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Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Lizzie Gottlieb – “Turn Every Page”
Lizzie Gottlieb has been directing theater and film in New York for 20 years. She founded an Off-Broadway theater company that developed and produced new plays. Her films include “Today’s...
Scarlett Johansson Boards Kristin Scott Thomas’ Directorial Debut “My Mother’s Wedding”
Kristin Scott Thomas has secured a star performer for her directorial debut, “My Mother’s Wedding.” Scarlett Johansson has joined the feature film project which is currently in...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Shirin Neshat – “Land of Dreams”
Shirin Neshat is an Iranian artist and filmmaker living in New York. She works in photography, video installation, and film. Neshat has held numerous exhibitions internationally, most recently at the...
Kino Lorber Acquires North American Rights to “Costa Brava, Lebanon” and “Framing Agnes”
Kino Lorber has landed North American rights to two docs making a mark on the festival circuit, award-winners “Costa Brava, Lebanon” and “Framing Agnes.” Press releases...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Tessa Louise-Salomé – “The Wild One”
Tessa Louise-Salomé is a Paris-based director, writer, and producer whose work foregrounds visually poetic approaches to storytelling. Her films as a director include the Sundance Jury Prize nominee...
Trailer Watch: “Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down” in Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s Latest
“Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something,” says Gabby Giffords in a new trailer for Betsy West and Julie Cohen’s latest. “Gabby Giffords...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Pratibha Parmar – “My Name Is Andrea”
Pratibha Parmar is an award-winning British writer, director, and producer. Pratibha has worked across multiple genres – feature documentaries, short dramas, music videos, a narrative feature, and...
Trailer Watch: Hannah Marks Takes a Father-Daughter Story on the Road in “Don’t Make Me Go”
“Is this what a midlife crisis is?” a teenage girl asks her father in a new trailer for Hannah Marks’ “Don’t Make Me Go.” Wally (Mia Isaac, “Not Okay”)...
Pick of the Day: “The Janes”
If they were capable of experiencing basic human kindness or compassion, I’d say the six conservative Supreme Court Justices — or any staunch anti-abortion lawmaker — should be...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Nausheen Dadabhoy – “An Act of Worship”
Nausheen Dadabhoy is a Pakistani-American director and cinematographer whose work spans fiction and documentary. She lensed an Oscar-nominated live action short film, an Emmy-winning feature...
Trailer Watch: Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing Fight for Freedom of the Press in “Endangered”
“As journalists, we can’t let the truth down. We are moderators of fact,” we’re told in a new trailer for “Endangered.” From directors Rachel Grady and Heidi...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Jennifer Tiexiera and Camilla Hall – “Subject”
Jennifer Tiexiera is an award-winning documentary director, producer, and editor. She directed “P.S. Burn This Letter Please,” was a writer on “17 Blocks,” and produced and...
Teaser Watch: Abbi Jacobson Brings “A League of Their Own” to the Small Screen
Abbi Jacobson puts down the bong and picks up a bat in “A League of Their Own.” The “Broad City” alumna created and stars in the fresh take on Penny Marshall’s beloved...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Hannah Marks – “Don’t Make Me Go”
Hannah Marks is an actress, writer, and director. She was previously named one of Rolling Stone’s 25 Artists Changing the World, and was also featured as one of Forbes magazine’s 30 Trailblazers...
Ava DuVernay to Receive 2022 International Emmy Founders Award
Ava DuVernay is being recognized for her trailblazing work. The writer, director, and producer will receive this year’s Founders Award at the 2022 International Emmys. The Hollywood Reporter...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Anna Jadowska – “Woman on the Roof”
Anna Jadowska’s feature “Touch Me” screened at the Berlinale and won Poland’s Grand Independent Cinema Prize. Her short “Corridor” was selected as part of...
Costumes and Drama: Podcast and Web Series Picks
Costume dramas come in and out of style in the culture at large, but they’re always in style in my heart. This week’s picks are all series created by artists, filmmakers, and critics who...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Mali Elfman – “Next Exit”
Mali Elfman is a writer, director, and BAFTA-nominated producer who began her career with her micro-budget feature film “Do Not Disturb.” Since then she’s produced numerous films...
Kathryn Hahn & Liz Tigelaar Team Up for Cheryl Strayed Adaptation “Tiny Beautiful Things” at Hulu
Kathryn Hahn and Liz Tigelaar are joining forces to bring a bestseller to the small screen. Hulu has picked up “Tiny Beautiful Things,” a half-hour comedy starring the former and created...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Annette K. Olesen – “A Matter of Trust”
Annette K. Olesen is a screenwriter and director whose feature film debut came in 2002 with family drama “Minor Mishaps.” The film was selected to compete at the Berlin International Film...
Chloe Okuno’s “Watcher” Scores Biggest Opening Weekend Grosses Ever for IFC Films/ IFC Midnight
Chloe Okuno’s feature directorial debut is making a splash at the box office. “Watcher” scored “the biggest opening weekend grosses ever for IFC Films and its IFC Midnight/Shudder...
Tribeca 2022 Women Directors: Meet Sarah Adina Smith – “The Drop”
Sarah Adina Smith’s first feature, “The Midnight Swim,” won six top prizes on the festival circuit. Her other features include “Buster’s Mal Heart” and...
Trailer Watch: Attorney Ben Crump Takes on a Racist Justice System in Nadia Hallgren’s “Civil”
“America’s a capitalistic society. The one thing that America understands is money. If you can make them pay higher values, they will stop killing Black people. It would be an...
Kate Brooke to Adapt Crime Thriller “The Fields” for TV, Bruna Papandrea Among Exec Producers
Bruna Papandrea is bringing yet another page-turner to the screen. With credits like “Gone Girl,” “Wild,” “Big Little Lies,” and “Nine Perfect...
Trailer Watch: Maya Rudolph Is a Billionaire in Crisis in “Loot”
“I need to prove I have substance,” vows Maya Rudolph in a new trailer for “Loot.” The upcoming Apple TV+ comedy sees the “SNL” alumna playing Molly, a billionaire...
Trailer Watch: Sally Phillips Hires Hunky House Cleaners in “How to Please a Woman”
Sally Phillips starts a company dedicated to cleaning houses and giving orgasms in “How to Please a Woman.” A new trailer for the comedy introduces us to Gina (Phillips), a woman in a...
Pick of the Day: “Watcher”
Ahead of “Watcher’s” world premiere at Sundance, writer-director Chloe Okuno told us that she’s “always admired true psychological thrillers that are dedicated to...
Submit Now: Athena Film Festival and The Athena List
Submissions are now open for the 2023 editions of the Athena Film Festival and The Athena List. A celebration of films from across the globe that tell the stories of fierce and fearless women...
New Scorecard Initiative Will Evaluate Film Festivals Based on Their Accessibility
During this year’s edition of the Cannes Film Festival, FWD-Doc, a collective of non-fiction filmmakers living with disabilities, released a statement about the fest’s overall...
Nanfu Wang Docuseries “Mind Over Murder” to Debut on HBO
Nanfu Wang will follow up “In the Same Breath,” her Indie Spirit, IDA, and PGA Award-nominated investigation into government responses to COVID-19 in China and the United States, with...
Trailer Watch: A Trans Teen Falls in Love for the First Time in “Anything’s Possible”
“For the first time in my life, I’m actually excited about what’s to come — I truly feel anything is possible,” says Eva Reign in a new trailer for...
Apply Now: Women’s Weekend Film Challenge
For the first time since the pandemic, the Women’s Weekend Film Challenge (WWFC) is taking place, with the goal of addressing the off-screen gender gap. Applications are now open for the fifth...
Black Women on Broadway Will Present Inaugural Awards to Lynn Nottage, Qween Jean, & Kara Young
Since 2019, Broadway mainstays Danielle Brooks, Jocelyn Bioh, and Amber Iman have been working to create a support network for Black women working in theater. The trio launched the “Black Women...
Trailer Watch: French Volcanologists Can’t Get Enough of Their Work in Sara Dosa’s Epic Doc “Fire of Love”
Sara Dosa’s “Fire of Love” ignited a fiery bidding war at Sundance this year, and now audiences can get their first peek at why it had distributors so hot and bothered. National...
Quote of the Day: Arden Cho on Pay Inequity for Asian American Actors & Turning Down “Teen Wolf” Film
When actress Arden Cho’s name was noticeably absent from the returning cast list published earlier this year for the “Teen Wolf” revival film, fans were left questioning if she...
Trailer Watch: A Teenage Girl Resists Her Controlling Father in Cannes Winner “Murina”
Kino Lorber has dropped a trailer for “Murina,” the coming-of-age drama from Croatian filmmaker Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic that won the Camera d’Or award for best first feature at...
Catherine Deneuve to Be Honored with Venice Film Festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Catherine Deneuve will soon be able to add another accolade to her collection — she is set to be awarded with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at Venice later this fall. As noted by the...
June 2022 Television Preview
Summer is finally here. For some, this means days on the beach or sunning by the pool, but for others, it means watching everything you can get your eyeballs on in the comfort of your air-conditioned...
Adrienne Warren to Star in Hulu Drama “Black Cake,” Re-Teaming with Marissa Jo Cerar
Adrienne Warren is reuniting with her “Women of the Movement” creator and showrunner Marissa Jo Cerar. She’s been tapped as a lead in Cerar’s next project, “Black...
Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, & Mary Steenburgen Kick Off Production on “Book Club 2”
Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen will be likely be sipping aperitivo cocktails, lounging beachside, visiting vineyards and cathedrals, and slurping up spaghetti on their...
Glenda Jackson Getting a BFI Retrospective This July
Glenda Jackson will soon be able to add “BFI Retrospective” to her long list of accomplishments. Some of the Oscar-, BAFTA-, Tony-, and Emmy-winning actress’ most renowned films and...
Claire Denis, Riley Keough, and More Women Filmmakers Win Big at Cannes 2022
Less than a year after Julia Ducournau made history as the second woman director to take home Cannes’ top prize, the Palme d’Or — and following weeks of its usual foolishness —...
June 2022 Film Preview
From first crushes to mature flings, coming-of-age stories set in the U.S. and abroad, and an Afrofuturist musical, June has plenty to offer everyone. Genre pics lead the pack. June 3 marks the...
Pick of the Day: “Fanny: The Right to Rock”
An adoring fan letter to trailblazers who have yet to receive their due, “Fanny: The Right to Rock” shines a well-deserved spotlight on a history-making rock band from the ’70s....
Teaser Watch: Michelle Garza Cervera Tackles Pregnancy and the Occult in Tribeca Pic “Huesera”
“What is happening to you is quite normal. When you become a mother, you feel like you are split in two. Bleed from the inside. You literally feel like your bones are breaking,” a...
Trailer Watch: Freida Pinto Schemes Against an Arrogant Bachelor in Period Rom-Com “Mr. Malcolm’s List”
Craving a Regency romance where a bunch of beautiful people flirt, send mixed signals, and hatch plots for marriage, revenge, and/or love? Well, you don’t have to wait for the next season of...
Francisca Alegría’s Sundance Eco-Fable “The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future” Secures Distribution
“The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future,” Chilean director Francisca Alegría’s first feature, is coming to theaters. North American distribution rights to the “environmental...
Trailer Watch: “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song” Celebrates the Musician & His Anthem
“You look around and see a world that cannot be made sense of — you either raise your fist, or you say ‘hallelujah,'” Leonard Cohen observes in a new trailer for...
Miriam Chandy Menacherry’s “From the Shadows” Selected for Breaking Through the Lens Program
“From the Shadows,” a documentary about child sex trafficking from Miriam Chandy Menacherry, has been chosen for the Breaking Through the Lens initiative out of the Cannes Film Market....
Kino Lorber to Release New Restoration of Ayoka Chenzira’s “Alma’s Rainbow” Presented by Julie Dash
“Alma’s Rainbow” is getting a 4K restoration. A press release announced that Kino Lorber will release a new version of Ayoka Chenzira’s 1994 feature, presented by “Daughters...
Charlotte Wells’ Directorial Debut “Aftersun” Lands at A24 Following Cannes Premiere
Charlotte Wells’ directorial debut has found a home following its buzzy world premiere at Cannes’ Critic’s Week. A24 scored North American rights to “Aftersun,” which currently...