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Movies about Aung San Suu Kyi and Margaret Thatcher releasing this month fail to match their subjects. Jennifer Merin saves applause for “Albert Nobbs,” “Pariah,” “Angel’s Crest” and “We Need to Talk About Kevin.”
Directors Kathryn Bigelow and Pamela Yates enjoy the New York spotlight in June. Bigelow gets a retrospective at the MOMA and Yates’ new documentary about a genocide trial in Guatemala spotlights her own role in providing forensic evidence.
Movies opening in April release plenty of directing, scripting or acting talent by women. Stories include a French woman’s obsession with chess, a soapy circus romance starring Reese Witherspoon and an English dramatist who died young.