
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Mar 23
Girls travel in space and fight monsters; women fight their own demons.

Girls travel in space and fight monsters; women fight their own demons.

Rosamund Pike hijacks a plane, Melissa Leo gets a break from prison, Odeya Rush befriends a dictator, and more…

Rooney Mara and Alicia Vikander head up their own stories, about women with varying degrees of adventure in their souls.
He’ll be back.

Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of the classic novel A Wrinkle in Time, starring Storm Reid, is the big news…

There are NO new wide releases in the UK this week by or about women, but there are some smaller ones…

Lots of female characters (albeit in films with only tiny releases), and so many of them are being menaced, threatened, and violently attacked. Damn.

Documentaries by Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Jen Randall, a drama by Saila Kariat, and more.
A good primer on the rapid unraveling of Harvey Weinstein, with hints of how much more story there may still be to tell.

Imelda Staunton and Celia Imrie are comedically opposite sisters, Margot Robbie is Tonya Harding, and more…