Videos
Walking the Walk and Talking the Talk: Meryl Streep Saluting Hillary Clinton
Check out this AWESOME video of Meryl Streep introducing Hillary Clinton at the Women in the World Summit in NYC this past weekend. Make it to the end and you with see La Streep take out her Oscar...
SXSW Quick Interview with Robin Tunney of See Girl Run
Like Grown Ups, this a story about a 35 year old dog groomer who flirts with infidelity when she develops an overwhelming longing for her high school sweetheart. Her high school sweetheart is a dream...
Trailer Watch: Where Do We Go Now — Written and Directed by Nadine Labaki
The film will open the New Directors/New Films series on March 21 in NYC. Here is an interview I did with Labaki in Toronto back in September where it won the audience award. NYTLogo_gray#888888
Trailer Watch: What to Expect When You Are Expecting — The Dude Version
This version is the studio trying to get some dudes to come and see this movie. Best line- it’s a dude club — like fight club but with babies. Honestly, I don’t know how anyone will see...
Happy International Women’s Day: More on Women Not Getting Gigs Voicing Trailers
This is building on a piece from last month: Sexism Watch: Film Trailers. The piece includes a line from an agent that books people in trailers that men’s voices are stronger and that science has...
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Gross
Something is a brewing in this country and we can thank Rush Limbaugh for it. I haven’t seen people this worked up in a long time. And the great thing is that young women are leading...
Trailer Watch: Now is Good
Dakota Fanning all grown up and falling in love Yahoo! Video Player Opens in the UK on May 25. US who knows? h/t Playlist
Hedy Lamarr: Way More Than Just a Pretty Face
Hedy Lamarr was a big Hollywood star in the 40s. But what most people don’t know is that she was also an inventor. An inventor who created a gudiance system for torpedos using frequency hoping...
New Hunger Games Trailer — Katniss Shows Her Skills
Over a million views since March 1st.
Trailer Watch: Brave
Exclusive Clip: Black Butterflies
I fell in love with Black Butterflies when I saw it in preparation for last year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film shows an actor — Carice Van Houten — and a director — Paula van...
Trailer Watch: Veep Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Bring it on. Series premiere on April 22.
The Help: Eat My Shit
Love this video. Done by Jon and Al Kaplan. h/t Cinema Blend
Comedians Take on the Contraception Issue
These are worth watching. Just goes to show that the Republicans are our comedians best friends. https://medium.com/media/526c2e5ebdd9ede686e7315d16661a9f/href The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ...
Trailer Watch: Dark Tide Starring Halle Berry
It looks like this will be released in March. good to see Halle back on screen again. It’s been a long time.
Trailer Watch: Girls
No more teases. This is the real albeit short trailer. It’s Tiny Furniture but with HBO money. Also take note that Tiny Furniture is now available in DVD via the Criterion Collection which by the...
Trailer Watch: Take The Waltz — Co-written and Directed by Sarah Polley
This is the sophomore effort from Sarah Polley after the fantabulous Away From Her.
2012 Oscar Contenders Fail the Bechdel Test
Another brilliant cultural criticism from Anita Sarkeesian of Feminist Frequency From her you tube page description: It’s been a few years since I’ve checked in with The Bechdel Test for Women...
Trailer Watch: Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
I cannot wait to see this film. Hoping it will be ready for Athena Film Festival 2013! More info
Trailer Watch: Musical Chairs — Directed by Susan Seidelman
Film Opens March 23.
Trailer Watch: Seeking a Friend at the End of the World — Written and Directed by Lorene Scafaria
Yahoo! Video Player
Trailer Watch: Hemingway and Gellhorn
I seriously have not been this excited about a Nicole Kidman movie in a long time. Based on the voice over it should be named Gellhorn and Hemingway but as is typical with women in history, she seems...
Trailer Watch: New Trailer for the Hunger Games
Counting down towards March 23. The Hollywood Reporter in a cover story says that it took Jennifer Lawrence 3 days to say yes to the part of a lifetime and that she is made about $500,000. (But she...
New Trailer for Wish Me Away: Directed by Beverly Kopf & Bobbie Birleffi
This will open in theatres in the summer but New Yorkers can catch it at the Athena Film Festival on February 11. Details here.
Trailer Watch: Game Change
This movie looks so much better than the book and I really loved the book. Julianne Moore is totally rocking as Sarah Palin. Love it!
Sundance 2012: Interview with Amy Ziering — Producer of Invisible War
Amy Ziering is the producer of ‘The Invisible War’ directed by Kirby Dick and winner of the Sundance 2012 Documentary Audience Award. I spoke to Amy about feminist filmmaking, how she and Kirby...
Athena Film Festival Trailer Contest Winner
This year we held a trailer contest and the winner is Tony Szulc. We all love this trailer and thank him for his work and a big thanks to Joan Jett for letting us use her song Bad Reputation.
Interview with Valérie Donzelli — Director of Declaration of War
Valérie Donzelli has made a heartbreaking film about the fight a couple goes through to save their son from a brain tumor. They declare war on the cancer and with the support of their family their...
Sundance 2012: Advice for Filmmakers
Chicken and Egg Pictures always has a great party at Sundance: delicious home-cooked food paired with a celebration of women filmmakers and the folks who support and nurture them. I pulled some of...
Video: Shit Liz Lemon Says
Don’t tell me you’ve given up watching 30 Rock. It’s back on the air with two episodes tonight. I love me some Tina Fey. NBC.com Video Widget
Sundance Video: Interview with Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush — Directors of Finding North
I caught up with ‘Finding North’ directors Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush at Sundance 2012. The two shared some great advice for being female in filmland, and reveal why an all-woman crew...
A Little Something to Brighten Your Day: The Athena Film Festival Trailer
Suck it to all of you who don’t think women are strong leaders in every aspect of life. Athena Film Festival
New Trailer for The Lady
Film will open in the US on April 11 and will roll out to other major cities on April 13.
Great Interview With Glenn Close
A really great homage to her whole career on the eve of the Oscar nominations. She willed Albert Nobbs into existence. She is the star, the producer, the co-writer and she also write the lyrics to...
Octavia Spencer Rocks Her Golden Globe Press Conference
Every time she opens her mouth I get more and more impressed with her. Favorite comment that she is happy living in her own skin and people should be proud of who you are. I love how she took off...
Sundance Trailer Watch: Finding North Directed By Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush
My first cry of the day. This film looks heartbreaking. Synopsis: 49 million people in the U.S. — one in four children — don’t know where their next meal is coming from, despite our...
Sundance Trailer Watch: West of Memphis — Directed by Amy Berg
I have now become obsessed with this case. I watched the HBO film this weekend and am going to catch up on the older HBO docs shortly. This is the Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh produced film. This...
Octavia Spencer’s Golden Globe Speech
I was co-hosting (they did all the work) a Golden Globe watching party last night with the National Domestic Worker’s Alliance and when Octavia won the place went nuts. And then when she mentioned...
Meryl Streep’s Golden Globe Winning Speech
Meryl Streep won best actress in a drama for The Iron Lady. In her speech she acknowledged all her fellow nominees and the other terrific female performances from this year. And how about her shout...
Trailer Watch: Friends With Kids Written and Directed by Jennifer Westfeldt
Yahoo! Video Player Film Opens March 9.
Sundance Trailer Watch: Middle of Nowhere — Written and Directed by Ava Duvernay
I am so impressed by this woman and how she is making movies about African American women on her terms. I really liked her first film, I Will Follow. We will try and cover this at Sundance, but here...
Trailer Watch: Girl in Progress Directed by Patricia Riggen
I really liked Ms. Riggen’s previous film, La Misma Luna. This could be a big breakthrough role for Eva Mendes taking her to a new place. Yahoo! Video Player Will open April 27.
Sexist Advertisement of the Day: Dr. Pepper 10
Seriously- this is one of the most sexist ads I have seen. It’s not new but I just got wind of it. I will never buy Dr. Pepper again. h/t Rebecca Feferman
Behind the Scenes: Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher Arrives at 10 Downing Street
It’s kind of cool to hear about the creation of this scene. As Meryl Streep says: “ Margaret Thatcher really did break ground because she showed a woman could be a leader.” The film opens in...
Trailer Watch: New Trailer for Haywire
It’s been a while since I saw this and I forgot how much I like it. Film opens January 20.
Trailer Watch: The Return Directed by Liza Johnson
I’ve been wating for this one since it premiered at the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes. It will open in limited release on Feb 10 and on VOD Feb. 28. Linda Cardellini plays a soldier returning...
Crazy Funny Remix of We Need To Talk About Kevin
done by Russell Bates
Meryl Streep Feted at the Kennedy Center Honors
Here are Meryl’s friends and colleagues celebrating her work.
From the Mouth of Babes
via jezebel Go Riley!
Rita Moreno — An 80 Year Old Dynamo
She’s won an Oscar, Emmy, Tony and Grammy. She’s Fran’s mom on Happily Divorced, has her own one woman show, is celebrating 50 years of West Side Story and just turned 80. Here’s your...
Teaser Trailer: Game Change on HBO