The complexities and evolution of women’s friendships over time are explored with a humanist touch and playful approach to structure by Jane Campion and Mike Leigh. Campion first found acclaim with the humorous and fiercely honest TWO FRIENDS, in which she works backward through time to trace the subtle changes, missed opportunities, and minor traumas that lead two once-inseparable teenage girls down divergent paths. Leigh similarly shuffles time to tell the story of two former roommates whose reunion after years apart leads them to reflect on their complicated shared history in CAREER GIRLS, a small triumph of human insight from the ever-empathetic British master.