AWFJ highlights films by and about women

Wednesday, September 9

• 9 - Focus Features, 79 mins., limited release- Pamela Pettler co-wrote this post-apocalyptic nightmare in which all of humanity is threatened
• Crude - First Run Features, 105 mins,, limited, NY with national roll out to follow.
• Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies - Earthlight/White Castle Productions, 102 mins., limited. - This documentary about the life, times and influence of ‘America’s Sweetheart’ was scripted by Janelle Balnicke.
• From Mexico with Love - Roadside Attractions, limited
• Walt & El Grupo - Walt Disney Studios, 106 mins., limited
• Disengagement - Sony Pictures Classics/IFC, 115 minutes, - Juliet Binoche stars in Amos Gitai’s political thriller about a French woman of Israeli origin who returns to the West Bank.

Friday, September 11

• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - After Dark/Autonomous Films, 105, mins., limited
• The Red Canvas - Freestyle Releasing, 102 mins., limited
• Sorority Row - Summit Entertainment, 101 mins., - Sorority sisters run muck when they try to cover up the death of their house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial killer. (A femme-centric plot that really explores the nature and culture of contemporary coeds. Right?)
• Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself - Lionsgate, 113 mins. - Another Madea adventure.
• White on Rice - Variance Films, 83 mins,. limited, LA
• Whiteout - Warner Bros, 101 mins., - Kate Beckinsale stars in this femme-centric detective story/action thriller set in Antarctica.
• Broken Hill - Audience Alliance, 102 mins.
• The Horse Boy (2009) - Zeitgeist Films, 93 mins.
• Gogol Bordello Non-Stop - Lorber Films, 90 mins., - Margarita Jimeno directs this documentary about the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello and front man Eugene Hütz.