What to watch this week
Oct 31 - Nov 6, 2026
Ten films by women this week, from a corgi Christmas on Netflix to Judy Heumann's fight for disability rights on the big screen. Pick one, bring a friend, and go see it. Every ticket and every stream shows studios that films by women have an audience.
Pick of the week
Co-dir. Eleanor Wilson
Co-written by Eleanor Wilson
A lonely woman in a strict medieval village orders a husband woven from wicker as a joke, and his devotion turns the town upside down. Starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård.
Based on "The Wicker Husband" by Ursula Wills-Jones
Why I picked it? Two words: Alexander Skarsgård.
Dir. Cathryn Michon
When a teenager's mother falls into a coma, she and her grieving grandfather try to hold the family together, with help from a corgi puppy.
From the novel by W. Bruce Cameron
Dir. Siân Heder
Written by Siân Heder & Rebekah Taussig
In 1977, Judy Heumann leads more than 100 disabled people in a 28-day occupation of a San Francisco federal building to win their rights.
From Judith Heumann's memoir
Co-dir. Kelly O’Sullivan
Written by Kelly O'Sullivan
When Callie and Minnie's relationship falls apart before senior year, Minnie becomes an unlikely friend of Callie's mother.
Co-dir. Erica Rivinoja
Screenplay by Erica Rivinoja, story by Caroline Williams
With his job and his hat's stripes on the line, the Cat must cheer up two siblings struggling after a move to a new town.
Dir. Traci Hays
Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story
A quiet woman is taken hostage by an escaped convict hiding in her basement and forced to drive his getaway car. Starring Stana Katic.
Based on "The Painter's Wife" by Ann Rule
Dir. Georgia Oakley
Written by Diana Reid
Two sisters with opposite temperaments look for love and security after their family loses its fortune.
From the novel by Jane Austen
Dir. Marie Kreutzer
Written by Marie Kreutzer
A concert pianist moves her family to the country so her husband can recover, until a police raid upends everything she thought she knew.
On Netflix November 18
Dir. Olivia Wilde
Co-written by Rashida Jones
A couple whose marriage is fraying host their mysterious upstairs neighbors for dinner, and the night either saves them or finishes them.
Dir. Susanne Bier
Co-written by Georgia Pritchett & Kelly Marcel
The Owens sisters are back for another round of family magic and curses.
