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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Aug 31

Fri, Aug 31, 2018
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Laura Nix directs a documentary about teenaged inventors; Lucinda Coxon writes a gothic horror tale; more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Mon Aug 27

Fri, Aug 31, 2018
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Melissa McCarthy investigates puppet murder; Joanna Kulig falls in love postwar Poland. And that’s it…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Aug 24

Fri, Aug 24, 2018
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Emily Mortimer opens a bookshop; Melissa McCarthy investigates puppet murder; more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Wed Aug 22

Fri, Aug 24, 2018
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Susanna Fogel directs a comedy about a spy’s girlfriend; Renee Edwards directs a documentary about New Orleans musicians; more…

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

Fri, Aug 17, 2018
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Adele Lim and Lea Carpenter cowrite two of the week’s wide releases, (respectively) Crazy Rich Asians and Mile 22. Progress!

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Wed Aug 15

Fri, Aug 17, 2018
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Shevaun Mizrahi directs a documentary look at Turkish retirees; Reema Kagti directs a docudrama about India’s first post-independence Olympic medal; more…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Aug 08

Fri, Aug 10, 2018
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Writer-director Crystal Moselle introduces us to girl skateboarders; writer-director Josephine Decker give us an arthouse mystery set in the theater; more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Aug 10

Fri, Aug 10, 2018
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Jennifer Yuh Nelson directs Amandla Stenberg in a dystopian thriller; Nina Dobrev, Vanessa Hudgens, and Eva Longoria are dogs’ best friends; more…

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no, I have not reviewed ‘Sorry to Bother You’; yes, I would love to

Thu, Aug 09, 2018
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But it doesn’t have a UK release date yet, and there’s no way for me to see it.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Wed Aug 01

Sat, Aug 04, 2018
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Mila Kunis and Kaye McKinnon have a spy adventure; Amandla Stenberg fights for respect in a future dystopia; Chloë Grace Moretz undergoes a terrible “therapy”; more…

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