Films About Women Opening This Weekend
Therese
Set in the lower echelons of 1860s Paris, Therese Raquin, a sexually repressed beautiful young woman, is trapped into a loveless marriage to her sickly
cousin, Camille, by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. Therese spends her days confined behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching
Madame play dominoes with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic
consequences. (IMDB)
Baggage Claim
Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile
expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé. (IMDB)
Hotel Normandy
At 40, Alice has everything a woman of her age could want — everything except one vital accessory: a man. Since her husband was killed in a road accident a
few years ago, she has resisted all attempts to start a relationship with another man, despite the best efforts of her closest friends Penelope and
Isabelle. As a last resort, the latter decide to offer Alice a stay at the Hotel Normandy, the ideal place for her to turn over a new leaf…(Indiewire)
Films About Women Currently Playing
Enough Said — Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener
After Tiller — co-directed by Martha Shane and Lana Wilson (doc)
Haute Cuisine
Wadjda — Haifaa Al-Mansour
Mademoiselle C — (doc)
Mother of George — Written by Darci Picoult
Touchy Feely — Written and Directed by Lynn Shelton
Adore — Directed by Anne Fontaine
Populaire
Afternoon Delight — Written and Directed by Jill Soloway
Passion
The Mortal Intruments: City of Bones — Written by Jessica Postigo
The Patience Stone
In A World…
— Written and Directed by Lake Bell
Blue Jasmine
The Heat
— Written by Katie Dippold
Hannah Arendt
— Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
Films Directed by Women Opening This Weekend
The Network — Directed by Eva Orner (doc)
This compelling and eye-opening doc follows Afghanistan’s first independent television network, TOLO TV, and the group of family members and dedicated
staff behind it. Launched in 2004, TOLO TV has grown to be Afghanistan’s largest and most successful television network employing over 800 Afghans,
producing news, current affairs, drama, comedy, music, and lifestyle programs. But as the country faces the impending withdrawal of foreign troops, and
with security rapidly deteriorating, the film reveals an uncertain future for the network and its employees, many of whom are women. Featuring interviews
with TOLO TV founder Saad Mohseni and former Viacom CEO Tom Freston. (Press Materials)
Shepard & Dark — Directed by Treva Wurmfeld (doc)
Remember when close friends corresponded by letters? When intimate thoughts about life, family and mortality were hand-written or typed on the page, with
full thought given to every word? This is the kind of friendship that Sam Shepard and Johnny Dark had. (Indiewire)
Films Directed by Women Currently Playing
Herb and Dorothy 50×50- Megumi Sasaki
The Muslims Are Coming! — Co-Directed by Negin Farsad and Dean Obeidallah
Our Nixon — Directed by Penny Lane (doc)
Blackfish — Directed by Gabriela Coperthwaite (doc)
Love Is All You Need — Directed by Susanne Bier
Films Written by Women Currently Playing
Before Midnight — Co-Written by Julie Delpy
Films By and About Women on DVD/And Or On Demand
Fill the Void — Written and Directed by Rama Burshstein
Paradise — Written and Directed by Diablo Cody (VOD)
