Features
This is the first installment of the blog Submitting Like A Man (SLAM), created by writer Mya Kagan. The project examines what happens when Mya resubmits scripts to previously rejected...
News
Marcie Begleiter’s directorial debut, a documentary about sculptor Eva Hess, has been acquired. Zeitgeist Films will distribute "Eva Hesse." The film chronicles...
One of Mike Nichols’ best-known collaborators has helmed a documentary about the Oscar-winning director and one of his most beloved films. Elaine May has directed an "American...
Samantha Bee and her team for her new talk show, "Full Frontal," are putting their money where their mouths are. "The talent is out there, so late-night shows need to stop saying,...
Female filmmakers enjoyed a slight bump last year in their representation in the film industry, with women directors and those in other key roles (writers, producers, executive producers, editors and...
"We have to start stealing the men’s roles," urged Helen Mirren back in August 2015. Angelina Jolie’s role in 2010’s "Salt" was originally written for a man, as...
Two weeks ahead of its world premiere at Sundance 2016, the Israeli family drama "Sand Storm" has landed a distribution deal. Written and directed by first-timer Elite Zexer, the...
Awards
The overwhelming majority of the honorees at the 2016 Golden Globes were, as expected, white men. And Ricky Gervais was, as expected, mean-spirited and dreadfully glib as opposed to delightfully...
The Brooklyn Academy of Music will devote its late February programming to exploring cinema’s witches. The 18-film "Witches’ Brew" series will span decades, genres and...
Writer Nora Ephron, filmmaker Laurie Anderson, singer Mavis Staples, heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, Cuban LGBT activist Mariela Castro (Fidel’s niece) and a 18-year-old Pakistani woman...
Ingrid Escajeda is on board to write and executive produce "On the Line," a one-hour drama in development at Fox inspired by chef Sang Yoon, best known as the chef and proprietor...
Emma Watson has chosen the first selection for her newly launched feminist book club, "Our Shared Shelf." The book club will see the "Noah" star — and fellow readers —...
Films About Women Opening This WeekThe Forest – Co-Written by Sarah Cornwell When her twin sister disappears in Japan, a young American named Sara (Natalie Dormer) becomes determined to find...
Films
The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center will accept applications for its 18-month fellowship for early-career theater directors on January 11-15. The National Directors Fellowship is the...
Bye bye Lady Mary, hello hard-drinking, ex-con Letty Dobesh. TNT has released a preview for "Good Behavior," Michelle Dockery’s follow-up project to "Downton Abbey."...
Kerry Washington will show us a very different side of D.C. in "Confirmation," her upcoming Anita Hill biopic. Written by Susannah Grant ("Erin Brockovich,"...
The BAFTA nominations are in. The good news: A female-centric film, "Carol," is tied for most nominations (with "Bridge of Spies"). The romance about a floundering shop girl...
"Mustang," France’s 2015 submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, is also racking up nominations across the Atlantic. Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s directorial...
Netflix is betting big on Britannia. The streaming site has launched a four-minute trailer for its most expensive production to date, a six-season series about Queen Elizabeth II that spans the...
The Fund for Women’s Equality and the ERA Coalition are teaming up to host the inaugural "A Night of Comedy With Jane Fonda" event on Sunday, February 7 in New York City. Fonda...
If there’s anyone who can humanize a famous puppy-killer, it’s probably Emma Stone. So it makes a kind of sense that the actress is in talks to star in "Cruella," an...
Breathe a sigh of relief: lots of your favorite women-centric shows are coming back. Comedy Central has renewed "Inside Amy Schumer" for a fifth season, a seriously no-brainer...
Toni Braxton is getting the biopic treatment. The singer, songwriter and music producer is the subject of Lifetime’s upcoming TV movie "Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart," for which an...
J.Lo’s new character is a tough, complicated detective who slaps down bar pickup lines ("I don’t do witty banter"), can hold her own in a fight — and is as good at taking...
"American Crime Story," the limited series that explores issues of race, class and justice through the lens of one story per season, received 10 Emmy nominations for its debut...
Disney currently has 13 films scheduled for a 2016 release, and at least five of them will feature a female protagonist: "Zootopia," "Alice Through the Looking Glass,"...
Netflix has ordered a 10-episode debut season of creator Lisa Rubin’s "Gypsy." Premiering in 2017, the psychological thriller will center on "Jean Holloway, a therapist who...
With her career-shifting Lenny letter about equal pay, Jennifer Lawrence announced that she’d become one of the biggest feminist voices in Hollywood. The actress has followed...
"Tangerine" star Mya Taylor has a new fan — one who could potentially improve her odds of landing an Academy Award nomination. Caitlyn Jenner has come aboard the trans...
Although the issue of Hollywood’s egregious lack of women directors has gone mainstream, we still don’t have very many prominent male filmmakers willing to speak out on behalf of their...
Dakota Johnson is only 26, but she’s seen enough of the film industry’s ageism — through her mother Melanie Griffith and her grandmother Tippi Hedren — to speak out against...
The feminist force is strong with the latest "Star Wars" movie, which introduced the 38-year-old franchise’s first female protagonist in orphaned scavenger Rey, played by dynamo...
Tessa Thompson ("Creed," "Dear White People") has reportedly been approached to join Natalie Portman and Gina Rodriguez ("Jane the Virgin") in...
Women and Hollywood is proud to unveil an original video celebrating the work of 2015’s highest-grossing women directors. The video captures some of the year’s most memorable moments in...
Over the holiday break, I read many of the Oscar predictions that litter not just the trades but the various general interest "papers of record" this time of year. But I hardly saw a single...
Since its debut on Netflix last month, the ten-part documentary miniseries "Making a Murderer" has dominated the water-cooler conversation. Below, we rerun an interview with directors Laura...
The following has been reposted from Lexi Alexander’s blog with permission of the author. Our version below includes minor edits. 2015 was an interesting year for me. After finally getting back...
Julie Delpy’s sixth feature will be distributed by FilmRise. The romantic comedy "Lolo" — which Delpy wrote, directed and stars in — will open March 11. The film...
Dark and cold January creeps in on us with a number of equally dark tales of young women finding themselves in dangerous situations. In "The Forest," Natalie Dormer of "Game of...
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