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With its online premiere today, this docu-drama handed the reins over to two young women to tell how they challenged their local mayor to increase girls’ access to health care and education. This different way of filmmaking ended up being an empowering process itself.
April 4 brings a bundle of openings: Scarlett Johansson in “Under the Skin” and Gina Carrano starring in “In the Blood.” “The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden” is another island thriller; and it’s all true.
Some winners: “The Face of Love” starring Annette Bening, “On My Way,” with Catherine Deneuve, and a superb documentary about the secret life of a Chicago nanny that opens later in the month.
Aside from “Endless Love” opening Feb. 14, movie releases on the horizon tackle serious subject matter. “Kids for Cash” is about a juvenile court judge in Pennsylvania who was getting paid to send kids to a private juvenile detention center.
The documentary about 14-year-old world-solo sailor Laura Dekker is inspiring. Another teen movie, “G.B.F.,” about prom-queen aspirants, demeans everyone; including the audience. Skip it, and steer teenagers away too.
The year ends with a handful of strong must-see performances by women, including Emma Thompson in the biopic “Saving Mr. Banks” and Scarlett Johansson’s voiced performance in Spike Jonze’s “Her.”
Dame Judi Dench stars in this heart wrenching story of an unwed mother whose baby is taken away from her. The film makes a strong pairing with the biodoc “Bettie Page Reveals All.” Mark your calendars and don’t miss either.
The touching film stars Michael Caine and Clémence Poésy in a winter-spring friendship. It opens today, Nov. 1, along with “The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology” by filmmaker Sophie Fiennes.
In two recent gallery shows in New York female artists of Indian heritage emphasized the universal appeal and power of female Hindu deities. In India, taking such artistic license can stir controversy over crossing a religious line.
‘Camille Claudel, 1915,’ about a sculptress confined to an insane asylum, begins the run. There’s also the documentary ‘The Square’ about the Egyptian revolution and ’12 Years a Slave,’ based on a mid-19th century memoir of a free black man.