Little Women (dir. Greta Gerwig).

Gerwig’s delightful, elliptically told version of Little Women mixes its period coming-of-age themes with contemporary values for a fitting adaptation worthy of its updating. Her dynamic cast and lived-in storytelling choices enhance and advance [Louisa May] Alcott’s feminist ideas while expressing the plight of young women at the time. For the usual period romance costume drama, it refuses to be stodgy or old-fashioned in its retelling of a classic tale.