movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Aug 15

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Crazy Rich Asians
Adele Lim cowrites this romantic comedy about an American woman (Constance Wu) who travels to Singapore to meet her boyfriend’s family. (male director)
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Mile 22
Lea Carpenter cowrites this action thriller about a (male) elite intelligence officer. (male director)
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Cielo
Alison McAlpine directs this documentary about the Chilean night sky and those who observe it.
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A Whale of a Tale
Megumi Sasaki directs this documentary about whalers in Japan.
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The Ranger
Jenn Wexler directs and cowrites this horror movie about a teen punk (Chloe Levine) and her friends who encounter a deranged park ranger.
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Gold
Reema Kagti directs and cowrites this historical drama about the (male) athlete who won India’s first post-independence Olympic medal, in 1948.
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The Wife [pictured]
Jane Anderson writes this drama about a woman (Glenn Close) stuck in the shadow of her famous novelist husband. (male director)
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Breaking & Exiting
Jordan Hinson writes and costars in this comedy about a (male) burglar who gets gets involved with the woman he was trying to rob. (male director)
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Juliet, Naked
Evgenia Peretz and Tamara Jenkins cowrite this romantic dramedy about a woman (Rose Byrne) caught between her boyfriend and the (male) object of his fannish obsession. (male director)
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Blaze
Sybil Rosen cowrites this biographical drama about the musician Blaze Foley. (male director)
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Down a Dark Hall
AnnaSophia Robb stars in this horror fantasy as a student exploring her supernatural new school. Costarring Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman, and Victoria Moroles. (male writers and director)
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Memoir of War (La Douleur)
Mélanie Thierry stars in this historical drama about a French woman torn between two men during the Nazi occupation of Paris during World War II. (male writer-director)
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Dr. Brinks & Dr. Brinks
Kristin Slaysman costars in this dramedy about a pair of siblings coping with the aftermath of the deaths of their parents. (male writers and director)
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