movies by or about women opening US/Can May 15–17

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The Sun Is Also a Star [pictured]
Tracy Oliver writes and Ry Russo-Young directs this romantic drama about a teenage couple who fall in love at an inopportune moment. Costarring Yara Shahidi.
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A Dog’s Journey
Gail Mancuso directs, and Maya Forbes and Cathryn Michon cowrite, this family adventure drama about a dog who finds meaning in his life via the (mixed-gender) succession of humans he encounters.
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Ask for Jane
Rachel Carey writes and directs this historical drama about a group of women who provide safe abortions in the pre-Roe era in the American Midwest. Starring Cody Horn, Chloë Levine, Sarah Steele, Alison Wright, Sarah Ramos, and Sophie von Haselberg.
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The Souvenir
Joanna Hogg writes and directs this semiautobiographical coming-of-age drama about a young film student (Honor Swinton Byrne). Costarring Tilda Swinton.
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The Third Wife
Ash Mayfair writes and directs this Vietnamese historical drama about a teenage girl (Nguyen Phuong Tra My) who marries a wealthy landowner.
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We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Stacie Passon directs this mystery drama about two young women (Taissa Farmiga and Alexandra Daddario) whose secluded life with their uncle is threatened by a family secret. (male writer)
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Aniara
Pella Kagerman cowrites and codirects this Swedish sci-fi drama about a spaceship carrying settlers to Mars that is knocked irretrievably off-course.
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The Wandering Soap Opera
Pía Rey cowrites and Valeria Sarmiento codirects this Chilean fantasy comedy positing that reality is just an ensemble of soap operas.
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Trial by Fire
Laura Dern costars in this docudrama about a woman who befriends a death-row inmate and helps with his appeals. (male writer and director)
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Amaurosis (aka The Unseen)
Jasmine Hyde costars in this mystery drama about a couple suffering from traumatic stress after the death of their young son. (male writer-director)
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All Creatures Here Below
Karen Gillan costars in this drama as part of a homeless couple on the run. (male writer and director)
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Photograph
Sanya Malhotra costars in this Indian romantic drama about a woman who poses as the fiancée of a street photographer who took her picture. (male writer-director)
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