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Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors

Rosemary Myers on Exploring the Dark Heart of the Teenage Mind in “Girl Asleep”

Rosemary Myers is the Artistic Director of Windmill Theatre, an award-winning national performing arts company based in Adelaide, South Australia. Her directing credits for Windmill include the...

Features, Films, Women Directors

Solution for Hollywood’s Woman Director Problem: Demand More from Agencies

Guest Post By Rachel Feldman It’s about time that gender equality for directors in Hollywood has become news. It’s taken decades of pushing this story uphill, but the film and television...

Comedy, Films, Interviews, Women Directors

Sophie Goodhart on Guilt, Shame, and What Inspired “My Blind Brother”

Sophie Goodhart began her career in news and documentaries for UK television. “My Blind Brother” originated as a short. The short version of the film screened in competition at Cannes in 2003,...

Documentary, News, Trailers, Women Directors

Trailer Watch: “Newtown” Doc Examines the Aftermath of Sandy Hook Tragedy

“I don’t think that any of us that were in there feel like anyone needs to know specifically what we saw,” says an interviewee in a newly released trailer for Kim A. Snyder’s “Newtown.”...

Comedy, Features, Television

“Fleabag” is a Feminist Tragi-Comedy with Bite

Phoebe Waller-Bridge in “Fleabag”: Amazon Traditionally, female narration has taken place rather ethereally, as if the character is allowing us a genteel peek into her diary: One of its most...

Comedy, Films, News, Women Directors

Open Road Acquires Reese Witherspoon Comedy Directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer

Open Road Pictures has picked up the North American rights to “Home Again,” Hallie Meyers-Shyer’s directorial debut, Variety reports. The romantic comedy stars Reese Witherspoon. The story,...

Films, News, Trailers

Trailer Watch: “Hidden Figures” International Spot Shows More History

“I’m a negro woman, I’m not going to entertain the impossible,” says Janelle Monáe’s “Hidden Figures” character at the prospect of becoming an engineer. But as her colleague replies,...

Crowdfunding, Features, Films, Women Directors, Women Writers

Strong Women, Both Real and Fictional: September 2016’s Crowdfunding Picks

“Nasbandi” As the theme song to Netflix’s “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” says, “females are strong as hell.” This month’s crowdfunding picks highlight the strength and courage women...

Awards, Films, News, Women Directors

Greece Submits Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Chevalier” to the Oscars

The buddy comedy from hell may land a nomination at the Academy Awards. Greece’s submission for Best Foreign Language Film for the 2017 Oscars will be Athina Rachel Tsangari’s “Chevalier,”...

Awards, Films, News, Women Directors

Two Women Directors Shortlisted for UK’s Biggest Film Bursary

The BFI and IWC Schaffhausen have revealed the shortlist of writers and/or directors competing for the inaugural IWC Filmmaker Bursary Award in Association with the BFI, and two of the four...

Films, News

What Happens When Women Hit 40 in Hollywood

By now, we’re aware of the fact that Hollywood is ageist. As Women and Hollywood previously reported, a study released by the Media, Diversity and Social Change Initiative at the University of...

News, Television, Women Writers

Jenny Lumet Pens Pilot about Hate Crimes for CBS, Katie Couric Producing

“Rachel Getting Married” screenwriter Jenny Lumet has secured a put pilot commitment from CBS for her new drama about hate crimes, Deadline reports. The untitled character-based procedural...

Features, Films, Interviews, Podcast, Women Directors

Listen: Podcast with “The Dressmaker” Director Jocelyn Moorhouse and Producer Sue Maslin

Women and Hollywood spoke with the women behind “The Dressmaker,” a dark comedy starring Kate Winslet as a sophisticated couturier who returns to her middle-of-nowhere hometown to reconcile with...

Features, Films, Women Writers

Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards Have All Male Finalists and Judges

In today’s edition of “Are you fucking kidding me?!?” the Samuel Goldwyn Writing Awards have whittled down their selection to five finalists, and, as far as we can tell, not only are they all...

Comedy, News, Television, Women Directors

“Better Things” Renewed for Season 2

“Better Things” is coming back for a second season, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. FX has renewed the comedy after airing only two episodes of the series. The show was created by...

Features, News, Television

Chelsea Handler On Changing Her Focus from Celebrity Gossip to Social Good

At Sunday’s kick-off of the Social Good Summit, hosted by Mashable and the United Nations Foundation in New York City, Chelsea Handler discussed the global impact she hopes her new Netflix series...

Music, News, Theater

Bette Midler’s “Hello, Dolly!” Breaks Broadway Sale Records

Bette Midler has broken a record. As Deadline reports, her upcoming Broadway revival of “Hello, Dolly!” has already banked $9.08 million in ticket sales, and the show won’t even open...

Awards, Festivals, Films, News

Amanda Plummer Receives Oldenburg Fest’s Lifetime Achievement Award

Three-time Emmy-winner Amanda Plummer has received the Oldenburg International Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The actress accepted the honor on Friday September 16 at the German indie...

Festivals, Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors

TIFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Kristina Kumrić — “Half A Man”

Kristina Kumrić has helmed several short fiction and documentary films. Her short documentary “Welcome to Igrane” won a special jury prize at the Vukovar Film Festival, and her short doc “i...

Awards, Films, News, Women Directors

Women-Directed Films Dominate EFA Debut Film Nominees

Women directors are often shut out of awards conversations, nevermind nominations, but in a refreshing change of pace, female-directed films dominate the nominees for the European Film Awards’...

Awards, Films, News

Felicity Jones to Receive BAFTA Britannia Award

Felicity Jones will be honored with BAFTA Los Angeles’ Britannia Award for British artist of the year, The Hollywood Reporter writes. The artist of the year award “pays tribute to a talented...

Films, News, Women Directors

Karyn Kusama Books New Directing Job

Karyn Kusama has signed on to helm “Breed,” an upcoming horror film for Fox with a terrifying fertility-related premise. The project is based on a 2012 Chase Novak novel of the...

Festivals, Films, News, Women Directors

TIFF 2016 Deals: “The Bad Batch” and “Paris Can Wait” Find Homes

The Toronto International Film Festival wrapped up September 18, but the 41st edition of the fest continues to be a source of exciting film news. Both Ana Lily Amirpour’s follow-up to “A Girl...

News, Television

Fan Favorite Sarah Steele Joins “The Good Wife” Spinoff

Sara Steele is on board for “The Good Wife” spinoff on CBS All Access, Deadline reports. As Women and Hollywood previously reported, the spinoff will focus on the characters of Diane Lockhart...

Documentary, Films, News, Television, Trailers

Trailer Watch: “Amanda Knox” Trial Gets the Doc Treatment

The Amanda Knox case had the world on edge, with viewers glued to the news. Was this young woman a murderer? Or trapped in a backwards justice system that punishes women for being sexual? “Either...

Comedy, News, Television, Women Writers

Andrea Savage Comedy Series Picked Up

“Episodes’” actress Andrea Savage has scored her own TV series. Cable network truTV has given a series order to “I’m Sorry,” a half-hour comedy Savage created and stars in. According to...

Features, Films, News, Television

Fall TV Preview: Series By and About Women to Check Out

“Queen Sugar” By Kate Gardner and Rachel Montpelier Fall is here, and with it comes the most wonderful time of the year for television buffs. Some new and returning series are great, others less...

Festivals, Films, News, Women Directors

Katherine Dieckmann’s “Strange Weather” is HIFF’s Southampton Opening Night Film

Katherine Dieckmann’s “Strange Weather” will be the Southampton Opening Night at the Hamptons International Film Festival, which runs from October 6–10 this year, Variety has...

Comedy, News, Television, Women Directors

Pam Fryman Directs Her 500th Episode of TV

Pam Fryman is in the midst of directing her 500th episode of television. According to Deadline, Fryman now ranks among the directors with the highest number of small-screen credits to their name....

Box Office, Films, News, Women Directors

“Bridget Jones’s Baby” Tops International Box Office

Bridget Jones had a big opening weekend in international markets, topping out at $29.4 million. As Deadline reports, “Bridget Jones’s Baby” debuted at number one in 24 overseas markets this...

Awards, News, Television, Women Directors

2016 Emmys Roundup: Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sarah Paulson, Jill Soloway, and More

Sarah Paulson: ABC Last night’s Emmy’s ceremony was a wonderfully refreshing change of pace from #OscarsSoWhite and #OscarsSoMale. Julia Louis-Dreyfus made history at the 68th installment of the...

News, Television, Women Writers

2017 WriteHer List Nominations Are Now Open

The nomination period for the 2017 WriteHer list is now open. WeForShe, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping balance the gender-landscape in television, founded the WriteHer list in 2015...

Features, Films, News, Television

Kristen Bell Takes on the Gender Wage Gap

Kristen Bell, star of “Veronica Mars,” “Frozen,” and the upcoming sitcom “The Good Place,” partook in The Huffington Post’s new comedy sketch series “Celebs Have Issues,” which...

Films, News, Women Directors

Fox Searchlight Finalizing “A United Kingdom” Buy Out of TIFF

Fox Searchlight is in final negotiations to buy the North American rights to Amma Asante’s “A United Kingdom,” Variety reports. The film is based on the book “Color Bar” by Susan...

Films, News, Television, Women Directors

Can #FreeTheBid Lead to More Women Directing in Hollywood?

Back in July, we relayed some in-depth reporting done by Mashable that found that less than 9.7 percent of rostered directors on the AdAge Production Company A-List, from which ad agencies cull...

Festivals, Films, Interviews, Women Directors

TIFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Miwa Nishikawa — “The Long Excuse”

Miwa Nishikawa debuted as a writer-director with “Wild Berries” in 2002, which among other awards took Best Screenplay at the 2004 Mainichi Film Concourse. Her second feature, “Sway” showed...

Features, Films, Women Directors

Weekly Update for September 16: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You

“Bridget Jones’s Baby” Films About Women Opening This Week Bridget Jones’s Baby — Directed by Sharon Maguire; Co-Written by Helen Fielding and Emma Thompson After breaking up with...

Films, News, Television, Trailers

Trailer Watch: Rebecca Hall Mesmerizes as a Depressed Newscaster in “Christine”

Christine is an on-air reporter who is “always on the lookout for a positive human interest story.” Her boss has another approach to the news: “If it bleeds, it leads.” This tension is one...

Films, News

New Tool Can Count Female Characters Onscreen

You’ve probably noticed that TV series and films feature a disproportionate number of male characters. The dearth of women onscreen has been proven by study after study. Those studies, and the...

Festivals, Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors

“Miss Stevens” Director Julia Hart on the Need for Telling Female Stories

Interview by Laura Berger Julia Hart’s debut script “The Keeping Room” landed on the Black List and was made into a feature directed by Daniel Barber starring Brit Marling. She’s written...

Films, News, Women Directors

AFI and 20th Century Fox Team Up To Boost Female Directors

At this point, through multitudinous pieces of research and multiple in-depth studies, it’s pretty clear that women are being shut out of directing jobs at the big studios. Now it’s time for the...

Features, Films, Interviews, Women Directors

Renée Zellweger and Sharon Maguire Talk Reuniting for “Bridget Jones’s Baby”

After taking a break from both acting and directing, respectively, Renée Zellweger and Sharon Maguire are back together. Their relationship began in 2001 with “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” a movie...

Festivals, Films, News, Women Directors

Mill Valley Film Festival Will Honor Nicole Kidman and Julie Dash

The Mill Valley Film Festival announced the complete lineup for the 39th iteration of the fest, which will run from October 6–16 this year and includes tributes to Nicole Kidman and...

Documentary, Festivals, Interviews, News, Women Directors

TIFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Alanis Obomsawin — “We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice”

Alanis Obomsawin’s directing credits include “70 Years of Resistance,” “Rocks at Whiskey Trench,” “Is the Crown at War with Us?,” “Hi-Ho Mistahey!,” and “Trick or Treaty?” In...

Features, Films, News

Quote of the Day: Rebecca Hall Says Marvel is “Paying for Their Mistakes”

Earlier this spring, “Iron Man 3” director Shane Black revealed why Rebecca Hall’s character was seriously underutilized in the film, and now Hall has spoken on the subject as well. As Women...

Festivals, Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors

TIFF 2016 Women Directors: Meet Kelly Fremon Craig — “The Edge of Seventeen”

Kelly Fremon Craig started out writing sketch comedy and spoken word poetry in college, then landed an internship in the film division of Immortal Entertainment, where she read her first film script...

News, Television

Sofia Vergara is TV’s Highest-Paid Actress

For the fifth year in a row, Sofia Vergara has been named the highest-paid actress in television. The “Modern Family” star took home nearly $43 million excluding management fees and taxes, Time...

Films, News, Trailers

Trailer Watch: “Moana” Takes to the Sea

It feels like we’ve been waiting forever for Disney’s “Moana,” and with this new, full-length trailer finally hitting, the reality is that she’s getting closer. “Moana,” Disney’s...

Festivals, Films, News

TIFF 2016 Deals: Films Starring Anne Hathaway, Cynthia Nixon, and More

A number of outlets are describing the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival as an unusually quiet and conservative year when it comes to film deals. Fortunately, not all movies are having...

Comedy, Films, News

Margot Robbie Signs First-Look Deal with Warner Bros.

Margot Robbie has signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros., The Hollywood Reporter writes. The deal will see Robbie developing and producing films through her LuckyChap Entertainment...

Documentary, Festivals, Films, Trailers, Women Directors

Trailer Watch: A Young Woman Disguises Herself to Play Sports in “Girl Unbound”

Erin Heidenreich’s documentary “Girl Unbound: The War To Be Her” tackles the story of a young Pakistani woman who lived as a boy for many years just to have the chance to play...

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