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First Reviews — The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady was unveiled for critics in London and clearly there was no embargo since the reviews have been coming in. Neither one of the reviews below is a rave except for Streep’s performance....
The Bridesmaids Effect: Imogene
The folks from Coming Soon have posted some first photos from Imogene the new comedy starring Kristen Wiig and Annette Bening. Here’s the description from imdb: A playwright stages a suicide in...
Tomboy
Tomboy written and directed by Celine Sciamma is literally one of my favorite movies of the year. I enjoyed every second of it. It tells the story of Laure, a girl who moves to a new town and...
Cross-Post: Seven things Glee gets wrong about The First Time by Therese Shechter
Warning: Brimming with spoilers. Last year, during Glee’s Madonna episode, Rachel, Finn and Emma (the guidance counselor with OCD) attempted to lose their respective virginities during a sexy...
New Commercial for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
This is the commercial I saw on Sunday night during The Good Wife. This one heavily focuses on Lisbeth. Tell me you aren’t excited to...
A Good Day for Women and Film
This morning I posted the trailers for both The Iron Lady and The Hunger Games. I watched them both, got excited and then I went off to do other things. A couple of minutes ago it dawned on me how...
Academy Fetes Oprah Winfrey and Vanessa Redgrave
On successive evenings, the Academy honored two women Oprah Winfrey and Vanessa Redgrave (as well as couple of guys) with two big awards. On Saturday night in LA, Oprah received the Jean Hersholt...
Kim Cattrall Stars on Broadway in Private Lives
Over the last couple of years, Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall has been working in the theatre in Europe. Her latest show, Privte Lives is about to transfer to Broadway. Here is Cattrall talking...
Trailer Watch: The Hunger Games
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Trailer Watch: The Iron Lady (UK Version)
The trailer is clear evidence that Streep will deliver another Oscar caliber performance (as if we had any doubt.) Whether the movie stands up, still remains to be seen. But this is clearly going to...
Melancholia
I had really no desire to see Melancholia the new film by Lars von Trier because the guy is such an ass and every time he opens his mouth he inserts his foot into it. But when Kirsten Dunst won best...
Athena Film Festival Trailer Contest
The Athena Film Festival, a celebration of women and leadership, held from February 9–12, 2012 at Barnard College in New York today announces a competition for the creation of a film festival...
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Gemma Arterton
This is the third time that Gemma has gotten this mention. This young woman talks about being a feminist in her interviews and embraces it unlike any other high profile female actresses. She talks...
Trailer Watch: Snow White and the Huntsman
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Julie Taymor Sues Spiderman Producers
Last week the news came down that Julie Taymor would be the only director eligible for a Tony nomination for the Spiderman musical which is playing to robust audiences on Broadway. When asked at the...
The Hollywood Reporter’s Actress Roundtable
Here is a look at some of the women we will be talking about for the next several months. THR’s Actress Roundtable: Six A-Listers Sound Off on Bad Reviews, Nudity and Playing Hitler (HR)
Share Your Pariah Moment
Have you ever felt like you didn’t fit in? Ever felt like a Pariah? The folks from the film Pariah want to hear your story. Here’s the story from writer/director, Dee Rees
Photo Watch: Meryl as Margaret
The Iron Lady is scheduled to open on December 30 via The Telegraph
Brett Ratner Illustrates Sexism Problem in Hollywood
The Brett Ratner Oscar debacle does not exist in a vacuum. Think about it. What’s the biggest news in politics? Herman Cain trying to wriggle his campaign out of the fact that he is a serial...
Emma Stone Promos for SNL
I just love Emma Stone. Here’s another reason why. NBC.com Video Widget
Guest Post: Redefining War: Women, War & Peace by Nina Chaudry
As a long-time documentary producer, I’ve come across countless films about war and conflict. But few of those narratives captured the larger picture of warfare. War Redefined, the final episode...
The Academy Has a Brett Ratner Problem
Oh boy does the Academy have a public relations problem and that problem is the guy they hired to produce the show Brett Ratner. One of the problems they have with him is that he has become the story...
New Indiewire
As you can tell the new Indiewire site is up. I’m still missing my posts for the last couple of days which I will work to get up. Please be patient as I and my Indiewire colleagues figure out this...
Do We Still Need Women’s Film Festivals?
If you look around the landscape of film festivals there are many women’s films festivals all across the world. But those who work in that area are struggling especially during these difficult...
Guest Post: A Couple of Other F Words: Filmmaking and Family by Andrea Blaugrund Nevins
I just watched my leading man do an interview about my film on CNN. How on earth did that happen? Just a year ago, I was in the throes of editing 180 hours of documentary footage shot over the...
Quote of the Day
A Scathing Put Down of ABC TV Executives
I’ve heard a lot of the stories but have never heard it quite like this. Clearly someone affiliated (or formerly affiliated) with Pan Am has some feelings about how the network has handled the...
Interview with Angelina Maccarone Director of Charlotte Rampling: The Look
Charlotte Rampling: The Look rolls into NY today for a screening at DOC NYC at 7pm. Details on tickets here. It opens in NY tomorrow and then will roll out in theatre throughout the fall...
A Woman Takes Over the Academy
While most people get the impression from the media that Hollywood is a liberal town, there are many issues where Hollywood is in the dark ages. We all know them. One is casting women (and men) of...
Thing to be Grateful For: The Hunger Games is Not Twilight
As Part 1 of the final Twilight film Breaking Dawn gets set to roll out on November 18 to gigantic box office numbers (people are already buying tickets online in anticipation) the next big...
Adrienne Shelly Foundation Launches Woman of Vision Award
Yesterday was the 5th anniversary of the death of director/writer/actress Adrienne Shelly and in remembrance of this day, the Foundation named for her which supports women directors and run by her...
Quoted in the NY Post Regarding Lisbeth Salander
The Lisbeth Salander roll out continues now with a new clothing line from H&M. Hopefully you don’t have to be waif-like to fit into them. Here’s what I had to say about the facination with...
Jane Fonda to Receive 2011 Sherry Lansing Leadership Award
Jane Fonda will receive the 2011 Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at the annual Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment breakfast on December 7. The breakfast coincides with the publication of the...
DOC NYC 2011: The Women
The second edition of DOC NYC will launch tomorrow and there are a bunch of women directed and women centric films to be seen over the next week. Check out the full list of events and films. I have...
A Few Words on Fox Writer’s Intensive
I’ve gotten a couple of inquiries about Women and Hollywood’s involvement in the Fox Writer’s Intensive which is a reboot of their diversity program through a new entity which is called Fox...
British Independent Film Award Nominations 2011: The Women
Checking out the nominations for the British version of the indie spirit awards. The awards will be handed out on December 4. Based on the info we only have one female directed film vying for best...
Trailer Watch: We Need to Talk About Kevin — Directed by Lynne Ramsay
This really gives you a sense of the film. Prepare yourselves.
Janie Jones Review
Janie Jones is a heartwarming father daughter story. It is inspired by the true story of writer/director David Rosenthal about the introduction of a father to the teenage daughter he never knew he...
Meet the Hottest Screenwriter Around — Abi Morgan
This is Abi Morgan’s year. She’s had an incredibly well reviewed show — The Hour — air in England and here in the States. To top that off she has not one, but two, films hitting the...
IDA and Cinema Eye 2011 Nominations: The Women
The International Documentary Association (IDA) and the Cinema Eye, two documentary organizations unveiled their 2011 nominees last week. Women filmmakers are very prevalent. Here are the female...
Janie Jones
Janie Jones is a heartwarming father daughter story. It is inspired by the true story of writer/director David Rosenthal about the introduction of a father to the teenage daughter he never knew he...
Borgen Premieres Saturday Night on Link TV
For those of you out there who still wish Commander in Chief had lasted more than a handful of episodes I have some good news. The Danes (who actually just elected their own female Prime...
Melissa McCarthy Covers EW Comedy Issue
Here’s the great photo of her on the cover and also her as Divine. Issue lands on newsstands today. Here’s some of her quotes: But I think I’m more confident than I’ve ever felt in...
New Poster for We Need to Talk About Kevin Directed by Lynne Ramsay
Film opens for an Oscar qualifying run on December 9 and then wider on January 27.
Cool Posters for Young Adult
These posters were used for sneak screenings in Austin, Chicago and SF. They give you a sense of how subversive this film is. h/t The Playlist “Assholes Don’t Actually Change”: Jason Reitman...
Making the Case for Lynne Ramsay in the Best Director Discussion
When I came back from the Toronto Film Festival and I was asked what the best movie I saw there at the top of my list was We Need to Talk About Kevin. I just thought it was a really intense film...
Diablo Cody Talks About the Buzz on Young Adult and Becoming a Director
This is via the LA Times at the Hollywood Awards Diablo Cody: ‘Young Adult’ hype ‘freaks me out’ [Video] (LA Times)
The Messages of Disney Princesses
This speaks for itself. I got this off of Facebook and it looks like it was first posted on George Takei’s (yes, the guy from Star Trek) page.
The Help Hits the UK
How lucky are the folks thinking about The Help Oscar campaign that they have another opportunity to get Viola Davis out in the press talking about the film and challenging Hollywood to create more...
The Education of Dee Dee Ricks Premieres on HBO Tomorrow Night
When we first meet Dee Dee Ricks she is newly diagnosed with breast cancer. While breast cancer sucks for everyone who has it, in the grander scheme of things, Dee Dee was lucky. She had lots of...
Guest Post: What do Afghan Women Want? By Gini Reticker
Throughout the last year, as the director of a documentary film that follows three Afghan women, I’ve been peppered by friends and family with a recurring question: What do Afghan women want? Or...