Awards, Films, News, Women Directors
Three grants were awarded to women this past Saturday annual Film Independent’s annual Spirit Awards Nominees Brunch. As The Hollywood Reporter writes, Jordana Mollick received the Piaget...
Nanfu Wang’s “Hooligan Sparrow”Three grants were awarded to women this past Saturday annual Film Independent’s annual Spirit Awards Nominees Brunch. As The Hollywood Reporter writes, Jordana...
News, Television, Women Writers
This calls for a celebration: “Jane the Virgin,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” and “Supergirl” have all received early renewals from The CW, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. The three...
Box Office, Films, News
The African-American women of “Hidden Figures” ruled the box office this weekend. As The Hollywood Reporter writes, the historical film passed “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” to take the...
News, Television, Women Directors, Women Writers
A period drama set in a brothel is bound to raise eyebrows. The subject matter could easily be mishandled, and the resulting series would be nothing more than exploitative and sexist drivel. But...
Awards, Films, News, Television
Last night’s Golden Globe Awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, celebrated the best in movies and television of 2016, and there were plenty of moments that stood out for...
Books, News, Television, Trailers, Women Directors
A haunting teaser has been released for “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Hulu’s upcoming adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s award-winning 1985 novel. Elisabeth Moss (“Mad Men”) toplines the series,...
Documentary, Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors
Named in honor of Amaka Igwe, the most successful Nigerian female filmmaker of all-time, “Amaka’s Kin — The Women Of Nollywood” shines a spotlight on women working in a male-dominated...
News, Television, Trailers
The fate of BET’s “Being Mary Jane” was up in the air after the series’ star, Gabrielle Union, filed a $3 million lawsuit against the network for breach of contract. The dispute was settled...
News, Women Writers
Glamour magazine is trying to put its masthead where its mouth is. “Gender equality is on all of our minds. It’s really important to me that Glamour not just talk the talk about female...
Features, Films, Women Directors, Women Writers
“Underworld: Blood Wars” Films About Women Opening This Week Underworld: Blood Wars — Directed by Anna Foerster The next installment in the blockbuster franchise, “Underworld: Blood...
Festivals, Films
The Palm Springs International Film Festival has kicked off, but not without a touch of scandal. Mere days before the festival began, The Desert Sun reports, the former acting director, Helen Du...
Films, News, Television, Women Writers
Cher has signed on to star in “Flint,” an upcoming Lifetime original movie about the headline-making water-contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, Deadline reports. The singer and Oscar-winning...
News, Women Directors, Women Writers
Looks like another major studio will be lacking in female representation this year. After Women and Hollywood reported that 20th Century Fox has zero female directors on their slate through 2018,...
The Charmed Ones are back. Kind of. The CW has confirmed that a new version of “Charmed” is in the works, Entertainment Weekly reports. But fans of the original series may be disappointed to...
Box Office, Features, Films, News, Women Directors
2016 was a history-making year at the North American box office. Variety reports that ticket sales last year amounted to $11.4 billion — a new record for the industry, surpassing 2015’s...
Films, News
After Carrie Fisher’s tragic death on December 27, fans of the “Star Wars” saga and her character, Princess/General Leia Organa, mourned her loss by showing their devotion the the beloved...
News, Theater, Women Producers
Producer Sonia Friedman has snagged the top spot on this year’s Stage 100, The BBC reports. Compiled by theater publication The Stage, the list identifies the UK’s most influential powerhouses...
Music, News, Theater, Women Directors
The Theatre du Châtelet in Paris has appointed its first female artistic director, The New York Times reports. Ruth Mackenzie will be taking over for Jean-Luc Choplin, who has served as artistic...
Features, Films, News
Female-led films scored the top two spots at the domestic box office in 2016. A blue tang fish and a heroic rebel proved to be the most lucrative characters of the year. “Finding Dory,” whose...
Films, News, Trailers
An intense new trailer has landed for “The Girl with All the Gifts,” a fresh take on a zombie story. Set in the near future, the dystopian film explores what happens after “humanity has been...
Documentary, News, Television, Women Directors
Streaming giant Netflix has acquired the rights to director Kitty Green’s documentary “Casting JonBenet” before its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this month. “Casting...
Films, News, Women Directors
Denmark, home of such lauded female directors as Susanne Bier and Lone Scherfig, is sadly headed for another disappointing year for Danish female directors. Though the country is known for being...
Music, News
Beyoncé will be the first female headliner at the Coachella music festival in 10 years, Vanity Fair reports. The last, and only, woman to headline the three-day event was Björk in 2007. A...
Comedy, News, Television
Meg Ryan is coming to the small screen. The three-time Golden Globe nominee has signed on to topline “Picture Paris,” a half-hour comedy series “being eyed by Epix,”...
Festivals, Films, News, Women Directors
The 5th Annual Katra Film Series Grand Finale is toasting a big group of women this year. The finale of the series will take place on January 25 at the Alamo Drafthouse in Brooklyn. The series...
Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors
Losing both Carrie Fisher and her mother, Debbie Reynolds, a mere 24 hours apart right before the year ended seemed like the cap to a particularly sad year of celebrity deaths. As a fitting way of...
Books, Films, News, Women Directors
French powerhouses Juliette Binoche and Claire Denis are teaming up. Binoche will star in Denis’ next project, “Dark Glasses,” The Film Stage reports. Set to shoot in Paris and Guéret this...
Films, Interviews, Television, Women Directors, Women Writers
Emily Hagins is a 23-year-old writer-director living in Los Angeles. She wrote and directed her first feature film at the age of 12, a zombie movie titled “Pathogen.” This project was the...
Films, News, Theater
“Hester Street” is heading to the stage. Playwright Sharyn Rothstein is penning a stage adaptation of the Oscar-nominated 1975 film, The New York Times reports. The film stars Carol Kane...
Comedy, News, Television, Trailers, Women Writers
“Chewing Gum” fans are in for a treat: A trailer for the upcoming second season of the BAFTA-winning series has been released, and it offers a look at the misadventures that await the comedy’s...
Features, Films, News, Women Directors, Women Writers
“Wonder Woman” By Rachel Montpelier and Kate Gardner As we say goodbye to the festering disappointment that was 2016 — and try to be cautiously optimistic that next year will be a little...
Films, News, Women Writers
“Mean Girls” is finally making its way to the stage. The long-awaited musical version of the beloved 2004 teen film is scheduled to make its world premiere this fall at the National Theater in...
“Underworld: Blood Wars” January is good month for fans of female-led action films. Both the “Underworld” and “Resident Evil” franchises are releasing their latest chapters. Even those...
Features, Films, News, Women Writers
Women and Hollywood is off today. Please enjoy one of our top posts of the year. This piece is from May 5, 2016. Yesterday, Owen Gleiberman was appointed chief film critic at Variety. We...
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