Weekly Update for May 26: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You

Films About Women Opening This Week

Berlin Syndrome — Directed by Cate Shortland

While holidaying in Berlin, Australian photojournalist Clare (Teresa Palmer) meets charismatic local man Andi (Max Riemelt). There is an instant attraction between them, and a night of passion ensues. But what initially appears to be the start of a romance suddenly takes an unexpected and sinister turn when Clare wakes the following morning to discover Andi has left for work and locked her in his apartment. An easy mistake to make, of course, except Andi has no intention of letting her go again. (Press materials)

Read Women and Hollywood’s interview with Cate Shortland.

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The Women’s Balcony — Written by Shlomit Nehama (Opens in Wider Release)

When the women’s balcony in an Orthodox synagogue collapses, leaving the rabbi’s wife in a coma and the rabbi in shock, the congregation falls into crisis. Charismatic young Rabbi David (Avraham Aviv Alush) appears to be a savior after the accident, but slowly starts pushing his fundamentalist ways and tries to take control. This tests the women’s friendships and creates an almost Lysistrata-type rift between the community’s women and men. (Press materials)

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Hermia & Helena

Camila (Agustina Muñoz), a young Argentine theater director, travels from Buenos Aires to New York for an artist residency to work on a new Spanish translation of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Upon her arrival, she quickly realizes that her work isn’t compensating for the loss of her friends and the lover she left behind. When she begins to receive a series of mysterious postcards from Danièle (Mati Diop), a former participant in the same residency, Camila second-guesses her artistic endeavors and begins to seek answers about her past. (Press materials)

Films About Women Currently Playing

Everything, Everything — Directed by Stella Meghie
Paint It Black — Co-Written and Directed by Amber Tamblyn
Icaros: A Vision — Co-Written and Co-Directed by Leonor Caraballo
AWOL — Directed by Deb Shoval; Written by Deb Shoval and Karolina Waclawiak (Also Available on VOD)
The Woman Who Left
Devil’s Domain (Available on VOD May 30)
The Inland Road — Written and Directed by Jackie Van Beek
Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (Documentary) — Co-Directed by Linda Saffire
Snatched — Written by Katie Dippold
Paris Can Wait — Written and Directed by Eleanor Coppola
The Wedding Plan — Written and Directed by Rama Burshtein
Dead Awake
Hounds of Love (Also Available on VOD)
Manifesto (Opens in LA)
Like Crazy — Co-Written by Francesca Archibugi
A Woman’s Life — Co-Written by Florence Vignon
Tomorrow Ever After — Written and Directed by Ela Thier
The Circle
A Moving Image (UK)
Letters from Baghdad (Documentary) — Directed by Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum (UK)
Citizen Jane: Battle for the City (Documentary)
Unforgettable — Directed by Denise Di Novi; Co-Written by Christina Hodson
A Quiet Passion
Maudie — Directed by Aisling Walsh; Written by Sherry White (Canada)
Colossal
Their Finest — Directed by Lone Scherfig; Written by Gaby Chiappe
The Zookeeper’s Wife — Directed by Niki Caro; Written by Angela Workman
Ghost in the Shell
God Knows Where I Am (Documentary)
The Levelling — Written and Directed by Hope Dickson Leach
Beauty and the Beast
A Woman, a Part — Written and Directed by Elisabeth Subrin
Personal Shopper
The Last Word
Hidden Figures — Co-Written by Allison Schroeder
Toni Erdmann — Written and Directed by Maren Ade
The Eagle Huntress

Films Directed by Women Opening This Week

None.

Films Directed by Women Currently Playing

Wakefield — Written and Directed by Robin Swicord (Also Available on VOD)
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe — Co-Written and Directed by Maria Schrader
The Drowning — Directed by Bette Gordon
Risk (Documentary) — Directed by Laura Poitras
3 Generations — Directed by Gaby Dellal; Written by Gaby Dellal and Nikole Beckwith
Buster’s Mal Heart — Written and Directed by Sarah Adina Smith
Mr. Chibbs (Documentary) — Written and Directed by Jill Campbell
Obit. (Documentary) — Directed by Vanessa Gould
Tomorrow (Documentary) — Co-Directed by Mélanie Laurent
Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent (Documentary) — Written and Directed by Lydia Tenaglia
Alive and Kicking (Documentary) — Directed by Susan Glatzer; Written by Susan Glatzer and Heidi Zimmerman (Also Available on VOD)
Glory — Co-Written and Co-Directed by Kristina Grozeva
David Lynch: The Art Life (Documentary) — Co-Directed by Olivia Neergaard-Holm
Cezanne and I — Written and Directed by Danièle Thompson
Jasper Jones — Directed by Rachel Perkins (Australia)
A United Kingdom — Directed by Amma Asante

Films Written by Women Opening This Week

None.

Films Written by Women Currently Playing

Hindi Medium — Co-Written by Zeenat Lakhani
Champion — Written by Missy Reed and Sarah Inabnit
Love Off the Cuff — Co-Written by Yee-sum Luk
The Promise — Co-Written by Robin Swicord
Free Fire — Co-Written by Amy Jump
Tommy’s Honour — Co-Written by Pamela Marin
Smurfs: The Lost Village — Written by Stacey Harman and Pamela Ribon
The Red Turtle — Co-written by Pascale Ferran

TV Premieres This Week

Dino Dana (Premieres May 26 on Amazon)

Dana (Michela Luci) is a 9-year-old girl who loves dinosaurs. Her life changes forever when she’s given a Dino Field Guide, which not only teaches her new things about dinosaurs, but gives her the power to imagine dinosaurs into real life. (Press materials)

Still Star-Crossed — Co-Executive Produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers (Premieres May 29 on ABC)

A one-hour period drama from Shondaland and ABC Studios, “Still Star-Crossed” picks up where the famous story of “Romeo and Juliet” ends, charting the treachery, fight for power, and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers’ tragic fate. The series is based on the eponymous book by Melinda Taub. Lashana Lynch, Ebonee Noel, Zuleikha Robinson, Grant Bowler, Wade Briggs, Sterling Sulieman, and Anthony Head star. (Press materials)

Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust (Comedy Special) (Premieres May 30 on Netflix)

In her first comedy special post-health scare, Sarah Silverman shares a mix of fun facts, sad truths, and yeah-she-went-there moments. (Press materials)

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