Women Directors

Rebecca Ferguson in Silo

Silo, season 2 review, the danger is everywhere

Silo, season 2, operates in two locations most of the season. The silo where the story began, and the silo Juliette Nichols (Rebecca Ferguson) finds when she goes outside to clean. This resolves the question at the end of season […]

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Amy Adams in Nightbitch

Nightbitch review: Mother needs a little time to run

Nightbitch, written and directed by Marielle Heller, stars Amy Adams as Mother (just Mother, no other name). She’s a stay-at-home mom with a toddler and she’s not doing well.

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Josephine Bornebusch and Pål Sverre Hagen in Let Go

Let Go review, Swedish family relationship story

Let Go (Släpp taget) brings a melancholy family relationship story to Netflix. This Swedish drama stars Josephine Bornebusch as Stella. Josephine Bornebusch also wrote and directed the film. It’s a finely wrought tale of a family in crisis.

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Tamara Lawrance in Get Millie Black

Get Millie Black review: police story from the UK

Get Millie Black tells the story of a dedicated detective in search of missing children who is also searching for part of her past. After 18 years in England, she returns to her home in Kingston, Jamaica where she is

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Christian Cervone in The Children's Train photo © ANNA CAMERLINGO

The Children’s Train review, post war Italy story

The Children’s Train (Il treno dei bambini) tells how parents in poverty stricken Naples in 1946 joined a movement to send their children north to areas where people who survived the war on farms had more food and shelter to

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Odessa Young in Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday review: a writer is born

Mothering Sunday begins with “Once upon a time” and the tale that follows tells the story of the growth and development of a writer. Odessa Young plays the writer, Jane Fairchild – a name given to her in a foundling

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Eva Birthistle, Sharon Horgan, Eve Hewson, and Sarah Greene in Bad Sisters

Bad Sisters, S2 review: one bonkers disaster after another

Bad Sisters, season 2, runs the Garvey sisters ragged with one disaster after another. Some are tragic and unfixable. Some are accidental. Some are bad judgement. Mistakes are made by everyone. Most result in hilarious attempts to stay out of

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Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in Nobody Wants This

My 20 top rated movies and TV shows of 2024

Time for a 2024 wrap up. If you’ve been here before, you know this website is dedicated to finding work by women directors and women leading actors to feature. The “best of” lists you see elsewhere don’t match this criteria,

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Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano in No Good Deed photo courtesy of Netflix

No Good Deed review: another twisty tale from Liz Feldman

No Good Deed is a dark comedy about real estate, grief, secrets, love, and greed. In 8 episodes of about 30 minutes each, several related stories unfold in twisty, interconnecting circles that revolve around the purchase of a gorgeous LA

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