Releasing December 10 and 12, 2008
AWFJ highlights films made by and about women
Wednesday, December 10
- The Reader – Sony Classics, 123 mins – Stephen Daldry directs Kate Winslet in a remarkably brave and brilliant performance as a former Nazi SS guard who initiates an illicit affair with a German adolescent.
- Wendy and Lucy – Oscilloscope Pictures, 80mins – Kelly Reichert wrote and directed this beautiful film about a young women trying to find her way through the difficulties of daily life. Michelle Williams’ performance is brilliant.
Friday, December 12
- The Day The Earth Stood Still … – Twentieth Century Fox, 103 mins.
- Nothing Like The Holidays – Overture Films, 99 mins – co-written by Alison Swan
- Delgo – Freestyle Releasing, 90 mins.
- Che – IFC Films, 263mins
- Dark Streets – Samuel Goldwyn Films
- Doubt – The Weinstein Company
- Gran Torino – Warner Bros. Pictures
- What Doesn’t Kill You – Yari Film Group, 100mins
- Where God Left His Shoes – IFC Films