What a trailer. Totally made me cry. Can’t wait for this. It totally screams Oscar. It is continuing to roll out before it’s theatrical release this fall by playing at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Films Currently Playing
- Exploding Girl (NYC)
- Alice in Wonderland written by Linda Woolverton
- Toe to Toe, written and directed by Emily Abt (LA)
- Prodigal Sons, directed by Kimberly Reed (doc) (NYC)
- Happy Tears
- When in Rome
- The Girl on the Train
- Fish Tank, written and directed by Andrea Arnold
- It's Complicated, directed by Nancy Meyers
- The Young Victoria
- The Lovely Bones
- The Princess and the Frog
- New Moon
- The Blind Side
- Precious
- An Education, directed by Lone Scherfig
- The Maid
- Seraphine
2010 Women Centric Films
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo- March 19
- The Runaways, directed by Floria Sigismondi- March 19
- Falling for Grace, written and directed by Fay Ann Lee- March 19 (NYC)
- Chloe - March 26
- The Mighty Macs - March
- After.Life, directed by Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo- April 9
- Please Give, directed by Nicole Holofcener- April 23
- Sita Sings the Blues, directed by Nina Paley- April 23 (LA)
- The Backup Plan - April 23
- Mother and Child- May 7
- Letters to Juliet- May 14
- Just Wright- Queen Latifah, directed by Sanaa Hamri- May 14
- Sex and the City 2- May 28
- Finding Bliss, written and directed by Julie Davis - May
- Le Refuge- spring
- Princess Kaiulani - spring
- My Year Without Sex, directed by Sarah Watts- spring
- Eclipse, Twilight Part 3- June 30
- I am Love- Tilda Swinton - June
- The Kids Are All Right- Annette Bening, Julianne Moore directed by Lisa Cholodenko- June
- Salt - July 23
- Morning Glory- July 23
- Eat, Pray, Love- August 13
- Making Plans for Lena- Summer
- You Again -September 24
- Secretariat- October 8
- Betty Anne Waters - fall
- How Do You Know- December 17
- Life as We Know It - December 17
Women Directed Films Currently Playing
- Harold and Phyllis directed by Cindy Kleine (NYC)
- Sweetgrass, directed by Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor (doc)
- 35 Shots of Rum, directed by Claire Denis
- The Hurt Locker, directed by Kathryn Bigelow The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers directed by Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith (doc)
Women Directed Coming Soon
- Dancing Across Borders, directed by Anne Bass- March 26 (doc)
- Bluebeard, directed by Catherine Breillat
- The Greatest, directed by Shana Festen - April 2 (NY/LA)
- Have You Heard From Johannesburg?, directed by Connie Field - April 14 (doc)
- Handsome Harry, directed by Bette Gordon
- Behind the Burly Q, directed by Leslie Zemekis - May (doc)
- Going the Distance - Drew Barrymore, directed by Nanette Burstein- October 8
- The Beaver- Jodie Foster
- Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel directed by Brigitte Berman
Women Written Films Coming Soon (Not About Women)
- The City of Your Final Destination written by Ruth Jhabvala - opens April 16
Completed Films (without release dates in US)
- Accidents Happen
- Agora
- Ashes to Ashes- Goldie Hawn
- Cedar Rapids- Sigourney Weaver
- The Countess, directed by Julie Delpy
- Cracks, directed by Jordan Scott
- The Debt- Helen Mirren
- The Black Swan- Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis
- Fair Game
- Fireflies in the Garden
- It's a Wonderful Afterlife- Sally Hawkins, directed by Gurinder Chadha
- Last Night, directed by Massy Tadjedin
- London River
- Love and Other Impossible Pursuits- Natalie Portman
- Love Ranch
- The Milk of Sorrow, directed by Claudia Llosa
- Miral- Hiam Abbas
- My Own Love Song- Renee Zellweger
- Niloofar, directed by Sabine El Gemayel
- The Rabbit Hole- Nicole Kidman
- The Rebound
- Somewhere, directed by Sophia Coppola
- The Tempest, directed by Julie Taymor
- We Want Sex
- Within the Whirlwind- Emily Watson, directed by Marleen Gorris
Future Women Centric Films
- 2 Days in NY written and directed by Julie Delpy
- Albert Nobbs- Glenn Close (shoots in July)
- Au Pairs- written by Alexa Junge
- A Woman of No Importance
- Alive & Kicking- produced by Mia Hamm
- The Beautiful and the Damned- starring Keira Knightley
- Beautiful Girl
- Best Buds- Natalie Portman
- Bobbie Sue- starring Cameron Diaz
- Bridget Jones' Diary- The Edge of Reason- Renee Zellweger
- Butter
- Callas
- Cantinflas written and directed by Gabriela Tagliavini
- Castro's Daughter
- Celeste and Jesse Forever- Rashida Jones
- Ceremony- Uma Thurman
- Class Act- starring Halle Berry
- Cloudburst- Brenda Fricker and Olympia Dukakis
- Dark Tide- Halle Berry (written by Amy Sorlie)
- The Danish Girl- Nicole Kidman
- Daughter of the Queen of Sheeba-Amy Adams
- Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World- starring Meryl Streep
- Earthbound, directed by Nicole Kassell
- Enchanted 2, directed by Anne Fletcher, written by Jessie Nelson
- Face Value
- Five Men Who Broke My Heart- adapted by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin
- Florence of Arabia- Charlize Theron
- Flying Lessons- Christine Lahti, Maggie Grace
- French Women Don't Get Fat
- Fright Night- written by Marti Noxon
- Girl Soldier- Uma Thurman
- Girltrash: All Night Long, directed by Alexandra Martinze Kondrake, written by Angela Robinson- filming
- Girls Just Want to Have Fun
- The Goree Girls - Jennifer Aniston
- Hannah- Saoirse Ronan (filming)
- Heaven & Earth, directed by Marleen Gorris- starring Natasha McElhone
- Honey Pot
- How to Get Divorced by 30- written by Sascha Rothchild
- If I Stay, directed by Catherine Hardwicke
- If I Were You, written and directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin- starring Marcia Gay Harden
- Invasion of Privacy
- Jack and Diane (filming)
- Jane Eyre- written by Moira Buffini
- Life Coach- Isla Fisher
- Little Bee- Nicole Kidman
- Lost in Austen
- Luna-Rachel Weisz
- Lunch Lady- Amy Poehler
- Mame- Tilda Swinton
- Monte Carlo- written by Maria Maggenti
- Morning Glory
- Ms. Faux Pas
- Muktar Mai biopic
- My Fair Lady- Keira Knightley, written by Emma Thompson
- My Mother The Cheerleader- Julia Roberts
- My Name is Jody Williams
- My Ten Best Days- Amy Adams
- The No Game - Shohreh Aghdashloo and Marcia Gay Harden, directed by Sherry Horman
- Never Let Me Go (filming)
- Nomads- Lucy Liu (filming)
- One for the Money- Katherine Heigl, written by Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith and Liz Brixius
- Pharm Girl- Reese Witherspoon
- Pride and Prejudice and the Zombies- Natalie Portman
- Pumas- Jennifer Aniston
- Queen Kristina- Sarah Polley, directed by Mika Kaurismaki
- Satisfaction- Sharon Stone, Carice Van Houten, directed by Anya Camilleri
- Seeking a Friend for the End of the World- Lorene Scaferia
- Scarpetta Franchise
- The Seagull- Kristin Scott Thomas, Carey Mulligan
- The Solitude of Prime Numbers- Isabella Rossellini
- Someday My Price Will Come- Isla Fisher, written by Audrey Wells
- Something Borrowed- Ginnifer Goodwin
- The Space Between- Melissa Leo
- Sucker Punch- Carla Gugino
- Sweet Lorraine- Tatum O'Neal
- Tamara Drewe- Gemma Arterton
- Testament of Youth
- Three Days in Dublin, directed by Beth Lauren
- The Tourist- Angelina Jolie
- We Need to Talk About Kevin, directed by Lynne Ramsay
- The Whistleblower
- The Undomestic Goddess- written by Aline Brosh McKenna
- Untitled Female Road comedy- written by Annine Mumolo
- Untitled Louise Thaden Aviation Film
- Up and Running: The Jami Goldman Story, written by Jami Goldman and Andrea Cagan
- Vamps - Alicia Silverstone, written and directed by Amy Heckerling
- Water for Elephants- Reese Witherspoon
- We Bought a Zoo- written by Aline Brosh McKenna
- What Alice Forgot- written by Katherine Fugate
- Who is Doris Payne?- Halle Berry
- Winnie- Jennifer Hudson
- Words
- Wuthering Heights, directed by Andrea Arnold- written by Olivia Hetreed
Future Women Directed Films (Not About Women)
- The Convincer, written by Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher, directed by Jill Sprecher.
- One Day- Lone Scherfig
- Take This Waltz- directed by Sarah Polley
- We- directed by Madonna
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- The Big C- Laura Linney - Showtime
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- Rizzoli & Isles- Angie Harmon. Writer: Janet Tamaro- TNT
Scripts Going to Pilot (Shows by or About Women)
- Betwixt- written by Elizabeth Chandler- CW
- Cutthroat (centers on a single mother -Roselyn Sanchez- who keeps up appearances in Beverly Hills by secretly running a drug cartel.) Written by Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters. ABC
- Hot in Cleveland - (Three fortysomething female friends from L.A. wind up stuck in Cleveland and decide to stay there when they realize the locals consider them.)
- Huge - (Two overweight teens find friendship at a wellness summer camp. Based on the book by Sasha Paley.) Written by Winnie Holzman and Savannah Dooley - ABC Family
- In Security (Two sisters Constance Zimmer and Kat Foster head up a private-security team protecting the super elite while dealing with personal and family issues.) TBS
- La Femme Nikita- Maggie Oh. CW
- Open Books- Laura Benanti. Writer: Gail Lerner. CBS
- Reagan's Law - Mitchell Burgess and Robin Green. (multigenerational show revolving around a family of cops in New York.) CBS
- Untitled Richard Hatem (centers on a beautiful female detective -- Katee Sackhoff -- who teams with a disgraced ex-cop to solve crimes and untangle the conspiracy that sent him underground.
- Untitled Wyoming Project- Amy Sherman Palladino- CW
- Untitled medical drama - Roaming medical team that travels the U.S. helping those who are less fortunate get through life-or-death medical crises. Written by Hannah Shakespeare. CBS
- Wright vs. Wrong (Set in Washington DC and centers on a sexy, female conservative pundit and her staff.) Written by Stephanie Weir. ABC
2010 Pilot Watch (Shows by and/or about women) – with assistance from Stephanie Rosenfeld
- Body of Evidence- show revolves around female medical examiner- ABC
- Charlie's Angels (Three beautiful private detectives work for a mysterious playboy called "Charlie") - ABC
- Confessions of a Backup Dancer (a woman who scores a gig as a backup dancer for a major pop star) Ilene Chaiken writer/executive producer - CW
- Daylight Robbery (a group of four housewives, in need of money, turn to a life of crime) Written by Karyn Usher- FOX
- Enlightened- starring Laura Dern- HBO
- Facing Kate- starring Sarah Sahai- A&E
- Ghost World (A male ghost helps an ambitious female homicide detective in New York City crack her cases in the hopes of finding clues to his own life and death.) - ABC
- HMS (A group of bright students attend Harvard Medical School.) Writer: Amy Holden Jones - CW glamorous.) Writer: Suzanne Martin - TV Land
- Jane and Dick (Set in an all-female law firm, a woman is about to inherit her father's firm and get married when a boyfriend from her teenage years suddenly steps back into her life.) Writers: Michael Reisz, Jennifer Weiner - ABC
- The March Sisters (“Little Women” meets “Sex and the City,” about working-class siblings who try to make it on Park Avenue) Writer: Jill Gordon - CW
- Mouthpiece- Marlee Matlin. Creator: Carol Leifer- SHO
- Nashville (a drama that revolves around a young female singer destined for stardom — and a male songwriter whose career isn’t as certain) - CW
- Off the Map- medical show from Shonda Rhimes, written by Jenna Bans- ABC
- Police Surgeon Centers on a female cop who is also a surgeon - ABC
- The Quickening- starring Radha Mitchell- A&E
- You and Me and He. Creator: Carol Leifer - CBS
- Pretty Little Liars. Writer: Marlene King- ABC Family
- Spy School for Girls (revolves around female spy trainees at a CIA facility) - CW
- Sunshine Cleaning. Writer: Megan Holley- Showtime
- Three Sisters (Three very different men marry three sisters who are extremely close.) - CBS
- Tilda- (Centers on a powerful female online showbiz blogger with a no-holds-barred style.) Written by Cynthia Mort. HBO
- Untitled Amy Sherman Palladino- HBO
- Untitled Cutler Comedy (Set in Texas, a psychologist raises two daughters, one of whom begins imitating her father and giving life advice to other kids in her school.) Written by Emily Cutler. Nickelodeon
- Untitled drama from Richard Hatem- Drama focuses on a female detective who joins forces with a fugitive cop- ABC
- Untitled Kirstie Alley Reality Show- A&E
- Untitled Kushell Comedy (the wife of a U.S. Congressman inherits her husband's seat when he dies unexpectedly in the middle of his term.) Bob Kushell- CBS
- Untitled drama based on the life of socialite Sloan Barnett and set in Manhattan’s Early Case Assessment Bureau - Writer: Julie Martin - CW
- Untitled Walch Series (An unconventional female psychologist embeds herself within the Dallas Police Department.) Writer: Gay Walch - Lifetime
- Unitled Shana Goldberg-Meehan (centers on two sisters involved in very different romantic situations. One isn't married but has a healthy, long-term relationship; the other is forced to marry her new beau when she gets pregnant.) Writer: Shana Goldberg-Meehan- ABC
- Untitled Wechsler Series (Centers on a team of victim witness advocates.) Writer: Pam Wechsler
- Untitled Wilson Project (A woman leaves her seemingly perfect marriage and children in Santa Monica for the underbelly of L.A., where she indulges her secret fantasies and desires) Writer: Erin Cressida Wilson - HBO
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Wow. Thanks Melissa! I’m actually really happy that the other movie Push was released when it did. I think Push fits the sci-fi thriller film fits better. I really like the title Precious.