#Judi Dench
Judi Dench Will Be Honored with Screen International’s Outstanding Contribution to UK Film Award
Judi Dench is set to be celebrated by Screen International at the upcoming Screen Awards. The Oscar-winning actress been named as this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to UK...
Trailer Watch: Judi Dench Is Accused of Spying for Russia in “Red Joan”
“You are being charged with 27 breaches of the Official Secrets Act,” Judi Dench is told in a trailer for “Red Joan.” Retired and living a quiet life in the suburbs, Joan...
Judi Dench to Receive Honor at British Independent Film Awards
Judi Dench is following in the footsteps of Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, and Julie Walters, all previous recipients of the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film....
Trailer Watch: Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, & More Unite in “Tea with the Dames”
Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, and Joan Plowright crack open champagne and spill the beans in a new trailer for “Tea with the Dames.” The upcoming documentary sees the legendary...
Trailer Watch: ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ is Dark and Twisty
Stand aside, Charles Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” is a little bit weirder, a little bit darker and features the wondrous Eva Green...
DVD Giveaway: Name Your Favorite Judi Dench Movie for a Copy of Philomena
The hilarious and heartbreaking Philomena, about an elderly Irish woman’s search for the son who was adopted against her will by the Catholic church, is finally out on DVD, Blu-Ray, VOD, and Pay...
The Big O: In Praise of the 10 Actress Nominees
It is all too easy at this late point in the Oscar season to only focus on the shifting standings in the 24 categories and to ignore the big picture of what this collection of contenders actually...
The Big O: Remembering 2013’s Top Female Film Moments
I have always been a list-maker. After all, they come in handy when it comes to remembering what groceries to buy, what clothes to pack and what chores to nag my husband about. But unlike many film...
The Big O: When it Comes to Oscar Dames, Dench Rules
According toRodgers and Hammerstein, there is nothing like a dame. According toOscar, few dames are grander than Judi Dench. Of the 14 Academy Award-nominated actresses who have held the lofty...
Judi Dench Releases Funny or Die Video in Ongoing Philomena Ratings Battle (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Hours after Judi Dench and Steve Coogan’s Funny or Die video was released, the MPAA backed down and lowered Philomena’s rating from R to PG-13. Read the original post below. Philomena...
Judi Dench takes on the MPAA for ‘Philomena’
In the superb upcoming drama Philomena, where an elderly woman embarks on atrans-Atlantic search for a son who was adopted against her will fifty years previously, star Judi Dench doesn’t kill...
Trailer Watch: New Trailer for Philomena — Starring Judi Dench
Philomena, starring Judi Dench, has taken the festival circuit by storm — receiving critical praise at Toronto and nabbing the Best Screenplay award at Venice. Dench plays Philomena, a woman...
The Big O: Assessing the Actress Races Coming Out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto
Telluride and Venice are fini. Toronto wraps this weekend. Time for some serious girl talk about how the lead and supporting actress categories have somewhat shifted now that the festival Oscar...
The Big O: The Oscar Season Kicks Off
Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Big O, Women & Hollywood’s new Oscar column. Not that there is any lack of web outlets that engage in prognostication and updates on the status of...
The Weinstein Company Acquires Women Centric Tracks
The Weinstein Company, as of late, has been nabbing some high profile women centric titles. In May, they picked up the Judi Dench starrer, Philomena, about a woman who looks for the son she was...
Trailer Watch: Philomena – Starring Judi Dench
Judi Dench’s upcoming Philomena focuses on a woman looking for her son. Forced to give up her child, after becoming pregnant at a young age, Philomena spends the next 50 years looking for...
Women Centric Films in Toronto International Film Festival 2013 Gala & Special Presentation Line Up
After taking a look at the women directed films in the galas and special presentations, we also wanted to take a look at the women centric films that will be receiving lots of attention in...
2013 Cannes News – Part 2
More lady news coming out of Cannes. Uma Thurman will star as controversial anti-gay activist Anita Bryant in Anita. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will direct from a screenplay by Chad...
2013 BAFTA Nominees Include Kathryn Bigelow, Judi Dench, Lynne Ramsay
On the heels of learning that 4 out of the 5 nominated for BAFTA’s Rising Star Award are women, comes the full list of the 2013 BAFTA awards nominees. Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal and Zero...
Dueling Skyfall Reviews: Feminist Mom Approved — Skyfall
Skyfall, the newest 007 blockbuster, is a fabulous, almost win-win-win for women! The film has three significant female characters and Bond himself is portrayed as a humbled, post-modern anti-hero...
Dueling Skyfall Reviews: Skyfall: A Post-Election Conservative Wet Dream
FAIR WARNING: Do not read this if you don’t want to know how the new James Bond movie Skyfall ends. Although, if you were disappointed by last week’s election results, it might give...
Watch This: Judi Dench on Skyfall
Skyfall, marks the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise and it revitalizes itself with a compelling storyline that puts major focus on Dench’s character M. When M’s past comes back to...