biography, drama,, female director, female lead, true story, y 7.0-7.4, z US

"Woman Walks Ahead" by Susanna White (2017)

3 movies by Susanna White

Woman Walks Ahead
A magnificent story with an inescapable (sad) ending / Establishes in a non too subtle way the parallel between the patriarchal oppressive use of power in gender relationships and with regard to minorities
The lead roles are not marked sufficiently to fill the scope of their personage
Cast: Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes, Sam Rockwell, Ciarán Hinds, Chaske Spencer, Bill Camp, Michael Nouri
Director: Susanna White
Writer: Steven Knight
Cinematographer: Mike Eley
Editor: Lucia Zucchetti, Steven Rosenblum
Composer: George Fenton

biography, drama,, female director, female lead, true story, y 7.0-7.4, z US

“Woman Walks Ahead” by Susanna White (2017)

3 movies by Susanna White

Woman Walks Ahead

A magnificent story with an inescapable (sad) ending / Establishes in a non too subtle way the parallel between the patriarchal oppressive use of power in gender relationships and with regard to minorities
The lead roles are not marked sufficiently to fill the scope of their personage

Cast: Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes, Sam Rockwell, Ciarán Hinds, Chaske Spencer, Bill Camp, Michael Nouri
Director: Susanna White
Writer: Steven Knight
Cinematographer: Mike Eley
Editor: Lucia Zucchetti, Steven Rosenblum
Composer: George Fenton

female director, female lead, first feature, y 7.5-7.9, z US

"Night Comes On" by Jordana Spiro (2018)

first feature

Night Comes On
Tightly knit, compact, homogeneous, and yet provides space for our imagination
Great direction!
Cast: Dominique Fishback, Tatum Marilyn Hall, John Earl Jelks, Max Casella
Director: Jordana Spiro
Writer: Jordana Spiro, Angelica Nwandu
Music: Matthew Robert Cooper
Director of Photography: Hatuey Viveros Lavielle
Editor: Taylor Levy

comedy, female director, female lead, first feature, y 6.5-6.9, z US

"Like Father" by Lauren Miller Rogen (2018)

first feature

Like Father
Has a similar plot but comes nowhere near Maren Ade’s powerful Toni Erdmann
Cast: Kristen Bell, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Rogen, Zach Appelman, Paul W. Downs, Brittany Ross, Lenny Jacobson, Danielle Davenport
Director: Lauren Miller Rogen
Writers: Lauren Miller Rogen, Anders Bard
Cinematographer: Seamus Tierney
Editor: Mollie Goldstein
Composer: Roger Neill

comedy, drama,, female director, female lead, first feature, romance,, sex, y 6.0-6.4, z US

"Miss Stevens" by Julia Hart (2016)

first feature

Miss Stevens
A young female teacher has a short-lived sex-only relationship with another teacher but feels a deeper attraction for one of her students, which she has to resist
Cast: Lily Rabe, Lili Reinhart, Anthony Quintal, Timothée Chalamet, Pamela Drake Wilson, David Faulkner
Director: Julia Hart
Writer: Julia Hart, Jordan Horowitz
Cinematographer: Sebastian Winterø
Editor: Amy McGrath, Lee Haugen