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Felicity Jones to Be Honored at 2018 British Independent Film Awards
“On the Basis of Sex” doesn’t hit theaters until December 25, but Felicity Jones is already earning awards buzz for her performance in the Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic. The...
Bad Robot Announces Films from Megan Amram, Lisa McQuillan, and More
Sitcom scribes Megan Amram and Lisa McQuillan are making the move to the big screen. “The Good Place,” “Parks and Recreation,” and “Silicon Valley” are among the...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s “Fleabag” to Make New York Debut
“Fleabag” is coming stateside. Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s award-winning play is set to debut in New York, a press release announced. Written and performed by Waller-Bridge and directed...
LGBTQ Vampire Novel “The Gilda Stories” Coming to TV with Cheryl Dunye as Showrunner
Over vampire stories about white teen girls falling for even paler immortal dudes? “The Gilda Stories” may be just the inclusive genre story you’re looking for. Published in 1991,...
Amazon Orders Bilingual Rom-Com Pilot from Catalina Aguilar Mastretta
“Everybody Loves Somebody” writer-director Catalina Aguilar Mastretta has a romantic comedy in the works at Amazon Prime. The streamer has ordered a pilot for the untitled bilingual...
Trailer Watch: Danielle Macdonald Enters Jennifer Aniston’s Beauty Pageant in “Dumplin'”
Danielle Macdonald broke out as an aspiring rapper in 2017’s “Patti Cake$” and her next pic sees her taking on the world of Texas beauty pageants. Directed by Anne Fletcher...
Trailer Watch: Yalitza Aparicio Has a Star-Making Role as a Domestic Worker in “Roma”
A trailer has dropped for “Roma,” a favorite out of Venice and Telluride. Inspired partly by the childhood of its writer-director, Alfonso Cuarón (“Gravity”), the drama is...
Trailer Watch: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Won’t Be Told to Quit in “On the Basis of Sex”
Felicity Jones isn’t taking anybody’s shit in a new trailer for Mimi Leder’s “On the Basis of Sex.” The biopic sees her playing Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and more...
“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Insecure,” and “SMILF” Among Recipients of ReFrame’s Inaugural TV Stamp
If you’re looking for a new series to watch — and want to avoid one that ignores the existence of women on-screen and behind the scenes — look no further. Variety reports that...
Trailer Watch: Julianne Moore Is a Dancing Queen in “Gloria Bell”
“When the world blows up, I hope I go down dancing,” says Julianne Moore in the first trailer for “Gloria Bell.” An English-language remake of 2013’s “Gloria,” the...
“Insecure” Actress Amanda Seales Is Making Her HBO Comedy Special Debut Next Year
One of Issa and Molly’s BFFs on “Insecure” is set to make her comedy special debut on the network behind the Issa Rae-starrer. HBO has announced that Amanda Seales, who plays...
DOC NYC 2018 Women Directors: Meet Bridgette Auger – “We Are Not Princesses”
Bridgette Auger has covered the Arab Spring in Egypt and Libya, as well as the refugee crisis as a result of the war in Syria, through photography and video. She was a 2016 National MediaMaker Fellow...
Vanessa Bayer Comedy “Big Deal” in the Works at Showtime
Another “Saturday Night Live” alumna has her own show in the works. Vanessa Bayer is set to topline “Big Deal,” a single camera comedy that she’s also credited as...
Trailer Watch: Karen Gillan Spirals Out of Control in “The Party’s Just Beginning”
“Sometimes it feels like the world’s gone deaf — I can’t tell if they can’t hear me or they’re ignoring me,” says Karen Gillan in the first trailer for her...
Michelle Yeoh May Be Getting Her Own “Star Trek” Spinoff on CBS All Access
“Change is the essential process of all existence,” Spock once said. It looks like Captain/Emperor Philippa Georgiou may take his advice and forge a new path. Michelle Yeoh is in talks to...
DOC NYC 2018 Women Directors: Meet Tracy Droz Tragos – “The Smartest Kids in the World”
Tracy Droz Tragos is a documentary filmmaker whose credits include the HBO film “Abortion: Stories Women Tell,” about personal stories of unplanned pregnancies, which premiered at the 2016...
Glenn Close to Receive Icon Award from Palm Springs International Film Festival
Glenn Close is heading to Palm Springs and she’ll leave with a new decoration for her mantelpiece. The six-time Oscar nominee is set to be honored with the Palm Springs International Film...
DOC NYC 2018 Women Directors: Meet Ruth Leitman – “Lady Parts Justice in the New World Order”
Ruth Leitman has directed six feature length documentary films including “Alma,” which won the Documentary Feature Jury Prize at the Hamptons Film Festival. Her other credits include “Lipstick...
Nominees for 2019 Cinema Eye Honors Revealed: “Shirkers,” “Free Solo,” & More
Presented annually to celebrate nonfiction films, The Cinema Eye Honors awards nominees have been announced via a press release. Sandi Tan’s “Shirkers” is among the leaders of the...
Inaugural Class of Female Cinematographers Announced for Fox’s DP Lab
The industry and mainstream media are — at long last — starting to address the dearth of opportunities for women directors, but the conversation hasn’t shifted as much when it comes...
DOC NYC 2018 Women Directors: Meet Maxine Trump – “To Kid Or Not To Kid”
Maxine Trump directed the 2012 feature “Musicwood,” which was a New York Times Critics’ Pick. She’s directed short documentaries for TNT, Sundance Channel, BBC, and TLC. Her...
DOC NYC 2018 Women Directors: Meet Jennifer Deschamps – “Inside Lehman Brothers”
In 2005, Jennifer Deschamps directed “Is God in Rwanda?,” which focused on people who lost their faith after the Rwandan Genocide. As an editor of documentaries since 2015, Deschamps is...
Women’s Work: Crowdfunding Picks
In some places around the world, we are lucky enough to consider ourselves far off from the days when women had to argue for their right to contribute in male-dominated workplaces. However, this does...
DOC NYC 2018 Women Directors: Meet Alexandra Stergiou and Lexi Henigman – “The Candidates”
Alexandra Stergiou’s work has been recognized by the Wasserman Awards, National Board of Review, and British Council. Her commercial credits as a director and cinematographer include John Frieda,...
Susanne Bier Tapped to Helm Every Episode of HBO’s Nicole Kidman-Starrer “The Undoing”
Nicole Kidman’s new HBO series has found its director. Emmy-winning “Night Manager” helmer Susanne Bier will step behind the camera for all six episodes of “The...
DOC NYC 2018 Women Directors: Meet Joy E. Reed – “Little Miss Westie”
Joy E. Reed brings over a decade of experience in documentary filmmaking as an associate editor and animator. She has been on the creative team of a number of films that have premiered at Sundance,...
Exclusive: A Mother and Daughter Argue About Islam in “Jinn” Clip
Once carefree, 17-year-old Summer (Zoe Renee, “The Quad”) finds herself struggling to cope when her mother Jade (Simone Missick, “Luke Cage”) converts to Islam....
Jocelyn Bioh on “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play” & Its Exploration of Colorism
If you haven’t heard of Off-Broadway’s “School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play,” by Jocelyn Bioh, it is only a matter of time before you do. The play, directed by Tony...
DOC NYC 2018 Women Directors: Meet Havana Marking – “The Kleptocrats”
Havana Marking is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker known for filming in dangerous locations and getting on the inside of criminal or subculture groups. She wrote and directed “Smash...
Reese Witherspoon and Fox 2000 Nab Rights for Vietnam Book “League of Wives”
No stranger to period pics, Reese Witherspoon traveled to the ’60s to tell the story of June Carter Cash in “Walk the Line,” the ’30s for circus drama “Water for...
Apply Now: Birds Eye View Future Leaders in Distribution Program
Listen up, UK-based female distribution executives: Birds Eye View wants to support you in breaking through the glass ceiling of the distribution sector. ScreenDaily reports that the gender equality...
DOC NYC 2018 Women Directors: Meet Alyssa Bolsey – “Beyond the Bolex”
Alyssa Bolsey began and writing short films as a kid. While still in high school, she directed a short documentary entitled “Wild Horses.” This work was screened at various art galleries...
BAFTA to Celebrate Nicole Kidman with Career Retrospective
An Oscar, multiple Golden Globes, Emmy, and BAFTA are just a few of the many honors Nicole Kidman has collected along her 30-plus-year career in the film and television industry. She’s amassed...
Trailer Watch: A Child Sues His Parents in Nadine Labaki’s Cannes Winner “Capernaum”
An Oscar hopeful in the Best Foreign Language Film category, Nadine Labaki’s “Capernaum” already took home the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes Film Festival. A new trailer has dropped...
Anika Noni Rose to Play Legendary Boxing Trainer in TNT Pilot “Beast Mode”
“Beast Mode” has found its lead. Tony winner Anika Noni Rose is stepping into the ring as legendary boxing trainer Marsha Blackstone for the TNT pilot, the network announced in a press...
Apply Now: NBC’s Female Forward and Emerging Director Programs
Heartened by the increasing number of women and people of color behind the camera in episodic TV? If you want to get in on the action, consider submitting to the 2019-20 classes of NBC’s...
Allison Janney to Topline Anna Foerster Thriller “Lou”
Allison Janney is set to star in a dramatic thriller for Bad Robot. The Oscar and Emmy winner is teaming up with “Outlander” and “Jessica Jones” director Anna Foerster for...
Under the Radar: Rima Das’ “Bulbul Can Sing” Examines the Joy and Pain of Growing Up
Last year, director Rima Das premiered her film “Village Rockstars,” which went on to become India’s official submission to the 91st Academy Awards. In her latest feature, “Bulbul Can...
Writer Ngozi Anyanwu and Director Awoye Timpo Talk Reuniting for “Good Grief”
Writer-actor Ngozi Anyanwu and director Awoye Timpo paired up for the current run of Anyanwu’s play “Good Grief” at the Vineyard Theatre. This isn’t the first time the pair has worked...
Kat Dennings-Starrer “Dollface” Ordered to Series at Hulu
Kat Dennings is trying to make up for all the girls’ nights she missed out on. The “2 Broke Girls” alumna toplines “Dollface,” the story of a woman determined to make...
Playwright Jaclyn Backhaus Chats About Her New Show “India Pale Ale”
Jaclyn Backhaus, a playwright of Punjabi and German descent, is skilled at giving women a voice in her work. Her last play, “Men on Boats,” told the story of the 1869 Powell Expedition...
Weekly Update for November 2: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING A Private War (Opens in NY and LA; Opens Nationwide November 16) In this world where journalism is under constant assault, watching “A Private...
Seed&Spark Crowdfunding Rally Yields Nearly $250,000 for Pilots by Creators of Color
Seed&Spark continues to kick ass. With the highest campaign success rate of any crowdfunding site and its focus on inclusion and diversity, the platform is already helping give the industry a...
Apply Now: Women and Hollywood Internship
Women and Hollywood is looking for two interns for the first half of 2019. The position will begin on January 2 and end July 1. Applicants must be willing to commit to 10-15 hours per week for the...
Exclusive: Bliqis Abdul-Qaadir Explores “Life Without Basketball” in a Clip of the DOC NYC Film
Set to premiere at DOC NYC, “Life Without Basketball” offers an intimate look into the triumphs and struggles of Bliqis Abdul-Qaadir, a record-breaking basketball player from Springfield...
Kelly Reichardt is Filming Her Next Feature, “First Cow”
Kelly Reichardt has kicked off production on her next film. She’ll follow up 2016’s “Certain Women” with “First Cow,” IndieWire reports. Set in 1820s Oregon and...
Martha Conley on “Boy Erased,” Sharing Her Son’s Story, and Being Played by Nicole Kidman
When Martha Conley and her husband found out their son, Garrard, was gay 14 years ago, they consulted members of their Baptist community about what to do and were advised to send him to a conversion...
Alicia Silverstone to Topline Amy Miller Gross’ “The Pleasure of Your Presence”
Alicia Silverstone will star in and exec produce “The Pleasure of Your Presence,” Deadline confirms. The pic marks Amy Miller Gross’ follow-up to her first feature,...
“Tell It to the Bees” and “The Chambermaid” Secure North American Distribution
Both “Tell It to the Bees” and “The Chambermaid” made their world premieres at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival in September, and now the women-directed pics have...
Exclusive: Nina Menkes’ “Queen of Diamonds” Has Been Restored, Will Be Re-Released
Originally released in 1991, Nina Menkes’ subversive drama “Queen of Diamonds” was heralded as a feminist masterwork. Now the film about a struggling Blackjack dealer is getting a...
Trailer Watch: Rebel Wilson’s Life Becomes a Rom-Com in “Isn’t It Romantic?”
Rebel Wilson finds herself trapped inside a romantic comedy in the first trailer for “Isn’t It Romantic?” As a girl, Natalie (Wilson) was drawn to the genre. But her mother was...