Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 788 Films to Buy & Rent
My Year With Helen (2017)
- Dir. Gaylene Preston
- With unique access to high–ranking candidate Helen Clark, filmmaker Gaylene Preston casts a wry eye on proceedings as the United Nations turns…
No Ordinary Sheila (2017)
- Dir. Hugh MacDonald
- The immensely inspiring life–story of one Sheila Natusch, nonagenarian natural historian, mountain climber, intrepid cyclist and publisher of…
Novitiate (2017)
- Dir. Maggie Betts
Feat. Margaret Qualley, Julianne Nicholson, Dianna Agron…
- A young woman in 1960's Tennessee decides to give her life to God and studies to become a nun with the Sisters of the Beloved Rose. But amidst the…
Prime Suspect 1973 (TV Series) (Prime Suspect: Tennison) (2017)
- Dir. David Caffrey
Feat. Stefanie Martini, Sam Reid, Blake Harrison…
- A retro–dated prequel to Lynda LaPlante's long–running British detective drama series, originally starring Helen Mirren as DCI Jane…
Replacement, The (TV Mini-series) (2017)
- Dir. Joe Ahearne
Feat. Morven Christie, Vicky McClure, Richard Rankin…
- Three part British miniseries set in Glasgow, with a successful architect who interrupts her work on a big project to have a child, hiring an…
Rough Night (2017)
- Dir. Lucia Aniello
Feat. Scarlett Johansson, Ilana Glazer, Jillian Bell…
- Indelicate femme comedy that has friends from college reunite for an anything–goes bachelorette weekend at a Miami beach house that turns…
Skate Kitchen (2017)
- Dir. Crystal Moselle
Feat. Rachelle Vinberg, Dede Lovelace, Nina Moran
- Beautifully evocative and uplifting teen drama set in the world of NYC skateboarding, following a group of real–life female skaters who are…
Snatched (2017)
- Dir. Jonathan Levine
Feat. Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn
- Low–brow comedy staged around the sex–crazed single girl persona of Amy Schumer, who takes over–cautious mom Goldie Hawn for an…
That's Not Me (2017)
- Dir. Gregory Erdstein
Feat. Alice Foulcher, Isabel Lucas, Richard Davies
- A charming Australian comedy that exceeds its very modest independent budget, with Alice Foulcher playing dual roles as acting sisters, one of whom…
Their Finest (2017)
- Dir. Lone Scherfig
Feat. Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin, Bill Nighy…
- Charming, rousing WWII romance starring Gemma Arterton as a greenhorn screenwriter who joins a makeshift cast and crew to make a film to lift British…