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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 24

Sun, Jan 26, 2020
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Floria Sigismondi directs The Turning, starring Mackenzie Davis… and that’s it. [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 17

Sat, Jan 18, 2020
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Birgitta Bongenhielm cowrites Intrigo: Death of an Author… and that’s it. [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 17

Sat, Jan 18, 2020
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Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, and Margot Robbie star in Bombshell; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 10

Fri, Jan 10, 2020
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Danielle Sanchez-Witzel cowrites Like a Boss, starring Rose Byrne and Tiffany Haddish; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 10

Fri, Jan 10, 2020
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Anna Waterhouse cowrites Seberg, starring Kristen Stewart; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Jan 03: NONE

Fri, Jan 03, 2020
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A weekend on which no movies written by men, directed by men, or about men open is inconceivable. But someone tell me again how women’s representation onscreen isn’t an issue.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Jan 03

Fri, Jan 03, 2020
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Maud Ameline cowrites French drama Amanda… and that’s it. [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening US/Can Dec 25–27

Fri, Dec 27, 2019
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Chinonye Chukwu writes and directs Clemency, starring Alfre Woodard; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Dec 26

Fri, Dec 27, 2019
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Greta Gerwig writes and directs Little Women, starring (among others) Emma Watson. And that’s it… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]

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curated: why we don’t ‘see’ Star Wars anymore…

Wed, Dec 25, 2019
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Many good thoughts here — ones I agree with — in a New York Times essay by Tim Kreider…

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