Press Coverage

2021

IndieWire: Hollywood Can Be a Better and Safer Place for Women, but the Hard Work Has Only Just Begun

Decider: The Oscars Finally Invited Women to the Best Directors Table, But Will They Keep It Up?

BBC World News: Does Promising Young Woman get revenge fantasy right?

NBC News: How the Frances McDormand drama ‘Nomadland’ defies Hollywood ageism

The Hollywood Reporter: Athena Film Festival Sets Curated Sections Centered Around Women’s Health, Dismantling White Supremacy, Other Issues (Exclusive)

The Hollywood Reporter: Golden Globes: Streamers Steamroll in Film and TV With 68 Nominations

2020

CNN: Clare Crawley faces the most ageist season ever of ‘The Bachelorette’

The Guardian: Regina King makes history at Venice film festival with One Night in Miami

CBC: Unprecedented budget, Asian cast drive Disney’s bet on Mulan

The Seattle Times: Female directors close to parity at Venice Film Festival

The Hollywood Reporter: Hollywood’s Inclusion Efforts Must Be Central to Its Work (Guest Column)

Playboy: Hollywood’s Slow Progress Toward Gender Parity

Fortune: How Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing could change the entertainment industry

The Hollywood Reporter: Weinstein’s Guilty, But Hollywood’s Reckoning Isn’t Over

Los Angeles Times: Five things that have changed in Hollywood since the Weinstein case broke

Refinery29: Tired Of Seeing Hollywood Women Snubbed, Melissa Silverstein & Kathryn Kolbert Started Their Own Festival

The New York Times: How a Champion of Female Filmmakers Spends Her Sundays

The Hollywood Reporter: Oprah’s Russell Simmons Doc Withdrawal Rattles Accusers and Angers Activists: “It Feels Like Us Against the World”

BBC: Oscars 2020: Why do ‘male tales’ tend to win awards?

UpFront, 94.1 KPFA: Harvey Weinstein on trial, what has changed for justice and equity in Hollywood?

Los Angeles Times: Female directors in Hollywood are still underrepresented, but the gap is narrowing

2019

Los Angeles Times: NBC has a novel solution to the dearth of female directors: Let them direct

BBC: The 100 greatest films directed by women

CNN: “Frozen 2” is more than a princess movie

The New York Times: Why the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys Are Not Ready for They and Them

Bitch Talk Podcast: Mill Valley Film Festival Interviews w/Emily Best & Melissa Silverstein

This Morning with Alex Jensen Podcast: #MeToo Movement in the entertainment industry

The Atlantic: The Plea in Michelle Williams’s Emmys Speech

The Globe and Mail: TIFF 2019: How the Toronto festival is repairing the pipeline of female-fronted films, one program at a time

AP News: Venice Film Festival to host Oscar hopefuls, controversy

The Hollywood Reporter: “Completely Tone Deaf”: How Venice Became the F-You Film Festival

The Hollywood Reporter: Nate Parker’s ‘American Skin’ Producer: He “Deserves a Second Chance”

The Irish Times: Half the movies at Toronto Film Festival are made by women

Variety: Venice Film Festival Will Test Waters of a Nate Parker Comeback

Fortune: Endeavor IPO Filing Shows What the Firm Is Missing: Women

Slate: “Sibyl”, a film that finally shows women in all their complexity

The New York Times: Cannes Says It’s Making Strides for Equality. Some Women See Backward Steps.

British Vogue: How Relevant Is Cannes In 2019?

Newsweek: “Game of Thrones” mishandles “Little Bird” Sansa and Missandei, sparking backlash

Variety: Cannes to Go Ahead With Award for Alain Delon Despite His Controversial Statements

The Washington Post: ‘It dropped like a bomb’: Emma Thompson’s letter could change the face of #MeToo

The Hollywood Reporter: How Female-Focused Version of the Black List Gave RBG Biopic, Sundance Winner “Clemency” a Boost

The Washington Post: Emma Thompson releases blunt letter about why she won’t work with ex-Pixar chief John Lasseter

BBC News: Emma Thompson takes Time’s Up stand over John Lasseter hiring

Filmmaker Magazine: Where are the Girl-Wonders? Everywhere — But Who Noticed?

San Francisco Chronicle: Oscars: A record year for women, but is it progress?

ABC News: No female directors were nominated for a 2019 Oscar; here’s what groups like Time’s Up and Women In Film are doing about it

Variety: Andrea Riseborough Joins Women in Hollywood Talk in Tackling Tough Questions

France 24: Berlin filmfest turns focus on women, Netflix

The Guardian: How today’s female directors broke out of ‘movie jail’

Bloomberg: Universal Is the First Big Studio to Sign the Female-Director Challenge

USA Today: Oscar nominations: Asians are shut out, again. So are female directors. What gives?

Vanity Fair: Female Directors Snubbed, Again, in 2019 Oscar Nominations

Bloomberg: Yes, Those Award Show Protest Speeches Do Work

The Hollywood Reporter: John Lasseter’s Second Chance: Will He Survive at Skydance?

Variety: Insiders Question If John Lasseter Has Reformed Enough to Merit Skydance Hiring

Deadline: The Dilemmas Of John Lasseter’s Revival At Skydance Animation

The Hollywood Reporter: Time’s Up, Women and Hollywood Blast Skydance for Hiring John Lasseter

The Mercury News: Directors nominations show that post-#MeToo Hollywood is as sexist as ever, critics say

Variety: Women in Film LA, Women and Hollywood Partner to Launch #RememberTheLadies Campaign for Oscars

NPR: Study Shows Women Remain Underrepresented In The Director’s Chair

2018

The Hollywood Reporter: What Happened After Cate Blanchett Led a Call for Gender Parity on Cannes’ Red Carpet

The Cut: 7 Women on What “A League of Their Own” Meant to Them

BBC News: Penny Marshall: US TV star and director dies aged 75

BBC News: Is a female lead now key to box office success?

The Washington Post: Once again, all of the Golden Globe nominees for best director are men

ThinkProgress: Elite film festivals have a huge role to play in equality — if they want to

USA Today: ‘Twilight’ turns 10: How Bella and Edward’s girl-meets-vampire love story changed Hollywood

Los Angeles Times: One year after the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, #MeToo has become a battle for hearts and minds

The Hollywood Reporter: A Year After #MeToo, Have Talent Agencies Actually Changed?

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: In the wake of #TimesUp, the Milwaukee Film Festival boosts share of movies made by women

Moneyish: Here’s how golden parachutes began — and what it would mean for Les Moonves to exit CBS without one

Women’s Media Center: Why Hollywood’s diversity numbers haven’t budged

Reuters: After #MeToo, Hollywood women seize power behind TV camera

ABC News: Hollywood tackles abortion as the fight gears up in Washington

MarketWatch: How the #MeToo movement is changing Hollywood

ABC News: Academy invites 928 new members, reflecting push for diversity

ABC News: Women may be leading at the box office but they still lag behind as critics, new study finds

The Guardian: Cannes film festival’s sexual harassment hotline – did it work?

Refinery29: After Sexism, #MeToo, & Protests, What’s Next For Women At The Cannes Film Festival?

The News International: Cannes 2018: Women hold silent protest against lack of female directors

Chicago Tribune: The looming specter of #MeToo stories turned into fodder for TV and film

Daily Times: Cannes Film Festival director pledges to uphold gender equality

USA Today: On Cate Blanchett’s birthday, Cannes Film Festival director signs equality pledge

Screen Daily: Film industry must challenge power structures, invest more in female voices, say experts

Variety: Cannes: Biz Sets Agenda for Next Stage of #MeToo

NPR: 82 Women Walk Cannes Red Carpet In Protest

Vanity Fair: How Kristen Stewart, Jane Fonda, and 80 Other Women Will Protest Cannes’s Astonishing Gender Gap

BBC News: Cannes 2018: Female stars protest on red carpet for equal rights

The Telegraph: How the women of Cannes are taking the lead in film

NBC News: Former Weinstein assistant tells British Parliament how NDA kept her silenced

Variety: The Academy’s New Code of Conduct Finds Its First Test: President John Bailey

AFP: “Crown” star’s pay reignites debate on gender inequality

The Cut: 5 Practical Strategies That Could Change Hollywood: Inclusion Riders and More

NY Daily News: Some Oscars Best Picture winners nearly unwatchable amid #MeToo

The Washington Post: ‘The messier, the better’: The righteously angry women who dominate this year’s Oscars

The Guardian: Will Oscars focus on film or will Time’s Up come to the fore?

Mic: Want to see more diversity in Hollywood? Experts say to spend wisely at the box office.

MarketWatch: Wakanda forever: The overt feminism of “Black Panther”

BBC News: Quentin Tarantino interview about Roman Polanski rape resurfaces

The Guardian: ‘I think people are really disgusted’ — Quentin Tarantino faces Hollywood backlash

Money: TV Writers Are Sharing Their Salaries to Fight Pay Inequality

The Guardian: TV writers circulate anonymous spreadsheet to fight gender pay gap

Reuters: Feeling the Oscar love: Women’s stories grab attention in 2018 nominations

The Guardian: ‘Time is up for Woody Allen’: are Dylan Farrow’s allegations finally sticking?

Washington Post: Colin Firth, Rachel Brosnahan are the latest actors who won’t work with Woody Allen

Reuters: Growing pains for #MeToo as Ansari tale sparks backlash talk

The Hollywood Reporter: Sharing Salaries: How Actresses Are Fighting Hollywood’s Gender Pay Disparity With Transparency

WSJ Magazine: How Jessica Chastain Is Changing the Hollywood Game

Forbes: How Time’s Up Could Help Close Hollywood’s Pay Gap

The Guardian: Female trouble: how can the Oscars fix the scandal of all-male director lists?

Mic: When will Woody Allen’s reckoning come? Some say that’s up to the actors.

New York Times: Mark Wahlberg and Agency Will Donate $2 Million to Time’s Up After Outcry Over Pay

Shemazing: Michelle Williams paid 99pc less than Mark Wahlberg for reshoot

New York Times: Purge of Kevin Spacey Gives “All the Money in the World” a Pay Problem

The Guardian: “All the Money in the World” pay gap reports spark new Hollywood inequality row

Forbes: The Cruel Reason Michelle Williams Earned 0.07% Of Mark Wahlberg’s Pay For “All The Money In The World” Reshoots

ET: Jessica Chastain Decries Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg’s Reported “All the Money in the World” Pay Gap

New York Times: After Globes, Women Declare Success. But What About the Men?

NBC News: The deafening silence on harassment among men at the Golden Globes

ABC News: Golden Globes makes history, but still has a long way to go

The Guardian: Wonder women: how female action heroes will blast cinema screens in 2018

Refinery29: The Number Of Women Directors Working In Hollywood Will Shock You

2017

Vanity Fair: In 2017, Powerful Women Finally Got the Costumes They Deserved

Voice of America: 2017 Marked a Sea Change in Attitudes Toward Sexual Misconduct

Mashable: Anita Hill leads Hollywood’s formalized new charge against sexual harassment

New York Times: Opinion: Bringing Down Our Monsters

ABC News: Why ‘innocent until proven guilty’ may not apply in Hollywood misconduct

The Guardian: What Salma Hayek’s Weinstein story reveals about Hollywood power and pay

The Guardian: The Golden Globes have ignored female directors. In the year of #MeToo, this won’t wash

Los Angeles Times: As Hollywood struggles with inclusion and sexism, the Golden Globes are being parsed with Oscar-like intensity

Time: Person of the Year Runner Up: Patty Jenkins

USA Today: The “Star Wars” galaxy needs women behind the camera more than ever

The Pool: These powerful women in film are standing defiantly in Weinstein’s wake

Screen Daily: Gurinder Chadha: ‘Why can’t I direct a “Star Wars” movie?’

Reuters: Outcry over Weinstein sex scandal could boost women in Hollywood, insiders say

The Pool: The Hollywood tide is turning but this trailblazing woman has been calling out sexism for a decade

NBC News: How the Weinstein scandal could change life for Roman Polanski

E! Online: “Justice League’s” Skimpy Amazon Warrior Costumes Spark Criticism From Jessica Chastain and the Internet

BBC News: “Justice League”: Laying bare the row over ‘skimpy’ costumes

Los Angeles Times: What about the sexual harassment stories we’re not hearing?

Los Angeles Times: Louis C.K. scandal leads to scrutiny of the comedy world power of his ex-manager Dave Becky

The New York Times: California Today: Hollywood Stars Uniting to Fight Sexual Harassment

The Guardian: Other stories: why now is the time for a new movie canon – chosen by women

The New York Times: Talk of Weinstein Dominates Women’s Ceremony in a Hollywood ‘Unmoored’

The Nation: Actresses—and Millions of Other Workers—Have No Federal Sexual-Harassment Protections

Financial Times: Hollywood’s masculinity problem — the full picture

ABC News: How Hollywood’s casting couch culture may have contributed to Weinstein’s alleged behavior

Refinery29: Have Things Really Gotten Better For Women In Hollywood? Melissa Silverstein Weighs In

AP: In Weinstein’s downfall, a moment of reckoning for Hollywood

The Guardian: ‘We’re all complicit’: Were the Harvey Weinstein allegations an open secret?

Refinery29: We Need To Talk About Kate Winslet Defending Working With Woody Allen & Roman Polanski

ABC News: Is the pay gap between men and women in Hollywood growing?

The New York Times: In a Body-Positive Moment, Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step?

Paste Magazine: Amplifying the Female Voices of “Film Twitter” at Comic-Con 2017

Variety: As ‘Wonder Woman’ Soars, Movies Starring Men Fail to Connect at Box Office

Forbes: How Hollywood’s Agencies Are Trying To Fix The Diversity Problem

USA Today: Why women-led comedies can’t get no respect

Refinery29: With The Success Of Wonder Woman, Hollywood Is Out Of Excuses

Real Clear Life: ‘Wonder Woman’ Director’s Success May Rewrite Script for Female Filmmakers

Reuters: ‘Wonder Woman’ conquering Box Office a sign Hollywood sexism outdated?

TheWrap: What Patty Jenkins’ ‘Wonder Woman’ Success Means for Women in Hollywood

FiveThirtyEight: Three Reasons ‘Wonder Woman’ Has Already Made History

AP: ‘Wonder Woman’ director finds herself in rare summer role

The Stage: Oliviers 2017: Mark Shenton – Do the Olivier Awards need a rethink?

The Guardian: MTV scraps gender-specific categories for movie & TV awards

Washington Post: Aaron Sorkin, reportedly unaware of Hollywood’s diversity problem, had many chances to become aware

Women’s Media Center: Could ReFrame be a game-changer for women in Hollywood?

The Jakarta Post: Why I stand with Brie Larson at this year’s Oscars

Girl Talk HQ: FEMINIST FRIDAY: Women’s Work Isn’t Done In Hollywood Yet, & Women Unite In ‘No More Silhouettes’ Music Video

TheWrap: Happy Women’s Day, Hollywood: Disney, Fox Have No Female Directors on This Year’s Movies

Yahoo Movies: IWD 2017: Things are improving for female filmmakers, but there’s no time for complacency

The Irish Times: Irish film and TV urged to move away from ‘boys club’ culture

Esquire: AFTER THE SUCCESS OF HIDDEN FIGURES, ARE FEMALE-FRONTED BIOPICS ON THE RISE?

Fast Company: Walmart’s Oscar Ads Were a Great Idea That Ultimately Flopped

The Guardian: Did #OscarsSoWhite work? Looking beyond Hollywood’s diversity drought

AP: Oscars still lagging in female and minority representation

The Mary Sue: Women and Hollywood Put a Spin on The Hamilton Mixtape to Talk About Representation and Work to Be Done

BBC: Critics reveal the film they want to win best picture

IFTN: New Horizons Colloquium 2017 to hold National Conversation on Women in Irish Film & Television

Limerick Post: Mary I seminar will broaden horizons for women in film

USA Today: Why are some people peeved about Casey Affleck’s Oscar nomination?

USA Today: Oscar nominations 2017: Diversity is not a simple black-or-white issue

Washington Post: A movie about three black female mathematicians is beating Affleck and Scorsese at the box office

Christian Science Monitor: How hundreds of girls are seeing ‘Hidden Figures’ for free

Vanity Fair: D.G.A. to Hollywood: Nate Parker Lives

2016

Marie Claire: Hollywood Scandals: Why Men Crush Them and Women Are Crushed by Them

The Guardian: Hollywood’s rape culture is a reflection of our culture

Crave: Kathleen Kennedy Says Female Directors Don’t Have Enough Experience for ‘Star Wars’

LA Times: Gender and race issues are slowly fading as more filmmakers consider three key tests

LA Times: Hollywood’s culture of sexual harassment is finally making headlines

NBC: Geena Davis Wants to Solve Hollywood’s Gender Gap Problem With New Tech Tool

The Toronto Star: If #OscarsSoWhite, what about TIFF?

USA Today: Why men make more than women in Hollywood

Toronto Star: Selma director Ava DuVernay joins the $100-million club in breakthrough for women of colour

EW: Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a $100 million film

Take Part: What Black Directors Think of Ava DuVernay’s ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Budget Bonanza

Indiewire: Ava DuVernay Continues To Break Hollywood Barriers, and She’s The Perfect Person To Do It – Girl Talk

Screencrush: Ava DuVernay Will Be the First Woman of Color to Direct a 100 Million Dollar Film

Time: Ava DuVernay is the First African-American Woman to Direct a $100 Million Film

Quartz: For the first time, an African-American woman is directing a $100 million film

The Guardian: Ava DuVernay becomes first woman of color to direct a $100m film

Twitter Moments: Ava DuVernay makes history & breaks barriers with next film

Vulture: With A Wrinkle in Time, Ava DuVernay Is the First Woman of Color to Direct a Live-Action $100 Million Movie

The Independent: Ava DuVernay to become first black woman to direct $100m film

NY Mag: Ava DuVernay Just Broke a Major Hollywood Glass Ceiling

Awards Daily: Ava DuVernay Hits Historic Milestone – First African American Woman to Direct a $100 Million Film

LA Times: With ‘A Wrinkle In Time,’ Ava DuVernay will pass a milestone

The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Ghostbusters’ Co-Writer Reveals Stories Behind Cameos, Kate McKinnon’s Character

Film Journal: ‘Ghostbusters’ scribe Katie Dippold talks fan backlash, new Amy Schumer/Goldie Hawn comedy

Bitch: WHY IT MATTERS THAT MALE FILM CRITICS VASTLY OUTNUMBER FEMALE FILM CRITICS

Pop Culture Confidential: Episode 46: Melissa Silverstein & Matt Zoller Seitz

The Atlantic: Why Hollywood Doesn’t Tell More Stories for—and About—Girls

NY Mag: A Tarantino-Produced Film Put Out a Casting Call for ‘Whores’

Vanity Fair: Cringeworthy Hollywood Casting Call Seeks “Whores for Quentin Tarantino Project“

The Guardian: Quentin Tarantino-produced film posts casting call for ‘whores’

Refinery29: Quentin Tarantino Project Seeks “Whores” In Facebook Casting Call

Mic: Quentin Tarantino Project Looks for “Whores” in Facebook Casting Call

The Guardian: How Disney’s princesses got tough

Variety: It’s About Trusting the Vision of Women

The Guardian: As Cannes closes, a new breed of female lead emerges: empowered, careerist –and ‘gender-neutral’

Daily Mail: Sean Penn’s film The Last Face is savaged at Cannes and leaves audiences laughing and BOOING

MetroUK: Cannes 2016: Critics are betting on this black actress getting an Oscar for Loving performance

AP: In Woody Allen, media and moviegoers again confront ambiguity

Washington Post: On Woody Allen and his fans’ and moviegoers’ continuing moral conundrum

News.com.au: Sean Penn’s new film draws unintended laughs, boos at Cannes

The Guardian: Why I won’t be seeing Woody Allen’s new film

Flavorwire: Meet the Men Who Get to Direct Mainstream Movies

The Cut: Two Major Hollywood Studios Have No Female Directors Through 2018

The Wrap: 20th Century Fox, Paramount Have No Female Directors Through 2018

The Hollywood Reporter: Cannes: After 2015’s ‘Year de la Femme,’ Women Directors Fall Short Again

Kering: Changing the Story

Variety: Women Must Demand to Reshape the Media’s Take on the Ideal Femme

Thompson on Hollywood: Melissa Silverstein’s Women and Hollywood Heads for Medium (Exclusive)

Huffington Post: Nia Vardalos’ 8-Year-Old Walked Out Of A Movie That Didn’t Have ‘Enough Girls’

USA Today: Stars speak out about sexism in Hollywood but nothing seems to change

Reuters: How ‘Blackfish’ helped end SeaWorld’s killer whale programs

NPR: In Conversation About Diversity In Hollywood, Where Does Sundance Fit In?

Power to Fly: Women and Hollywood Channel Adele Because #OscarsSoMale

Money: Why You Should Care About the Hollywood Wage Gap

Thompson on Hollywood: WATCH: With Adele’s Help, Women and Hollywood Cleverly Lampoons #OscarsSoMale

Glamour: New #OscarsSoWhite Video Calls on the Academy to Address Diversity Issue

AP: #HollywoodSoWhite: Study confirms racial and gender bias in TV and movies (+video)

Indiewire: Exclusive: Project Greenlight Digital Studios is Launching Brand New Advisory Board

The Star: #OscarsSoWhite? Fans decry lack of diversity in Oscars nominations

Fusion: What Making a Murderer Reveals About Women and Hollywood

Highbrow Magazine: The Female Takeover of Hollywood? Soon, But Not Yet.

2015

Women Transforming Media: Interview with My Hero Project

Variety: The Curious Case of the Women Missing in Film Criticism

Evening Standard: Make way for the sci-fragettes: how sci-fi films like Star Wars are breaking the female stereotype

Sight and Sound Magazine: Best Films of 2015

Interview with Red Elephant Foundation

Paper Magazine: WHY AREN’T MORE FEMALE AND POC DIRECTORS CONSIDERED AUTEURS?

NY Post: Why more women are getting film roles meant for men

The Wrap: Jennifer Lawrence’s Essay on Gender Pay Disparity in Hollywood Ignites Social Media Debate

Cosmopolitan: What “Selma” Director Ava DuVernay Thinks About That Controversial “Suffragette” T-Shirt

NY Magazine: To Get More Women on TV, We Need More in TV

Dame: Is Hollywood Having a Feminist Sexual Awakening?

Interview with Ravishly

The Guardian: The real Hollywood scandal: why Jennifer Lawrence, Angelina Jolie and other female stars get ripped off

Refinery29: Here’s What We’re Excited For At The Toronto International Film Festival

Mashable: How do so many white, male indie directors leap to big blockbusters?

USA Today: Does Hollywood have an issue with women?

NY Times: ‘Jurassic World’ Puts Colin Trevorrow in the Driver’s Seat

ET Canada: Stars Speak Out Against Cannes’ High-Heel Policy

Chicago Tribune: Why are we talking more about women’s shoes than women’s work at Cannes?

Hollywire: Emily Blunt Addresses Strict Heel Policy at Cannes Film Festival

Deseret News: Hollywood’s ‘women problem’ is on peak display, and there’s a rather simple solution

Christian Science Monitor: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: Why are anti-feminists so angry about action film? (+video)

MTV: ‘Change Is Essential’: Female Directors React To The ACLU’s Push For Civil Rights

Washington Post: Women are shut out of directing roles, and it’s hurting movies

NY Post: Marvel and its sexist superhero movies hit a new low

Mother Jones: Dear Marvel and Sony: We Love Movies for Their Kick-Ass Female Heroes, Too, You Jerks

Washington Post: Act FourThe strong feminism behind Black Widow, and why the critiques don’t stand up

Refinery29: Hollywood Spends Millions On Blockbusters — Except For The Ones Starring Women

Quartz: Meryl Streep’s inspiring solution to Hollywood’s ageism problem might actually work

Think Progress: Will We Ever Get A ‘Wonder Woman’ Movie?

Cheek Magazine (French): LA RÉALISATRICE DE SELMA A-T-ELLE ÉTÉ SNOBÉE PAR LES OSCARS?

Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls: FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS: Q&A WITH MELISSA SILVERSTEIN

Interview with Le Deuxieme Regard

Variety: Femme Filmmakers Are Opening Up the Pic Pipeline

Cinemablend: How Charlize Theron Used The Sony Hack To Make Millions

Vox: The Oscars’ horrible lack of diversity, explained in 2 minutes

BDC Wire: 5 Biggest Snubs from the 2015 Academy Award Nominations

Mic: One Tweet Perfectly Sums Up Everything Wrong With the Oscar Nominations

BuzzFeed: Amy Poehler And Tina Fey Made The Perfect George Clooney Joke

Washington Post: Could the Sony hacks help close the Hollywood pay gap?

2014

Jezebel: Here Are Your 2015 Golden Globe Nominations

Reel Screen: IDFA ’14: Female directors champion Bechdel test for docs

Variety: Oscars: Where’s the Competition in the Actress Categories?

Women’s Media Center: How a Woman Director Found Her Voice

Daily Beast: Will There Ever Be a ‘Good Wife’ Effect on Politics?

Salon: Hollywood’s gender inertia: Why there are so few female directors

Slate: Celebrity Feminist Identification Has Reached Peak Meaninglessness

Washington Post: ‘Are you a feminist?’ — the question more and more female celebrities are asked

FilmDoo Interview with Melissa Silverstein

International Business Times: Welcome To The Gunn Show: How Nicole Perlman Is Being Written Out Of ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’

Jezebel: Snow White Dropped from the Snow White and the Huntsman Sequel

Jezebel: This Infographic on Women Directors in Hollywood Is Totally Depressing

Ms in the Biz: Changing the Narrative Landscape

Diestandard.at: Frauen in der Filmbranche: “Wir sind stinksauer” (Women in the film industry: “We are mad as hell”)

Huffington Post:  Why Are There So Few Women Behind the Camera?

Al Jazeera: Nominated for the Oscars but failing the Bechdel sexism test

2013

NY Observer: The Bechdel Test Proves Hollywood is a Boys’ Town

The Guardian: No sexism please, we’re Swedish – films classified by representation of women

Forbes: The 100 Best Websites for Women

Ultimo Segundo: Por trás das câmeras, mulheres lutam por oportunidades iguais em Hollywood

El Pais: La arruga invade Hollywood

CNN: Hollywood’s glass ceiling: Why doesn’t the film industry trust women?

The Guardian: Hillary Clinton biopic Rodham stirs up speculation – who will play her?

NPR: Are Women Really Missing From Film Criticism?

Emma: Cannes kann’s nicht: Silverstein über Frauenmangel in Cannes

Buzzsaw: Through A New Lens

El Pais: La sombra del sexismo acecha (de nuevo) a los Oscar

2012

HitFix: Women and Oscar

NY Post: Snow White Becomes a Girl Power Icon

Forbes: Top 100 Website for Women

Jezebel: Hollywood’s Women Want to Make Hollywood Better for Women

Jezebel: Twilight Screenwriter Reflects on the Series’ Power in Hollywood

The Guardian: Bella beats Bond as Twilight movie topples Skyfall from box-office peak

New York Times: Room for Debate – Respect the Female Consumer

New York Times: Room for Debate – Girls, Girls, Girls

Washington Post: Memo to Hollywood: Women Go to the Movies, Too

The Guardian: Cannes 2012: Palme d’Or diversity debate rumbles on with new petition

Huffington Post: Cannes 2012 Sexist? Lack Of Woman Directors In Competition Spurs Outrage

The Hollywood Reporter: Cannes 2012: 700 Protesters Sign Petition Demanding More Women Directors

Washington Post: Roll the Credits on Chick Flicks

2011

NY Post: Winona Takes Flight

Interview – International Women’s Film Festival – Dortmund | Cologne, Germany

The Australian: Something More Than a Chick Flick

Forbes: 100 Top Websites for Women

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