Isabelle Huppert delivers a gimlet-eyed, ferociously single-minded performance as yet another tense, driven character.

Lian (Chinese megastar Fan Bingbing) is a woman on a mission, but she’s neither Norma Rae nor Mother Courage.

Fire Song effectively sets up the conflict of youth growing up in a poor community: whether to remain or move away.

Writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho’s highly observant film follows Sonia Braga in a tour de force performance.

A visual delight and a beautifully rendered, intriguing imagining of a little-known female artist’s life.

The award-winning film brings the viewer along for an extended stay on the European front line in the refugee crisis.

Methodically taking down a prominent Holocaust denier with facts.

Balancing Bedouin tradition and modern life is a rocky path for women.

A coming-out film with the novel approach of exploring the dynamic between a mother and her two sons—one biological, one she has taken in—who fall in love.