Women Directors
Trailer Watch: Cinema Verite directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Now we know- reality TV is all their fault.
Clip from Social Media Week Panel on Marketing Films to Women
PepsiCo sponsored a Social Media Week panel on film industry and how social media is being used to engage women and build audience. Here are some highlights from panelists including: * Melissa...
Meryl as Maggie
They are on week two of filming. Film is directed by Phyllida Lloyd and written by Abi Morgan. Footage will be screened at Cannes. No US distributor yet.
Where’s Lisa Cholodenko’s Next Movie?
This is what came into my email last week. While I have nothing against Affleck, and his film The Town made money, it just made me think, where’s Lisa Cholodenko’s next gig? I know that Debra...
Trailer Watch: Yelling to the Sky Written and Directed by Victoria Mahoney
This film is going to Berlin and South by Southwest.
Trailer Watch: In a Better World Directed by Susanne Bier
This woman is a master. Her version of Brothers was way superior to the American remake and After the Wedding is stunning. She got screwed when she came here and made Things We Lost in the Fire. The...
The Bigelow Effect — Why We Care
Why do we care about women’s presence in the awards race? Specifically, why do we care so much about a woman getting nominated for best director? That is a great question raised in an very...
Sundance Deals and Award Winners
Sundance 2011 is over. The week started off with the NY Times article declaring that Sundance is a welcoming place for women directors, and it ended with a couple of women getting deals and awards....
When We Leave
German actress Feo Aladag makes her debut as writer and director with When We Leave, a moving film about how “honor” and “tradition” can lead to devastating consequences. The film tells the...
Focus Features Buys Pariah in Two Picture Deal With Dee Rees
Big news. A woman gets a seven figure deal. Focus Features the the studio that released The Kids Are All Right to great box office and critical success including its multiple Oscar nominations this...
Interview with Feo Aladag — writer and director of When We Leave
When We Leave, Germany’s entry for the Academy Awards, is written and directed by Feo Aladag. It is a powerful film that tells the story of a young Turkish German woman who leaves her unhappy and...
A Look at the Oscar Nominations
I held my breath this morning as the best picture nominations were read. It wasn’t until I heard the 10th, the one that named Winter’s Bone as a nominee that I was finally able to exhale. If I...
Sundance Women — Part 3
Deals• Buck directed by Cindy Meehl goes to Sundance Selects• Circumstance written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz was bought by Participant Media. The Future- directed by Miranda July• The...
Sundance is Here and The World Discovers Women Can Direct
It feels like “Groundhog Day.” The most visible film festival in the US and one that showcases independent films and SURPRISE there are women making great films around town. It’s not news that...
Sundance Women Part 2
Some goings on and reviews for women directors and women’s films Miss Representation:Sundance documentary: Are you Miss Represented? (Salt Lake Tribune) Sundance Review: ‘Miss Representation’...
Interview with Lynn Hershman Leeson Director of !War: Women Art Revolution
Lynn’s film Women Art Revolution played at Sundance last night. I was able to interview her when the film premiered last fall at the Toronto Film Festival. Women and Hollywood: This is the most...
Sundance Women’s News — Pariah Premieres
First up on opening night was the coming of age story Pariah written and directed by Dee Rees. Here’s the description: “A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship,...
Trailer Watch: Archipelago directed by Joanna Hogg
The Oscar Foreign Film Shortlist — Two Female Directors Nominated
Yesterday, the shortlist for the foreign film Oscar was released. There are two female directed films out of nine nominees. That’s 22%. The two female directors are both European, Susanne Bier for...
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Mark Ruffalo
For standing up for female directors and saying this backstage at the Golden Globes: I would just like to say to the academy members: why don’t you grow a pair and vote for Lisa Cholodenko...
A Golden Globe Recap
I started out the day yesterday watching a town hall meeting on ABC’s This Week about the Tuscon shooting. It was an incredibly moving event that showed true humanity and humility. Needless to say...
Female Producer to Finance Kathryn Bigelow’s Next Film
Kathryn Bigelow is getting ready to start shooting her next indie flick now that she has secured financing from Annapurna Pictures which is run by Megan Ellison. The pic written by Mark Boal will...
Awards Watch: The DGA Doc Nominees — No Women Included
Isn’t it supposed to be better for women in the doc world? Haven’t there been extraordinary movies by women documentarians made this year? But still there are NO women included in the final five...
No Women Nominated for DGA Awards
My screen saver is a picture of Kathryn Bigelow holding her two Oscars. Each day when my computer boots up that is the first image I see. I never expected a woman to win best director and best...
The Bigelow Effect: Kathryn Bigelow Speaks Out In Support of Winter’s Bone
It’s been almost a year since Kathryn Bigelow made history winning the best director Oscar and in that time she directed a pilot — Miraculous Year — for HBO that did not get picked up,...
2010 National Film Registry Films — One Female Director Included
At the end of last month the Library of Congress released this year’s list of 25 films that have been added to the National Film Registry. According to the Librarian of Congress James H....
Jodie Foster Stands Up for Mel Gibson
Jodie Foster has made her first public statement about her friend Mel Gibson in light of the recent scandal involving his alleged abuse of his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. She told More Magazine...
Winter’s Bone
Winter’s Bone is by far the best film this year, and while that might not be saying much this being June, any film coming in the fall had better be really, really good cause it’s going to be hard...
Please Give Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener
To me a new film from writer/director Nicole Holofcener is a reason to rejoice. One reason is because she unapologetically tells stories from a female perspective. But one would be remiss and quite...
A Big Bold Crack in the Glass Ceiling — Kathryn Bigelow Wins DGA Prize
This is big. This is Sally Ride, first American woman in space big. This is Sandra Day O’Connor, first female on the Supreme Court big. This is Billie Jean King beating Bobby Riggs big. This is a...