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OPENING September 21 to 27, 2026- Margaret Barton-Fumo reports

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The Alliance of Women Film Journalists highlights movies made by and about women. With a vigilant eye toward current releases, we maintain an interactive record of films that are pertinent to our interests. Be they female-made or female-centric productions, they are films that represent a wide range of women’s stories and present complex female characters. As such, they are movies that will most likely be reviewed on AWFJ.org and will qualify for consideration for our annual EDA Awards, celebrating exceptional women working in film behind and in front of the camera. Our members are feature writers, columnists and regular contributors to a variety of media outlets and many of us publish regularly on the festival circuit. Our critical voices are widespread and diverse. We invite you to join us in tracking weekly releases of particular interest. And we welcome information about new films that will help us to keep our records updated and our critics alert. Below is a concise list of new releases set for the week of September 21 – 27 that are of particular interest. Titles highlighted in red have links to full reviews:  

Tuesday, September 22

  • Bedford Park – Sony Pictures Classics (Cinemas) – USA – Drama written and directed by Stephanie Ahn. Two souls collide: a Korean American woman struggling with family expectations and her own aspirations, and an ex-wrestler haunted by his past. Their paths unexpectedly cross, leading to a transformative journey.

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  • Twiggy – Cleopatra Entertainment (Cinemas, VOD) – UK – Documentary directed by Sadie Frost. UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 1960s.

Wednesday, September 23

  • Take Me Home – Willa (Limited Theatrical) – USA – Drama written and directed by Liz Sargent. Anna cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting one another’s needs. When a Florida heat wave shatters their family and Anna’s routine, her future is uncertain until she creates a world where she can thrive.

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  • The Love Hypothesis – Amazon (Prime) – USA – Romantic comedy directed by Claire Scanlon. After an impulsive kiss, two scientists end up in a fake relationship, testing their theories about love and each other.

Friday, September 25

  • Bloody Tennis – Shudder – Germany – Horror. Follows Sophie, who is admitted to an elite tennis academy hidden in the South of Europe, where she must contend with fierce competition and the school’s increasingly sinister undercurrents.

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  • Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! – Sony Pictures Classics (Cinemas) – USA / Japan – Romantic dramedy. Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor.

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  • The Scout – Greenwich Entertainment (Cinemas) – USA – Dramedy directed by Paula González-Nasser. A NYC location scout photographs the homes of strangers for a TV pilot, stepping into their private lives while trying to satisfy her erratic employers.

Film descriptions are adapted from press releases. Titles highlighted in red have links to full reviews. Stay tuned in for next week’s releases! Contact us if we’ve overlooked anything.

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Margaret Barton-Fumo

Based in New York, Margaret Barton-Fumo has contributed to Film Comment since 2006. Her monthly online column, “Deep Cuts,” focused on the intersection of film and music. She has interviewed such directors, actors, and musicians as Brian De Palma, James Gray, Harry Dean Stanton, and Paul Williams, and has additionally contributed to Senses of Cinema and Stop Smiling. She is the editor of Paul Verhoeven: Interviews, published by the University Press of Mississippi.