Films
Trailer Watch: Bel Powley Has a Big Vocab and a Bad Attitude in “Carrie Pilby”
Carrie Pilby has plenty to say about Camus, Kierkegaard, and Hobbes, but the 19-year-old Harvard graduate can’t make small talk to save her life. “There’s a perfectly good reason I don’t...
You’re Invited: Join Women and Hollywood in Ireland at “New Horizons” Event
If you will be in Limerick, Ireland in early March, you should add “New Horizons” to your schedule. The one-day event, providing “an opportunity for contributors to lend their voice to the...
Free Screenings for “Hidden Figures” and Public Screenings for “13th” Announced
Haven’t had a chance to see “Hidden Figures”? Want to host a screening of “13th” for your school? You’re in luck: Both films have been granted screening access. According to Deadline,...
Gurinder Chadha to Direct Film About a Female Indian Spy Set in WWII
“Bend It Like Beckham” director Gurinder Chadha has announced her newest project. The Hindustan Times reports that Chadha is developing “Song for a Spy,” about a female Indian World War II...
Niki Caro to Direct Disney’s Live-Action “Mulan”
Welcome to the $100 million club, Niki Caro. The “McFarland, USA” director is reteaming with Disney to helm its live-action “Mulan” remake, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. With this gig,...
Berlinale 2017 Women Directors: Meet Tala Hadid — “House in the Fields”
Tala Hadid is a writer, director, and photographer. Her first film,“Sacred Poet,” centered on Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini. She’s directed several short films, including “Tes...
LA Women’s International Film Festival Announces 2017 Lineup
The 13th Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival has announced its 2017 program. The festival will kick-off four days of features, documentaries, shorts, and panel discussions with a...
Trailer Watch: Amandla Stenberg Finds Freedom in “Everything, Everything”
Adolescence can be really, really difficult. In fact, plenty of teens only manage to get through it by looking forward to the escape that comes after high school, particularly moving out of their...
Kahane Cooperman’s Oscar-Nominated Short “Joe’s Violin” Acquired by PBS
A tale of two unlikely BFFs is set to reach households across the country. Kahane Cooperman’s “Joe’s Violin” has been acquired by PBS’ “POV,” Deadline reports. The documentary series...
Teaser Watch: Suki Waterhouse Is Captured by Cannibals in Ana Lily Amirpour’s “The Bad Batch”
If you loved “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night,” you’re in luck. A teaser has finally arrived for writer-director Ana Lily Amirpour’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed western vampire...
“About Ray” Gets New Name and Release Date
“About Ray” is now “Three Generations.” The film, which has been on the shelf since September 2015, will be released May 19, 2017, The Hollywood Reporter writes. Directed by Gaby Dellal and...
Jena Friedman to Make Directorial Debut with “Serial Dater,” Starring Imogen Poots
Jena Friedman is set to depict the the perils of modern dating in “Serial Dater,” her directorial debut. The stand-up comedian and former “The Daily Show” producer will also pen the script...
Princess Diana Miniseries to Air on ABC in August
Princess Diana: Nick Parfjonov/Wikimedia Commons A documentary miniseries about Princess Diana is coming to ABC. According to Deadline, the four-hour untitled project will air over two nights in...
Berlinale 2017 Women Directors: Meet Jackie Van Beek — “The Inland Road”
Jackie Van Beek is a New Zealand writer, director, and actor with a background in devised theater. She has made seven short films that have played at numerous festivals including Berlin, London,...
True/False Film Fest Teams Up with Kickstarter for Childcare Initiative
The past week has been a pretty good one childcare advocates. First, Raising Films launched the Family Support Fund. Now True/False Film Fest and Kickstarter are working together on The Cradle, an...
Trailer Watch: Scarlett Johansson Fights Back in “Ghost in the Shell”
“I know I have a past. I’ll find out who I was,” vowed the Major (Scarlett Johansson) in the first trailer for “Ghost in the Shell.” The second trailer for the highly anticipated film sees...
Golshifteh Farahani to Star in Eva Husson Film About Female Resistance Fighters
A female-led film about freedom fighters that’s written and directed by a woman? Count us in. “Paterson” actress Golshifteh Farahani has signed on to star in Eva Husson’s “Girls of the...
Berlinale 2017 Women Directors: Meet Rubika Shah — “White Riot: London”
Rubika Shah is a director, writer, and journalist. She has directed a number of documentary shorts for the BBC which explore the works of Spike Lee, Gore Vidal, and others. Her documentary short...
Moving Forward: Crowdfunding Picks
“La Barracuda” This month’s crowdfunding projects are about women moving forward in their lives, usually in the wake of tragedy. Each of these projects, from a documentary examining immigration...
Ruth Negga to Receive an Oscar Wilde Award from US-Ireland Alliance
No matter what happens at the Academy Awards on February 26, Ruth Negga will still end up with an Oscar. An Oscar Wilde, that is. The “Loving” actress will be honored at the US-Ireland...
Guest Post: The Case for Gender-Balanced Crews
Guest Post by Tema L. Staig I run Women In Media, a networking group for above and below the line women — and the men who love making movies with them. We host regular networking events and...
Jessica Chastain to Be Named Female Star of the Year at CinemaCon
Two-time Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain is adding yet another honor to her extensive resume. She’s been named the Female Star of the Year by CinemaCon, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. The actress...
Debra Messing Opens Up About Being Body-Shamed by a Predatory Director
Imagine yourself at work. You’re sitting (or standing) there, doing your best on the task at hand. Suddenly, your boss comes over and screams, “How quickly can we get a plastic surgeon in here?...
Alice Lowe’s “Prevenge” Secures a U.S. Release
You’ll be able to watch a dark comedy about a mom-to-be on a killing spree in U.S. theaters next month. Happy Friday! The North American rights to Alice Lowe’s delightfully weird “Prevenge”...
Emma Watts Named Vice Chairman of 20th Century Fox
Another woman is rising through the ranks at 20th Century Fox Film. The studio has promoted veteran Fox executive Emma Watts, The Hollywood Reporter writes. Watts will now act as its vice...
Trailer Watch: Joey King’s Dream Becomes a Nightmare in “Wish Upon”
Who hasn’t been told to “be careful what you wish for”? A new horror film, “Wish Upon,” offers a dark twist on what can happen when all of your wishes come true. A trailer for the movie,...
Berlinale 2017 Women Directors: Meet Teona Strugar Mitevska — “When the Day Had No Name”
Teona Strugar Mitevska is an award-winning writer and director. Her previous credits include “The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears,” “I Am from Titov Veles,” and “Veta.” “When the Day...
Nicole Kidman Will Produce, Possibly Star in “The Expatriates” TV Series
Looks like Nicole Kidman is making herself at home in the TV landscape. The star of HBO’s upcoming “Big Little Lies” and the next season of “Top of the Lake” has signed on to produce...
Oprah Winfrey May Star in “Terms of Endearment” Remake
Oprah Winfrey and Lee Daniels may be reuniting. The Oscar-nominated actress and media mogul is in negotiations to star in Daniels’ upcoming remake of “Terms of Endearment,” Indiewire reports....
Kerry Washington to Star in “The Perfect Mother”
Kerry Washington is in “final talks” to star and produce in an adaptation of a hot new book title for Sony’s TriStar division, Variety reports. The “Scandal” star would topline “The...
Broadway Star Cynthia Erivo to Play Harriet Tubman in Upcoming Biopic
Cynthia Erivo is going from the stage to the big screen. According to Variety, the Broadway actress and singer will play Harriet Tubman in a new biopic, currently titled “Harriet.” Set to begin...
“Out of Africa” TV Series in the Works, Susanne Bier to Direct
“Out of Africa” may be headed to to the small screen. A series adaptation of Karen Blixen’s memoir — the inspiration behind the 1985 Meryl Streep-Robert Redford romance — is being...
Trailer Watch: A Soldier Collides with “Vengeful Bitches” in Sofia Coppola’s “The Beguiled”
You know that badass scene in “Gone with the Wind” when Scarlett O’Hara kills the creepy soldier for trespassing on her beloved Tara and threatening to assault her? It appears that Sofia...
Berlinale 2017 Women Directors: Meet Ildikó Enyedi— “On Body and Soul”
Ildikó Enyedi began her career as a concept and media artist as part of the art group Indigo and the Balázs Béla Studio. Her first film, “My Twentieth Century,” won the Cannes Camera d’Or...
“The OA” Renewed for Season 2
Your favorite genre-bending show is coming back for a second season. Netflix has greenlit Season 2 of “The OA,” Variety reports. Now’s a great time to break out your own interpretation of The...
Eva Green and Gemma Arterton to Star in Chanya Button’s Virginia Woolf Romance
Eva Green and Gemma Arterton have signed on to bring Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West’s epic romance to the big screen, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. The pair will star in “Vita &...
Raising Films Hosts Childcare Summit, Announces Family Support Fund
Raising Films recently held an Industry Summit “to discuss practical solutions for parents and carers working in the film and television industries,” the company announced in a press release. It...
Paul Feig Named Distinguished Artist by AFI Directing Workshop for Women
Today’s bit of good news: Paul Feig will continue bolstering women filmmakers. The “Ghostbusters” director is the AFI Conservatory Directing Workshop for Women’s (DWW) 2017 Distinguished...
Kristen Wiig and Jack Nicholson to Star in English “Toni Erdmann” Remake
“Toni Erdmann” has been dazzling critics and collecting accolades since it made its world premiere at Cannes last year. We’ve known for some time that an English-language version of the German...
Berlinale 2017 Women Directors: Meet Daniela Thomas — “Vazante”
Daniela Thomas writes and directs films and plays, creates opera and theater sets, designs exhibitions, and creates installations. She is based in São Paulo but her work has been seen, exhibited,...
Guest Post: How a Radical Idea from 1994 Finds Itself Right on Time in 2017
Guest Post by Audrey Evans They say timing is everything, but I never dreamed the timing of my lesbian sci-fi dramedy “Genesis: The Future of Mankind is Women” could be so dead-on and accurate...
WIFT Germany Announces Berlinale Event with Lone Scherfig
If you find yourself in Berlin this coming Saturday, you should consider attending “How to Attract Audiences in a Changing Cinema Landscape – Fresh Ideas for Storytelling and Outreach.” The...
Slamdance Winner Christina Choe to Make Directorial Debut with “Nancy”
Award-winning filmmaker Christina Choe is set to make her feature directorial debut. She’ll helm “Nancy,” a psychological drama starring “Bloodline’s” Andrea Riseborough,...
Chicken & Egg Pictures Receives Multi-Year MacArthur Grant
Chicken & Egg Pictures is “now officially part of the MacArthur Foundation legacy.” According to a press release, the organization supporting women non-fiction filmmakers is set to receive a...
Quote of the Day: David Oyelowo on the Oscars’ Long Path to Equality, Inclusivity
David Oyelowo is impressed with this year’s slate of Oscar nominations, but doesn’t think the Academy should pat itself on the back just yet. While promoting his new film, “A United...
Octavia Spencer Formally Announces Her Future as a Producer
“I’m really drawn to stories that haven’t really been told,” Octavia Spencer said in a sit-down with Gloria Steinem at the annual Makers Conference. The actress believes movies should...
Trailer Watch: Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn Rise to the Occasion in “Snatched”
Getting caught mugging mid-selfie is bad enough, but when the person interrupting your photo shoot looks like he belongs on the cover of a romance novel, it adds to the awkwardness. At least...
Berlinale 2017 Women Directors: Meet Laura Schroeder — “Barrage”
Laura Schroeder was born in Luxembourg. Her works have screened at festivals worldwide. After several self-produced films, she wrote and directed the short films “Senteurs” and “Double...
Guest Post: Hollywood’s Changing Attitudes Towards Latina Actresses
Guest Post by Marlene Forte Not sure when I became the old broad on set, but here I am, in 2017, recurring on four TV shows as the mama to female leads who all happen to be Latinas! Twenty-five...
Trailer Watch: Kristen Stewart Is Waiting for a Sign in “Personal Shopper”
The latest trailer for “Personal Shopper” is here and sees protagonist Maureen (Kristen Stewart) buying haute couture and running errands for her boss, Kyra. “Kyra’s very high-profile,”...
Kristin Scott Thomas to Make Directorial Debut with “The Sea Change”
Kristin Scott Thomas is stepping behind the camera for the first time. The Oscar-nominated British actress is making her directorial debut with “The Sea Change,” a romantic comedy based on...