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“Bull” Director Annie Silverstein on Rodeo Culture and the Realities of On-Set Childcare
Interview by Becca Harrison Annie Silverstein won the Cinéfondation jury prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival for “Skunk,” a short about a 14-year-old girl whose pit bull is stolen by an...
May 2020 Film Preview
This May offers a wide selection of women-made and centric films of all genres to check out on VOD and streaming platforms. Starting off the month is “The Half of It,” which hits Netflix...
Teaser Watch: A Night Out Becomes a Nightmare in Michaela Coel’s “I May Destroy You”
“How’d you smash your phone?” a friend asks Arabella Essiuedu in the teaser for “I May Destroy You.” This question makes Arabella (Michaela Coel) freeze in her tracks....
Tribeca 2020 Women Directors: Meet Dea Gjinovci – “Wake Up on Mars”
Dea Gjinovci is a Swiss-Albanian director and producer. She is a 2019 Sundance Talent Forum alum and 2019 Film Independent Fellow. Her award-winning documentary short “Sans le Kosovo”...
Remaking the Film Industry: Towards a Better, More Inclusive Future – Lessons from the Reckoning
There are many shitty jobs in this world, but assistant to a high-powered, Harvey Weinstein-esque Hollywood player has got to be one of the worst — because those jobs are not always about actual...
Barbara Kopple’s “Desert One” Acquired by Greenwich International
The story behind Operation Eagle Claw, a top-secret military rescue attempt orchestrated by President Carter, is coming to the big screen. Greenwich Entertainment has acquired Barbara Kopple’s...
Tribeca 2020 Women Directors: Meet Kristine Stolakis – “Pray Away”
Kristine Stolakis is a director whose films explore power, politics, and prejudice — and the way they unfold in real people’s lives. Stolakis’ directorial debut, “The Typist,”...
Breaking Barriers: Crowdfunding Picks
We all eventually face barriers of some kind. These barriers can be personal or professional, and often concern both ourselves and the families and communities we come from. Our latest crowdfunding...
Tribeca 2020 Women Directors: Meet Jessica Earnshaw – “Jacinta”
Jessica Earnshaw is a documentary photographer and filmmaker whose work focuses on criminal justice and healthcare. In 2015, she received the Rita and Alex Hillman Foundation Fellowship and Grant to...
Tribeca 2020 Women Directors: Meet Brea Grant – “12 Hour Shift”
Brea Grant is a multi-hyphenate from Texas best known for acting in “Heroes” and “Dexter” and for writing and directing the apocalyptic feature “Best Friends...
Nancy Kelly on the Re-Release of “Thousand Pieces of Gold” and the Drama’s Continued Relevance
Nancy Kelly is a self-taught filmmaker who, having fallen in love with filmmaking, quit her job and moved from Massachusetts to the high desert on the California/Nevada border in the 1980s. Though...
Pick of the Day: “Marcy Learns Something New”
Women and Hollywood has temporarily suspended our recommendations newsletter. We’ll be sharing some of the week’s highlights in TV, VOD, and streaming via blog posts. In “Marcy Learns...
Pick of the Day: “Circus of Books”
Women and Hollywood has temporarily suspended our recommendations newsletter. We’ll be sharing some of the week’s highlights in TV, VOD, and streaming via blog posts. Described as “the center...
“Unorthodox” Director Maria Schrader Talks Portraying Satmar Judaism and Berlin’s Complex History
Maria Schrader’s latest project is “Unorthodox,” the critically acclaimed Netflix miniseries based on Deborah Feldman’s memoir of the same name. The German multi-hyphenate...
“Circus of Books” Director Rachel Mason on Making a Doc About Her Parents’ Iconic LGBTQ Bookstore
Rachel Mason is a Los Angeles-based artist and director. Working across mediums as a songwriter, performer, sculptor, and multi-media artist, Mason’s work has appeared in shows at museums and...
Trailer Watch: Nancy Kelly’s Feminist Western “Thousand Pieces of Gold” Gets a 4K Restoration
In honor of its new 4K restoration, “Thousand Pieces of Gold,” Nancy Kelly’s 1990 feminist Western, is coming to virtual theaters. According to a press release, the Rosalind...
Trailer Watch: Nicole Maines Sinks Her Teeth into LA in “Bit”
“You know those teen vampire movies that feel like the horny soap opera fever dreams of an eighth grade diary? Here’s how mine began,” says Nicole Maines in a new trailer for...
Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s Julia Child Doc Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
Julie Cohen and Betsy West’s Julia Child documentary has found a home. The worldwide rights to “Julia” (working title), excluding domestic television, have been acquired by Sony...
Weekly Update for April 17: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
Due to the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent restrictions, Women and Hollywood is shifting its focus to online content. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. (Please keep in mind that...
Halina Dyrschka Gives a Brilliant Unknown Artist Her Due with “Beyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint”
Halina Dyrschka is a director and producer. After studying acting, classical singing, and film production, she founded the company Ambrosia Film. The first film she directed, the short...
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Introduces $250K Grant Initiative for Arts Orgs Dedicated to Women & POC
Ava DuVernay’s non-profit foundation ARRAY Alliance, part of her media company and arts collective ARRAY, has set up a $250,000 funding initiative for arts organizations and individuals...
Tribeca 2020 Preview: Hurricane Maria, Hereditary Trauma, and More
This year’s Tribeca Film Festival has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Of 114 features that were set to screen, 44 were directed or co-directed by a woman, amounting to about...
Viola Davis, Halle Berry, Taraji P. Henson, & Other Veteran Black Actresses Talk Representation
“I’m really proud to be a part of our industry now because we’re finally understanding that we’re stronger together and it doesn’t have to be one of us,” says...
Trailer Watch: “Circus of Books” Explores the Legacy of an Iconic Gay Porn Shop
Growing up, filmmaker Rachel Mason and her siblings told friends, school teachers, and everyone else that their parents ran a bookstore. They never specified what kind of store it was, and contrary...
Katia Lewkowicz’s “Ballsy Girl” Heading to Amazon Prime in France
Amazon Prime Video has acquired its first French film. Per Cineuropa, the streaming platform has picked up Katia Lewkowicz’s “Ballsy Girl,” a comedy that was originally supposed to...
Weekly Update for April 10: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
Due to the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent restrictions, Women and Hollywood is shifting its focus to online content. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. (Please keep in mind that...
Sonejuhi Sinha on Telling a Story About Outsiders in America in “Stray Dolls”
Sonejuhi Sinha has worked as a director and editor on acclaimed feature films, documentaries, and commercials. Her first narrative short, “Love Comes Later,” premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film...
Sally Potter Discusses “The Roads Not Taken” at the Inaugural Girls Club Event
Sally Potter is one of the world’s most interesting filmmakers. She’s made films with shoestring budgets, and some bigger movies as well — no matter their size, they are always intriguing....
Trailer Watch: Alice Wu’s “The Half of It” Is a Different Kind of Teen Rom-Com
Sparks fly between a jock and a shy nerd in a new trailer for “The Half of It.” We’ve seen this story hundreds of times, but never quite like this. Paul Munsky (Daniel Diemer,...
Pick of the Day: “The Good Fight”
Women and Hollywood has temporarily suspended our recommendations newsletter. We’ll be sharing some of the week’s highlights in TV, VOD, and streaming via blog posts. “The Good Fight”...
Virtual Screening Program Will Bring Sally Potter’s “The Roads Not Taken” to Audiences Nationwide
“The Roads Not Taken” has found an alternate road to U.S. audiences in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sally Potter’s latest was released in New York and Los Angeles on March...
Weekly Update for April 3: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
Due to the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent restrictions, Women and Hollywood is shifting its focus to online content. We hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. (Please keep in mind that...
Film Adaptation of Wallis Simpson Biography “The American Duchess” in the Works
Wallis Simpson and her course-of-history-changing marriage to King Edward VIII have been explored in projects such as “The Crown” and “W.E.” Now her tale — which is...
April 2020 Film Preview
Women-centric and -helmed film will not be slowing down in April; the month is set to be filled with interesting and varied projects hitting VOD and streaming platforms, ranging from dread-inducing...
Ingrid Veninger Teams with Women Directors Around the World for Short Film Anthology Project
COVID-19 is not preventing “Porcupine Lake” director Ingrid Veninger from making art — or from supporting fellow female filmmakers. According to a press release, Veninger is...
Trailer Watch: Things Are Nuts in “The Good Fight” Season 4
“I never used to swear, so when I do that, it has added meaning,” Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) declares in “The Good Fight’s” Season 4 trailer. “And this...
Shiri Appleby May Direct Disney+ Pic “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
Shiri Appleby is eyeing her feature directorial debut. The “UnREAL” alumna is in talks to helm “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” a Disney+ body-switching comedy. The Hollywood...
Quote of the Day: Patty Jenkins Explains What Makes Wonder Woman a Hero
Wonder Woman — aka Diana Prince, aka Diana, Princess of Themyscira — has super strength, dons bullet-deflecting bracelets, wields a lasso that compels people to tell the truth, and is...
Responding to Trauma: Crowdfunding Picks
Trauma impacts all of us in different ways, and can come from many different places, whether they be our experiences with gender, race, and class, our family, or our friends. Our latest crowdfunding...
“Wonder Woman 1984” Release Date Pushed to August 14
We’ll have to wait a bit longer for “Wonder Woman 1984.” Amid coronavirus concerns and the resulting theater closures, Warner Bros. has decided to push back Patty Jenkins’...
Weekly Update for March 20: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
Due to the coronavirus outbreak and the subsequent restrictions, Women and Hollywood is shifting its focus to online content. We’ll be enjoying media from the comfort of our homes and encourage you...
Quote of the Day: Reese Witherspoon Reflects on Her Career and Hollywood’s Evolution
“I can remember being in pictures in which I was the only woman on the set and there would be 150 men,” Reese Witherspoon recalled in a new Vanity Fair profile. “Maybe there would be a couple...
Weekly Update for March 13: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Written and Directed by Eliza Hittman Eliza Hittman’s latest depicts 17-year-old Autumn’s (Sidney Flanigan) attempts to deal with...
SXSW 2020 Preview: Striking Secretaries, an Inclusive Musical, and More
After murmurs of speculation, word came last week that SXSW 2020 had officially been cancelled. Coronavirus put the brakes on the 27th edition of the Austin-based fest, which was set to include a...
Women and Hollywood’s Picks of the Week for March 12
Picks of the Week offers Women and Hollywood’s top recommendations — women-driven and women-made movies, series, VOD releases, and more — and tells you why they are worth your time and...
Trailer Watch: Aja Naomi King Rallies Against Female Genital Mutilation in “A Girl from Mogadishu”
“‘A Girl from Mogadishu’ is the story of how Ifrah Ahmed came to understand, develop, and employ the most potent of campaign tools — her own true story — and use it to...
Exclusive: Chicken & Egg Pictures Announces 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab Grantees
Chicken & Egg Pictures has announced the 10 grant recipients of its 2020 (Egg)celerator Lab, Women and Hollywood can report exclusively. The program awards a total of $400,000 to women or...
Trailer Watch: Brooklynn Prince Is a Reporter Investigating a Cold Case in “Home Before Dark”
Brooklynn Prince would rather be brave than smart in a new trailer for “Home Before Dark.” Inspired by the true story of Hilde Lysiak’s reporting, the upcoming Apple TV+ series stars...
Weekly Update for March 6: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Go Back to China – Written and Directed by Emily Ting (Also Available on VOD) This semi-autobiographical film follows spoiled rich girl Sasha Li (Anna Akana), who...
Exclusive Trailer: An Actress Becomes the Protégée of a Suspicious Producer in “Tape”
“I would never want you to do anything you don’t feel comfortable doing,” an actress is told by a talented producer in our exclusive trailer for “Tape.” Based on...
“AKA Jane Roe” Marks FX’s First Feature Doc Acquisition, Premiere Date Set
“AKA Jane Roe,” the story of Roe v. Wade plaintiff and pro-choice turned anti-choice activist Norma McCorvey, is FX Networks’ first feature-length documentary acquisition. Deadline...