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 navigate a culture that can be incredibly hostile to them. She does it with nuance, intelligence, and a ton of bravery. Her third film, Girlhood, focuses on a teenage girl on the margins who is looking for a place to fit in. This story, just like the Oscar-nominated film Boyhood, is universal. (Melissa Silverstein)
Read our interview with Celine Sciamma about Girlhood.
Gloria — Written by Sabina Berman
Based on the life story of controversial Mexican pop/rock icon Gloria Trevi (played by Sofia Espinosa). (Press materials)
Films About Women Currently Playing
Song One — Written and Directed by Kate Barker-Froyland
The Boy Next Door — Written by Barbara Curry
Cake
Big Muddy
Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter (doc)
Mommy
The Duke of Burgundy
Appropriate Behavior — Written and Directed by Desiree Akhavan
Still Alice
Beloved Sisters
Annie — Co-Written by Aline Brosh McKenna
Two Days, One Night
Big Eyes
The Babadook — Written and Directed by Jennifer Kent
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1
Beyond the Lights — Written and Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood
Dear White People
Films Directed by Women Opening This Week
Above and Beyond (doc) — Directed by Roberta Grossman
In 1948, just three years after the liberation of the Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish American pilots answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia, and flew for Israel in its War of Independence. As members of Machal — “volunteers from abroad” — this rag-tag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war; they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride. Above and Beyond is their story. (Press materials)
Read Women and Hollywood’s interview with Roberta Grossman.
Films Directed by Women Currently Playing
We’ll Never Have Paris — Co-Directed by Jocelyn Towne
Little Accidents — Written and Directed by Sara Colangelo
Farewell Herr Schwarz (doc) — Directed by Yael Reuveny
Selma — Directed by Ava DuVernay
Unbroken — Directed by Angelina Jolie
Citizenfour (doc) — Directed by Laura Poitras
Awake: The Life of Yogananda (doc) — Directed by Paola di Florio and Lisa Leeman
Films Written by Women Currently Playing
Strange Magic — Co-Written by Irene Mecchi
Spare Parts — Written by Elissa Matsueda
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies — Co-Written by Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh
On DVD and VOD This Week
Appropriate Behavior — Written and Directed by Desiree Akhavan
Hector and the Search for Happiness — Co-Written by Maria von Heland and Tinker Lindsay
Sinbad: The Fifth Voyage — Co-Written by Evelyn Gabai
Starry Eyes
Axe to Grind
