Women Under The Influence

Women Under The Influence Celebrating cinema directed by women, for everyone. WOMEN UNDER THE INFLUENCE is a screening event series and service dedicated to celebrating women filmmakers.

Cannes you crazy diamond. What a week of faces and films, heels and deals, indie passion and some scary fashion. Super y...
05/19/2026

Cannes you crazy diamond.

What a week of faces and films, heels and deals, indie passion and some scary fashion. Super yachts and a fear of bots, personal stories years in the making, conspicuous wealth and selfies taken, hustling for position, talk of acquisition, cinema’s time to shine, had the best time.

My gem of the festival: ❤️ MARIE MADELEINE directed by
Aesthetically daring, rhapsodic, and original!

🙏🏼 to the hardest working wingwoman in showbiz and the crew

05/08/2026

Five milestone independent films by Black women directors that were nearly lost forever.

LOSING GROUND (1982) Kathleen Collins
Restored in 2015 by with .
Distributed by

NAKED ACTS (1996) Bridgett M Davis
Restored in 2023 by Distributed by

ALMA’S RAINBOW (1994) Ayoka Chenzira
Restored in 2022 by Presented by
Distributed by

DRYLONGSO (1998) Cauleen Smith
in 2023 Distributed

COMPENSATION (1999) Zeinabu irene Davis
Restored in 2024 by Wimmin with a Mission Productions Distributed

Thankfully through the commitment of restorers, the filmmakers and dedicated distributors & these personal, sharp, totally original films are out there in the world for us all to experience.

Here is what not to miss - through May - if you get excited for the best in femme-forward independent cinema, see you ou...
04/24/2026

Here is what not to miss - through May - if you get excited for the best in femme-forward independent cinema, see you out there!

Wednesday 4/29 - 7:30pm
The Slow Business of Going (2000) DCP
Dir. Athina Rachel Tsanagri
Q&A with filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari, moderated by Julie Delpy / L.A. Premiere / Co-presented by MUBI
2220 Arts & Archives

Firday 5/15 - Opening Weekend
Is God Is
Dir. Aleshea Harris
MGM Studios

Saturday 5/16 - 2:30pm
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
Co-directed Eleanor Coppola
The New 4K Restoration co-presented by Women in Film and Lionsgate
Vidiots

Saturday 5/9 - 12:00pm
La Misma Luna (2007) DCP
Dir. Patricia Riggen
Part of ‘Cine Con Corazon: Cinema Celebrating Mothers’
ARRAY Amanda Cinema

Wed 5/06 - 7:00pm
Attenberg (2010) DCP
Dir. Athina Rachel Tsanagri
Q&A with filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari / Co-presented by MUBI
Los Feliz 3

Saturday 5/9 - 7:00pm
Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders (1970)
Dir. Jaromil Jiress
Presented by House
The Philosophical Research Society

Friday 5/01 - 7:00pm
Modern W***e (2025)
Dir. Nicole Bazuin
Q&A with filmmaker Nicole Bazuin (in-person) and subject, screenwriter and producer Andrea Werhun (virtual). Moderated by Casey Calvert. LA Premiere (part of American Cinematheque)
Aero Theatre

Tuesday 5/05 - 10:00pm
Golden Eighties (year)
Dir. Chantal Akerman
40th Anniversary of LETTERS HOME ‘Chantal Akerman: An American Cinematheque Retrospective’
Los Feliz 3

04/23/2026

Go see BLUE HERON this weekend. We fell in love with Sophy Romvari’s debut about memory, family and the things we carry with us. One of the most heartwarming, but quietly devastating films we’ve seen this year. 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

We have 3 pairs of opening weekend tickets to give away to the first people that DM us with name and email.

In LA theatres from April 24 — Alamo DTLA and AMC Burbank. Go see it.


04/02/2026

We are thrilled to be co-hosting an advance screening of the multi BAFTA award winning I SWEAR

Featuring filmmaker Kirk Jones
& star Robert Aramayo - in conversation

Prepare to fall in love with this film.

7:00 PM - Thursday April 16
AMC Century City
10250 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 2000

DM with name and email to attend - tickets will be limited

I SWEAR is the inspiring, extraordinary life story of notable Tourette Syndrome campaigner, John Davidson, MBE.

Kirk Jones’ emotionally engaging, funny and compelling film charts John Davidson’s Tourette’s diagnosis at the age of 14 years old. Set within 1980s Britain, the story follows him throughout his troubled teens and early adulthood, and explores this little known and entirely misunderstood condition, along with his attempts to live a ‘normal’ life against the odds.

Spring is here!🐝 Although LA has skipped the intro and gone straight to August. Happily the best air conditioning in the...
03/20/2026

Spring is here!🐝 Although LA has skipped the intro and gone straight to August. Happily the best air conditioning in the city is still in a movie theater.

Here’s what not to miss this month, featuring the most exciting femme-forward independent cinema showing around town.

1 Dis-Moi (Tell Me) Dir. Chantal Akerman · 1980 · Sat 3/21 · 6:30pm


2 Castration Movie Anthology ii. The Best of Both Worlds Dir. by Louise Weard · 2025 · Sun 3/22 · 4:30pm

3 Salaam Bombay! Dir. Mira Nair · 1988 · Sat 3/28 · 4pm


4 The American Sector Dir. Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez · 2020 · Wed 4/1


5 The Dream & The Lie Dir. Elena Dorfman · 2026 · Sat 3/21 · 7:30pm · Presented by UCLA Film & TV Archive Q&A with filmmaker Elena Dorfman and Ariel West, artist-in-residence, UCLA Film & Television Archive ·

6 Women Wednesday - Night of Shorts Part 2 Mon 3/24 & Sat 3/25 · 9:30pm · A night of debut shorts from women directors, followed by Q&A
Feliz
CASINO! Dir. Izzy Leung · 2026
Bootstrapping for the Boobied Dir. Stella Chen · 2025
Madonna Mia Dir. Valentina Garrett · 2025
Leading Man Dir. Amanda Michaels & Whitney Houser 2024
Bittersweet Dir. Myrakel N. Baker · 2024

5 Marie Antoinette Dir. Sofia Coppola · 2006 · Sun 3/29 · 7:40pm · DTLA Fireside Films: Tickets come with a personal heater and a hot chocolate


6 The American Sector Dir. Courtney Stephens and Pacho Velez · 2020 Wed 4/1


7 But I’m a Cheerleader Dir. Jamie Babbit · 2000 · Fri 3/27 · 10pm · Bud Cort tribute ·

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