
movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Aug 31
Laura Nix directs a documentary about teenaged inventors; Lucinda Coxon writes a gothic horror tale; more…

Laura Nix directs a documentary about teenaged inventors; Lucinda Coxon writes a gothic horror tale; more…

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

Emily Mortimer opens a bookshop; Melissa McCarthy investigates puppet murder; more…

Susanna Fogel directs a comedy about a spy’s girlfriend; Renee Edwards directs a documentary about New Orleans musicians; more…

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

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

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

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

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

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…