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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Mar 23

Fri, Mar 23, 2018
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Girls travel in space and fight monsters; women fight their own demons.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Mar 16

Fri, Mar 16, 2018
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Rosamund Pike hijacks a plane, Melissa Leo gets a break from prison, Odeya Rush befriends a dictator, and more…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Wed Mar 14

Fri, Mar 16, 2018
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Rooney Mara and Alicia Vikander head up their own stories, about women with varying degrees of adventure in their souls.

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Stephen Hawking isn’t gone forever…

Wed, Mar 14, 2018
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He’ll be back.

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Mar 09

Sat, Mar 10, 2018
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Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of the classic novel A Wrinkle in Time, starring Storm Reid, is the big news…

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Mon Mar 05

Fri, Mar 09, 2018
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There are NO new wide releases in the UK this week by or about women, but there are some smaller ones…

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movies by or about women opening US/Can from Fri Mar 02

Fri, Mar 02, 2018
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Lots of female characters (albeit in films with only tiny releases), and so many of them are being menaced, threatened, and violently attacked. Damn.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Thu Mar 01

Fri, Mar 02, 2018
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Documentaries by Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Jen Randall, a drama by Saila Kariat, and more.

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PBS ‘Frontline’ and BBC ‘Panorama’ take on Harvey Weinstein

Fri, Mar 02, 2018
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A good primer on the rapid unraveling of Harvey Weinstein, with hints of how much more story there may still be to tell.

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movies by or about women opening UK/Ire from Fri Feb 23

Fri, Feb 23, 2018
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Imelda Staunton and Celia Imrie are comedically opposite sisters, Margot Robbie is Tonya Harding, and more…

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