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“Megan Leavey” Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite Talks Dogs, War, and Feminism
“Megan Leavey” is both a story of war and a story of love. Based on a true story, the movie centers on Megan (Kate Mara), a woman at the end of her rope. She joins the Marines and winds up in a...
Trailer Watch: A Woman Reconnects with Her Father’s Mistress in “The Midwife”
Most families have their share of dysfunction, but in the French-language film “The Midwife” Claire’s (Catherine Frot) clan takes the cake. Working as a midwife, Claire is living her life in...
Human Rights Watch FF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Heather White — “Complicit”
Heather White is a first-time documentary director. She is the founder and former Executive Director of Verité, an award-winning non-profit organization recognized for its groundbreaking leadership...
“Wonder Woman” Continues to Soar at the Box Office
Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman” had another great weekend at the box office — so great that just two weeks into its theatrical run Forbes is calling the Gal Gadot-led blockbuster an...
Human Rights Watch FF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Cristina Herrera Borquez— “No Dress Code Required”
Cristina Herrera Borquez is a Mexican film director whose first documentary short film “The Minutemen Project” (2006) received recognition for Outstanding Artistic Endeavo” at the 6th...
Two Films by Madeline Anderson to Screen at American Black Film Festival
Two short documentaries from the history-making director, producer, reporter, and writer Madeline Anderson will be shown at this year’s American Black Film Festival (ABFF). According to Shadow and...
Quote of the Day: Reese Witherspoon on the Pressure Women Face to Stay in Their Lane
Reese Witherspoon is a bona fide movie star, but the Oscar-winning actress is also building an impressive resume as a producer. In a recent interview with Net-a-Porter Witherspoon reveals that she...
Weekly Update for June 9: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“Megan Leavey” Films About Women Opening This Week Megan Leavey — Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite; Co-Written by Pamela Gray and Annie Mumolo “Megan Leavey” is both a story of war...
Human Rights Watch FF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Katia Maguire and April Hayes — “Home Truth”
Katia Maguire is a director and producer of documentary films. She recently produced two projects for PBS, a film about the lives of three witnesses to the US-Mexico “war on drugs,” and a series...
Melissa McCarthy to Star in Christmas Musical “Margie Claus”
We still have a few blessed months before we’re bombarded with Christmas-themed advertising, but here’s some holiday news worth celebrating in June: Melissa McCarthy is set to topline and...
Release Date Set for Angela Robinson’s “Professor Marston & The Wonder Women”
Another story about Diana, Princess of Themyscira is coming our way. Deadline reports that Annapurna’s “Professor Marston & The Wonder Women” will be released October 27. The film is based...
Trailer Watch: Jenny Slate Deals with Family Drama in Gillian Robespierre’s “Landline”
“I’m flailing. I’m just trying to figure out if the life I picked for myself is even the one I want,” admits Dana (Jenny Slate) in a newly released trailer for Gillian Robespierre’s...
Human Rights Watch FF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Pamela Yates — “The Resistance Saga”
Pamela Yates is a co-founder and current creative director of Skylight, a media company dedicated to creating feature length documentary films and digital media tools that advance awareness of human...
Penélope Cruz-Starrer “The Queen of Spain” Acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Samuel Goldwyn Films has snagged the U.S. rights to “The Queen of Spain,” a comedy that sees Oscar winner Penélope Cruz playing a film star. ScreenDaily reports that a VOD launch is planned for...
Film Society of Lincoln Center to Host Jane Campion Retrospective
The Film Society of Lincoln Center (FSLC) has unveiled its schedule of programs and festivals this summer and fall, and a retrospective of director, writer, and showrunner Jane Campion is among the...
Cher Musical to Hit Broadway in 2018
Cher’s next stage appearance will be a little different from her usual Las Vegas performances. As Entertainment Weekly reports, Cher announced earlier this week that a musical about her life is in...
Bebe Neuwirth to Receive The Players’ Helen Hayes Award
Bebe Neuwirth is already a triple threat — an actress, singer, and dancer — and soon she’ll be a Helen Hayes Award recipient. According to BroadwayWorld, the stage and screen vet will...
Guest Post: I Used an All-Female Crew to Shoot My Movie and Was Called Sexist
Guest Post by Rainy Kerwin Being on set of “The Wedding Invitation” with my all-female crew was the greatest experience of my life. Nope, we didn’t get into catfights. Nope, no one was...
Human Rights Watch FF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander — “Muhi – Generally…
Human Rights Watch FF 2017 Women Directors: Meet Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander — “Muhi – Generally Temporary” “Muhi – Generally Temporary” is Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander’s...
Pamela Yates’ “500 Years” Acquired by Paladin
The third and final installment of Pamela Yates’ “The Resistance Saga” is headed to theaters. Paladin has snagged the U.S. theatrical rights to “500 Years.” According to Variety, the...
Cyndi Lauper Writing Music and Lyrics for “Working Girl” Stage Musical
Cyndi Lauper is bringing her musical chops to Broadway again. The “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” singer will write the music and lyrics for the upcoming “Working Girl” stage musical,...
Zoe Lister-Jones on Hiring an All-Female Crew for Her Directorial Debut “Band Aid”
Zoe Lister-Jones is an actress, writer, and producer. And now she’s a director. “Band Aid,” her directorial debut, is a terrific story about a couple who decide to turn their epic fights into...
Lauren Graham to Adapt YA Novel “Windfall” for the Screen
“Gilmore Girls” star and author Lauren Graham is writing a screenplay. As Deadline reports, Graham has optioned Jennifer E. Smith’s YA novel “Windfall” and plans to pen its film adaptation...
Cross-Post: Parents in the Palais: An Open Letter to the Cannes Film Festival
The following has been reposted from agnès films with the authors’ permission. In response to reports of mistreatment from mothers and parents at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, agnès films’...
Patty Jenkins Is Not Attached to the “Wonder Woman” Sequel
With “Wonder Woman’s” box office numbers, 93 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and an “A” CinemaScore, you’d think Warner Bros. would be doing everything in their power to lock down...
Eva Longoria and Kerry Washington Team Up For “24–7” from Screenwriter Sarah Rothschild
The women who brought Gabrielle Solis and Olivia Pope to our screens are teaming up. “Desperate Housewives” alumna Eva Longoria and “Scandal” star Kerry Washington have signed on to star in...
Sundance’s Pocket-Sized London Fest Lacks Women Directors But Screens Solid Female-Led Films
The fifth edition of Sundance: London came to a close this weekend. The festival, which cherry-picks a handful of films screened at its American parent festival each year to show across the pond,...
Karen Gillan to Receive Rising Star Award at the Maui Film Festival
Former “Doctor Who” companion Karen Gillan is set to receive the Rising Star Award at the 2017 Maui Film Festival, Variety reports. Since her days on the beloved BBC time-traveling series the...
Script About Monica Lewinsky and Linda Tripp Acquired by Amazon
Amazon has snagged the rights to the 2016 Black List script “Linda and Monica.” As The Hollywood Reporter writes, Flint Wainess’ (“Hollywood Heights”) screenplay tells the story of the...
Trailer Watch: Holly Hunter Deals with Trauma and Betrayal in “Strange Weather”
A woman searches for answers after her son’s death in a newly released trailer for Katherine Dieckmann’s “Strange Weather.” Darcy’s (Holly Hunter) son killed himself seven years ago, but...
“Divergent” Author Veronica Roth’s Next Film Adaptation to Tackle Mental Illness
Veronica Roth is best known as the author of “Divergent,” the best-selling YA book series that spawned the Shailene Woodley-led franchise. The dystopian saga centers on a teen who rises up...
Lynn Nottage’s New Play “Mlima’s Tale” to Premiere Off Broadway in 2018
Lynn Nottage’s follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony-nominated play “Sweat” will bow in 2018. Per the New York Times, “Mlima’s Tale” will premiere Off Broadway at the Public...
“Wonder Woman” Director Patty Jenkins Makes History
By now you know that “Wonder Woman” kicked ass at the box office. But here’s the cherry on top of the sundae: “Wonder Woman” helmer Patty Jenkins now holds the record for highest domestic...
Trailer Watch: Salma Hayek Takes on a Trump-Like Figure in “Beatriz at Dinner”
If you find dinner parties awkward, prepare to cringe your way through a new trailer for Salma Hayek-starrer “Beatriz at Dinner.” Beatriz (Hayek) has way more to deal with than dinner companions...
“Wonder Woman” Takes Flight at the Box Office
“Wonder Woman” and her Lasso of Truth are lighting up the box office. The New York Times writes that the superhero movie and its director, Patty Jenkins, “just broke Hollywood’s superhero...
Spec Script from “Underground” Co-Creator Misha Green Goes to Netflix
Misha Green is on a roll. Just weeks ago it was announced that the “Underground” co-creator is set to serve as showrunner on “Lovecraft Country,” a new HBO project that received a...
“Women Who Kill” and “Woman on Fire” Acquired by FilmRise
FilmRise has acquired two female-led films directed by women in the span of a couple of days. Variety reports that the Brooklyn-based company has secured worldwide VOD and digital rights to Ingrid...
Weekly Update for June 2: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“Wonder Woman” Films About Women Opening This Week Wonder Woman — Directed by Patty Jenkins Today the first female superhero movie directed by a woman arrives on the big screen. Gal Gadot...
Interview: Theater Director Rebecca Taichman on Her First Broadway Show “Indecent”
Rebecca Taichman: rebeccataichman.com A fixture of Off-Broadway and regional theater spaces, Rebecca Taichman has been at the helm of many productions including “Familiar,” “Stage Kiss,”...
All-Female Shakespeare Stage Trilogy to Receive UK Theatrical Release
Filmed versions of Phyllida Lloyd’s all-women productions of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” “Henry IV,” and “The Tempest” are receiving theatrical releases in the UK. According to...
June 2017 Film Preview
“Wonder Woman” It’s June, but there’s no gloom here! The moment we’ve been waiting (literally years) for is here. Patty Jenkins’ “Wonder Woman” starts the month off with a bang,...
Rachel Perkins’ Toni Collette-Starrer “Jasper Jones” Acquired by Film Movement
Film Movement has snagged all U.S. rights to Rachel Perkins’ “Jasper Jones,” an Australian coming-of-age drama toplined by Toni Collette. The film is based on a 2009 novel of the same name...
Rising Up: June’s VOD and Web Series Picks
“I Am Jane Doe” The release of “Wonder Woman” has Women and Hollywood reflecting on women who aren’t afraid to take charge of their situations. This month’s VOD and web series picks...
Guest Post: How Writing “The Women’s Balcony” Made Me Rethink My Relationship with Judaism
Guest Post by Shlomit Nehama My debut screenplay centers on the aftermath of an accident at a synagogue. The women’s balcony collapses, leaving the synagogue in shambles. When repairs are made...
Jessica M. Thompson’s SXSW Winner “The Light of the Moon” Acquired by Imagination Worldwide
Imagination Worldwide (IWW) has nabbed the worldwide distribution rights to Jessica M. Thompson’s “The Light of the Moon,” a press release has announced. The SXSW winner chronicles the...
New Doc About Pregnancy and Immigration in Trump’s America Available to Stream for Free
As part of their “100 Days” initiative, Field of Vision and Firelight Media have released “An Uncertain Future,” a press release announced. Chelsea Hernandez and Iliana Sosa’s short...
Netflix Nabs Rights to Olivia Milch’s Lucy Hale-Starrer “Dude”
“Pretty Little Liars’” famous time jump took its high school protagonists five years into the future, but the show’s star, Lucy Hale, is set to return to high school one last time. She and...
Carey Mulligan to Topline and Produce Film About Vietnam War Reporter Kate Webb
Carey Mulligan has booked her next role. The Oscar-nominated actress will topline “On the Other Side,” a drama about the experiences of real-life Vietnam war correspondent Kate Webb. According...
Hailee Steinfeld Eyeing Lead Role in “Transformers” Spinoff “Bumblebee”
Hailee Steinfeld may be teaming up with an Autobot. The Hollywood Reporter writes that the Oscar-nominated actress is in talks to topline “Bumblebee,” Paramount’s first “Transformers”...
“Wonder Woman” Helps Take a Piece Out of the Glass Ceiling for Women in Film
I’ve been tracking women working in Hollywood and the global film industry for ten years now. Way back when I first started writing for this blog having a woman direct a female-led superhero movie...
Trailer Watch: “Birthright” Documents the Real-Life “Handmaid’s Tale”
Civia Tamarkin’s upcoming documentary “Birthright: A War Story” depicts the so-called pro-life campaign for what it really is: an assault on women’s reproductive choices. For many...