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Male Privilege Watch: Man With No Directing Experience to Direct Film With Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett
Women and Hollywood is on vacation this week. While our lights are out, we’ll be reposting our most popular posts of the summer.I was going to tweet this up, but then I paused, because I think it...
Infographic: Women Directors in the Studio System
Women and Hollywood is on vacation this week. While our lights are out, we’ll be reposting our most popular posts of the summer. The director’s chair is one of the most influential thrones in...
Guest Post: Going Back to School with Martha Coolidge’s ‘Valley Girl’
Earlier this month, the hashtag #WomenCallAction flew around the Twittersphere. This live chat hosted by The Women’s International Perspective includedparticipation by director and activist Rachel...
Meet Outlander, the Anti-Game of Thrones
Women and Hollywood is on vacation this week. While our lights are out, we’ll be reposting our most popular posts of the summer.Ever since I heard Starz was adapting Diana Gabaldon’s racy,...
8 Queer Women Films to Watch in 2014
Top Designers Refused to Make Melissa McCarthy’s Oscar Dress
Women and Hollywood is on vacation this week. While our lights are out, we’ll be reposting our most popular posts of the summer. Two Oscar seasons ago, Melissa McCarthy approached a number of top...
Weekly Update for August 22 & 29: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Women and Hollywood is going on vacation next week, so this weekly update encompasses the next two weeks.Films About Women Opening Opening August 22 If I Stay Mia Hall (Chloë Grace Moretz) thought...
Sandra Bullock to Star in and Produce Political Drama ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’
Sandra Bullock is reteaming with Warner Bros., the studio behind Gravity, for her next serious film. Based on Rachel Boynton’s 2005 documentary of the same name, Our Brand is Crisis will focus on...
AFI Expands Directing Workshop for Women Program for Digital Age
It’s a whole new world out there for filmmakers today — and the AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) is changing to reflect that fact. This year’s DWW program, sponsored by Will &...
Elisabeth Moss and Michelle Dockery to Star in Psychological Thriller
Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss and Downton Abbey’s Michelle Dockery have signed on play former best friends in the psychological thriller Queen of Earth. The beloved TV actresses will star as women...
Trailer Watch: Katie Holmes Teaches Children and Criminals Lessons as a Vigilante in ‘Miss Meadows’
Katie Holmes is going back to school (but don’t get too excited; it’s not Capeside High). The former Dawson’s Creek star will be roaming the halls as a teacher this time around in Miss...
Watch: “Women in Refrigerators” Supercut: Female Characters Killed to Give Male Characters Depth
The recent release of a “women in refrigerators” supercut is an infuriating reminder — as if you needed one — of how female characters are (under)utilized and (under)valued onscreen....
‘Masters of Sex’ Renewed for Third Season
Masters of Sex — a show I’ve elsewhere called “Showtime’s best series ever” — has been renewed for a third season. Created by Michelle Ashford, the period drama focuses on...
Trailer Watch: Studio Ghibli’s Eerily Beautiful ‘The Tale of Princess Kaguya’
Based on the 10th-century Japanese folktale “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” The Tale of Princess Kaguya depicts the title character’s life from early childhood into adulthood. The animated...
Nicole Holofcener Announces Follow-Up to Enough Said
After making one of her most personal films with Enough Said, Nicole Holofcener is stretching her creative muscles and doing a 180 by taking on a project whose premise didn’t begin with her....
Emma Stone to Make Broadway Debut in ‘Cabaret’
Emma Stone is coming to Broadway. The Help actress will replace Michelle Williams as Sally Bowles in Cabaret when the latter’s extended run in the show comes to an end on November 9. Stone will...
‘To Be Takei’ Director Jennifer Kroot on George Takei’s “Singular Personality” and the Takeis’ “Functional-Dysfunctional” Marriage
Meet the Takeis — George and Brad — two married men who go around the country talking about Star Trek, gay marriage, and other important issues like the Japanese-American internment...
America Ferrara to Host Latino Documentary Series ‘Panoramica’
America Ferrera is returning to TV — this time, in a much more serious role than “Ugly Betty.” Best known for her Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning portrayal of the titular character in Ugly...
TIFF Announces Julie Taymor and Marjane Satrapi Premieres
As with any huge festival, Toronto FF (September 4–14) has announced its programming in waves. We were initially unimpressed by the paltry number of female filmmakers featured in the main...
Trailer Watch: Susan Sarandon Hunts a Serial Killer in ‘The Calling’
‘May in the Summer’ Writer-Director Cherien Dabis on Hiring Herself to Star in Her Film
May in the Summer is Cherien Dabis’ second film about people who live in two worlds. (Her debut was the Sundance hit Amreeka.) In addition to writing and directing, Dabis went in front of the...
Emmys Rundown: The Good, the Bad, the Gender Disparity
Debbie Reynolds to Be Awarded Life Achievement Honor at SAG Awards
Debbie Reynolds has been chosen as the 2014 recipient of SAG’s most prestigious award, the Life Achievement Award. The honor is bestowed on the basis of the awardee’s career within the industry...
Trailer Watch: Marion Cotillard Has ‘Two Days, One Night’ to Get Her Job Back
Oscar winner Marion Cotillard has a history of delivering strong performances in unconventional projects. Two Days, One Night happily seems to continue that trend. The film, and Cotillard’s acting...
Chicken & Egg to Honor Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Lesli Klainberg and Eugene Hernandez
Chicken & Egg Pictures, the only nonprofit film fund dedicated to women’s documentaries, will present its 2014 Good Egg Award to Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Lesli Klainberg and Eugene...
Desiree Akhavan’s ‘Appropriate Behavior’ Finds Distribution
We’ve been waiting for Desiree Akhavan’s wry, adventurous debut, Appropriate Behavior, to be released since we put the Sundance favorite on our “Most Anticipated Films of 2014” list back in...
Diane Keaton to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award at Zurich Film Festival
Diane Keaton will receive the Golden Icon award at this year’s Zurich Film Festival for her career achievements. Most associated with her Oscar-winning role as the title character in Annie Hall,...
Heather Graham to Write, Direct, and Star in Her Own Movie
Heather Graham made headlines a couple of days ago (on industry news sites, anyway) when she departed a Neil LaBute play three days after a press meet-and-greet. Buried in that story, though, is...
Trailer Watch: Jennifer Kent’s Sundance Favorite ‘The Babadook’
When it debuted at Sundance this year, writer-director Jennifer Kent’s debut, The Babadook, became one of the festival’s breakout hits, with critics praising the film as a “flat-out...
Gloria Estefan Musical Coming to Broadway in 2015
Orange is the New Black Wins Big at Creative Emmys
Orange is the New Black took home three trophies at last night’s Creative Arts Emmys, including an Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy award for Uzo Aduba, who plays Suzanne, AKA “Crazy...
Ballet Dancer Misty Copeland to Get Biopic
The recent release of a fifth installment in the Step Up franchise indicates that audiences remain captivated by the art of dance and by those who are doing the dancing. In what promises to be a...
Thandie Newton Has DirecTV Show Renewed, Joins HBO Drama
Hollywood took an awful long time recognizing Thandie Newton’s talent, but better late than never, I suppose. Newton recently became one of the small screen’s busiest actresses when her DirecTV...
Weekly Update for August 15: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening Abuse of Weakness — Written and Directed by Catherine Breillat Isabelle Huppert stars as Maud, a film director who one morning wakes up and cannot feel one side of...
Venice Film Fest to Honor Frances McDormand
The Venice International Film Festival (August 27-September 6) will celebrate Frances McDormand’s career by bestowing the 2014 Personal Tribute to Visionary Talent Award to the Fargo actress....
‘Outlander’ Renewed After One Episode
After pulling in more than 5 million viewers — and just as many men as women — the small-screen adaptation of Diana Gabaldon’s beloved Outlander series has been renewed for a second...
Guest Post: Film Fatales Give Back: The Importance of Community Outreach
Film Fatales is a collective of female writers/directors who meet regularly to support each other’s work and promote the creation of more films by and about women. Several of us recently...
Trailer Watch: Acrobats Fly and Crash in ‘Born To Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs Gravity’
“Part of the deal is, you walk into the room and you agree to get hurt. You might get a little hurt.” That’s the unapologetic attitude extreme choreographer Elizabeth Streb takes with her...
Only Three Women-Directed Films Scheduled for NYFF’s Main Slate
The Impossible Girl: ‘Doctor Who’ and the Glass Ceiling
Chelsea Handler Planning a Live, Star-Studded Bash for Her Series Finale
The late night host will depart the airwaves on Tuesday, August 26 — and she’s determined to go out with a bang. Chelsea Hander, who signed a Netflix deal for four “docu-comedy”...
‘Abuse of Weakness’ Director Catherine Breillat on How to Blackmail Isabelle Huppert Into Starring in Your Film
With her latest project, French auteur Catherine Breillat follows up brilliantly on her last two fairy-tale films, Bluebeard (2009) and The Sleeping Beauty (2010). The semi-autobiographical Abuse of...
Second Mary Shelley Biopic to Star Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner
There are now officially two Mary Shelley biopics in the works, both focusing on the young author’s work of writing Frankenstein and her romance with the older poet Percy Shelley (who would later...
Trailer Watch: US Trailer for Juliette Binoche’s 1,000 Times Goodnight
RIP: Lauren Bacall — Check out Some Career Highlights
Toronto Film Fest Announces More Women-Directed Films
When the 39th Toronto International Film Festival (September 4–14) released its first two rounds of programming at this year’s events, we were initially unimpressed by the paltry representation...
Jennifer Lawrence Close to Starring in Adaptation of Jeannette Walls’ The Glass Castle
Lionsgate, the studio behind The Hunger Games, is inching closer to signing Jennifer Lawrence to the big-screen adaptation of Jeannette Walls’ The Glass Castle. Walls’ best-selling 2005 memoir...
Outlander Pilot Drew Male and Female Viewers in Equal Numbers — And Lots of Them
If there was any question whether Outlander’s reputation as a female-centric historical bodice ripper would attract a lopsided audience, the answer is a resounding no. To quote Orange is the New...
Lyle Director Stewart Thorndike on Making the Lesbian Version of Rosemary’s Baby and the Need for Feminist Horror
You’veheard the story before: A pregnant woman suspects her neighbors are part of aSatanic cult, and they want her unborn child. As her paranoia grows, so doesthe danger. But is she truly the...
Outreach Coordinator Position Available
Position Summary The Athena Film Festival is seeking an outgoing and creative individual to serve as the Outreach Coordinator for the 2015 Festival (Feb. 5–8, 2015). The Outreach Coordinator works...
Crosspost: Where’s Gamora?
The following is crossposted from the author’s site with her permission. After seeing Guardians of the Galaxy, my four-year-old daughter wanted a Gamora action figurine and my son wanted...