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Venice 2019 Women Directors: Meet Gitanjali Rao – “Bombay Rose”
A self-taught animator and filmmaker, Gitanjali Rao emerged into the international stage with her animated short “Printed Rainbow,” which premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week in 2006....
Weekly Update for August 23: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Vita & Virginia – Directed by Chanya Button; Written by Chanya Button and Eileen Atkins (Available on VOD August 30) Set amidst the bohemian high society of 1920s...
Exploring Trauma: VOD and Web Series Picks
In media, women’s pain is usually used to motivate men. So there’s a real demand for nuanced portrayals of female trauma, which looks at what women are actually going through — as...
Trailer Watch: Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon Reinvent “The Morning Show”
“Good morning. I’m bringing you some sad and upsetting news. And while I don’t know the details of the allegations, Mitch Kessler (Steve Carell), my co-host and partner of 15 years...
Writer to Watch: Sofia Alvarez of the “To All the Boys” Films
Though “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” is screenwriter Sofia Alvarez’s first feature film, she’s been writing for the majority of her life. As the Baltimore native told the Baltimore...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge Writing a Feature Film with Plans to Direct
Phoebe Waller-Bridge won’t be breaking the fourth wall on her next project — she’ll be stepping behind it. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the “Fleabag”...
Weekly Update for August 9: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING The Kitchen – Written and Directed by Andrea Berloff “The Kitchen” stars Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?” “Bridesmaids”), Tiffany...
Women and Hollywood’s Picks of the Week for August 8
Picks of the Week offers Women and Hollywood’s recommendations — women-driven and women-made movies, series, VOD releases, and more — and tells you why they are worth your time and money. One...
Sarah Gavron’s Latest to Open TIFF’s Platform Program, Lineup Is 40% Women-Directed
The Toronto International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its Platform section, a juried program spotlighting trailblazing directors from around the world. “Rocks,” from...
Film as Grassroots Activism: Crowdfunding Picks
Films can have many impacts on their viewers: they can entertain, first and foremost, they can make you feel like you aren’t alone, and they can introduce you to new people or places. But they...
August 2019 Film Preview
By Jenna Dorsi and Camryn Garrett While the season may be winding down, there are still plenty of films about or made by women to check out this summer. This August offers a wide selection of...
Trailer Watch: An Act of Self-Defense Turns a Couple into Folk Heroes in “Queen & Slim”
One Tinder date ends up changing two people — and the world — forever in the latest trailer for “Queen & Slim.” After going out to dinner, Queen (Jodie Turner-Smith,...
Weekly Update for July 26: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Share – Written and Directed by Pippa Bianco (Premieres July 27 on HBO) “Share,” written and directed by Pippa Bianco, feels in some ways like a horror...
“Moana’s” Auli’i Cravalho Takes the Lead in “Sorta Like a Rock Star”
Auli’i Cravalho has landed her first leading role in a live-action film. Best known for voicing the titular character in Disney smash “Moana,” Cravalho has signed on to topline...
Women and Hollywood’s Picks of the Week for July 25
Picks of the Week offers Women and Hollywood’s recommendations — women-driven and women-made movies, series, VOD releases, and more — and tells you why they are worth your time and...
Joan Carr-Wiggin Kicks Off Principal Photography on “A Grand Romantic Gesture”
Canadian filmmaker Joan Carr-Wiggin has commenced principal photography on her latest pic, “A Grand Romantic Gesture.” The dramedy stars Gina McKee (“Bodyguard”). Penned by...
You Must Remember This: Crowdfunding Picks
History is important. Those that don’t remember this aren’t just doomed to repeat their mistakes, but could potentially destroy or lose something irreplaceable. The point of this round of...
Weekly Update for July 12: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING The Farewell – Written and Directed by Lulu Wang “The Farewell” solidifies Awkwafina as a multi-faceted actress. The “Crazy Rich Asians”...
Lulu Wang Talks “The Farewell,” Representation, and Working with Awkwafina
Writer-director Lulu Wang’s new film, “The Farewell,” began as a 2016 episode of “This American Life.” Wang wrote and narrated the segment “What You Don’t Know,” the story of...
Trailer Watch: Liza Mandelup’s “Jawline” Documents a Teen’s Quest for Social Media Fame
“I’m not going to settle in this small, little town I live in,” 16-year-old Austyn Tester announces in the trailer for “Jawline.” “I got to go explore the world, I...
Lulu Wang to Write and Direct “Children of the New World”
“The Farewell” hits theaters later this week, and it looks like we won’t have to wait long for writer-director Lulu Wang’s follow-up. A press release announced that...
Cyntoia Brown Doc Acquired by Netflix
The fight for Cyntoia Brown’s clemency will be chronicled in an upcoming Netflix doc. The streamer just nabbed rights to a feature documentary about the prisoner’s experience in the...
Women-Created Podcast Network Earios’ Inaugural Slate Features Shows from Margaret Cho & More
“Podcasts by women, for everyone.” That’s the slogan for Earios, the new podcast network launched by comedy performers Maria Blasucci (“Mascots”) and Amanda Lund...
EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Mary McGuckian – “A Girl from Mogadishu”
Mary McGuckian is an Irish writer, director, and producer known for her collaborative approach to working with actors. She has worked on 12 films, including “The Price of Desire,” “The Bridge...
July 2019 Film Preview
Summertime can often be a grim time to go to the movies, as male-dominated blockbusters and a deluge of sequels clog the box office. But this July looks especially promising for original films by and...
How Women Showrunners Are Changing TV
This year seven trailblazing series led by women come to an end. Each one — “Jane the Virgin,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Orange Is the New Black,” “Broad...
“Wild Rose” Screenwriter Nicole Taylor on Country Music & Crafting Mother-Daughter Stories
Screenwriter Nicole Taylor hails from Glasgow, where her new film “Wild Rose” takes place. A huge fan of country music, her film, directed by Tom Harper, is about a burgeoning country singer...
Weekly Update for June 21: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Endzeit – Ever After – Directed by Carolina Hellsgård; Written by Olivia Vieweg (Opens in NY; Opens in LA June 28) A zombie apocalypse provides the backdrop for...
EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Ruth Platt – “The Black Forest”
Ruth Platt co-created a theater company which was nominated twice for Time Out Critics Choice runs. Her short film featuring Maxine Peake, “The Heart Fails Without Warning.” was selected...
Quote of the Day: “Pose” Writer-Director Janet Mock Wants Her Work to “Shatter Stigma”
Janet Mock has blazed trails as the first trans woman of color to write and direct a TV ep and the first out trans woman to ink a multimillion-dollar deal with a major content company. But the...
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Janet Mock Makes History with Overall Netflix Deal
Janet Mock is making history again. In 2018, the trailblazer co-wrote and directed an episode of “Pose,” making her the first trans woman of color to write and direct a TV ep. Now she’s...
Guest Post: What I Learned From Revisiting My 1984 Documentary “Before Stonewall”
Guest Post by Greta Schiller “Before Stonewall” traces the making of America’s lesbian and gay community from the turn of the century to the Stonewall Riots. I never imagined the...
“Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins” Acquired by Magnolia
Janice Engel’s award-winning tribute to Molly Ivins has secured North American distribution. Deadline reports that Magnolia acquired rights to Sundance doc “Raise Hell: The Life &...
Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun, Rosamund Pike, & More to Attend BFI’s Woman with a Movie Camera Summit
BFI’s inaugural Woman with a Movie Camera Summit sold out in 2018, so it comes as no surprise that the popular event is coming back for a second edition. Returning to BFI Southbank on June 22,...
Weekly Update for June 14: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING American Woman In a blue-collar town in Pennsylvania, a 32-year-old woman’s (Sienna Miller) teen daughter goes missing and she is left to raise her infant grandson alone....
New Georges Founder Susan Bernfield Talks Empowering Women in Theater
When Susan Bernfield was starting out as an actress in 1992, she realized there were not a lot of roles being written for her, or for women in general. She couldn’t even find plays by women at the...
Trailer Watch: Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson Give “Late Night” a Makeover
“You’re welcome, America,” says Emma Thompson in the final trailer for “Late Night.” The spot suggests that filmgoers have plenty to thank the Brit for, with critics and...
Marti Noxon and Jessica Rhoades Option YA Novel “Like A Love Story”
Two of the women behind HBO’s award-winning adaptation of Gillan Flynn’s “Sharp Objects” are teaming up on another project based on a novel. Marti Noxon and Jessica Rhoades,...
Weekly Update for June 7: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Late Night – Directed by Nisha Ganatra; Written by Mindy Kaling (Opens in Select Theaters; Opens Wide June 14) “Late Night” is the movie I have been...
Trailer Watch: Krysten Ritter’s Hero’s Journey Concludes in “Jessica Jones'” Final Season
Yet another bad guy wants Jessica Jones to die — but this one really has it in for her, and he’s determined to prove her a fraud. A trailer has dropped for the third and final season of...
Trailer Watch: Jillian Bell Takes Control of Her Life in “Brittany Runs a Marathon”
A failed attempt to score some Adderall from a new doctor leads Jillian Bell to unexpected places in a new trailer for “Brittany Runs a Marathon.” The Sundance Audience Award winner sees...
Quotes of the Day: Taraji P. Henson and Ellen Pompeo Get Candid About Race and Fair Pay
Taraji P. Henson and Ellen Pompeo work on two of the biggest shows on network TV. The respective “Empire” and “Grey’s Anatomy” stars are also outspoken advocates for...
Tony Nominee Lilli Cooper on the Evolution of Her Character in Broadway’s “Tootsie”
Shortly after receiving the script, actress Lilli Cooper fell in love with Broadway’s “Tootsie.” For one thing, as a woman of color, she was auditioning for the role of Julie Nichols, the...
June 2019 Film Preview
The summer movie season is kicking off with dozens of films helmed by and centered on women. From Sundance pics to mega blockbusters, June promises to be a month chock-full of exciting...
Weekly Update for May 31: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films Playing Near You
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN OPENING Too Late to Die Young – Written and Directed by Dominga Sotomayor (Opens in NY; Opens in LA June 7) “Too Late To Die Young” Set in post-Pinochet Chile in...
Sundance London 2019 Women Directors: Meet Alison Klayman – “The Brink”
Alison Klayman’s directorial debut, “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,” won a U.S. Documentary Special Jury Prize for Spirit of Defiance at Sundance Film Festival and was shortlisted for the...
Trailer Watch: Nanfu Wang & Jialing Zhang Revisit China’s One Child Policy in “One Child Nation”
Born during the height of China’s controversial, headline-making attempt to address its population crisis, Nanfu Wang never gave much thought to the One Child Policy. That all changed when the...
Trailer Watch: Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, and Elisabeth Moss Run “The Kitchen”
“Pretty doesn’t matter. It’s just a tool that women use,” says Melissa McCarthy in the first trailer for “The Kitchen.” Set in the ’70s, Andrea...
Mindy Kaling Has a New Essay Collection on the Way
Mindy Kaling and Amazon’s lovefest continues. Amazon Studios is dropping Kaling-starrer “Late Night” in theaters next week, and Kaling recently announced that she has a new essay...
Cannes: “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...