BY Women and Hollywood
Sony’s Woman Problem
I for one am psyched to see The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (which I will be seeing later today.) But not all women are excited according to a piece last week in Vulture. Sony seems to be nervous...
Circumstance Producer Karin Chien Takes on the Producers Guild
There has been a bit of a controversy last week over the Producer’s Guild nominees. Karin Chien, the producer of Circumstance learned that her film was disqualified from the PGA Awards because the...
Meryl on the Narrowing of the Film Audience
There are not many people who can get away with saying that the film business has basically thrown away everyone except for teenage boys, but that’s exactly what Meryl Streep did last night on...
Listen to Holland Taylor Talk About Playing Ann Richards in a New One Woman Show
Ann begins previews at the Kennedy Center in DC before hopefully coming to Broadway. Here is Taylor talking to David Gregory in a Meet the...
Meryl Streep Will Be on 60 Minutes Tonight
And she is on the cover of the new Newsweek appearing on newstands tomorrow.
A Much Better Picture: The Hollywood Reporter Producer’s Roundtable
Two women — Letty Aronson and Kathleen Kennedy — out of seven. Way better than zero which was the amount of women in their writer and director roundtables. THR’s Producer Roundtable: 7...
Guest Post: I Graduated from the Corman School of Filmmaking
At 19, I decided that I wanted to make movies but unfortunately I did not get the opportunity to attend film school. I relied on DVD extras and books in order to educate myself about cinema and how...
The Golden Globe Nominations: The Women
I like the Golden Globe show cause it’s always goofy. People drink, say funny stuff and you get TV and film people in one place. People who are awards watchers don’t take it too seriously...
Natalie Portman Takes Her Oscar Win Out for a Test Run
While Natalie Portman might have been off our radar screen since last February when she won the best actress Oscar and disappeared to have her baby, yesterday we learned through the Hollywood...
The Help and Bridesmaids Score Screen Actors Guild Nominations
Yesterday, the 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild nominations were announced. Both The Help and Bridesmaids scored best ensembles nominations (which is their top award) which could be an indicator of...
Cross-Post: No Women Allowed
I was recently introduced to a very rare and beautiful creature — a woman who works within the top echelons of an almost exclusively male below-the-line craft in both film and television....
Pariah Writer/Director Dee Rees Talks to Lincoln Center’s Richard Pena
Pariah Writer/Director Dee Rees Talks to Lincoln Center’s Richard Pena
Hollywood Reporter Acknowledges That The Industry is Sexist
The Hollywood Reporter in the wake of their complete dismissal of women in both its writer and director roundtables has done a 360 and put together a whole cover on the lack of women directors and...
Trailer Watch: What To Expect When You Are Expecting — Written by Shauna Cross and Heather Hach
Can one hope that this movie won’t suck if Shauna Cross the writer of Whip-It has written it? I will hope…
The 2011 Black List Arrives With Very Few Women on it
The anticipation for the Black List gets bigger each year. It was even hard getting on the site this morning and I read it was trending on twitter in LA. But one thing hasn’t changed, the number...
Teaser Trailer for HBO Show Girls
This begins the official campaign of I heart Lena Dunham.
Meryl Streep Covers Vogue for the First Time
A rockin 62 year old woman on the cover of Vogue. What is this world coming to? I totally can’t wait to read the whole interview (and this will be the first Vogue I have purchased in a loooong...
AFI Picks Top TV Shows and Films of the Year
This list reminds me that even though they have been upteen articles about how women are making great strides, there is still such a long way to go, because as I look at the lists I notice that...
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren co-hosted the Nobel Peace Prize concert in Oslo over the weekend with Rosario Dawson. The concert honored Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee of Liberia and Tawakkul...
Jane Fonda Receives Sherry Lansing Leadership Awards
At the Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment breakfast in LA last week, Jane Fonda who has been an advocate for women and girls issues for many years — first by starting the Georgia...
Young Adult
I heart Young Adult. I heart it because it is an awesome and original story. I heart it because Charlize Theron hits it out of the park as the horribly bitchy Mavis a woman stuck in her high school...
Talking Oscars and Feminism with Scott Feinberg of the Hollywood Reporter
Check out this audio interview I did with Scott Feinberg — Oscar analyst at the Hollywood Reporter. We talked about the Oscar race with a feminist slant. I really enjoyed the...
We Really Need to Talk About Kevin and Lynne Ramsay
I saw We Need to Talk About Kevin co-written and directed by Lynne Ramsay at the Toronto Film Festival. It was one of the best movies I saw there and it is still one of the best movies that I have...
Interview with Diablo Cody
Diablo Cody was kindly able to take a few minutes to talk Young Adult and feminism in the film business on the eve of the opening of her new film. It’s good to know that we have a strong feminist...
Watch the Q and A With Meryl Streep and Phyllida Lloyd
You make have to wait another couple of weeks to see the film but now you can watch the Q and A conducted by The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg on Tuesday night at the DGA theatre in...
Take a Look at the Busiest Woman in Movies This Year: Jessica Chastain
If you haven’t seen Jessica Chastain in a movie this year, you haven’t been to the movies because she has been in five, some big and some small. Most actors would be lucky to have one role that...
Another Interesting Teaser for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
New Trailer for The Iron Lady
Film opens December 30
Women in Entertainment Power 100 List
The Hollywood Reporter published its annual list of the most powerful women in entertainment yesterday and the news is that women rule TV and really don’t have enough power in the film business. I...
What Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep Have in Common
I know I am lucky. I get to watch and think about movies and write about them and talk about them. But being a blogger, I don’t very often get to see the people in the movies or those who make the...
Patty Jenkins Exits Thor 2
According to the Hollywood Reporter, director Patty Jenkins (Monster) has left Thor 2. They wrote that she was working as of Monday afternoon and had recently been a part of a photo shoot on women...
I Admit it: I Love Sons of Anarchy
On the occasion of the fourth season finale tonight I am coming out and admitting to my deep affection for the TV show Sons of Anarchy. This might seem a bit off based on what I usually write about,...
Must Watch: Borgen — Men Who Love Women
One of my obsessions has been the Danish TV show Borgen which has been running for the last six weeks on Link TV. It is about Denmark’s first female Prime Minister and all the ups and downs of...
Angelina Jolie Talks to Christiane Amanpour
Here is a very comfortable Jolie talking with Christiane Amanpour about her upcoming film — In the Land of Blood and Honey. Film opens December 23rd.
Good News: Women Directed and Women Written Films Fill Sundance Premiere Section
While there weren’t enough films directed and written by women in the competition as I would have hoped, the list of premieres looks at bit different. Check out the description for Bachelorette-...
Sundance Trailer Watch: The Invisible War
Here is your holy crap moment of the day. This makes by blood boil and makes me cry at the same time. I cannot wait to see this film. Over 16,000 women were assaulted in 2009. The facts and figures...
Meryl Streep Receives Kennedy Center Honor
Meryl Streep along with several other esteemed artists including Yo Yo Ma, Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond and Sonny Rollins were honored at the 34th Kennedy Center honors on Sunday evening. The...
Tilda Swinton Scores Two Wins for We Need to Talk About Kevin
Tilda Swinton got a much needed awards boost with two wins in the last couple of days. She was named best actress by both the National Board of Review and at the European Film Awards. She needs to...
Charlize Theron Talks About Her Life and Young Adult
A very impressive woman. She started a foundation in her home country of South Africa to end sexual violence and reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. Young Adult starts rolling out this weekend and will...
Sleeping Beauty — written and directed by Julia Leigh
Sleeping Beauty is a film that is very divisive. After I saw it in Toronto I spoke with several different people, and some absolutely hated it and others thought it was brilliant. Personally, I...
Get a Discounted Pass to the Second Annual Athena Film Festival
I am happy to offer readers of Women and Hollywood an opportunity to get discounted all-access passes to the upcoming Athena Film Festival — a celebration of women and leadership — which...
The Lady
The Lady is opening today for one week in LA for an Oscar qualifying run. It will open early next year here in the US. The review below was written based on the version that was at the Toronto Film...
Long Trailer for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Prepare yourselves. It is almost here. This wil hopefully hold you for a little while. https://medium.com/media/2c4880a22aa1f04800262275610f12f5/href
Interview With Julia Leigh — Writer/Director of Sleeping Beauty
I was able to chat with novelist and now filmmaker Julia Leigh about her film Sleeping Beauty in September at the Toronto Film Festival. Here is our conversation. Women and Hollywood: Talk a little...
Interview With Julia Leigh – Writer/Director of Sleeping Beauty
I was able to chat with novelist and now filmmaker Julia Leigh about her film Sleeping Beauty in September at the Toronto Film Festival. Here is our conversation. Women and Hollywood: Talk a...
The Sundance 2012 Competition Lineup: The Women
Sundance unveiled the competition lineups. Here is the first look at the US Dramatic and Documentary competition. There are 16 films in each category. In the dramatic category, 3 are directed by...
Headlines Matter
The Sundance competition lineup is out. Analysis on the gender breakdown to come. But here’s the first thing I saw when I opened the story in the Hollywood Reporter (I seriously think they need a...
Special Screening Offer for Women and Hollywood
Dear Readers – Here is a special offer for those of you in NYC. I am putting together a screening for the Weinstein Company this THURSDAY (yes, tomorrow) for My Week With Marilyn starring...
Cross-Post: Name It, Change It, Flip It, Quip It
In honor of the Women’s Media Center Awards this evening (and I want to thank everyone who voted for me in the social media award category- I did not win), Nell Scovell and Gloria Steinem have put...
Streep and Chastain Only Women Recognized by NY Film Critics Circle
The NY Film Critics Circle a group comprised of about 30 NY area critics and writers used twitter yesterday to announce their annual winners and not surprisingly women did not figure anywhere on the...