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The Adrienne Shelly Foundation Announces 2012 Grant Recipients
The Adrienne Shelly Foundation announced their five new grant recipients for 2012. The five grants are awarded in conjunction with other organizations/ institutions including: Columbia University,...
First Look at Oscar Winner Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty
The film will be released on December 19. I am wondering if it will go the route of The Hurt Locker with a platform release or will have have a wide release. I am thinking that it will be a wide...
The Director of the “Greatest” Film of All Time Was A Sexual Harasser
Last week as the film world was celebrating the elevation of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo to the top of the once a decade Sight and Sound list of “Greatest Films of All Time”, the leading...
Guest Post: Hello, Norma Jeane
* “Please don’t make me a joke.” — Marilyn Monroe Most surprising about Norma Jeane Baker’s grave is this: it does not exist. No tombstone, mausoleum or urn marks her final resting...
Red Band Trailer for Bachelorette Written and Directed by Leslye Headland
Talk about raunch. Yowza. On demand — August 10, in theatres September 8. Synopsis: On the night before an old friend’s wedding, three frisky bridesmaids go searching for a little fun but...
New Trailer for Sparkle written by Mara Brock Akil
Film hits screens on August 17th. MTVNPlayer Get More: Movie Trailers, Movies Blog New ‘Sparkle’ trailer features Cee Lo Green, Whitney Houston (EW)
What Are the Greatest Movies Directed by Women?
Fueled by the anger of another best of list sorely lacking in women, I would like to put forward the following films (which came from people all over the world through twitter and facebook) for the...
Guest Post: Dreams in New York
As the producer of British filmmaker Carol Morley’s films to date and an ex-New Yorker now based in London, I’m thrilled Dreams of a Life is getting a hometown viewing. Dreams of a Life is a...
Celeste and Jesse Forever
Here’s the first installment where we (the folks who bring you Women and Hollywood) give our opinions (sometimes similiar) of a film opening. I loved Rashida Jones before seeing Celeste and Jesse...
Mosquita y Mari — Written and Directed by Aurora Guerrero
Mosquita y Mari is born from the memory of Aurora Guerrero’s adolescence. It is a lovely coming of age story of two Latina girls in the Huntington Park neighborhood in LA. On the surface the girls...
Gender Matters: The Sight and Sound Top 50 Films Of All Time List
Yesterday, the twittersphere went a bit wiggy with the once a decade Sight and Sound Top 50 Films of All Time List. Thie list has been published every 10 years year since 1962 and Citizen Kane made...
Drew Barrymore, Amy Berg Announce New Directing Projects
Two exciting new women-directed projects were announced this week. Amy Berg, Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, will be directing her first narrative feature. Indiewire reports that Every...
Guest Post: Should the Emmy Statue Get a Sex-Change?
Women are still going backwards and in high heels, but not in a good way. According to recent stats — women TV writers are losing ground. I just perused the Emmy website and counted only...
Interview with Rashida Jones — Co-writer and Star of Celeste and Jesse Forever
Got a chance to meet the whip smart star of Parks and Recreation on TV (do you watch that show?) and the co-writer and star of the very good Celeste and Jesse Forever. Here’s our conversation. The...
Cross Post: Sisters in Cinema: Where are the Black Women Film Directors?
Last week, the Twitterverse was gifted a priceless nugget when film director Ava DuVernay and her guild, AFFRM, released the second trailer for her anticipated movie, Middle of Nowhere. The...