Weekly Update
Weekly Update for April 17: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Alex of Venice — Co-Written by Jessica Goldberg and Katie Nehra (simultaneously releasing to VOD) In “Alex of Venice,” workaholic environmental attorney...
Weekly Update for April 3: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Woman in Gold “Woman in Gold” is the remarkable true story of one woman’s journey to reclaim her heritage and seek justice for what happened to her family....
Weekly Update for March 27: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Women and Hollywood Pick of the Week: 52 Tuesdays — Directed and Co-Written by Sophie Hyde (Opening in New York) Sophie Hyde’s ambitious directorial debut...
Weekly Update for March 20: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week The Divergent Series: Insurgent “Insurgent” raises the stakes for Tris as she searches for allies and answers in the ruins of a futuristic Chicago. Tris...
Weekly Update for March 13: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This WeekCinderella — Co-Written by Aline Brosh McKenna After her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella (Lily James) finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother...
Weekly Update for March 6: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week October Gale — Written and Directed by Ruba Nadda Toronto doctor Helen Matthews (Patricia Clarkson,) mourning the death of her husband, retreats to the...
Weekly Update for February 27: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week The Hunting Ground (doc) (Women and Hollywood’s Pick of the Week) “The Hunting Ground” is an extraordinarily powerful and searing look at the epidemic of...
Weekly Update for February 20: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week The DUFF (Women and Hollywood’s Pick of the Week) A definite case of “don’t judge a movie by its title,” “The DUFF” — which wincingly stands for...
Weekly Update for February 13: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This WeekFifty Shades of Grey — Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson; Written by Kelly Marcel Forget the haters: the highest-profile woman-directed film of 2015 is a...
Weekly Update for February 6: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Jupiter Ascending — Co-Written and Co-Directed by Lana Wachowski Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) was born under signs that predicted future greatness, but her...
Weekly Update for January 23: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Girlhood — Written and Directed by Celine Sciamma French writer-director Céline Sciamma has a small but sturdy body of work that addresses how girls...
Weekly Update for January 23: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Song One — Written and Directed by Kate Barker-Froyland Song One begins with anthropology grad student Franny (Anne Hathaway) immersed in Moroccan...
Weekly Update for January 16: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Appropriate Behavior — Written and Directed by Desiree Akhavan For Shirin (Desiree Akhavan), being part of a perfect Persian family isn’t easy....
Weekly Update for January 9: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Vessel (doc) — Directed by Diana Whitten Vessel begins with a young doctor who lived by the sea — and an unlikely idea. Rebecca Gomperts, horrified by...
Weekly Update for December 19 & 24–25: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening December 19 Annie — Co-Written by Aline Brosh McKenna Quvenzhané Wallis (Beasts of the Southern Wild) stars as Annie, a young, happy foster kid who’s also tough...
Weekly Update for December 12: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks Based on the international hit play by Richard Alfieri which has played in 24 countries and in 14 languages, Six Dance Lessons in...
Weekly Update for December 5: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week Wild Based on Cheryl Strayed’s best-selling memoir, Wild finds Reese Witherspoon au natural and reminds us that she is one of the best actresses of her...
Weekly Update for November 21 and 28: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening November 21 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night — Written and Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour Strange things are afoot in Bad City. The Iranian ghost town, home to...
Weekly Update for November 14: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Beyond the Lights — Written and Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood Writer-director Gina Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball and The Secret Life of Bees) humanizes...
Weekly Update for November 7: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Actress (Docudrama) Brandy Burre had a recurring role on HBO’s The Wire when she gave up her career to start a family. When she decides to reclaim her life as an actor,...
Weekly Update for October 31: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Before I Go To Sleep A taut thriller based on the worldwide best-selling novel by S.J. Watson, Before I Go To Sleep is the story of a woman (Nicole Kidman) who wakes up...
Weekly Update for October 24: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Laggies — Directed by Lynn Shelton; Written by Andrea Seigel “Suck it up, go with your gut.” That’s the advice Seattle late-twentysomething Megan (Keira...
Weekly Update for October 17: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Dear White People Sam White (Tessa Thompson) is a media studies major and student filmmaker determined to tell the world that things are far from where they should be. She...
Weekly Update for October 10: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women OpeningYou’re Not You — Co-Written by Shana Feste Hilary Swank plays a very put together successful woman who seems to have the perfect life. Yet that life quickly...
Weekly Update for October 3: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Gone Girl There hasn’t been a soignée blonde so flat-out hate-able since Gwyneth bitched about the burdens of motherhood. Welcome to the A-list, Gone Girl star Rosamund...
Weekly Update for September 26: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Bjork: Biophilia Live (doc) In 2011, Icelandic artist Björk released her eighth full-length studio album Biophilia, yet the Biophilia project has continued beyond an album...
Weekly Update for September 19: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Tracks Based on a true story, Tracks is the first film (Wild will be the second) to come out this fall about a woman who takes a solitary journey for reflection and...
Weekly Update for September 12: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening No Good Deed — Written by Aimee Lagos Don’t let the bad press about the last-minute canceled critics’ screenings discourage you from No Good Deed, an effective...
Weekly Update for September 5: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Rocks in My Pockets — Written and Directed by Signe Baumane (Opened September 3) Rocks in My Pockets is Signe Baumane’s autobiographical “funny film about...
Weekly Update for August 22 & 29: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Women and Hollywood is going on vacation next week, so this weekly update encompasses the next two weeks.Films About Women Opening Opening August 22 If I Stay Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz) thought...
Weekly Update for August 15: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Abuse of Weakness — Written and Directed by Catherine Breillat Isabelle Huppert stars as Maud, a film director who one morning wakes up and cannot feel one side of...
Weekly Update for August 8: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening The Maid’s Room In this examination of morality, racism, and privilege, Drina (Paula Garces), a young Colombian immigrant, accepts a position as maid to the wealthy...
Weekly Update for August 1: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Around the Block — Written and Directed by Sarah Spillane Writer-director Sarah Spillane explores Australian racism today in Around the Block, a drama about an...
Weekly Update for July 25: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Very Good Girls — Written and Directed by Naomi Foner Very Good Girls, the first directing effort from veteran screenwriter Naomi Foner, is a nostalgic look at girls...
Weekly Update for July 18: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening A Five Star Life — Directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi; Co-Written by Francesca Marciano and Maria Sole Tognazzi It’s a debate as old as time: does a woman need a...
Weekly Update for July 11: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Audrey — Co-Written by Sybil Darrow “Too old, too ugly, too stupid, too fat — 34-year-old single gal Audrey (Sybil Darrow) is none of these, not that...
Weekly Update for June 27 and July 4: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening OpeningJune 27 BoundBy Flesh (doc) — Directed by Leslie Zemeckis Atthe height of their fame, conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were thetoast of vaudeville....
Weekly Update for June 20: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
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...
Weekly Update for June 13: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening I Am I — Written and Directed by Jocelyn Towne Here’s something you don’t see much in Hollywood: a completely original premise. In her writing and directing...
Weekly Update for June 6: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Obvious Child — Written and Directed by Gillian Robespierre Obvious Child is the kind of movie that helped me remember why I love movies. I was laughing my ass off...
Weekly Update for May 30: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
FilmsAbout Women Opening Maleficent– Written by Linda Woolverton We’veall been waiting a long time for Angelina Jolie to be back on the big screen.She’s devoted her time to many worthy...
Weekly Update for May 23: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Currently Playing The Immigrant Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return — Co-Written by Randi Barnes Mom’s Night Out — Co-Written by Andrea Gyertson Nasfell Stage...
Weekly Update for May 16: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening The Immigrant In James Gray’s The Immigrant, Ewa Cybulski (Marion Cotillard) and her sister sail to New York from their native Poland in search of a new start and the...
Weekly Update for May 9: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return — Co-Written by Randi Barnes Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return is a 3D-animated musical based on the adventure books by Roger...
Weekly Update for May 2: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Belle — Directed by Amma Asante; Written byMisan Sagay There’s nothing quite like Belle onthe contemporary film scene — a luxurious period film and a sweet,...
Weekly Update for April 25: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Bright Days Ahead — Directed by Marion Vernoux; Co-Written by Marion Vernoux and Fanny Chesnel For recent retiree Caroline (Fanny Ardant) a new life of freedom and...
Weekly Update for April 18: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Gabrielle — Written and Directed by Louise Archambault Quebecois director Louise Archambault follows her smart and refreshing debut feature Familia with this tender...
Weekly Update for April 11: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Hateship Loveship — Directed by Liza Johnson After receiving rave notices for her feature debut Return, director Liza Johnson has followed up with a second film...
Weekly Update for April 4: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Frankie and Alice — Co-Written by Cheryl Edwards, Mary King, Anna Waterhouse Frankie and Alice is inspired by the remarkable true story of “Frankie” (Halle...
Weekly Update for March 28: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Refuge — Written and Directed by Jessica Goldberg When Amy’s (Krysten Ritter) parents head to Florida for a “vacation” without a return ticket, she is left to...
Weekly Update for March 21: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (doc) — Directed by Grace Lee American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs plunges us into...