WEEKEND GEMS

By @nadreviews

Earth to Films' Weekend Gems are 3-4 recommended films to watch over the weekend (or to bookmark for another time). The majority of selected films are directed by a woman and/or star women. Take a look at the gems to date and tune in weekly for the next lineup!

February 19, 2021
I Care a Lot (directed by J Blakeson)
Test Pattern (directed by Shatara Michelle Ford)
The Incredible Jessica James (directed by Jim Strouse)
Lady Macbeth (directed by William Oldroyd)

February 12, 2021
Saint Maud (directed by Rose Glass)
Judas and the Black Messiah (directed by Shaka King)
Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Lili Horvat)
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (directed by Josh Greenbaum)

February 5, 2021
Rocks (directed by Sarah Gavron)
Malcolm & Marie (directed by Sam Levinson)
I'm No Longer Here (directed by Fernando Frias)
Little Fish (directed by Chad Hartigan)

January 29, 2021
The Dig (directed by Simon Stone)
La Llorona (directed by Jayro Bustamente)
The Rider (directed by Chloé Zhao)
The Half of It (directed by Alice Wu)

January 22, 2021
In the Mood for Love (directed by Wong Kar Wai)
Sylvie's Love (directed by Eugene Ashe)
Identifying Features (directed by Fernanda Valadez)
Mucho Mucho Amor (directed by Kareem Tabsch & Cristina Costantini)

January 16, 2021
Promising Young Woman (directed by Emerald Fennell)
Another Round (directed by Thomas Vinterberg)
One Night in Miami (directed by Regina King)
Driveways (directed by Andrew Ahn)

January 8, 2021
Pretend It's A City (directed by Martin Scorsese)
Fast Color (directed by Julia Hart)
Herself (directed by Phyllida Lloyd)
​Shirley (directed by Josephine Decker)

December 31, 2020 - New Years Eve edition
When Harry Met Sally... (directed by Rob Reiner)
Carol (directed by Todd Haynes)
Phantom Thread (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)
Bridget Jones’s Diary (directed by Sharon Maguire)

December 18, 2020
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (directed by George C. Wolf)
A Sun (directed by Chung Mong-hong)
Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
On the Rocks (Sofia Coppola)

December 11, 2020
I'm Your Woman (directed by Julia Hart)
Definition Please (directed by Sujata Day)
Wolfwalkers (directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart)
Wander Darkly (directed by Tara Miele)

December 4, 2020
Ammonite (directed by Francis Lee)
Black Bear (directed by Lawrence Michael Levine)
Bring Me An Avocado (directed by Maria Mealla)
Sound of Metal (directed by Darius Marder)

November 27, 2020
Happiest Season (directed by Clea DuVall)
The Nest (directed by Sean Durkin)
Uncle Frank (directed by Alan Ball
Waitress (directed by Adrienne Shelly)

November 20, 2020
Run (directed by Aneesh Chagantry)
Mangrove (directed by Steve McQueen)
Dreamland (directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte)
Come Away (directed by Brenda Chapman)

November 13, 2020
The Life Ahead (directed by Edoardo Ponti)
The Broken Hearts Gallery (directed by Natalie Krinsky)
I Am Greta (directed by Nathan Grossman)
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (directed by David E. Talbert)

November 6, 2020
The Dark and the Wicked (directed by Bryan Bertino)
Kindred (directed by Joe Marcantonio)
The Way I See It (directed by Dawn Porter)
Proxima (directed by Alice Winocour)

October 30, 2020 - Halloween edition
The Sixth Sense (directed by M. Night Shyamalan)
His House (directed by Remi Weekes)
Doctor Sleep (directed by Mike Flanagan)
Raw (directed by Julia Ducournau)

October 23, 2020
Columbus (directed by Kogonada)
Kajillionaire (directed by Miranda July)
The Witches (directed by Robert Zemeckis)
Over the Moon (directed by Glen Keane)

October 16, 2020
The Babadook (directed by Jennifer Kent)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (directed by Aaron Sorkin)
Vampires vs. the Bronx (directed by Oz Rodriguez)
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (directed by Ana Lily Amirpour)

October 9, 2020
The Forty-Year-Old Version (directed by Radha Blank)
Eternal Beauty (directed by Craig Roberts)
The Haunting of Bly Manor (created by Mike Flanagan)
She Dies Tomorrow (directed by Amy Seimetz)

October 2, 2020
Radioactive (directed by Marjane Satrapi)
Frida (directed by Julie Taymor)
The Glorias (directed by Julie Taymor)
Misbehaviour (directed by Philippa Lowthorpe)

September 25, 2020
Enola Holmes (directed by Harry Bradbeer)
Residue (directed by Merawi Gerima)
RBG (directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West)
Blackbird (directed by Roger Michell)

September 4, 2020
Becoming (directed by Nadia Hallgren)
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (directed by Charlie Kaufman)
Mulan (directed by Niki Caro)
The Surrogate (directed by Jeremy Hersh)

August 28, 2020
Lingua Franca (directed by Isabel Sandoval)
Wild Rose (directed by Tom Harper)
Premature (directed by Rashaad Ernesto Green)
The Savages (directed by Tamara Jenkins)

August 21, 2020
The Farewell (directed by Lulu Wang)
Buffaloed (directed by Tanya Wexler)
Girlhood (directed by Celine Sciamma)
Mickey and the Bear (directed by Annabelle Attanasio)

August 14, 2020
I Used to Go Here (directed by Kris Rey)
Project Power (directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (directed by Eliza Hittman)
Queen & Slim (directed by Melina Matsoukas)

August 7, 2020
Beyond the Lights (directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood)
The Truth (directed by Hirokazu Kore-Eda)
Maudie (directed by Aisling Walsh)
The High Note (directed by Nisha Ganatra)

July 31, 2020
Black Is King (directed by Beyonce)
Selah and the Spades (directed by Tayarisha Poe)
Yes, God, Yes (directed by Karen Maine)
Knock Down the House (directed by Rachel Lears)

July 24, 2020 - Documentary edition
John Lewis: Good Trouble (directed by Dawn Porter)
Jane Goodall: The Hope (directed by Elizabeth Leiter and Kim Woodard)
What Happened, Miss Simone? (directed by Liz Garbus)

July 17, 2020
Little Woods (directed by Nia DaCosta)
Babyteeth (directed by Shannon Murphy)
Love & Basketball (directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood)

July 12, 2020
The Old Guard (directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood)
First Cow (directed by Kelly Reichardt)
Luce (directed by Julius Onah)