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Pick of the Day: “La Madrina: The [Savage] Life of Lorine Padilla”
A loving tribute to a South Bronx matriarch, “La Madrina: The Savage Life of Lorine Padilla” sees the former “First Lady” of the Savage Skulls gang telling her incredible life story....
Queer Women Creators Represent: Crowdfunding Picks
As anti-LGTBQIA+ attacks ramp up all over the country, it is more important than ever to pay attention to what LGBTQ people are saying in our own words. As the freedom to discuss the very existence...
Pick of the Day: “Roar”
In the new show from “GLOW” creators Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch, a tall, statuesque blonde model becomes an actual trophy wife. A Black author realizes no one can see or hear her. A...
Olivia Newman to Direct Apple Limited Series “The Last Thing He Told Me,” Jennifer Garner Stars
Olivia Newman has joined Apple TV+’s adaptation of Laura Dave’s bestseller “The Last Thing He Told Me.” The “Where the Crawdads Sing” filmmaker is set to direct and...
Trailer Watch: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin Say Goodbye in “Grace and Frankie’s” Final Episodes
“It was a crazy ride, but I’d rather take a crazy ride with you than a normal ride with anybody else,” Jane Fonda tells Lily Tomlin in a new trailer for the final episodes of...
Amy Schumer’s “Life & Beth” Renewed for Season 2 at Hulu
It’s turning out to be a great year for Amy Schumer. She co-hosted the Oscars with Regina Hall and Wanda Sykes, announced a new stand-up tour, and debuted a series on Hulu. Now news has broken...
Kristen Stewart to Star in Rose Glass Bodybuilding Romantic Thriller “Love Lies Bleeding”
Kristen Stewart is teaming up with Rose Glass on her next project. The Oscar-nominated “Spencer” star is saying goodbye to Buckingham Palace and hello to the world of female bodybuilding...
Cannes’ Ratio of Women-Directed Competition Films Remains Stagnant at 17 Percent
Update: Cannes announced additional titles April 21. Revised stats can be found below our original post. It’s been nearly four years since Cannes Film Festival head Thierry Frémaux signed...
“Pure” Drama About “Bad Vegan’s” Sarma Melngailis in Development at Peacock
Another story about Sarma Melngailis, the headline-making chef and co-owner of raw food restaurant Pure Food and Wine, is in the works on the heels of “Bad Vegan’s” release on...
Trailer Watch: Hazel’s Back in The Hub in “Made for Love” Season 2
At the end of “Made for Love’s” first season, Hazel Green (Cristin Milioti) was on the verge of finally divorcing her controlling tech CEO husband, Byron Gogol (Billy Magnussen). He...
Bel Powley and Susanna Fogel Team Up for Disney+ Holocaust Limited Series “A Small Light”
After breaking out with her portrayal of an aspiring cartoonist who keeps an audio journal in 2015’s “The Diary of a Teenage Girl,” Bel Powley is set to pay tribute to one of the...
Jennifer Lopez Doc “Halftime” to Open Tribeca Film Fest, Amanda Micheli Directs
Jennifer Lopez is heading towards the Bronx to debut her latest project. A press release announced that a Netflix doc about the global superstar will open the 2022 edition of Tribeca Film...
Trailer Watch: Jessica Biel Is An Axe Murderer With a Picture-Perfect Façade in “Candy”
Jessica Biel is behind another gory, gruesome attack in “Candy.” The Emmy-nominated star of “The Sinner” once again finds herself at the center of a murder investigation in...
Dana Calvo Tapped as Showrunner for ABC Detective Drama “Avalon”
The creator behind “Good Girls Revolt” is shifting her gaze from the newsroom to crime scenes. Dana Calvo has signed on to serve as showrunner and exec producer on ABC detective drama...
Thuso Mbedu Strikes Deal to Create Social Justice-Driven Shows for Paramount+
Thuso Mbedu won an Independent Spirit Award and a Gotham Award for her leading role in “The Underground Railroad,” a miniseries that drew startling connections between America during the...
Trailer Watch: Sally Rooney Adaptation “Conversations With Friends” Examines Two Messy Love Triangles
“Normal People” scribe Alice Birch is back with another Sally Rooney adaptation for Hulu. A new trailer for “Conversations with Friends” introduces us to Frances (newcomer...
Trailer Watch: “Girls5eva” Is Heading to the Recording Studio in Season 2
Sara Bareilles, Busy Phillips, Paula Pell, and Renée Elise Goldsberry are officially “in album mode.” “Girls5eva” is returning for a second season that sees its titular girl...
Human Rights Watch Film Fest NY Edition Includes “Midwives” & “The Janes,” 70% of Filmmakers Are Women
Human Rights Watch Film Festival’s New York edition has announced its 2022 program. Seventy percent of this of this year’s filmmakers are women and 70 percent are sharing a story about their...
Jessica Henwick Joins Julia Garner in Kitty Green Thriller “The Royal Hotel”
“Matrix Resurrections” star Jessica Henwick is heading to “The Royal Hotel” with Julia Garner. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed Henwick has boarded Kitty Green’s...
Live-Action “Casper” Series from Kai Yu Wu in Development at Peacock
“The Ghost Bride” creator Kai Yu Wu is resurrecting Casper the Friendly Ghost. Deadline reports Peacock is developing a live-action series about the iconic specter, with Wu writing and...
Trailer Watch: Rebel Wilson Goes Back to High School in “Senior Year”
Rebel Wilson is determined to relive her glory days in “Senior Year,” a Netflix comedy that sees the “Pitch Perfect” alumna returning to high school. “When I was in high...
Jessica Alba & “Encanto’s” Charise Castro Smith Team Up for “Confessions on the 7:45” Series at Netflix
Jessica Alba is joining forces with the co-writer and co-director of “Encanto” on her next project. Charise Castro Smith is attached to pen an adaptation of “Confessions on the...
Kate Winslet and Daughter Mia Threapleton Board Channel 4’s “I Am”
Kate Winslet and her daughter Mia Threapleton are the latest actresses to delve into the “emotionally raw, thought-provoking, and personal” experiences of women. According to Deadline,...
Exclusive: Indigenous Women Reflect on Standing Rock & Law Enforcement in “Women of the White Buffalo” Clip
“The oppressor is never going to free the victim. It’s always the victims that have to overcome and own their strength, and take back the respect, and take back their power,”...
Gloria Calderón Kellett’s “With Love” Renewed for Second Season
Love will stay in the air at Amazon Studios. According to Variety, Gloria Calderón Kellett’s Prime Video series “With Love” has been renewed for Season 2. The show premiered in...
“Zola” and “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” to Screen at 20th Fusion Film Fest
NYU Tisch School of the Arts’ Fusion Film Festival has booked “Zola,” “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair,” and both films’ writer-directors for its 20th...
Trailer Watch: Mira Nair’s 1991 Romance “Mississippi Masala” Gets a 4K Restoration
Mira Nair’s “Mississippi Masala” is getting some much-overdue love. A press release has announced that her 1991 tale of romance, racism, and migration has received a 4K restoration...
Laura Kosann Tapped to Adapt “Mercy Sparx” Comic for MGM
Black Widow, Captain Marvel, and Ms. Marvel are getting more company: another female-led comic adaptation is on the way. Laura Kosann, the 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellow who’s had two screenplays...
Trailer Watch: Amy Ziering, Kirby Dick, & Keke Palmer Expose the Beauty Industry’s Ugliness in “Not So Pretty”
The Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmakers behind titles such “Allen v. Farrow,” “On the Record,” “The Hunting Ground,” and “The Invisible War” are...
Deborah Anderson on Highlighting Indigenous Voices in “Women of the White Buffalo”
Deborah Anderson is an award-winning filmmaker and photographer. Of Indigenous, Black, Irish, and Scottish descent, her photographic work has hung in galleries both in Europe and the U.S., including...
WGA West Reports Significant Increases for Women & BIPOC Writers Since 2010, but White Men Still Dominate
From the rise of streaming and huge blockbuster franchises to the onset of the pandemic, a lot has changed for screenwriters since 2010. And, happily, some solid progress in inclusion and diversity...
Trailer Watch: Rowan Blanchard Falls for Sisters in Hulu Rom-Com “Crush”
Rowan Blanchard is set to learn a few more lessons inside and outside of the classroom. The “Girl Meets World” alumna, who now stars in “Snowpiercer,” toplines...
Trailer Watch: Michelle De Swarte Gets a Deadly Taste of Motherhood in HBO Horror-Comedy “The Baby”
Motherhood is “a lot, all the time, forever,” we’re told in a new trailer for “The Baby.” The HBO dark comedy tells the story of Natasha (Michelle De Swarte, “The...
You’re Invited: Women and Hollywood/Athena Creative Development/Girls Club LA Meet Up
Melissa Silverstein, Women and Hollywood’s founder and publisher, is hosting a networking event with the Women and Hollywood community. Date: April 12 Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Location: West...
An “Orphan Black” Spinoff Is On the Way
Clone Club will soon be back in session. Deadline reports “Orphan Black,” the feminist sci-fi series that marked Tatiana Maslany’s breakout, is getting a spinoff at AMC+ and AMC...
Trailer Watch: “The Wilds” Season 2 Introduces Us to More Castaways
We’re about to learn a whole lot more about the Twilight of Adam. “The Wilds” is back, and a new trailer for the Prime Video drama’s second season kicks off where that...
Writer-Director to Watch: Fawzia Mirza of “Noor & Layla” and “Signature Move”
Activist. Actor. Director. Producer. Playwright. Screenwriter. Fawzia Mirza is the quintessential multi-hyphenate, multi-disciplinary artist. An award-winning Pakistani-Canadian-American...
Carla Simón’s Berlinale Winner “Alcarras” Lands at MUBI
The toast of the Berlin International Film Festival is coming stateside. This year’s winner of the Golden Bear for best film, “Alcarras,” has been acquired by MUBI. The global...
Amy Berg Docuseries About Grooming in the Works at Freeform
Amy Berg’s latest project, “Phoenix Rising,” debuted on HBO last month. The documentary miniseries sees “Westworld” actress Evan Rachel Wood revisiting the emotional,...
Submit Now: Pano Microgrants for Women and Non-Binary Filmmakers
Pano, formerly known as NYC Women Filmmakers, is now accepting submissions for its second round of microgrants. Designed to assist projects and develop the careers of women, non-binary, and gender...
Nancy Meyers Lines Up Next Project, Set to Write and Direct Netflix Pic
Get ready for more kitchen inspo: Nancy Meyers is making a movie for Netflix. According to Deadline, she has inked a deal to write, direct, and produce an as-yet untitled ensemble comedy for the...
Kelsey Peterson Talks “Move Me,” Her Documentary Exploring Her Personal Journey Becoming Disabled
Kelsey Peterson is a dancer, choreographer, writer, and filmmaker. She received her BFA in Dance from the University of Montana in 2008, and later, her yoga teacher certification from CorePower Yoga....
Kestrin Pantera’s SXSW Audience Award Winner “Pretty Problems” Lands at IFC Films
Kestrin Pantera’s sophomore feature has secured distribution. The winner of the Narrative Spotlight Audience Award at this year’s SXSW, “Pretty Problems” will hit theaters and...
Billie Piper to Topline and Exec Produce Netflix Adaptation of Terri White’s “Coming Undone”
From “Yerma” to “I Hate Suzie” to “Rare Beasts,” Billie Piper is no stranger to portraying characters navigating inner turmoil, public scrutiny, and family trauma....
Laura Herrero Garvín on “La Mami,” a Doc About Women Who Connect & Transform in a Mexican Night Club
Born in Toledo, Spain, Laura Herrero Garvín is the co-founder of Sandia Digital, a company through which she has made about 20 short documentaries. Her professional career is closely linked to...
Book Excerpt: “Mothers of Invention: Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor”
The following is adapted from “Mothers of Invention: Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor,” edited by So Mayer and Corinn Columpar and set to be published April 5. Copyright (c) 2022 Wayne...
Nicol Paone to Direct Dark Comedy Thriller “The Kill Room,” Uma Thurman Will Star
Last week’s Academy Awards saw Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Travolta reuniting onstage to celebrate the 28th anniversary of “Pulp Fiction.” Now, two of those stars are...
Joslyn Rose Lyons to Make Directorial Debut with Gentrification Fable “Shadowbox”
A producer on “Barbara Lee: Speaking Truth to Power,” the winner of this year’s NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Documentary, is set to make her directorial debut. Joslyn Rose Lyons...
Trailer Watch: Emma Cooper Investigates “The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe” in Netflix Doc
“The true things rarely get into circulation. It’s usually the false things,” says Marilyn Monroe in a trailer for a new Netflix documentary. From director Emma Cooper (“The...
April 2022 Television Preview
Though the most notable holiday of April is one that celebrates pranks, which are definitely not enjoyed by all, this month’s television premieres offer something for everyone. If you, like so...
Kathryn Bigelow to Direct “Aurora” for Netflix
Days after Jane Campion seized the Oscar for Best Director, the first woman to ever win the prize has lined up her next project: Kathryn Bigelow is set to helm “Aurora.” Like...