#Weekly Update
Weekly Update for December 20: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
Season’s greetings from Women and Hollywood. We’re getting ready to go on break, so this will be our last Weekly Update of the year. We’ll resume the feature on January 3. Happy...
Weekly Update for December 13: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Black Christmas – Directed by Sophia Takal; Written by Sophia Takal and April Wolfe Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone (Imogen...
Weekly Update for December 6: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Portrait of a Lady on Fire – Written and Directed by Céline Sciamma (Opens in NY and LA) Brittany, France, 1760. Marianne (Noémie Merlant), a painter, is...
Weekly Update for November 27: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Ximei (Documentary) – Directed by Gaylen Ross and Andy Cohen (Opens in NY November 29) “Ximei” Ximei is a young peasant woman from rural Henan Province who...
Weekly Update for November 22: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Frozen II – Directed by Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck; Written by Allison Schroeder Why was Elsa (Idina Menzel) born with magical powers? What truths about the past...
Weekly Update for November 15: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Charlie’s Angels – Written and Directed by Elizabeth Banks Elizabeth Banks takes the helm as the next generation of fearless Charlie’s Angels takes flight. In...
Weekly Update for November 8: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
Women and Hollywood is organizing a casual meeting in London in the early evening of December 4. If you’re interested in participating, please email Melissa Silverstein...
Weekly Update for November 1: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Harriet – Directed by Kasi Lemmons; Written by Kasi Lemmons and Gregory Allen Howard I seriously can’t believe that it has taken this long to tell the story of...
Weekly Update for October 25: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Paradise Hills – Directed by Alice Waddington (Available on VOD November 1) On an isolated island, Uma (Emma Roberts) wakes up to find herself at Paradise Hills, a...
Weekly Update for October 18: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Maleficent: Mistress of Evil – Written by Linda Woolverton, Micah Fitzerman-Blue, and Noah Harpster There’s a lot of awesome woman power on-screen in this sequel to...
Weekly Update for October 11: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING The Sky Is Pink – Directed by Shonali Bose; Written by Shonali Bose and Nilesh Maniyar An epic tale of love and family — and based on a true story —...
Weekly Update for October 4: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Lucy in the Sky Natalie Portman plays Lucy Cola, a strong woman whose determination and drive as an astronaut take her to space, where she’s deeply moved by the...
Weekly Update for September 27: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Sister Aimee – Written and Directed by Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann (Available on VOD October 1) Aimee Semple McPherson was a hugely popular evangelist in...
Weekly Update for September 20: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Always in Season (Documentary) – Directed by Jacqueline Olive Claudia Lacy wants answers. When her 17-year-old son, Lennon, was found hanging from a swing set in...
Weekly Update for September 13: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Hustlers – Written and Directed by Lorene Scafaria Inspired by a New York Magazine article by Jessica Pressler that went viral, the story centers around a group of...
Weekly Update for September 6: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (Documentary) At the height of unprecedented success, Linda Ronstadt, a restless and adventurous artist, turned away from pop music to...
Weekly Update for August 30: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Official Secrets – Written by Sara Bernstein, Gregory Bernstein, and Gavin Hood Based on world-shaking true events, “Official Secrets” tells the gripping...
Weekly Update for November 2: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING A Private War (Opens in NY and LA; Opens Nationwide November 16) In this world where journalism is under constant assault, watching “A Private...
Weekly Update for July 13 Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING THIS WEEK What Will People Say – Written and Directed by Iram Haq Sixteen-year-old Nisha (Maria Mozhdah) lives a double life. When out with her...
Weekly Update for July 6 Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING THIS WEEK Whitney (Documentary) With over 200 million album sales worldwide, and remaining the only artist to chart seven consecutive U.S. No. 1’s,...
Weekly Update for June 15: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING THIS WEEK The Year of Spectacular Men – Directed by Lea Thompson; Written by Madelyn Deutch “The Year of Spectacular Men” follows...
Weekly Update for January 15: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week The Lady in the Van (Opens in Los Angeles and New York) The film tells the true story of Alan Bennett’s (Alex Jennings) strained friendship with Miss Mary...
Weekly Update for January 8: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This WeekThe Forest – Co-Written by Sarah Cornwell When her twin sister disappears in Japan, a young American named Sara (Natalie Dormer) becomes determined to find...
Weekly Update for December 23 and January 1: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This WeekJoy – Story by Annie Mumolo “Joy” is the story of a family across four generations and the woman (Jennifer Lawrence) who rises to become founder and...
Weekly Update for September 20: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Enough Said – Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener You don’t go to a Nicole Holofcener movie to see superheroes save the...
Weekly Update for September 13: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Wadjda – Haifaa Al-Mansour What Wadjda (Waad Mohammed) wants to do is simple – ride a bike. That shouldn’t be so...
Weekly Update for September 6: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Touchy Feely – Lynn Shelton Touchy Feely is about about a brother a sister, one who touches for a living and one who makes a point of...
Weekly Update for August 23 & 30: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Check out the women centric, directed and written films playing near you in the next two weeks. Films About Women Opening This Weekend August 23: Short Term 12 ...
Weekly Update for August 16: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Austenland – Written and Directed by Jerusha Hess, Adapted for the Screen by Jerusha Hess and Shannon Hale Keri Russell plays unlucky in love Jane Hayes,...
Weekly Update for August 9: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Currently Playing Lovelace The only thing I knew about Linda Lovelace was that she was a porn star from the infamous porn movie Deep Throat. Sadly, I think...
Weekly Update for August 2nd: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
This week there are no new women centric, directed or written films opening. Here’s the list of what’s currently playing in theaters near you. Films About Women Currently Playing ...
Weekly Update for July 26: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend The To Do List – Written and Directed by Maggie Carey The teen sex comedy is a staple subgenre of teen films. Porky’s, Revenge...
Weekly Update July 19th: Women Centric, Written and Directed Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Girl Most Likely – Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, written by Michelle Morgan Kristen Wiig could have made another...
Weekly Update for June 28th and July 5th: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend and Next Weekend (we’re taking next Friday off) The...
Weekly Update for June 21: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Currently Playing The Bling Ring The Wall Twenty Feet From Stardom (doc) My Best Day – Directed by Erin Greenwell Tiger Eyes ...
Weekly Update June 14: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend The Bling Ring – Written and Directed by Sofia Coppola The Bling Ring may be the most anxiety producing film I...
Weekly Update June 7th: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Tiger Eyes If you are a woman of my age, you grew up reading Judy Blume She was your touchstone. Now this weekend the first of her novels to make it to the...
Weekly Update May 31: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Hannah Arendt – Directed by Margarethe von Trotta Hannah Arendt was a complicated woman and director Margarethe von Trotta has made a complicated film...
Weekly Update May 24: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Fill The Void – Written and Directed by Rama Burshtein I saw Fill the Void back in September at the Toronto Film Festival. It’s been making its...
Weekly Update May 17: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Black Rock – Directed by Katie Aselton Black Rock is every woman’s worst nightmare. You go out on an adventure with friends and then things go...
Weekly Update May 10: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Venus and Serena – Directed by Maiken Baird and Michelle Major (doc) Venus and Serena takes an unfiltered look into the remarkable lives of the greatest...
Weekly Update May 3: Women-Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Kiss of the Damned – Written and Directed by Xan Cassavetes If you are a fan of horror films, especially not the torture porn crap of late, you’ll...
Weekly Update April 26: Women-Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Sun Don’t Shine – Directed and Written by Amy Seimetz Written and directed by actress/filmmaker Amy Seimetz (Tiny Furniture, Upstream Color and Pit...
Weekly Update April 19: Women-Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Filly Brown A promising hip-hop rhymer from Los Angeles finds herself in a gray area when a record producer offers her a compromising shot at stardom. (From...
Weekly Update April 12: Women-Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Currently Playing Free Angela and All Political Prisoners – Directed by Shola Lynch (doc) The Brass Teapot – Written and Directed by Ramaa Mosley 6 Souls The...
Weekly Update April 5: Women-Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Free Angela and All Political Prisoners – Directed by Shola Lynch (doc) Review from the Toronto Film Festival: Sunday, a bit of history was explored...
Weekly Update March 29: Women-Centric, Directed, Written Movies Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend The Host From Stephenie Meyer (author of the Twilight Saga) comes “The Host,” a love story set in the future, where earth is occupied by a species...
Weekly Update March 22: Women-Centric, Directed, Written Movies Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Admission – Written by Karen Croner Comedies today seem to always go for the broadest, raunchiest laughs. The audience is not trusted to get the...
Weekly Update March 15: Women-Centric, Directed, Written Movies Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Ginger and Rosa – Directed by Sally Potter After the dust settles, Ginger and Rosa is going to turn out to be one of my the highlights of...
Weekly Update March 8: Women-Centric, Directed, Written Movies Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Electrick Children – Written and Directed by Rebecca Thomas Rachel is a rambunctious teenager from a fundamentalist Mormon family in Utah. On...
Weekly Update March 1: Women-Centric, Directed, Written Movies Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Stoker – Starring Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman Director Park Chan-Wook’s first English language film (fitting in well with his revenge trilogy...