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Exclusive: Poster for Eden Directed by Megan Griffiths — Will Premiere at SXSW on Sunday
This looks like a really interesting film. It is based on a true story of human trafficking. Here’s the description: In 1994 Korean-American teenager, Hyun Jae, went to a bar in New Mexico where a...
Friends With Kids — Written and Directed by Jennifer Westfeldt
What’s interesting about Friends with Kids is that Jennifer Westfeldt has the skills to make a film feel subversive and mainstream at the same time. The story she tells (which she also produces...
Trailer Watch: Where Do We Go Now — Written and Directed by Nadine Labaki
The film will open the New Directors/New Films series on March 21 in NYC. Here is an interview I did with Labaki in Toronto back in September where it won the audience award. NYTLogo_gray#888888
Happy International Women’s Day: Watch Saving Face on HBO Tonight
I started today watching the harrowing Academy Award winning documentary Saving Face directed by Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. The film tells the story of women in Pakistan who have been...
Happy International Women’s Day: Women in Film and TV (UK) Releases 2012 Power List
Women in Film and Television (UK) partnered with Screen International and Broadcast have released the 2012 Women in Film and Television Power List. Here’s a quote from the head of Women in Film...
The 2012 Orange Prize for Fiction — The Longlist
The Orange Prize celebrates fiction written by women from authors across the world. It is now in it’s 17th year. The shortlist will be announced April 17th and the award will be held on May 30....
Trailer Watch: What to Expect When You Are Expecting — The Dude Version
This version is the studio trying to get some dudes to come and see this movie. Best line- it’s a dude club — like fight club but with babies. Honestly, I don’t know how anyone will see...
Poster for VEEP
Gotta love this.
Happy International Women’s Day: More on Women Not Getting Gigs Voicing Trailers
This is building on a piece from last month: Sexism Watch: Film Trailers. The piece includes a line from an agent that books people in trailers that men’s voices are stronger and that science has...
Guest Post: Elizabeth Olsen Speaks Volumes in Silent House
Silent House is centered entirely on one woman’s terror as she is systematically stalked by an unknown assailant in a creepy, spooky old house. At first glance, this plotline might seem like it...
Sigourney Weaver to Channel Hillary Clinton in USA Series Political Animals
Aside from the big news that Sigourney Weaver is coming to a TV near you, the fact that she will be playing a character quite close to Hillary Clinton makes this announcement so exciting. Point A-...
Want to Write a Guest Post for Women and Hollywood?
I’m looking to diversify the voices and experiences of people on the site. As you can tell there are already a variety of guest posts on the site, but I want to be a bit more proactive. If you...
Tribeca 2012 World Narrative and Documentary Competitions — The Women Directors
The films for the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival started rolling out yesterday. Here are the women directed films in competition in both the narrative and documentary sections as well as the out of...
The Depressing Reality of Women Directed Films in 2012
I really wish I wasn’t writing this but over the last couple of days it has become clear to me that 2012 could be another depressing year for women directed films. I started feeling sad last week...
Women in the World Newsweek Package
Newsweek/The Daily Beast has released its annual Women in the World package with a great overview from Leslie Bennetts on where we are with the leadership gap. I’ve got a quote in the piece...
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Gross
Something is a brewing in this country and we can thank Rush Limbaugh for it. I haven’t seen people this worked up in a long time. And the great thing is that young women are leading...
Trailer Watch: Now is Good
Dakota Fanning all grown up and falling in love Yahoo! Video Player Opens in the UK on May 25. US who knows? h/t Playlist
Julie Taymor Responds to Lawsuit Fighting for Her Reputation and Future Jobs
There is nothing like reading legal papers on a Monday morning to get your blood boiling. Late last week Julie Taymor’s lawyers responded to the part of the Spiderman lawsuit that has not been...
Hedy Lamarr: Way More Than Just a Pretty Face
Hedy Lamarr was a big Hollywood star in the 40s. But what most people don’t know is that she was also an inventor. An inventor who created a gudiance system for torpedos using frequency hoping...
Book Excerpt: In Our Prime: The Invention of Middle Age
The forthright presentation of lustful middle-aged women is probably the starkest example of a change in media portrayals. This development has both boosted and distorted our view of female midlife....
New Hunger Games Trailer — Katniss Shows Her Skills
Over a million views since March 1st.
How Big Will The Hunger Games Open?
The news is that this week when The Hunger Games came onto the pre release tracking (which is what the studios use to gauge awareness and desire to see a film) it was huge — so huge that...
Branding The Oscar Body
If this year’s Oscars known as the “women’s superbowl” only attracted half (39.3 million to be exact) the viewing audience of that great male gladiator event, that’s still way more than...
Jennifer Haley Wins 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
US based playwright Jennifer Haley has been awarded the 2012 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the most prestigious award for female playwrights for her play The Nether. She prevailed over 9 other...
Trailer Watch: Brave
Get Ready for Cannes 2012
Already missing the Oscar season — just kidding. The Cannes Film Festival played a big role this past year so who knows what the next Cannes Film Festival has in store for us. Hopefully...
Interview with Carice van Houten — Star of Black Butterflies
Here is a reposting of the interview I did a little less than a year ago with Carice before she took the Tribeca Film Festival by storm. She stars in Black Butterflies which opens Friday and is...
Sexism Watch: Male Writer Numbers Dwarf Females Numbers at High Profile Magazines
No matter how many times people try and convince me that things are better for women every time I see new stats they just prove the opposite. Women’s progress has plateaued. You’ve seen the...
Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now To Open 41st Annual New Directors/New Films
The 41st New Directors/ New Film which partners the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art will open on March 21st with Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now which I caught last...
Exclusive Clip: Black Butterflies
I fell in love with Black Butterflies when I saw it in preparation for last year’s Tribeca Film Festival. The film shows an actor — Carice Van Houten — and a director — Paula van...
Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now To Open 41st Annual New Directors/New Films
The 41st New Directors/ New Film which partners the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art will open on March 21st with Nadine Labaki's Where Do We Go Now which I caught last...
Oscar Thoughts: Boys, Boys and More Boys
Here’s my thing about the Oscars. There were women everywhere. We can’t stop talking about the great dresses. Women were also there as great presenters (like the crew from Bridesmaids and Emma...
Hunger Games Advance Ticket Sales Break Records
This is very, very good news. Advanced tickets went on sale last week for The Hunger Games which opens on March 23rd. According to Fandango, the one day total for the film was bigger than the one...
Vamps, Vixens and Feminists is Friday in Leeds!
No don’t worry if you don’t live anywhere near Leeds. This year the event which tackles issues related to gender disparity in performing arts will be online. You can watch it here. The event...
Trailer Watch: Veep Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Bring it on. Series premiere on April 22.
Amy Poehler’s Message to Lawmakers
Could I love her anymore? Doubtful. If you haven’t seen her segment from SNL that this came from, watch it here.
The Help: Eat My Shit
Love this video. Done by Jon and Al Kaplan. h/t Cinema Blend
Cross Post: Oiling the Oscar Machine
Sasha Stone from Awards Daily attended the Oscars last night and write a very good analysis piece. She has a big section on Viola Davis and Meryl Streep which she has given permission to cross post....
To The Academy: Consider the Women
It’s that time of year, The Academy Awards, the “Super Bowl for Women.” It’s the night where we all get catty about whose dress doesn’t work, who’s got a new boyfriend or girlfriend, and...
Oscar Watch: Looking at Gender and the Oscars
Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti and Stephanie Gall of USC have taken a look at gender onscreen and behind the scenes in the best picture nominees over the last 30 years. There are two sets of...
Chicken and Egg Pictures Hits $2 Million in Grants
This is one of the places for women filmmakers to get money to get their films done. The list of films they are funding is incredible. I want to see them all. The descriptions are directly from the...
Comedians Take on the Contraception Issue
These are worth watching. Just goes to show that the Republicans are our comedians best friends. https://medium.com/media/526c2e5ebdd9ede686e7315d16661a9f/href The Daily Show with Jon Stewart ...
Sexism Watch: Vanity Fair Believes There are Only Two Female Character Actors
And they need to look like they are ready to murder you. Who else would you suggest to Vanity Fair that they include? How about a couple of women of color? Character Actors (Vanity Fair)
Quote of the Day on the Oscars and How Women Get Screwed
You must read these really depressing but totally spot on piece by Martha Lauzen (the woman who gives us the stats of how many women are making movies, today published by the Women’s...
Julie Taymor and Spiderman Reach Partial Settlement
It’s always interesting how the filing of the lawsuits get so much news and the settlements…not so much, but this one is important to note. Last week the producers of Spiderman and director...
Trailer Watch: Dark Tide Starring Halle Berry
It looks like this will be released in March. good to see Halle back on screen again. It’s been a long time.
Trailer Watch: Girls
No more teases. This is the real albeit short trailer. It’s Tiny Furniture but with HBO money. Also take note that Tiny Furniture is now available in DVD via the Criterion Collection which by the...
The LA Times Confirms What We Already Know — The Academy is Old, White and Male
For some reason the folks that run the Academy have made it their business to keep the membership a secret. You kind of know who has recently been asked to be a member because they now release lists...
Sexism Watch: NY Times Book Review Calls NY Times Reporter’s Book “Chick Nonfiction”
We hit another dubious milestone this weekend. A book called The Obamas written by veteran NY Times reporter Jodi Kantor was called “chick nonfiction” in a NY Times book review written by...
Trailer Watch: Take The Waltz — Co-written and Directed by Sarah Polley
This is the sophomore effort from Sarah Polley after the fantabulous Away From Her.
Sexism Watch: Gender Disparities in Actor Salaries
I saw a story the other day about how the actor Chris Pine (whose new film This Means War opens today and looks beyond dreadful) was being sued by his former agents over non payment of commissions....