Subgenre Sampler
Female-centric: 795 Films to Buy & Rent
Gloria (2013)
- Dir. Sebastián Lelio
Feat. Paulina García, Sergio Hernández
- Another superb Chilean drama in the wake of the previous year's NO, Paulina Garcia plays a free–spirited 58–year–old divorcee who…
In Bloom (2013)
- Dir. Nana Ekvtimishvili
Feat. Lika Babluani, Mariam Bokeria
- Set in the newly independent state of Georgia in the wake of the Soviet regime, this powerful story follows two young girls as they courageously…
Orange is the New Black (TV Series) (2013)
- Feat. Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Kate Mulgrew…
- A bracing, darkly humorous addition to the women–in–prison genre, centred on the plight of a privileged young woman whose fling with a…
Punk Singer, The (2013)
- Dir. Sini Anderson
Feat. Carrie Brownstein, Kim Gordon
- A living celebration of influential punk frontwoman Kathleen Hanna, who became a feminist icon of the 1990's as a founding figure of the "Riot Grrrl"…
Short Term 12 (2013)
- Dir. Destin Cretton
Feat. Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Stephanie Beatriz…
- A counselor at a foster–care facility for at–risk teenagers struggles with her own troubled past as a youngster in this tough but tender…
This is Roller Derby (2013)
- Dir. Daniel Hayward
- An entertaining ride that visits the pioneering Australian leagues of Roller Derby and meets the women who have kick–started the roller derby…
Touchy Feely (2013)
- Dir. Lynn Shelton
Feat. Rosemarie DeWitt, Elliot Page, Scoot McNairy…
- Rosemarie DeWitt returns for the dir. of YOUR SISTER'S SISTER in this drama about two siblings – one a succesful massage therapist, the other a…
Very Good Girls (2013)
- Dir. Naomi Foner
Feat. Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Olsen, Ellen Barkin…
- Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen play best friends determined to lose their virginity over one long hot summer. A pseudo–serious treatment of…
We Are the Best (Vi är bäst!) (2013)
- Dir. Lukas Moodysson
Feat. Mira Grosin, Mira Barkhammar, Liv LeMoyne
- Endearing portrait of teenage experimentation set in early '80s Stockholm where two decidedly unmusical 13–year–old girls decide to form…
Wetlands (2013)
- Dir. David Wnendt
Feat. Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Marlen Kruse
- Provocative comic tale of an eccentric girl who has strange attitudes towards hygiene and sexuality longs for the reunion of her divorced parents.