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Watch: Agnes Varda’s Enigmatic Anti-Fairy Tale ‘Les 3 Boutons’ in Full
Telluride: Meryl Streep: “There is Something Wrong That There Are So Few Women [Directors]”
TIFF 2015 Women Directors: Meet Deniz Gamze Ergüven — ‘Mustang’
Deniz Gamze Ergüven was born in Ankara, Turkey, and studied literature and African history in Johannesburg and directing at La Fémis in Paris. She has directed the shorts “Mon trajet...
Venice Film Fest 2015 Women Directors: Meet Esther May Campbell — ‘Light Years’
Self-taught photographer and filmmaker Esther May Campbell has directed low-fi music vids, sex-education films, corporates for and about randy sailors, as well as Channel 4 dramas and the BBC’s...
The Resonance and Relevance of ‘Suffragette’
Each September brings severe disappointment for those of us interested in seeing women taken seriously in the Oscar race. And by that, I mean women on screen and behind the scenes. It seems that the...
Weekly Update for September 4: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This WeekNumber One Fan — Written and Directed by Jeanne Herry Muriel Bayen (Sandrine Kiberlain), a divorced beautician and mother of two, loves to tell stories. She...
Patricia Rozema, Sophie Deraspe and Other Female Canadian Talent To Be Feted at TIFF
Nine Canadian female directors and actors will be honored at the Toronto Film Festival this year. Telefilm Canada, a federal cultural agency that helps fund and promote Canadian film, and Birks...
Margaret Cho Discusses Her Sexual Assaults, Her New Song “I Want to Kill My Rapist”
A week after being cast as Ken Jeong’s sister in the upcoming ABC sitcom “Dr. Ken,” Margaret Cho has been profiled by Billboard in a wrenching, inspirational and stunningly candid interview...
New Film Series Celebrates Women Over 40 With Events in LA and NY
Anne Hathaway made headlines earlier this week for revealing that, at the ripe, old age of 32, she is now losing roles to younger actresses. The Oscar winner acknowledged that she herself played...
TCM and WIF LA Announce Initiative and Programming Celebrating Female Directors
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) has announced a multi-year initiative with Women in Film (WIF), Los Angeles, called Trailblazing Women. The partnership will serve to highlight women’s historical...
Laurie Anderson’s ‘Heart of a Dog’ Gets Distribution Deal With Abramorama, HBO Documentary Films
Laurie Anderson’s essay film “Heart of a Dog” has been acquired by Abramorama and HBO Documentary Films. The deal was announced just before the feature was to make its debut screening at the...
Kathleen Turner and Deborah Cox to Appear in Transgender Off-Broadway Play
Kathleen Turner and Deborah Cox have signed on to star in an off-Broadway play about a lesbian couple in which one of them begins to question her gender identity and contemplate sex-reassignment...
Venice Film Fest 2015 Women Directors: Meet Pietra Brettkelly — ‘A Flickering Truth’
Pietra Brettkelly is a multi-award-winning director and producer. Her 2008 film “The Art Star and the Sudanese Twins” won the World Cinema Documentary Editing Award at the Sundance Film Festival...
Quote of the Day: Emma Thompson Has Been a “Card-Carrying, Radical Feminist” Since She Was 19
Gem of a human Emma Thompson has weighed in on feminism and ageism in Hollywood once more with her typical blend of wit and wisdom, telling Vulture, “I’ve been a card-carrying, radical feminist...
Julie Lynn and Bonnie Curtis to Produce 2015 Governors Awards
The Academy’s 7th annual Governors Awards will bestow an Honorary Award to Gena Rowlands and Spike Lee and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Debbie Reynolds. Making sure that the...
Venice Competitor ‘Marguerite,’ About Delusional Socialite, Acquired by Cohen Media Group
The French period drama “Marguerite,” about a ’20s socialite whose belief in her opera-singing abilities far exceeded her actual talents, has been acquired out of the Venice Film Festival....
Cate Blanchett to Play Lucille Ball in Authorized Biopic
Cate Blanchett isn’t known for her comedic roles, but that may change after she stars in her most recently announced project: a biopic about the life of Lucille Ball. One of the most famous women...
Six Up-and-Coming Women Writers Awarded $30,000 Rona Jaffe Awards
Two poets, a memoirist and three fiction writers have been named the winners of this year’s Rona Jaffe Awards. Each writer will win a $30,000 cash prize. The honorees are Meehan Crist, Vanessa...
Trailer Watch: Toni Collette and Drew Barrymore Deal With Cancer and Pregnancy in ‘Miss You Already’
Catherine Hardwicke’s “Miss You Already,” about life-long female friends dealing with birth and death at the same time, has a new trailer. Best pals Milly (Toni Collette) and Jess (Drew...
Athina Rachel Tsangari to Discuss Career and Screen Double Feature at Film Society of Lincoln Center
The Film Society of Lincoln Center will devote Thursday, September 17, to the career and work of Athina Rachel Tsangari, its 2015 filmmaker in residence. The FSLC’s An Evening with Athina Rachel...
Series Based on Feminist Attorney Gloria Allred in Development at CBS
A legal drama based on famed feminist attorney Gloria Allred is in the works at CBS. Written by Deborah Schoeneman (“Girls,” “The Newsroom”), the untitled show will be fictional but based...
Helena Bonham Carter to Play Literary Editor in ‘Love, Nina’ Miniseries for BBC
Helena Bonham Carter and Faye Marsay will signed on to star in the BBC television adaptation of “Love Nina,” about a young nanny who takes care of the children of the London Review of Books...
Rebels With a (Very Good) Cause: Crowdfunding Campaigns
It’s crowdfunding time again, and this week there are some ingenious projects created by and about women that deserve support. Included in our picks this week is “Free to Laugh,” a short...
Trailer Watch: Chloë Grace Moretz Goes to War with Alien Invaders in ‘The 5th Wave’
Well, this was inevitable: Chloë Grace Moretz is starring in an adaptation of a dystopian YA book. This time around, it’s Rick Yancey’s best-selling “The 5th Wave” that’s getting the...
The Year of the “Strong Women” at the 2015 London Film Fest Lineup
When we learned Sarah Gavron’s “Suffragette” would open this year’s BFI London Film Festival, we were optimistic about the rest of the lineup. The full program for the 59th edition of the...
Fall 2015 Theater Preview: A Step Backward for Women
The2015–2016 Broadway season is underway, and an uproar has already begun overthe question, Where are the women? Their absence comes after a particularlystrong spring when three female...
Trailer Watch: Eddie Redmayne & Alicia Vikander’s ‘The Danish Girl’ Chronicles Early Transgenderism
Gurinder Chadha’s Indian Independence Upstairs-Downstairs Drama “Viceroy’s House” Starts Filming
“Bend It Like Beckham” director Gurinder Chadha has begun rolling on her latest film, “Viceroy’s House.” Set in 1947 New Delhi, the upstairs-downstairs drama will chronicle the tension...
It’s time to fall madly in love with films #DirectedbyWomen
How many films #DirectedbyWomen can we celebrate in a 15-day worldwide film-viewing party? We’re about to find out. Starting September 1st, film lovers around the globe are invited to turn their...
The 10 Most Gut-Punching Moments From BuzzFeed’s Exposé on Sexism in Animation
It’s not news that the animation industry has always been a boys club, but that doesn’t make BuzzFeed’s recent longform exposé on the historical, institutional and ongoing sexism within the...
Quote of the Day: Helen Mirren: “We Have to Start Stealing the Men’s Roles”
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Study: Adult Women Are the Biggest Demo in Gaming
The gaming world is infamously unwelcoming towards female gamers, but it turns out that rampant misogyny in video-game culture hasn’t kept women away from their consoles. A new study shows that...
Lynn Shelton and Megan Griffiths Producing Family Drama for HBO
Lynn Shelton is joining her former mumblecore collaborators, the Duplass brothers, at HBO. The premium cable network has put into development “Family Drama,” an anthology series to be executive...
September 2015 Film Preview
September sees the premieres of a number of women-centric indie gems we’ve been waiting impatiently for while they’ve been touring the festival circuit. “Misunderstood” by Italian punk-rebel...
The 10 Most Significant (For Better or Worse) Portrayals of Trans Women in Film
It’s no secret that transgender women are having a long overdue moment in pop culture. When even the venerable Time magazine acknowledges we’ve reached a “Transgender Tipping Point,” society...
Weekly Update for August 28: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Week The Second Mother — Written and Directed by Anna Muylaert August’s only film with a woman-of-color lead looks to be one of this month’s strongest...
Trailer Watch: Claire Danes Quits the CIA But Can’t Leave it Behind in ‘Homeland’ Season 5
When we last saw Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), she had quit the CIA and seemed committed to taking a more active role in raising her daughter Frannie. A trailer for season five of Showtime’s...
Trailer Watch: Malala Yousafzai is Both a Heroine for the Ages and “Still a Teenager” in New Doc
“I want people to learn from the experience I had,” says Malala Yousafzai in the trailer for “He Named Me Malala,” the upcoming documentary about one of the coolest teen rebels in history....
Angelina Jolie’s ‘By the Sea’ the First Woman-Directed Film to Open AFI Fest in At Least a Decade
“By the Sea,” Angelina Jolie’s third narrative feature as a director, will open this year’s AFI Fest (November 5–12). The drama about a husband and wife (played by Jolie Pit and her...
Listen: Women & Hollywood Podcast #16: Paul Weitz on ‘Grandma’
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Profitable Personal Films: Nicole Holofcener’s ‘Walking and Talking”
In high school, I caught by chance Nicole Holofcener’s “Walking andTalking” (1996) on cable. I would turn on IFC and get glimpses of these amazingindie movies from the ’90s. I was a quiet...
‘The Second Mother’ Director Anna Muylaert on Why It Took 20 Years to Make Her Award-Winning Drama
Anna Muylaert is a Brazilian film and television director and screenwriter. Her first feature film, “Durval Discos” (2002), won seven awards at Festival de Gramado, including Best Film and Best...
Pilots from Shonda Rhimes and Julie Bowen Tackle Nuns, a Terminal Diagnosis, Mother-in-Laws in Love
Women created just 20% of all the shows during the 2013–2014 TV season. If you’re on the lookout for new series with women creators, you’ll be glad to hear three new women-created and/or...
Guest Post: From Day Job to Dream Job: How This Cupcake Girl Got a Feature Film in 6 Easy Steps
A lot ofpeople in Hollywood have a day job and work as writers, actors, directors, etc., by night. Well, I was justthe same, working at Sprinkles Cupcakes in Beverly Hills, when it occurredto me...
Trailer Watch: Diane Keaton Dreams of a Perfect Christmas in ‘Love the Coopers’
For many, the holidays are laughably far from being the most wonderful time of the year. There’s nothing magical about overcrowded airports, the stress of choosing perfect gifts (and maxing out...
Cate Blanchett to Receive BFI’s Highest Honor
Cate Blanchett will be presented with a British Film Institute Fellowship, the BFI’s highest honor, at the London Film Festival’s annual awards ceremony on October 17. One of the actress’s two...
Seattle Hero Edith Macefield, Owner of the ‘Up’ House, to Get Biopic Treatment
A new biopic is in the works about Edith Macefield, the Seattle woman who became a symbol of resistance against gentrification. Macefield refused to sell her 100-year-old house to developers, who...
Anne Hathaway to Headline and Produce Alien Invasion Sci-Fi Comedy Based on Black List Screenplay
Anne Hathaway has signed on to star in and produce “The Shower,” about a baby shower that gets party-crashed by alien invaders. The sci-fi comedy — which is being compared to...
16% is Not a Win: Parsing the DGA’s Latest Stats on Women and Minority Directors in TV
“Female TV directors make gains,” proclaimed mainstream headlines following the DGA’s release yesterday of a report on female and minority directors in TV. If this is progress for women, color...
Lois Vossen to Lead PBS Doc Series ‘Independent Lens’
Longtime “Independent Lens” supervisor Lois Vossen has been promoted to executive producer of the PBS documentary series. This new role means that Vossen will be among the top-ranking overseers...
Amy Schumer and Jennifer Lawrence Writing Comedy Screenplay Together
While on the press tour for the final “Hunger Games” movie, Jennifer Lawrence revealed that she and Amy Schumer, who first met just a couple of months ago, have been working on a comedy...