NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK
Director Thea Sharrock has two new films out this week: “Wicked Little Letters,” starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley opens in theaters today, and “The Beautiful Game,” about a soccer team of homeless players, is available now on Netflix.
Sally Wainwright’s newest TV creation – swashbuckling romp “Renegade Nell,” starring “Derry Girls’” Louisa Harland as the titular highwaywoman – is available to watch now on Disney+.
Kerry Washington and Elisabeth Moss are set to star in a new limited series at Apple: an adaptation of Araminta Hall’s novel “Imperfect Women,” to be adapted by “Physical” creator Annie Weisman. It’s described as an “unconventional, psychological thriller examining a crime that shatters the lives of a decades-long friendship of three women” - see Variety for more information.
All synopses are courtesy of press materials, unless otherwise noted.
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN AND NON-GENDERED PERSONS OPENING AND COMING TO STREAMING/VOD
Wicked Little Letters – Directed by Thea Sharrock
Based on a stranger than fiction true story, “Wicked Little Letters” follows two neighbors in a 1920s English seaside town: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women – led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) – begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.
“Wicked Little Letters” is now in theaters.