on the ter a hesitant phone call,
doctor’s advice, appeal to she’s brought to their of-
the hospital’s board for per- fices by blindfold.
mission to conduct a ther- But “Call Jane” doesn’t
apeutic termination, this play up the covert aspect
critical moment in Joy’s life of the group’s activities.
passes curtly. The all-male Nagy instead stays focused
board members discuss it on Joy’s awakening to a
briefly while not acknowl- This image released by Roadside Attractions shows Elizabeth Banks in a scene from “Call Jane.” wider world of female fel-
Associated Press
edging Joy, across the ta- lowship that’s more frank
ble. local political leaders” is obtain safe abortions. detail of “The Janes” or the about sex and its reper-
“No regard for her moth- again a hotly debated is- “Call Jane” is just one of the riveting visual intimacy of cussions. Virginia (Sigour-
er?” she asks. Their votes sue in upcoming elections. films about abortion rights Diwan’s movie. ney Weaver) is the group’s
sound the answer. “No.” Nagy, the screenwriter of that by happenstance But all three films bear an leader and a natural hip-
“No.” “No.” Todd Haynes’ radiant ‘50s- have debuted this year. of-the-moment urgency pie foil to Joy. She calls Joy
“Call Jane,” which opens in set 2015 drama “Carol,” Audrey Diwan’s pierc- and a deep sense of em- “Jackie O.” Soon after Joy’s
theaters Friday, is set more again illustrates how the ing “Happening,” about pathy for the adversities own procedure, Virginia
than 50 years ago but it past can illuminate the a young woman in 1963 faced by women whose lures Joy into volunteer-
could hardly be more up- present. “Call Jane,” made France, remains one of choice has been taken ing with the collective. At
to-the-minute. Following before the end of Roe v. 2022’s standouts. from them. “Call Jane” dis- first, Joy isn’t entirely con-
the Supreme Court’s over- Wade but when its future Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes’ tinguishes itself as a stirring vinced. One young woman
turning of Roe v. Wade was increasingly precari- HBO documentary “The portrait of the birth of an who comes to Jane is hav-
earlier this year, abortion ous, dramatizes the Jane Janes” grippingly recalled unlikely abortion-rights ac- ing unprotected sex with

which Pennsylvania Sen- Collective, a Chicago net- the Jane Collective, with tivist. a married man, Joy is ap-
ate Republican candidate work of women activists colorful reflections from the Banks, always good but palled to learn. But Virginia
Dr. Mehmet Oz recently who in the years before le- women who helped run it. especially strong here, lays down the law: “We
described as between “a galized abortion, clandes- “Call Jane,” the glossiest of plays a woman who looks help women. We don’t ask
woman, her doctor and tinely helped other women the bunch, lacks the vivid more ‘50s than ‘60s. But any questions.” q

‘Unvarnished’ bio of Ray Dalio

scheduled for next fall

NEW YORK (AP) — An “un- hundreds of interviews for He has previously stepped
authorized, unvarnished” an in-depth portrait of Dalio down from his positions as
biography of billionaire and Bridgewater. CEO and chairman.
hedge-fund manager Ray “’The Fund’ peels back the Copeland has written criti-
Dalio will be published next curtain to reveal a rarified cally of Dalio, depicting
fall, authored by a Wall world of wealth and pow- him in a 2020 profile as a
Street Journal investigative er, where former FBI direc- domineering executive re-
reporter whom the Bridge- tor Jim Comey kisses Dalio’s luctant to turn over control
water Associates founder ring, recent Pennsylvania of Bridgewater and calling
has called biased and dis- Senate candidate David Bridgewater’s recent per-
honest. McCormick sells out, and formance “less than im-
“The Fund: Ray Dalio, countless Bridgewater aco- pressive.” Dalio started the Bridgewater Associates Chairman Ray Dalio speaks during the
Economic Summit held for the China Development Forum in
Bridgewater Associates lytes describe what it’s like company in 1975 and built Beijing, China on March 23, 2019.
and the Unraveling of a to work at this fascinating it into the world’s largest Associated Press
Wall Street Legend,” by firm,” according to St. Mar- hedge-fund firm. His books
Rob Copeland, was an- tin’s. include the best-selling beled “misinformation” by ployees are judged on an
nounced Wednesday by The 73-year-old Dalio an- “Principles: Life & Work.” Dalio. equal playing field, and
St. Martin’s Press. The pub- nounced earlier this month Copeland has also alleged In a statement released that any difference in rank
lisher is billing the book as that he was transferring his that a female Bridgewater through St. Martin’s, Cope- or authority was due only
a counterpoint to Dalio’s voting rights to the board of executive was unhappy land said: “Dalio for years to a rigorous system that
“mystique of success,” with directors, but will remain as over being paid less than has stuck to a narrative susses out merit. The truth is
Copeland drawing upon “founder and CIO mentor.” her male peers, a report la- that all Bridgewater em- more complex.”q