Women Writers
Trailer Watch: Rami Malek Is Split in Two in Sarah Adina Smith’s “Buster’s Mal Heart”
The newly released trailer for Sarah Adina Smith’s “Buster’s Mal Heart” goes to some heady and heavy places, but the spot kicks off with a hilarious interaction between a man and his boss....
Relaunched Quad Cinema to Host Lina Wertmüller Retrospective
Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmüller made history as the first woman to receive an Academy Award for Best Director back in 1977 for “Seven Beauties.” The trailblazer’s prolific career will be...
SXSW 2017 Women Directors: Meet Magdalena Zyzak— “A Critically Endangered Species”
Magdalena Zyzak’s first feature film was “Redland,” a wilderness drama which was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. In 2013, she produced a second feature film directed by Asiel...
Trailer Watch: Welcome to the Sanctuary of “Harlots”
Charlotte Wells (Jessica Brown Findlay, “Downton Abbey”) argues that love doesn’t exist for harlots in the trailer for the upcoming Hulu series. Love may be lacking, but sex, betrayal, power,...
Weekly Update for March 10: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“Personal Shopper” Films About Women Opening This Week Personal Shopper Olivier Assayas, the internationally-acclaimed director of “Clouds of Sils Maria” and “Summer Hours,” returns with...
Monumental Pictures Developing Movie About Roe v. Wade
With the demagogue-in-chief doing everything in his power to outlaw legal abortion, the public — and the elderly white men who are able to legislatively control women’s bodies — needs...
Kerry Washington to Produce Adaptation of Brit Bennett’s “The Mothers”
Kerry Washington is set to produce another mother-centric film through her Simpson Street production banner, The Hollywood Reporter writes. About a month after the “Scandal” star was first...
Jill Soloway Producing Women’s Rodeo Drama for Amazon
Jill Soloway is teaming up with Amazon again. The “Transparent” creator will produce a limited series about a women’s rodeo alongside Andrea Sperling for Amazon’s streaming platform,...
SXSW 2017 Women Directors: Meet Kasia Rosłaniec— “Satan Said Dance”
Director and screenwriter Kasia Rosłaniec hails from Poland and studied at Warsaw Film School, where she completed the short film “Mall Girls” in 2006 as her thesis. “Mall Girls” received...
Trailer Watch: Scarlett Johansson and Kate McKinnon Redefine “Rough Night”
Old friends, shots, and recreational drug use seem like pretty great ingredients for a wild bachelorette party, but manslaughter? Not so much. A Red Band trailer has landed for Lucia Aniello’s...
Playwright Clare Barron Wins Blackburn Prize for “Dance Nation”
The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for women playwrights has been awarded to Clare Barron, The New York Times reports. Barron, who is also an actress, won $25,000 and a signed print by Willem de...
BFI Hosts F-Rated IMDb Hackathon to Highlight Women’s Representation in Film
Now this is a ratings system we can get behind. Originally created by Bath Film Festival director Holly Tarquini, an F-Rating indicates whether a film is directed by a woman, written by a woman, or...
BBC One and HBO to Produce Sally Wainwright’s Anne Lister Series
Netflix made Sally Wainwright’s “Happy Valley” accessible to U.S. audiences, and it looks like HBO will do the same with the writer’s new show, “Shibden Hall.” According to Deadline, the...
Rebecca Thomas to Direct Adaptation of Cheryl Della Pietra’s “Gonzo Girl”
Rebecca Thomas just booked her next gig. The “Electrick Children” director is bringing Cheryl Della Pietra’s semi-autobiographical novel “Gonzo Girl” to the big screen, Deadline writes....
Weekly Update for March 3: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“Before I Fall” Films About Women Opening This Week Before I Fall — Directed by Ry-Russo Young; Written by Maria Maggenti What if you had only one day to change absolutely everything?...
Jenna Fischer Cast in Emily Kapnek’s ABC Pilot “Splitting Up Together”
While the “The Office” has been off the air since 2013, we have no doubt the sitcom’s most beloved couple, Pam and Jim, remain happily married in TV heaven. But Variety reports that Jenna...
March 2017 Film Preview
“Beauty and the Beast” Spring is in the air, and with it comes many promising women-led films. This March brings several big-budget women-centric releases to screens, including a beloved...
“Catastrophe’s” Ashley Jensen Will Star in New Series from BBC One & Acorn
Fran, “Catastrophe’s” ambitious and immaculately-coiffed scene-stealer, would be so pleased. Ashley Jensen, who portrays Fran, is set to star in the six-part series “Love, Lies &...
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks to Adapt “Native Son” for the Screen
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is writing for the screen again. She’s penning an adaptation of Richard Wright’s influential 1940 novel “Native Son,” Flavorwire reports....
Trailer Watch: An Arab-American Struggles with Adulthood in Heidi Saman’s “Namour”
A new trailer has been released for Heidi Saman’s debut feature “Namour,” and it’s guaranteed to make you cringe within seconds. The spot kicks off with the movie’s protagonist being...
“Divines” Wins Big at the César Awards
Accepting the César Award for Best Actress for her performance in “Elle,” Isabelle Huppert told the ceremony’s crowd, “I’m good every year, but this year you finally noticed!” According...
Connie Britton Joins Nicole Holofcener’s “The Land of Steady Habits,” March Shoot Being Eyed
Connie Britton has booked her first post-“Nashville” gig. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that she’s signed on for a leading role in Nicole Holofcener’s upcoming Netflix ensemble dramedy,...
Weekly Update for February 24: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“The Girl with All the Gifts” Films About Women Opening This Week The Girl with All the Gifts (Also Available on VOD) A group of children is detained in a military base because they have...
Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Star in “Veep” Director Stephanie Laing’s Feature Debut
Rising star Gugu Mbatha-Raw has booked yet another gig. Variety reports that the “Miss Sloane” actress will star alongside “Game of Thrones’” Michiel Huisman in “Irreplaceable You,” a...
Marg Helgenberger to Play an Admiral in “Behind Enemy Lines” Reboot
Marg Helgenberger is stepping into another uniform. The “CSI” alumna has signed on to star in Fox’s “Behind Enemy Lines” TV reboot, Variety reports. She’ll play a Navy Admiral in the...
Angelina Jolie’s Next Moves: Acting, Directing, and Producing Gigs
Angelina Jolie isn’t leaving Hollywood anytime soon. While many reports have indicated that the multi-hyphenate is stepping away from the business to focus on her humanitarian work, the fact that...
Anna Deavere Smith Receives George Polk Career Award
Anna Deavere Smith is a reporter, actress, playwright, professor, social activist, and MacArthur genius. Deadline reports that the multi-talented “Nurse Jackie” star has added yet another...
“Toni Erdmann” Named Best Picture by International Cinephile Society
“Toni Erdmann” has racked up more honors. The offbeat German comedy received five awards from the International Cinephile Society yesterday, February 19. Written and directed by Maren Ade,...
Full Cast Announced for “The Little Foxes,” Starring Cynthia Nixon & Laura Linney
The Manhattan Theatre Club has announced the full cast of the new Broadway production of “The Little Foxes.” As previously reported, Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney are set to alternate the lead...
“City of Saints & Thieves” Adaptation Seeks Melina Matsoukas as Director
Melina Matsoukas may be making her feature directorial debut. The Grammy Award-winning music and TV director is being sought as the director of Universal Pictures’ adaptation of Natalie C....
Weekly Update for February 17: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“XX” Films About Women Opening This Week XX (Anthology) — Directed by Roxanne Benjamin, Sofia Carrillo, Karyn Kusama, Annie Clark (St. Vincent), and Jovanka Vuckovic; Co-Written by Roxanne...
So Yong Kim on the Blurred Lines Between Friendship and Romance in “Lovesong”
So Yong Kim is an award-winning Korean-American independent filmmaker. In 2006 Kim received the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for her debut feature, “In Between Days.” Her...
STX Options “The New Neighbors” Spec, Leslye Headland Set to Direct
Leslye Headland is gearing up to direct her third feature film. The “Bachelorette” and “Sleeping with Other People” writer-director is attached to helm “The New Neighbors,” Deadline...
Sara Bareilles to Make Broadway Debut in “Waitress”
Sara Bareilles served as composer and lyricist on “Waitress,” and now she’s joining the Broadway sensation’s cast. The Grammy- and Tony-nominated singer-songwriter will star in the musical...
Andrea Berloff to Make Directorial Debut with Female-Led Mob Story “The Kitchen”
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Andrea Berloff will make her directorial debut with New Line Cinema’s “The Kitchen,” The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The female-led mob story is an...
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...
Anna Ziegler Developing Limited Series About Female Scientist for Sundance Channel
“Hidden Figures” has grossed over $132 million at the domestic box office. Hollywood has trouble learning the lesson that female-led projects do well with audiences, but hopefully the film’s...
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...
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...
Trailer Watch: Women Battle for the Throne in “The White Princess”
Attention “Outlander” and “Game of Thrones” fans: your next obsession will be here soon. A trailer for the Starz limited series “The White Princess” just arrived. A follow-up to “The...
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,...
WeForShe Announces 2017 WriteHer List
WeForShe has selected the scripts and writers for the 2017 WriteHer List. According to an announcement on the WeForShe website, the list — which industry executives help...
Shonda Rhimes Acquires Rights to Luvvie Ajayi’s Book “I’m Judging You”
Shonda Rhimes has done it again. She’s hard at work at yet another amazing-sounding and inclusive project. Shondaland and ABC Signature Studios obtained the rights to writer Luvvie Ajayi’s first...
“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 &...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Weekly Update for February 3: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
“This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous” Films About Women Opening This Week This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous (Documentary) — Directed by Barbara Kopple (Opens in NY and LA; Available on...