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A Feminist Analysis of Rodham – the Feature Film About Young Hillary Clinton
The script Rodham by Young Il Kim has been one of the scripts on the recent Blacklist — it came in 4th — that has made significant buzz before it even starts production. While...
2013 Cannes News – Part 2
More lady news coming out of Cannes. Uma Thurman will star as controversial anti-gay activist Anita Bryant in Anita. Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman will direct from a screenplay by Chad...
Jon Stewart Takes on the Merida Makeover: The Princess and the PR
Love this. Jon Stewart kicked the shit out of Disney for their Merida makeover. This ain’t going away Disney. You gotta do better. Happy Friday. The Daily Show with Jon StewartGet...
Weekly Update May 17: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Black Rock – Directed by Katie Aselton Black Rock is every woman’s worst nightmare. You go out on an adventure with friends and then things go...
Why Society Needs Feminism
I found this through my twitter feed today and think it is appropriate and is a good thought for the weekend. I think this should answer all the naysayers who think young women aren’t...
Odes to Female Friendships Rule The Weekend with Katie Aselton’s Black Rock and Frances Ha
This weekend, two very different films that explore the intricacies of female friendships are hitting theaters (and VOD) near you: Katie Aselton’s thriller Black Rock and Noah Baumbach’s...
Trailer Roundup: Women Created Fall TV Shows
We’ve been reporting quite a bit about the Fall TV pick ups recently. Only 8 women created shows were picked up among all the networks which is a really depressing number. However, at least we...
Guest Post: Screaming With Your Body
Hysteria is the way to express with your body desires that the society does not accept. It’s like screaming with your body. Augustine (the lead character in my film) really existed. She was...
Women Created Shows That Have Been Canceled
The last couple weeks have been a bloodbath when it’s come to television cancellations. Great women created shows like Ann Biderman’s Southland on TNT didn’t make it. Here are...
Guest Post: Bold Broads and Daring Dames: An Interview with Kim Krizan
Kim Krizan is an Academy Award-nominated writer of the films Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. She appeared as an actress in the films Slacker, Dazed and Confused, and Waking Life. She wrote the...
Review Roundup: The Bling Ring – Directed by Sofia Coppola
Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring opened up Un Certain Regard at Cannes and the reviews of the film are coming in. Here’s a roundup of reviews of the film. “The Bling Ring”...
2013 Cannes News- Part 1
Some news coming out of Cannes Pete Hammond from Deadline notes from the jury press conference which is the one time the jury faces the press during the whole festival that the presence of two female...
First Trailer: FX’s The Bridge – Created by Meredith Stiehm
Earlier this year, FX announced the 13 episode pick up of Meredith Stiehm’s The Bridge, an adaptation of Bron about the Denmark/Sweden border. Steihm’s adaptation focuses on the...
Rashida Jones Makes Directorial Debut with Sara Bareilles ‘Brave’ Music Video
Rashida Jones announced her directorial debut with Sara Bareilles’ “Brave” music video on Twitter earlier this week.. It’s a bright, poppy song with an equally...
New Poster for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
We previously reported our excitement and lack of patience for November 22nd to roll around with the unveiling of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire trailer last month. Now with the new Catching Fire...
Lucy Liu Talks About Racism in Hollywood
Lucy Liu graces the cover of online fashion magazine, Net-A-Porter’s Graphic Issue. Liu discusses some of the usual interview tropes–her sense of style, relationship status and her hit...
France vs. US – What Do Movie Stars Looks Like?
As the Cannes Film Festival kicks off here is an infographic from French TV (and in French) that breaks down the difference between the US and French film industries. Here’s what the article...
Why Women in Power Positions Matter
While we are still digesting the bad news from yesterday with the release of statistics on the low amount of women onscreen in films, TV continues to be the bright spot regarding women’s...
Sundance: Tribeca Film & Well Go Pick Up Francesca Gregorini’s Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes
After premiering at Sundance earlier this year, Tribeca Film and Well Go have picked up Francesca Gregorini’s Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes. Starring Kaya Scodelario and Jessica...
Watch This: Barbara Walters Officially Announces Retirement
As we previously reported, the rumors swirling about Barbara Walters’ retirement in 2014 were growing. Finally, the journalism legend confirmed and announced her retirement on The View...
Kate Winslet to Star in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s The Dressmaker
Kate Winslet is going to star in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s The Dressmaker. Moorhouse has also written the script which is based on the novel by Rosalie Ham. Winslet will play Tilly, a woman who...
Trailer Watch: August: Osage County – Starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts
August: Osage County, based on Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer winning play, looks to be another powerhouse role for Meryl Streep. Streep plays Violet Weston, the troubled matriarch of the dysfunctional...
The Backlash Continues: Women Onscreen Falls to a Five Year Low
Make no mistake about it, no matter what you read or what people try and make you believe, things are not all roses and candy for women onscreen or behind the scenes in hollywood. In a brand...
Angelina Jolie’s Courageous Revelation
In a courageous op-ed in today’s New York Times, Angelina Jolie revealed that over the last several months she has undergone a prophylactic double mastectomy because she has BRCA1 gene....
Pilot Update: ABC Picks Up 3 Women Created Pilots, CBS Picks Up 1
As the upfronts continue, the television news keeps coming out. ABC has picked up 3 women created pilots, including Super Fun Night from the hilarious Rebel Wilson and Trophy Wife from Emily Halpern...
Watch This: The Invisible War on PBS
Make sure to watch The Invisible War airing on PBS tonight at 10pm. It’s an extremely important film that examines the rape epidemic within the U.S. military. With the increase in the sexual...
Women Directed and Written Projects Chosen for Sundance Institute’s June Directors and Screenwriters Labs
The Sundance Institute announced the 13 projects chosen for their prestigious June Director and Screenwriter Labs which take place from May 27-June 27. The program has fellows work with...
Olivia Colman, ‘Girls’ Take Home BAFTA TV Awards
Last night, BAFTA handed out their TV awards. Actress Olivia Colman won big–receiving both the female performance in a comedy award for Twenty Twelve and supporting actress award for Accused...
Sundance: Jill Soloway’s Afternoon Delight Gets Pick Up from Film Arcade and Cinedigm
After winning the U.S. Dramatic Directing award for her film Afternoon Delight, Jill Soloway’s Sundance film has finally got picked up by Film Arcade and Cinedigm. In a statement, The Film...
Brave Director Brenda Chapman Responds to Merida Coronation
Last week we wondered what Brave writer and co-director Brenda Chapman would have to say when she heard about Merida getting the Disney princess makeover. We suspected she’s be pissed and we...
Weekly Update May 10: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Venus and Serena – Directed by Maiken Baird and Michelle Major (doc) Venus and Serena takes an unfiltered look into the remarkable lives of the greatest...
Kerry Washington FINALLY Covers A Major Fashion Magazine
Kerry Washington is on a roll. She was in the hugely successful Django Unchained. She’s in one of the hottest shows on TV as the star — Olivia Pope — who is in love...
Pilot Watch: The CW Is Clear Early Winner for Women, NBC and Fox Order No Women Written Shows
This is crunch week in TV land where current shows either get picked up for next season or cancelled and some happy pilot writers get a series pickup. As of this morning, NBC, Fox and The...
Los Angeles Film Festival Announces Line Up
The Los Angeles Film Festival recently announced their line up. And it’s great. Some of our festival favorites are screening including Lake Bell’s In A World, Stacie Passon’s...
Interview with Judy Chaikin – Director of The Girls in the Band
The Girls in the Band opens for a one-week run in NYC on May 10. Tickets here. Women and Hollywood: What drew you to making this film? Judy Chaikin: I come from a family of musicians...
Guest Post: Invisible Women Who Rock
We are both filmmakers launching documentaries featuring different generations of women pursuing their artistic vision in the predominantly male bastion of rock and roll. And of course, the...
Pissed Off: When Did Playing Evil Women Become a Rite of Passage for Oscar Winning Actresses?
You know I hate all the princess shit that we see everywhere. The film business has up it ass that boys get to be superheroes and girls get to be princesses. The boys save the girls and...
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Willow Smith
God I love this girl. She rules and I want that t-shirt. Smile girl. You are awesome. h/t Jen Pozner and from How You Say My Love in Thug
TV Watch This: Trailer for The Fosters – Executive Produced by Jennifer Lopez
The Fosters, excutive produced by Jennifer Lopez, is a new show on ABC Family that focuses on a lesbian couple who alongside their biological children take in foster children. ABC Family has a great...
HBO Summer Documentary Series Very Women-Centric
Last week, HBO announced their summer documentary series and it is very women-centric from the content to the majority of women directors of these films. Some of the women-centric docs include Pussy...
Three Women-Centric Films Opening on August 16th
If you survive the summer of male centric super hero and action films, mark your calendars for August 16th because three women-centric films will be opening. While August has been in the past seen as...
Novelist Claire Messud Schools Publishers Weekly
Claire Messud’s latest novel, The Woman Upstairs, has been getting a ton of great critical buzz (and was also in the recent women’s fiction satire video Ron Charles released). In an...
Don’t Forget: Kristen Wiig to Host SNL This Weekend
You know you’re excited. We sure are. Might be a good live tweet occasion.
The Directing Workshop for Women 2013 Showcase
On Monday night I stepped into the Directors Guild Building for the first time to attend the annual showcase for the AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women My feelings about that place are...
Watch This: Rose Troche’s Sci-Fi Short ‘Elliot King is Third’
Director Rose Troche has directed a short film for Futurestates, an online series of sci-fi shorts that explore the future of American society through a variety of topics. Troche’s short,...
Disney Crowns Brave’s Merida a Princess
In completely baffling and disturbing news, Disney has decided to make Brave heroine, Merida into their 11th Disney Princess. On May 11th, Merida will join the other Disney princesses in a royal...
Trailer Watch: Violet & Daisy
Violet (Alexis Bledel) and Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) are a pair of teen assassins who are hired to kill crime figures in New York City. When the pair gets a new job targeting a mysterious man (James...
Women Win Big at Australian Directors Guild Awards
Women won the majority of the major awards at last week’s Australian Directors Guild Awards. Cate Shortland won the Best Director award for her film Lore and Rachel Perkins won Best Director...
Bette Midler on Broadway in I’ll Eat You Last
I’ll Eat You Last takes place on a fateful day in 1981 when Sue Mengers got the phone call that she was no longer representing Barbra Streisand. The two most powerful women in Hollywood...
Olive Kitteridge Gets HBO Miniseries Treatment with Lisa Cholodenko and Frances McDormand
Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitizer winning novel, Olive Kitteridge, is set for a four-hour miniseries at HBO. Adapted by Jane Anderson, Olive Kitteridge tells the story of a small New England town...
Trailer Watch: Girl Most Likely – Written by Michelle Morgan and Co-Directed by Shari Springer Berman
This is Kristen Wiig’s first leading role onscreen since Bridesmaids. I hope people are not expecting Bridesmaids 2 because this looks a bit more intense. Formerly titled Imogene,...