Women's Voices For Change

The new costume drama 'Ophelia,' directed by Claire McCarthy and written by Semi Chellis, based on the novel by Lisa Klein, tells the famous story from Hamlet's on-again, off-again girlfriend's point of view. And then it turns it on its head.

Go to the movies this summer, and there's a good chance you'll come out humming a tune.

I encourage you to watch 'When They See Us.' DuVernay's gripping miniseries has allowed the Central Park Five (who now prefer the title "the Exonerated Five") the chance to be seen and heard they were denied in 1989.

'Rafiki' is visually compelling, and the story it tells, although by no means unfamiliar, so engaging that it's easy to overlook the film's very fine performances.

Female presidents of the United States may be in short supply (or, sadly, in no supply) in the real world, but they've become surprisingly common on screens big and small.

The streaming services have also provided opportunities for writers, directors, and actors who are often overlooked by mainstream Hollywood. Several of Netflix's current offerings are by, for, and with women.

'The Chaperone' is a story about a woman who is changing alongside a changing country, making discoveries about herself in late middle age.