Films About Women Opening

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (doc) — Directed by Grace Lee

One of the most notable women in 20th-century American history gets her due this week in a new documentary: Grace Lee Boggs, the “Chinese American black-power radical armed with a doctorate in philosophy.” As I wrote in my LA Times review, the legendary activist “receives the big-screen treatment in the superb American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs, a documentary that’s admirably frank about the difficulties of insightfully portraying such a widely lauded — and subtly cagey and habitually self-effacing — figure.” (Inkoo Kang)

Films About Women Currently Playing

The Moment — Directed by Jane Weinstock (opens in LA)
I Am I — Written and Directed by Jocelyn Towne
The Amazing Catfish — Written and Directed by Claudia Saint-Luce
Violette
Belle — Directed by Amma Asante; Written by Misan Sagay
Obvious Child — Written and Directed by Gillian Robespierre
The Fault in Our Stars
Maleficent — Written by Linda Woolverton
We Are the Best!
Elena (doc) — Directed by Petra Costa
Lucky Them — Directed by Megan Griffiths; Co-Written by Emily Wachtel
The Immigrant
Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return — Co-Written by Randi Barnes
Mom’s Night Out — Co-Written by Andrea Gyertson Nasfell
Ida
The Other Woman — Directed by Melissa Stack
Redwood Highway
Nymphomaniac: Part Two
Under the Skin
Finding Vivian Maier (doc)
Divergent — Co-Written by Vanessa Taylor

Films Directed by Women Opening

Fonzy — Directed and Co-Written by Isabelle Doval

A fish deliveryman in Paris (Jose Garcia) becomes involved in a legal battle with his sperm donation children. (IMDB)

Exhibition — Directed and Written by Joanna Hogg

An intimate examination of a contemporary artist couple, whose living and working patterns are threatened by the imminent sale of their home. (IMDB)

Films Directed by Women Currently Playing

Hellion — Written and Directed by Kat Chandler
Citizen Koch (doc) — Co-Directed by Tia Lessin
The Only Real Game (doc) — Directed by Mirra Bank
The Animal Project — Written and Directed by Ingrid Veniger (Toronto and VOD)
Night Moves — Directed and Co-Written by Kelly Reichardt
Palo Alto — Written and Directed by Gia Coppola
Fed Up (doc) — Directed and Co-Written by Stephanie Soechtig
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (doc) — Co-Directed by Dayna Goldfine and Co-Written by Dayna Goldfine and Celeste Schaefer Snyder

Films Written by Women Currently Playing

Blended — Co-Written by Clare Sera