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Women Theatre Directors Talk About Working in Seattle
Great piece in the Seattle Times (with a video below) on how strong a town Seattle is for women theatre directors. Here’s a comment from Kate Whoriskey who runs the Intiman Theatre about how things...
Must Watch Video: When Harry Met Sally 2
Funniest thing I’ve seen all week. I hope they do things this good when Mirren hosts Saturday Night Live this week. https://medium.com/media/2d8c030d99c5ce90fe4e2976df7743d8/href When Harry Met...
Meg Ryan to Make Directing Debut
Here’s another actress looking for her next act. Meg Ryan is going to direct Into the Beautiful from a script by Anne Meredith. Variety says it is a contemporary “Big Chill.” Wendy Finerman...
San Francisco International Film Festival: The Women
The San Francisco International Film Festival takes place April 21 — May 5. There are a bunch of women directed films on the docket. They are listed below. Ticket are on sale now here. Producer...
A True Quote
Here’s a quote I heard from a colleague that was said by an agent who handles writers: When looking at representing a male or female writer who are both the same age and have equal talent the...
The Misogyny Machine That Rules Hollywood Comedies
Some days I wake up thinking that things can’t be really as bad as I think they are, then, I see a story like Tad Friend’s piece in this week’s New Yorker on Anna Faris and the state of...
Trailer Watch: The Imperialists Are Still Alive! — Written and Directed by Zenia Durra
Films Opens on April 15 and will also be on VOD
2011 Cannes Poster: Faye Dunaway Circa 1970 With Just a Head and Legs
This is what it says on the official Cannes website about the poster: This photo of Faye Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970. Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an...
Joe Wright Sticks it to Zack Snyder
Joe Wright the director best known for British period dramas like Atonement and Pride and Prejudice opens his first action film Hanna starring Saorise Ronan as a teen assassin this Friday. He...
Ms. Bossypants Writes a Book
Tina Fey’s new book Bossypants comes out this week and it’s generally well liked with a couple of caveats. The consensus is that it isn’t exactly a memoir but that’s ok since it is still a...
Penelope Cruz Gets Star on Walk of Fame
She’s getting ready to star in the big budget Pirates of the Caribbean with Johnny Depp and now she’s joined the Hollywood Walk of Fame Club.
Peabody Award Winners
The 70th annual Peabody Awards were announced last week. The Peabody’s represent excellence in electronic media for the year 2010. From the website: “The Peabodys, the oldest awards in...
Circumstance — Written and Directed by Maryam Keshavarz Closes New Directors/New Films
This evening Maryam Keshavarz’ Sundance award winning film will close the New Directors/New Film series in NYC. I spoke with Maryam this week and the full interview will be available when the film...
Circumstance – Written and Directed by Maryam Keshavarz Closes New Directors/New Films
This evening Maryam Keshavarz’ Sundance award winning film will close the New Directors/New Film series in NYC. I spoke with Maryam this week and the full interview will be available when the...
Women Films at the Theatre This Weekend — April 1, 2011
Women’s Films Now PlayingMiral — written by Rula Jebreal Potiche Sucker Punch Desert Flower — written and directed by Sherry Hormann Cracks — directed by Jordan Scott, co-written...
In a Better World — directed by Susanne Bier
We spend so much time talking about how men are hired to direct women’s stories (because men are hired to direct more movies in general) but much less time taking about how women have a much harder...
A Moment of Self Promotion
What a way to wake up on a crappy, snowy, rainy April 1st. I sure hope this isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke, but I just got named to The Times of London’s 100 Greatest Arts Tweeters. The story...