Films About Women Opening This Week

Alice Through the Looking Glass — Written by Linda Woolverton

In Disney’s “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” an all-new spectacular adventure featuring the unforgettable characters from Lewis Carroll’s beloved stories, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to the whimsical world of Underland and travels back in time to save the Mad Hatter (Johnny Depp). “Alice Through the Looking Glass” reunites the all-star cast from the worldwide blockbuster phenomenon. (Press materials)

Princess — Written and Directed by Tali Shalom Ezer (Opens in NY and LA; Also available on VOD)

While her mother (Keren Mor) is away from home, 12-year-old Adar’s role-playing games with her stepfather (Ori Pfeffer) move into dangerous territory. Seeking an escape, Adar (Shira Haas) finds Alan (Adar Zohar-Hanetz) — an ethereal boy who joins her on a dark journey between reality and fantasy. (Press materials)

Presenting Princess Shaw (Documentary) (Opens in NY; Also available on VOD)

The true story of the incredible Princess Shaw and the enigmatic composer Kutiman, who discovers her from the other side of the world. By day, Samantha Montgomery cares for the elderly in one of New Orleans’s toughest neighborhoods. By night, she writes and sings her own songs as Princess Shaw on her confessional YouTube channel. Raw and vulnerable, her voice is a diamond in the rough. Across the globe, Ophir Kutiel creates video mash-ups of amateur YouTube performers. Known as Kutiman, he is a composer, a musician, and a pioneering video artist embraced by the world of fine art. Kutiman “transforms sampling into a multimedia art,” whether at his home on a kibbutz in Israel or at a live performance at the Guggenheim in New York. Two strangers, almost 7,000 miles apart, begin to build a song. The film unfolds as Kutiman pairs Princess Shaw’s emotional performances in a beautiful expression of generosity and compassion, revealing the bonafide star underneath, and her fight to never give up on her dreams. (Press materials)

To Life (À La Vie) (Opens in NY and LA; Also available on VOD)

Helen (Julie Depardieu), Lili (Johanna ter Steege), and Rose (Suzanne Clément) met in Auschwitz, where the three twenty-year-old Jewish girls were deported. Thanks to German-speaking Dutch Lili, who was working in the camp kitchen, the two French girls survived. However, after the liberation of the camp, they lost touch. Determined to find her old companions, Helen puts an ad in a deportees’ newspaper. Against all odds the ad is answered and the women are reunited. The reunion takes place in Berck Plage in the north of France. The women rediscover each other, as well as help each other to overcome their Auschwitz demons. (Press materials)

Films About Women Currently Playing

• Ma ma
• Maggie’s Plan — Written and Directed by Rebecca Miller
• Sunset Song
• Love & Friendship
• Black Girl (Restored Print)
• A Monster With A Thousand Heads — Written by Laura Santulla
• Dark Horse (Documentary) — Written and Directed by Louise Osmond
• Mother’s Day — Co-Written by Anya Kochoff and Lily Hollander
• The Huntsman: Winter’s War
• Sworn Virgin — Directed by Laura Bispuri; Written by Laura Bispuri and Francesca Manieri
• Eva Hesse (Documentary) — Written and Directed by Marcie Begleiter
• The Meddler — Written and Directed by Lorene Scafaria
• The Boss — Co-Written by Melissa McCarthy
• God’s Not Dead 2
• April and the Extraordinary World
• My Big Fat Greek Greek Wedding 2 — Written by Nia Vardalos
• Krisha
• The Divergent Series: Allegiant
• Hello, My Name is Doris — Co-Written by Laura Terruso
• Marguerite — Co-Written by Marcia Romano
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Eye in the Sky
• Miracles From Heaven — Directed by Patricia Riggen
• Zootopia
• The Witch
• The 5th Wave — Co-Written by Susannah Grant

Films Directed by Women Opening This Week

Chevalier — Co-Written and Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Opens in NY)

Award-winning Greek director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Chevalier” follows a group of six men aboard a luxury yacht who decide to play a game. They compete to determine who is “The Best at Everything.” But how do you quantify or qualify bestness? The criteria the men agree upon includes morning-time boners and sleep posture. He who earns the most points wins the contest. The game escalates quickly, with its participants desperate to prove their masculinity to one another and themselves. This hilarious dark comedy about middle-aged frenemies is smart and searing. (Laura Berger)

Films Directed by Women Currently Playing

• Weiner (Documentary) — Co-Written and Co-Directed by Elyse Steinberg
• Unlocking the Cage (Documentary) — Co-Directed by Chris Hegedus
• Song of Lahore (Documentary) — Co-Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Opens in NY and LA; Also available on DVD, VOD, and Digital HD)
• Money Monster — Directed by Jodie Foster
• Love Thy Nature (Documentary) — Written and Directed by Sylvie Rokab
• Memoria — Co-Written and Co-Directed by Nina Ljeti
• Ratchet & Clank — Co-Directed by Jericca Cleland
• A Beautiful Planet (Documentary) — Directed by Toni Myers
• Rio, I Love You — Co-Directed by Nadine Labaki; Co-Written by Nadine Labaki and Elena Soarez
• The Invitation — Directed by Karyn Kusama (Also available on VOD)
• Sweet Bean — Written and Directed by Naomi Kawase
• City of Gold (Documentary) — Directed by Laura Gabbert
• Kung Fu Panda 3 — Co-Directed by Jennifer Yuh

Films Written by Women Opening This Week

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Films Written by Women Currently Playing

• High-Rise — Written by Amy Jump
• Barbershop: The Next Cut — Co-Written by Tracy Oliver
• Meet the Blacks — Co-Written by Nicole DeMasi
• My Golden Days — Co-Written by Julie Peyr
• London Has Fallen — Co-Written by Katrin Benedikt

TV Premieres This Week

My Millennial Life (Documentary) — Directed by Maureen Judge (Premieres May 28 on TVO; Available on VOD May 29)

They set out on the same path their parents did and assumed the same rules still apply — go to school, get a job, find fulfillment, fall in love. But somewhere along the way, the rug was pulled out from under their expectations. “Twentysomethings,” “Millennials,” “Gen Y,” whatever you call the demographic, they’re living a reality that sees 40% of people in their age group either unemployed or underemployed. In her latest project, “My Millennial Life,” acclaimed documentarian Maureen Judge goes looking for the stories behind the statistics. Combining vérité-style filming, interviews, and video diary formats, she puts a human face on the quandary of finding a place in 21st century North American society. (Press materials)

VOD/DVD Releasing This Week

Race — Co-Written by Anna Waterhouse (DVD, May 31)
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (DVD, May 31)
Imba Means Sing (Documentary) — Directed by Danielle Bernstein (DVD, May 31)