Weekly Update for December 22: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You

Films About Women Opening This Week

Pitch Perfect 3 — Directed by Trish Sie; Written by Kay Cannon

After college graduation, the Barden Bellas are struggling with their own lives and jobs until former member Aubrey (Anna Camp) comes up with a plan to reunite the girls for one last chance to perform on tour in Europe. However, the girls must face the obstacle that their apparent competition comes with actual musical instruments. (Press materials)

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Molly’s Game (Opens in Limited Release December 25; Opens in Wide Release January 5)

The true story of Molly Bloom (Jessica Chastain), an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game for a decade before being arrested in the middle of the night by 17 FBI agents wielding automatic weapons. Her players included Hollywood royalty, sports stars, business titans, and finally, unbeknown to her, the Russian mob. Her only ally was her criminal defense lawyer Charlie Jaffey (Idris Elba), who learned there was much more to Molly than the tabloids led people to believe. (Press materials)

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In the Fade (Opens December 27)

Katja’s (Diane Kruger) life falls apart in the blink of an eye when two neo-Nazis kill her husband and 6-year-old son in a bomb attack. Her quest for justice soon pushes her to the edge as the two suspects stand trial for murder. (Press materials)

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Films About Women Currently Playing

Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Permanent — Written and Directed by Colette Burson
Soufra (Documentary)
The Rape of Recy Taylor (Documentary) — Written and Directed by Nancy Buirski
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water — Co-Written by Vanessa Taylor
The Tribes of Palos Verdes — Written by Karen Croner
Kepler’s Dream — Directed by Amy Glazer; Co-Written by Amy Glazer and Sylvia Brownrigg
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (Documentary) — Written and Directed by Alexandra Dean
The Breadwinner — Directed by Nora Twomey; Written by Anita Doron and Deborah Ellis
Big Sonia (Documentary) — Co-Directed by Leah Warshawski
On the Beach at Night Alone
Thelma
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Lady Bird — Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig
A Bad Moms Christmas
Mansfield 66/67 (Documentary)
Félicité — Co-Written by Delphine Zingg
The Divine Order — Written and Directed by Petra Volpe
Novitiate — Written and Directed by Margaret Betts
Tragedy Girls
Jane (Documentary)
Happy Death Day
The Florida Project
Chavela (Documentary) — Directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi
Battle of the Sexes — Co-Directed by Valerie Faris
Victoria & Abdul

Films Directed by Women Opening This Week

None.

Films Directed by Women Currently Playing

Killing for Love (Documentary) — Co-Written and Co-Directed by Karin Steinberger
Spent — Written and Directed by Lisa Mikitarian
Miss Kiet’s Children (Documentary) — Written and Co-Directed by Petra Lataster-Czisch
Company Town (Documentary) — Directed by Natalie Kottke-Masocco and Erica Sardarian
Rebels on Pointe (Documentary) — Written and Directed by Bobbi Jo Hart
The Party — Written and Directed by Sally Potter (UK)
Faces Places (Documentary) — Co-Directed by Agnès Varda
Loving Vincent — Co-Written and Co-Directed by Dorota Kobiela

Films Written by Women Opening This Week

The Post — Co-Written by Liz Hannah (Opens in Limited Release; Opens in Wide Release January 12)

Katharine Graham (Meryl Streep) is the first female publisher of a major American newspaper — The Washington Post. With help from editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks), Graham races to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spans three decades and four U.S. presidents. Together, they must overcome their differences as they risk their careers — and very freedom — to help bring long-buried truths to light. (Press materials)

Read Women and Hollywood’s article on Liz Hannah and “The Post.”

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Films Written by Women Currently Playing

“The Greatest Showman”: Niko Tavernise/20th Century Fox

The Greatest Showman — Co-Written by Jenny Bicks
The Soul of Success: The Jack Canfield Story (Documentary) — Written by Emily Hache
The Man Who Invented Christmas — Written by Susan Coyne
Let There Be Light — Co-Written by Sam Sorbo
Kingsman: The Golden Circle — Co-Written by Jane Goldman

TV Premieres This Week

The Last Post — Co-Directed by Miranda Bowen (Premieres December 22 on Amazon)

Aden 1965. This is the story of a British army unit fighting a Yemeni insurgency in the Middle East and the women and children who were there with them. (Press materials)

La Mante/The Mantis — Co-Created by Alice Chegaray-Breugnot (Premieres December 29 on Netflix)

“La Mante”/“The Mantis”: Septembre Productions

A serial killer, nicknamed “La Mante,” decides to collaborate with the police when a string of murders that copycat her style suddenly appear. (Press materials)

Glacé — Co-Created by Caroline Van Ruymbeke (Premieres January 1 on Netflix)

A horrific discovery in a small town nestled high in the French Pyrenees begins to unravel a dark mystery that has been hidden for years. Commandant Martin Servaz (Charles Berling) starts investigating and soon discovers a dark story of madness and revenge. (Press materials)

Grown-ish (Premieres January 3 on Freeform)

This spinoff of ABC’s “Black-ish” follows Zoey Johnson (Yara Shahidi) as she heads to college and begins her journey to adulthood, but she quickly discovers that everything isn’t going to go her way when she leaves the nest. (Press materials)

VOD/DVD Releasing This Week

Ava — Written and Directed by Léa Mysius (MUBI, December 22)
Tomorrow Ever After — Written and Directed by Ela Thier (VOD, December 22)
Babes with Blades — Written and Directed by Cecily Fay (DVD, January 2)
Battle of the Sexes — Co-Directed by Valerie Faris (VOD/DVD, January 2)
Love Beats Rhymes — Written by Nicole Jefferson Asher (DVD, January 2)
The Stolen — Co-Written by Emily Corcoran (DVD, January 2)
The Teacher (DVD, January 2)

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