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Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott School Hollywood
When I started writing Women and Hollywood seven years ago sometimes I thought I was nuts. I would write about issues related to gender and films and there were times when I felt I was shooting my...
Weekly Update for May 2: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Belle — Directed by Amma Asante; Written byMisan Sagay There’s nothing quite like Belle onthe contemporary film scene — a luxurious period film and a sweet,...
Women Writers Make The New Yorker the Most Feted Publication at National Magazine Awards
The New Yorker won four prizes at the 2014 National Magazine Awards, including individual accolades for TV critic Emily Nussbaum, author Zadie Smith, and journalist and feminist critic Ariel Levy....
Belle Director Amma Asante on Challenging Stereotypes About Black Directors
There’s nothing quite like Belle on the contemporary film scene — a luxurious period film and a sweet, gentle romance that wears its keenly insightful politics on its silk sleeves. Belle is...
Ukraine is Not a Brothel Director Kitty Green Documents Where Feminism and Self-Objectification Meet
Ukraine is Not a Brothel is a portrait of Ukraine’s topless feminist sensation, Femen, which has stirred up a press frenzy across Europe. Outraged by the world’s image of Ukrainian women as...
TV: Queen Latifah to Star as Bessie Smith in HBO Biopic
Queen Latifah will play jazz and blues legend Bessie Smith in an HBO movie written and directed by Dee Rees. Latifah will also serve as an executive producer on the project. An adaptation of Chris...
Producers Ann An and Paula Wagner to Make War Drama About Heroic Chinese Nurse
Last year, I wrote an article for The Atlantic defending the influx of Chinese money into the American film industry. The forced diversification of Hollywood is an overwhelmingly positive...
Obvious Child Director Gillian Robespierre Signs Second Picture
Apparently not content with successfully combining abortion and romance in her debut film Obvious Child, writer-director Gillian Robespierre has announced that she’ll attempt to make divorce funny...
Belle Director Amma Asante Explains Why She Wanted Tell a Jane Austen Story With a Black Protagonist
There’s nothing quite like Belle on the contemporary film scene — a luxurious period film and a sweet, gentle romance that wears its keenly insightful politics on its silk sleeves. Belle is...
SFIFF Women Directors: Meet Zeynep Dadak and Merve Kayan (The Blue Wave)
Zeynep Dadak was born in Balikesir, the midsize Turkish city where The Blue Wave is set. She has been making movies since 2001, is a contributor to the Turkish film magazine Altyazi, and lectures on...
Cannes Adds Six More Films to Lineup, None Directed by Women
Thierry Fremaux may have generated some positive headlines with a Jane Campion-led female-majority competition jury and the prominence of jury presidents Andrea Arnold and Rebecca Zlowtowski at...