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A trailer has been released for “Song of Lahore,” Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s new documentary. The Oscar-winning co-director of 2012’s “Saving Face,” an account of two Pakistani women...
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A full trailer for “Marvel’s Jessica Jones” has landed, and it begins with the eponymous character telling us, “A big part of the job is looking for the worst in people. Turns out I excel at...
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Actress and comedian Sasheer Zamata has been named a celebrity ambassador for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Zamata’s title will see the “Saturday Night Live” featured player...
We finally have a trailer for “Jane Got A Gun,” the Natalie Portman-led Western that’s been mired in controversy for years. The film has been making headlines since its original director,...
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A newly cut trailer has been released for Jennifer Lawrence’s upcoming vehicle “Joy,” her third collaboration with director David O. Russell. The spot begins with Joy (Lawrence) telling her...
On the cusp of her 45-year wedding anniversary, Kate (Charlotte Rampling) begins to question her relationship with her husband Geoff (Tom Courtenay) when another woman enters their marriage. When...
Sofia Coppola and Bill Murray are reuniting for the first time since 2003’s “Lost in Translation” in an unexpected format: a Christmas special for Netflix. While Coppola’s films consistently...
“I kissed her on the head and I said, ‘I’ll love you forever.’” Experimental artist and director Laurie Anderson makes this solemn oath not to a newborn child or a cherished lover, but to...
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A trailer has arrived for Amy Berg’s Janis Joplin doc “Janis: Little Girl Blue.” The spot begins with a voiceover from Joplin herself, who says, “I started singing when I was about 17.” It...
A teaser has been released for the big-screen adaptation of the best-selling novel “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.” This gory take on Jane Austen’s 19th-century romance about lovers from...
The last installment of “The Hunger Games” franchise is nearly upon us, and a new trailer has been released for the final chapter of Katniss Everdeen’s epic journey with suitably epic drums....
News, Television, Trailers, Videos
What would the U.S. be like had the Allied Powers lost World War II and the Nazis and the Japanese taken over? A new series from Amazon, “The Man in the High Castle,” imagines exactly that...
The bond between identical twin sisters takes a supernatural and sinister turn in “The Forest,” starring “Game of Thrones” star Natalie Dormer and co-written by Sarah Cornwell. Dormer plays...
A trailer has been released for writer-director Natalia Leite’s “Bare,” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year. Sarah (Dianna Argon, “Glee”) finds herself working...
A full-length trailer with English subtitles has been released for “Mustang,” Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s beautiful story of girlhood interrupted. Winner of Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight Europa...
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Mara Brock Akil’s “Being Mary Jane” returns to BET just under a month from now, and a new trailer for season three of the popular melodrama has been released to tide fans over. The...
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There was much to cheer about last night’s Emmy awards, but one of the biggest highlights of the night happened during the commercials. Apple Music debuted an Ava DuVernay-helmed spot with Kerry...
A powerful music video has been released for Lady Gaga’s emotional tribute to sexual abuse survivors, “Til It Happens To You.” The clip, directed by “Twilight” and “Miss You Already”...
A trailer has been released for a new MAKERS documentary celebrating the 20th anniversary of the largest gathering of women ever assembled, the UN’s 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing....
Comedy, News, Videos
Amy Schumer’s incredible year is showing no signs of slowing down. A new trailer has been released for her upcoming stand-up special on HBO, and the premium cable network sure seems confident...
Shailene Woodley is back in action-heroine mode. A teaser has been released for “Allegiant,” the latest chapter of “The Divergent Series,” and the clip takes us right back to the beginning...
Documentary, News, Videos
The trailer for the Misty Copeland doc “A Ballerina’s Tale” begins with a voiceover from its subject, Misty Copeland. “I’m a black dancer,” she says. “That’s who I am. It’s so much...
Catherine Hardwicke’s “Miss You Already,” about life-long female friends dealing with birth and death at the same time, has a new trailer. Best pals Milly (Toni Collette) and Jess (Drew...
Well, this was inevitable: Chloë Grace Moretz is starring in an adaptation of a dystopian YA book. This time around, it’s Rick Yancey’s best-selling “The 5th Wave” that’s getting the...
When we last saw Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), she had quit the CIA and seemed committed to taking a more active role in raising her daughter Frannie. A trailer for season five of Showtime’s...
“I want people to learn from the experience I had,” says Malala Yousafzai in the trailer for “He Named Me Malala,” the upcoming documentary about one of the coolest teen rebels in history....
For many, the holidays are laughably far from being the most wonderful time of the year. There’s nothing magical about overcrowded airports, the stress of choosing perfect gifts (and maxing out...
The trailer for “Shout Gladi Gladi,” a new doc narrated by Meryl Streep, includes a startling statistic: In Africa, one in 39 women die during childbirth. “Shout Gladi Gladi” focuses on the...
There are a lot of “bad boys” in literature, but Jack Unterweger is the real deal: he’s as famous for being a killer as he is an author. In director Elizabeth Scharang’s thriller, Jack...
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The first teaser trailer for Todd Haynes’ much-anticipated adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s lesbian romance “The Price of Salt” has been released just as word comes that the film has been...
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The long-anticipated feminist Western “The Keeping Room” has a trailer. The Civil War thriller, which premiered at TIFF 2014, focuses on sisters Augusta and Louise (Brit Marling and Hailee...
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Lainey (Alison Brie) is a serial cheater and Jake (Jason Sudeikis) is a sex addict. While they aren’t, shall we say, an ideal match, the red-band trailer for writer-director Leslye Headland’s...
An extended family comes to terms with the gender transition of one of their own in director Gaby Dellal’s drama “About Ray.” Elle Fanning stars as the titular Ray, a high-school student...
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Writer-director Hannah Fidell made a splash at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival with “A Teacher,” a dark portrait of a twentysomething teacher desperate to continue her affair with a teenage boy....
News, Videos, Women Writers
A teaser trailer for “Room,” Brie Larson’s first starring vehicle since “Short Term 12,” now has a teaser trailer. An adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s best-seller, “Room” finds a young...
The newly released trailer for the psychological thriller “Queen of Earth” promises to show Elisabeth Moss “as you’ve never seen her before.” The retro-looking spot for the...
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