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Doonesbury Takes on Sexual Assault in the Military
Gotta love Garry Trudeau. He has created a series of cartoons that play off the incredible, heartbreaking new documentary The Invisible War about the plague of sexual assault in the military. The...
A Love Letter to All Trolls and Haters
From Clever Pie and Isabel Fay
Women’s Films Opening — June 8, 2012
Lola Versus — co-written by Zoe Lister Jones I think that Greta Gerwig is a wonderfully interesting actress. She’s made a steady progress from her mumblecore roots to romantic interest in a...
Dude Director Watch: The Russo Brothers Land Captain America 2
Sometimes when I read about guys getting hired for gigs I just shake my head and wonder how the fuck did this guy get the job? Case in point the news that Anthony and Joe Russo have been hired to...
Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister Jones Show Their Love for the Rom Com
I only wish I had liked their movie Lola Versus as much as I liked this. The film opens today. https://medium.com/media/953227e1b885b5b6ab457d50f491ecf2/href Facebook
New Clip From Beasts of the Southern Wild
I saw this film last night. I was totally and completely blown away. I can’t even articulate my reaction to it right now. One of the most interesting, different and without a doubt one of the best...
Jenna Elfman to Host Women in Film 2012 Crystal + Lucy Awards June 12
Actress Jenna Elfman who will return to TV next season as the First Lady in the comedy 1600 Penn will be the host of the annual Crystal + Lucy Awards. If I lived in LA I would so be at this event...
Jane Fonda Goes All the Way in Peace Love and Misunderstanding
I was able to attend the Women’s Media Center premiere of Peace, Love and Misunderstanding on Monday evening. As I was watching the movie, and the great Jane Fonda play a hippie stoner grandma...
TV Critics Organizations Roll Out Their Nominees
The Critics Choice Television Awards and the Televisions Critics Association have both released their list of nominees. It is clear that the critics in both organizations love Downtown Abbey,...
Trailer Watch: Shadow Dancer
Starring Andrea Riseborough a single mom running with the IRA. It premiered at Sundance and will open in the UK on August 25 and will open in the US in 2013. Description from imdb: “Set in 1990s...
Guest Post: Why Female Actions Heroes Need to Be Role Models
This blog post was created in response to a question I asked after reading the piece Are Recent Action Heroines Really Role Models? in Boxoffice Magazine. We need female action heroes to be...
The Third Annual Lilly Awards
In advance of the Tony Awards next Sunday where no women writers were nominated, The Third Annual Lilly Awards (named after playwright Lillian Hellman) were handed out in NYC. The awards are...
Guest Post: People Cannot Stop Talking About Girls
It’s impossible to read a pop culture blog or check out a review of your favorite TV show without noticing commentary about HBO’s most talked about series this year, Girls. That simple single...
Kristen Stewart Covers Vanity Fair and Tells Off The Voracious, Starving Shit Eaters
Fame is a bitch for Kristen Stewart. She used to be the kind of actress where as she said she could sit on her stoop and smoke pot in her underwear with her boyfriend and dog and nobody would care....
Hollywood Reporter Drama Showrunner Panel — Four White Guys and Two Women of Color
It’s great to see Shonda Rhimes and Veena Sud here. Honestly, I don’t know how they could have done a panel with drama showrunners without including Rhimes since she has three shows on the air....
Author Jennifer Weiner Keynotes BookExpo America’s 2012 Bloggers Conference
Jennifer Weiner is one hugely successful author. I’ve liked many of her books especially her really early ones like Good in Bed and In Her Shoes (and the movie of the book is a seriously...
Sarah Jessica Parker Hosting Dinner for Obama
And one grassroots supporter will get a paid trip to NYC and will have dinner with Parker, the President, the First Lady and probably a bunch of other high profile New Yorkers. Hope those people...
Kathleen Kennedy Named Co-Chair of Lucas Films
Uber Hollywood producer Kathleen Kennedy was named co-chair of Lucasfilm and apparent successor to George Lucas as he moves towards his retirement. Kennedy who worked with her husband and producing...
Charlize Theron Has a Pretty Good Weekend at the Box Office
Snow White and the Huntsman starring Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron opened in the US and in number of overseas countries this past weekend. It grossed $56.3 million in the US, and $35 million...
Jane Fonda Talks About Her Life on the Eve of the Release of Peace Love and Misunderstanding
I’m the lucky girl who gets to go to the premiere tonight. Here she is talking to CBS This Morning. The film opens on Friday.
Women’s Film Opening — June 1, 2012
Pink Ribbons, Inc. (doc) Ever since I saw this movie — which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last fall and is directed by Lea Pool — I have been obsessed. Now, since all the Komen...
‘Snow White and the Huntsman’
If you have to deal with another version of Snow White (which I don’t understand why we do) you would think that a kick-ass Snow White might be the answer to your prayers. Not so much. Kristen...
‘Wish Me Away’: Directed by Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf
Wish Me Away is the incredibly moving coming out story of country music star Chely Wright. When I read a little over a year ago that Wright (who I did not know at the time) had come out my first...
There’s Nothing Pretty About the Pink in the New Documentary ‘Pink Ribbons, Inc.’
Ever since I saw this movie — which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last fall and is directed by Lea Pool — I have been obsessed. Now, since all the Komen crap over the last...
Wish Me Away: Interview with Directors Bobbie Birleffi and Beverly Kopf
This is a repost of the interview I did at the premiere of the film last summer at Newfest in NYC. The film opens in NYC today and is also available on demand. Info here. Women and Hollywood: How...
Cross-Post: Quote of the Day: Scarlett Johansson Tired of Sexist Diet Questions
Wow, who knew I could love Scarlett Johansson so much?? At The Avengers press conference in London, a reporter proceeded to ask Robert Downey Jr. an in-depth, thought-provoking question about his...