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“The Breadwinner,” “Loving Vincent,” and More Women-Directed Animated Films Submitted for Oscar…
“The Breadwinner,” “Loving Vincent,” and More Women-Directed Animated Films Submitted for Oscar Race The Oscar race is heating up. Features submitted for consideration in the Animated...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Laura Fairrie — “Spiral”
Laura Fairrie is an award-winning documentary director with a background as a current affairs journalist and producer. At the beginning of her career she worked in the UK, Northern Ireland, China,...
Theresa Rebeck on Bringing “What We’re Up Against” Back, Literally and Figuratively
At the end of “What We’re Up Against,” a female character looks straight out into the audience and asks, “Why is it still like this?” The irony is that Theresa Rebeck wrote the play back...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Julia Bacha — “Naila and the Uprising”
Julia Bacha is a Peabody award-winning filmmaker, media strategist, and the Creative Director at Just Vision. Her credits include “Encounter Point,” “Budrus,” and “My Neighbourhood.”...
Trailer Watch: Sally Hawkins Makes a Run for It in “The Shape of Water”
“He’s coming for you,” Sally Hawkins is warned in the final trailer for “The Shape of Water.” Set against the backdrop of Cold War era U.S. circa 1963, the otherworldly fairy tale sees...
Could “Good Girls Revolt” Be Coming Back?
“Good Girls Revolt” might be getting a second life. The much-loved, short-lived series was cancelled nearly a year ago by Amazon after just one season, but Deadline reports, “Sony Pictures TV...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Paige Goldberg Tolmach — “What Haunts Us”
Paige Goldberg Tolmach founded The Little Seed in 2007, an eco conscious store in Los Angeles which helped raise awareness about the dangers of toxic chemicals in households. In 2009, The Little...
Exclusive: Female Activists Unite in “Naila and the Uprising” Trailer
“Naila and the Uprising” “For over a decade, whenever I’ve asked Palestinian grassroots leaders about the models of inspiration that they draw on, they’ve consistently pointed me towards...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Talya Tibbon — “Sky & Ground”
Talya Tibbon is an award-winning director, producer, and writer. She’s worked in four continents documenting wide-ranging subjects such as street gangs, mass shooters and those who survive their...
Navigating This Life Together: November’s VOD and Web Series Picks
“Like Crazy” Friendships between women often don’t receive the attention they deserve in the narratives we consume. So the women behind this month’s VOD and web series picks have taken things...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Barbara Kopple — “A Murder in Mansfield”
Barbara Kopple is a two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker. Her credits include “This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous,” “Miss Sharon Jones!” and “Harlan County USA.” Kopple actively...
Gal Gadot to Receive Palm Springs Film Festival Rising Star Award
Gal Gadot is set to receive a well-deserved honor at the upcoming Palm Springs International Film Festival. The “Wonder Woman” actress will take home the Rising Star Award at the fest’s Awards...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Jessica Wolfson — “Hot Grease”
Jessica Wolfson has created award-winning media content for ESPN 9 for IX, MTV, Conde Nast, NYU, Canon, and many nonprofit organizations. At IFCtv Original Programming, she developed and produced...
Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston’s Morning Show Drama Goes to Apple
Huge TV news: Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston’s highly anticipated morning show drama has found a home, and it’s landed at an unexpected place. Apple snagged the as-yet untitled project...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Ceyda Torun— “Kedi”
Ceyda Torun is an Istanbul-born director who spent her early years among the street cats, while her mother worried she’d get rabies and her sister worried she’d bring home fleas. She co-founded...
Briga Heelan on the Close-Knit Relationship Between the Women of “Great News”
Heelan in “Great News” Actress Briga Heelan has appeared in the likes of “Love,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Ground Floor,” “Happy Endings,” and “Cougar Town.” But it’s her...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Geeta Gandbhir — “Armed With Faith”
Geeta Gandbhir is a prolific director, editor, and producer. She has co-directed numerous award-winning films, including “I Am Evidence,” “Prison Dogs,” “Remembering the Artist, Robert De...
Clio Barnard’s Ruth Wilson-Starrer “Dark River” Lands U.S. Distribution
Clio Barnard’s latest offering has secured U.S. distribution. According to ScreenDaily, FilmRise acquired the North American rights to the family drama “Dark River,” toplined by “The...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Chanda Chevannes — “Unfractured”
Chanda Chevannes is a Canadian filmmaker, writer, and educator. Her first feature-length film, “Living Downstream,” won several awards, has been screened publicly over 200 times, and was...
Toni Collette to Star in Family Drama Series From Netflix & BBC One
Toni Collette is returning to the small screen. A press release announced that the “United States of Tara” alumna will topline Netflix and BBC One’s “Wanderlust,” a six-episode, hourlong...
Trailer Watch: Meryl Streep Risks Everything to Expose Government Corruption in “The Post”
A trailer has landed for Meryl Streep-starrer “The Post,” and while the drama is set in 1971, the subject matter remains terrifyingly timely. The highly anticipated pic follows the White...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Alice Elliott — “Miracle on 42nd Street”
Alice Elliott is the Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker of “The Collector of Bedford Street.” Her short “Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy” was nominated for an International...
Tessa Thompson to Receive Tribute at Napa Valley Film Festival
Tessa Thompson dominated the weekend box office with “Thor: Ragnarok,” and now comes word that the rising star will be honored at the Napa Valley Film Festival. A press release announced that...
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese’s “Almost Paris” Nabbed by Freestyle Digital
Domenica Cameron-Scorsese has found a home for her feature directorial debut. Deadline reports that the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studio, Freestyle Digital...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Harriet Hirshorn — “Nothing Without Us: The Women Who Will End…
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Harriet Hirshorn — “Nothing Without Us: The Women Who Will End AIDS” Harriet Hirshorn is a documentary filmmaker with a focus on social justice issues....
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Rachel Dretzin — “Far From the Tree”
Rachel Dretzin has been honored with numerous awards for her documentaries, including the Emmy Award, the Peabody, the Du-Pont Columbia, and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. For many years...
Annette Bening to Receive Tribute from Museum of the Moving Image
Annette Bening is set to receive yet another honor. Variety reports that The Museum of the Moving Image is paying tribute to the “20th Century Women” star at its 31st annual Salute. Set to be...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Ky Dickens — “Zero Weeks”
Ky Dickens directed the acclaimed documentary “Sole Survivor,” which profiles four survivors of otherwise fatal plane crashes. “Sole Survivor” was acquired by CNN Films for broadcast and...
Chelsea Handler, Mary McCormack, & Cynthia Mort Teaming Up for “Unspeakable” at Hulu
Chelsea Handler has never been one to shy away from taboo subject matter, and now the outspoken “Chelsea” host has found a project that promises to tackle topics that most media — and...
“Orange Is the New Black’s” Uzo Aduba to Topline “Miss Virginia”
“Crazy Eyes” has signed on to star in an indie drama. “Orange Is the New Black” actress Uzo Aduba will topline “Miss Virgina,” Variety reports. Penned by Erin O’Connor, the script is...
Carey Mulligan to Play Gloria Steinem in Dee Rees’ “An Uncivil War”
Two years after Carey Mulligan played a burgeoning feminist activist in Sarah Gavron’s women’s rights drama “Suffragette” comes word that she’ll portray one of the most famous feminists of...
Rachel Griffiths to Make Feature Debut with Female-Led Horse-Racing Drama
Oscar-nominated actress Rachel Griffiths is set to make her feature directorial debut. The “Brothers and Sisters” alumna is helming Teresa Palmer-starrer “Ride Like a Girl,” Deadline...
New Class of Women at Sundance Fellows Announced
Marielle Heller (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl”), Elyse Steinberg (“Weiner”), and Jennifer Phang (“Advantageous”) are just a few of the amazing alumna of the Women at Sundance Fellows...
“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” Being Resurrected as Middle-Grade Book Series
Buffy Summers is coming back from the dead. Again. Entertainment Weekly reports that Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, in association with 20th Century Consumer Products, has acquired a new...
Liz Friedlander to Write and Direct Female-Centric Cop Drama for ABC
“Conviction” creator Liz Friedlander is looking to bring more women in blue to the small screen. Her as-yet untitled female-led police drama has received a put pilot order from ABC,...
Trailer Watch: Barbra Streisand Invites Us Behind the Scenes in New Netflix Doc
A new Netflix documentary is giving us an intimate look into what goes into a living legend’s stage show. “I’m feeling the love. It’s wonderful,” Barbra Streisand tells her audience in a...
Mindy Kaling Working on “Four Weddings and a Funeral” Anthology Series at Hulu
“The Mindy Project” has borrowed, celebrated, and skewered conventions of rom-coms throughout its six-season run, so it comes as no surprise that the show’s creator and star has signed on to...
Women Who Make Us Laugh: Crowdfunding Picks
Get ready to laugh and reflect: for this round of crowdfunding picks, we’re focusing on comedies about and made by women. First up is Sarah Delpizzo and Melissa Graver’s “The Pet Peeve...
Sophie Turner to Star in Survival Story “Girl Who Fell From the Sky”
Sophie Turner is heading from Winterfell to the rain forest. The “Game of Thrones” actress is set to play another resilient young woman who overcomes overwhelming odds to survive in “Girl Who...
Julianne Moore to Star in Julie Taymor’s Gloria Steinem Biopic
Julie Taymor’s upcoming adaptation of Gloria Steinem’s memoir has found a leading lady. “My Life on the Road” — which already seemed too good to be true — just got even better....
November 2017 Film Preview
“Lady Bird” November is here with collection of women-centric, women-directed, and women-written films that range from funny to heartbreaking to eye-opening to game-changing. On November 1, the...
Trailer Watch: Margot Robbie Chases Glory and Finds Infamy in “I, Tonya”
A new Red Band trailer has dropped for awards hopeful “I, Tonya.” The Margot Robbie-starrer centers on world-renowned athlete turned punchline Tonya Harding. “My entire life I’ve been told I...
Gabrielle Union to Topline “Bad Boys” TV Spinoff
Mourning the imminent end of “Being Mary Jane”? The good news is that the show’s star, Gabrielle Union, will likely be returning to the small screen very soon. NBC has snagged a “Bad Boys”...
Elizabeth Banks to Direct “The Paper Bag Princess”
Looks like we’re going to be seeing even more Paper Bag Princess Halloween costumes in the next few years. Elizabeth Banks is taking the beloved literary character to the big screen. The...
Quote of the Day: Nicole Kidman Says Being an Advocate Means Putting Things Into Action
2017 saw Nicole Kidman working with two renowned women directors: Jane Campion for “Top of the Lake: China Girl” and Sofia Coppola for “The Beguiled.” Her upcoming projects include Rebecca...
Oscar Doc Submissions Are 35 Percent Women-Directed
It’s time to meet the 2018 Oscar doc contenders. One hundred seventy features have been submitted for consideration in the category at the upcoming Academy Awards, and one of them will be taking...
Comedian Taylor Tomlinson to Star in Semi-Autobiographical ABC Series
“Last Comic Standing” alumna Taylor Tomlinson is on the road to getting her own show. Deadline reports that the stand-up comedian has a semi- autobiographical series in development at ABC....
Quote of the Day: Rose McGowan Says “It’s Time to Rise” at The Women’s Convention
“I have been silenced for 20 years,” Rose Mcgowan said as she took the stage earlier today at the Women’s Convention in Detroit. She’s been tweeting up a storm since Harvey Weinstein started...
“Girls Trip” Writer Tracy Oliver to Make Directorial Debut with “Survive the Night”
Tracy Oliver is stepping behind the camera. The breakout screenwriter of “Girls Trip” is set to make her directorial debut with an adaptation of Danielle Vega’s 2015 YA novel “Survive the...
Stella Meghie to Write and Direct “The Photograph”
Stella Meghie has lined up her next project. The “Everything, Everything” helmer will write and direct “The Photograph,” Variety reports. Universal Pictures acquired the original spec,...
Exclusive: A Mother Needs Her Daughter to Grow Up in “Gold Star” Clip
“I know none of this is fair to you, Vic, but I need you home,” a mother says to her 20-something daughter in our exclusive clip of “Gold Star.” Deanne (Catherine Curtin, “Insecure,”...