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Share Your Pariah Moment
Have you ever felt like you didn’t fit in? Ever felt like a Pariah? The folks from the film Pariah want to hear your story. Here’s the story from writer/director, Dee Rees
Photo Watch: Meryl as Margaret
The Iron Lady is scheduled to open on December 30 via The Telegraph
Brett Ratner Illustrates Sexism Problem in Hollywood
The Brett Ratner Oscar debacle does not exist in a vacuum. Think about it. What’s the biggest news in politics? Herman Cain trying to wriggle his campaign out of the fact that he is a serial...
Emma Stone Promos for SNL
I just love Emma Stone. Here’s another reason why. NBC.com Video Widget
Guest Post: Redefining War: Women, War & Peace by Nina Chaudry
As a long-time documentary producer, I’ve come across countless films about war and conflict. But few of those narratives captured the larger picture of warfare. War Redefined, the final episode...
The Academy Has a Brett Ratner Problem
Oh boy does the Academy have a public relations problem and that problem is the guy they hired to produce the show Brett Ratner. One of the problems they have with him is that he has become the story...
New Indiewire
As you can tell the new Indiewire site is up. I’m still missing my posts for the last couple of days which I will work to get up. Please be patient as I and my Indiewire colleagues figure out this...
Do We Still Need Women’s Film Festivals?
If you look around the landscape of film festivals there are many women’s films festivals all across the world. But those who work in that area are struggling especially during these difficult...
Guest Post: A Couple of Other F Words: Filmmaking and Family by Andrea Blaugrund Nevins
I just watched my leading man do an interview about my film on CNN. How on earth did that happen? Just a year ago, I was in the throes of editing 180 hours of documentary footage shot over the...
Quote of the Day
A Scathing Put Down of ABC TV Executives
I’ve heard a lot of the stories but have never heard it quite like this. Clearly someone affiliated (or formerly affiliated) with Pan Am has some feelings about how the network has handled the...
Interview with Angelina Maccarone Director of Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Charlotte Rampling: The Look rolls into NY today for a screening at DOC NYC at 7pm. Details on tickets here. It opens in NY tomorrow and then will roll out in theatre throughout the fall...
A Woman Takes Over the Academy
While most people get the impression from the media that Hollywood is a liberal town, there are many issues where Hollywood is in the dark ages. We all know them. One is casting women (and men) of...
Thing to be Grateful For: The Hunger Games is Not Twilight
As Part 1 of the final Twilight film Breaking Dawn gets set to roll out on November 18 to gigantic box office numbers (people are already buying tickets online in anticipation) the next big...
Adrienne Shelly Foundation Launches Woman of Vision Award
Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of the death of director/writer/actress Adrienne Shelly and in remembrance of this day, the Foundation named for her which supports women directors and run by her...
Quoted in the NY Post Regarding Lisbeth Salander
The Lisbeth Salander roll out continues now with a new clothing line from H&M. Hopefully you don’t have to be waif-like to fit into them. Here’s what I had to say about the facination with...
Jane Fonda to Receive 2011 Sherry Lansing Leadership Award
Jane Fonda will receive the 2011 Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at the annual Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment breakfast on December 7. The breakfast coincides with the publication of the...
DOC NYC 2011: The Women
The second edition of DOC NYC will launch tomorrow and there are a bunch of women directed and women centric films to be seen over the next week. Check out the full list of events and films. I have...
A Few Words on Fox Writer’s Intensive
I’ve gotten a couple of inquiries about Women and Hollywood’s involvement in the Fox Writer’s Intensive which is a reboot of their diversity program through a new entity which is called Fox...
British Independent Film Award Nominations 2011: The Women
Checking out the nominations for the British version of the indie spirit awards. The awards will be handed out on December 4. Based on the info we only have one female directed film vying for best...
Trailer Watch: We Need to Talk About Kevin — Directed by Lynne Ramsay
This really gives you a sense of the film. Prepare yourselves.