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Films About Women and Nonbinary Persons in 2022
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January 2022 Television Preview
As we welcome 2022 and make plans for the upcoming months, we have new shows to match our moods, grab our attention, and guide us through the first 31 days of the year. The TV premieres this month...
2021 Statistics
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2021’s Best Documentaries By and About Women
Some of the most notable 2021 docs by and about women introduced us to a legal trailblazer, showed us a different side of music royalty we thought we knew, and followed activists from around the...
2021’s Best Films By and About Women
Whether you braved movie theaters or stayed at home and enjoyed viewing experiences from the comfort of your couch, there were plenty of films by and about women to check out this year, including a...
Pick of the Day: “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street”
Marilyn Agrelo traces the radical roots of “Sunny Days” spent with Elmo, Bert, and Big Bird in “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street.” The HBO doc examines how creators, artists,...
Trailer Watch: Claire Foy Becomes Embroiled in “A Very British Scandal”
“I meet men, I dine with men. It doesn’t follow that I have affairs with every single man that I meet,” Claire Foy stresses in the new trailer for “A Very British...
December 2021 Television Preview
2021 promises to go out with a bang, with a gamut of festive television releases adding warmth to this chilly season. The TV offerings this month are full of holiday cheer, extending from sitcoms to...
A Musical Adaptation of “Real Women Have Curves” Is in the Works
Ana García is heading to Broadway. A musical adaptation of “Real Women Have Curves,” the 2002 coming-of-age pic about a Mexican-American teen, is in the works from “Waitress”...
December 2021 Film Preview
The New Year is just around the corner, but there’s plenty to look forward to before we ring in 2022. Besides holiday-themed content, December will also mark the release of an Oscar-nominated...
Pick of the Day: “Adrienne”
I saw “Waitress” at an art-house theater when I was in high school, and it instantly became one of my favorite movies. A few months after seeing the bittersweet dramedy about a pregnant...
“The Lost Daughter” Dominates the Gotham Awards
“The Lost Daughter” continues to gain momentum as awards season heats up. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s feature directorial debut scored the most wins at last night’s Gotham Awards,...
Natalie Morales & Olga Merediz to Be Honored at Critics Choice Association’s Celebration of Latino Cinema
The Critics Choice Association has announced the honorees of its inaugural Celebration of Latino Cinema. Recognizing “groundbreaking achievements in Latino cinema from the outstanding work of...
Pick of the Day: “Writing with Fire”
“I believe that journalism is the essence of democracy,” announces Meera Devi, the central protagonist of Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh’s “Writing with Fire.” Devi is...
Trailer Watch: Marilyn Agrelo Explores Elmo’s Radical Roots in “Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street”
“Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street” examines how creators, artists, writers, and educators teamed up to transform a medium and change lives. Directed by Marilyn Agrelo, the HBO...
“Gentefied” Co-Creator Linda Yvette Chávez Inks Overall Deal with 20th Television
Linda Yvette Chávez is set to “create her own as well as supervise other writers’ dramas and comedies for all platforms” at 20th Television. Deadline reports the...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Sara Terry – “A Decent Home”
Sara Terry is a documentary filmmaker. Her first documentary “Fambul Tok,” about an unprecedented grassroots forgiveness program in Sierra Leone, was supported by Sundance and Chicken and...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Constance Marks – “Grandpa Was an Emperor”
Constance Marks is a director, producer, and award-winning independent documentary filmmaker. She is the founder and president of Constance Marks Productions, Inc., a documentary production company...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Julia Bacha – “Boycott”
Julia Bacha is a Peabody award-winning filmmaker and the Creative Director at Just Vision. She started her filmmaking career in Cairo, where she wrote and edited “Control Room,” for which...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Emily Kuester – “Messwood”
Emily Kuester is a director, producer, and writer. She got her start at 371 Productions and has assisted in producing short and long form documentaries, virtual reality experiences (2019 Sundance VR...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Alysa Nahmias – “Krimes”
Alysa Nahmias is an award-winning filmmaker and founder of the Los Angeles-based production company AJNA. Her work has been shown at festivals and exhibitions worldwide, including the Venice...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Neasa Ní Chianáín – “Young Plato”
Neasa Ní Chianáin is a documentary filmmaker whose credits include “Frank Ned & Busy Lizzie,” “Fairytale of Kathmandu,” and “The Stranger,” which screened at...
Pick of the Day: “Cusp”
Ahead of “Cusp’s” world premiere at Sundance, directors Parker Hill and Isabel Bethencourt told us that they hope audiences will “think about what it actually looks like to...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Sandra Alvarez – “InHospitable”
Sandra Alvarez has spent her career directing and producing a wide spectrum of documentary and television programs for CNN, Netflix, Sundance Channel, History Channel, BBC America, A&E Network,...
IDA Documentary Awards’ 2021 Honorees Include Jean Tsien, Cecilia Aldarondo, & Rintu Thomas
Jean Tsien, Cecilia Aldarondo, and Rintu Thomas will be among the honorees at the 37th edition of the IDA Documentary Awards. A press release from the International Documentary Association (IDA)...
DOC NYC 2021 Women Directors: Meet Jamie Boyle – “Anonymous Sister”
Jamie Boyle is a two-time Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker. She is the director, cinematographer, and editor of the short documentary “Take A Vote” and she is the producer, editor, and...
Trailer Watch: Debbie Lum Follows Ivy League Hopefuls at an Elite High School in “Try Harder!”
Debbie Lum takes audiences inside the #1 ranked public high school in San Francisco in “Try Harder!” “The kids who come here, they are competing in a world that is very high...
Kate Tsang’s “Marvelous and the Black Hole” Acquired by FilmRise
Kate Tsang’s debut feature has secured North American distribution. FilmRise landed rights to “Marvelous and the Black Hole,” a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl (Miya Cech) and...
Trailer Watch: Jane Campion Teams Up with Kirsten Dunst in Oscar Contender “The Power of the Dog”
Kirsten Dunst finds herself struggling to protect her son and husband from the cruelty of her brother-in-law in “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion’s first feature in over a...
November 2021 Television Preview
Even though the end of 2021 is near, it is just the beginning for shows premiering this November. This month offers us a range of programs, from comedies to intense dramas, to keep our attention as...
November 2021 Film Preview
November promises to ring in the festive season with fervor and fanfare, with a list of highly anticipated releases hitting theaters and streaming platforms. The dynamic offerings this month include...
Jane Campion Will Receive the Director’s Tribute at 2021 Gotham Awards
Jane Campion is set to receive the Director’s Tribute at this year’s Gotham Awards ceremony, slated to take place November 29. Deadline broke the news. The first woman director to claim...
Pick of the Day: “Found”
Like Amanda Lipitz’s first documentary, “Step,” a portrait of a girls’ step dance team during their senior year at a Baltimore high school that took home a Special Jury Award for...
Amanda Lipitz Talks “Found,” Her Doc About Biological Cousins Who Bond Over Their Adoptions
Amanda Lipitz is an award-winning producer, writer, and director. Her directorial debut and first feature-length documentary, “Step,” premiered in competition at the 2017 Sundance Film...
North Macedonia Selects Dina Duma’s “Sisterhood” for Oscars’ International Feature Category
North Macedonia has chosen “Sisterhood” to represent it in the 2022 Oscars’ International Feature race. From writer-director Dina Duma, the drama tells the story of inseparable...
Tessa Thompson to Play a Helpline Volunteer in “The Listener”
Slated to hit theaters later this month, Rebecca Hall’s “Passing” sees Tessa Thompson sharing the screen with Ruth Negga in a period drama about old friends who reunite as adults....
Sophie Hyde’s Emma Thompson-Starrer “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” Acquired by Lionsgate UK
Sophie Hyde and Emma Thompson’s collaboration has found a UK home. A press release announced that Thompson-led comedy-drama “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande,” Hyde’s third...
October 2021 Film Preview
With the arrival of autumn comes chilling, thrilling, and captivating new releases in theaters and on streaming sites. From drama and documentary to edgy horror, this month offers plenty of variety...
October 2021 Television Preview
From narratives of independent women striving to find a foothold for themselves to coming-of-age narratives, fall TV has much to offer. Kicking off the month is Molly Smith Metzler’s “Maid”...
Trailer Watch: Joanna Hogg, Honor Swinton Byrne, & Tilda Swinton Reunite for “The Souvenir Part II”
“I don’t want to show life as it plays out,” Honor Swinton Byrne declares in “The Souvenir Part II.” “I want to show life as I imagine it.” Swinton Byrne...
Trailer Watch: Maisie Crow Investigates a Law Enforcement Education Program in “At the Ready”
“People are looking up to you. People need you to do great things,” students are told in a new trailer for Maisie Crow’s “At the Ready.” The Sundance doc spotlights...
Pick of the Day: “Nuclear Family”
Two women should be able to have children with the help of a sperm donor, a person who provides genetic material but has “no rights and no responsibilities” in the children’s lives....
Trailer Watch: Tessa Thompson & Ruth Negga Are Both “Passing” for Something in Rebecca Hall’s Directorial Debut
“We’re all of us passing for something or other,” Tessa Thompson opines in the new trailer for “Passing.” An adaptation of Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel, Rebecca...
Pick of the Day: “My Name Is Pauli Murray”
If there were any justice in this world, Pauli Murray would be a household name on par with Martin Luther King or Gloria Steinem or Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was an activist and legal scholar whose...
Trailer Watch: “Knocking” Tells the Story of a Traumatized Woman Trying To Be Heard
Asked what she’d like audiences to think about after watching “Knocking,” director Frida Kempff told us “that everyone has the right to be listened to. I think [that notion...
Zendaya, Jean Smart, Marlee Matlin, and Siân Heder Among Women in Film WIF Honorees
Zendaya is following up the world premiere of “Dune” at Venice Film Festival by taking home a special award. The Emmy-winning “Euphoria” actress is among this year’s...
Audrey Diwan Wins Venice Film Festival’s Top Prize with Abortion Drama “L’Evénement” (“Happening”)
It’s a wrap on the 2021 Venice International Film Festival and there’s plenty to celebrate. Audrey Diwan became the sixth woman director to claim Venice’s top prize in the...
TIFF 2021 Women Directors: Meet Mounia Akl – “Costa Brava, Lebanon”
Mounia Akl was born in Lebanon. She completed an MFA in directing at Columbia University. Her directorial credits include the shorts “Beirut, I Love You (I Love You...
Teaser Watch: Betsy West & Julie Cohen Honor a Trailblazer in “My Name Is Pauli Murray”
“You cannot teach American history without teaching about Pauli Murray,” we’re told in a new teaser for “My Name Is Pauli Murray.” Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s...
September 2021 Television Preview
It’s that time of the year again, where new shows premiere on every network and we’re reunited with some of our favorites as their new seasons begin. We’re seeing some exciting releases by and...
Venice 2021 Women Directors: Meet Michale Boganim – “The Forgotten Ones”
Michale Boganim grew up in Israel, in a Moroccan family. Her father was in the Israeli Black Panther movement. She is a graduate of the National Film School in London. Her student film “Dim...