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Happy 100th Birthday Lucy
Today is Lucy’s 100th birthday. While she wasn’t the first groundbreaking female TV star (that honor goes to Gertrude Berg, and if you want to learn about her see Yoo Hoo Mrs. Goldberg), she is...
Allison Janney Talks About The Help
Can’t pass up a chance to share a conversation with...
The Whistleblower — directed by Larysa Kondracki and written by Kondracki and Eilis Kirwan
When I was growing up the thing that scared the crap out of me was nuclear war. For many years I was convinced that we were all going to radiated away. So when I saw Silkwood it resonated with me in...
Interview with Larysa Kondracki — Director of The Whistleblower
Women and Hollywood: How did you come up with the idea for the film? Larysa Kondracki: I am a Ukrainian Canadian, and the issue of sex-trafficking was very much being discussed in my community. My...
Interview with Amy Wendel — Director of All She Can
In All She Can Luz wants to get the hell out of Benavides, Texas. The way she can get out is either through the Army or through a weight lifting scholarship to college. Her brother is in the Army and...
Toronto Film Festival 2011: The Women Directed Docs
TIFF unveiled its doc program and I have to say there are not too many female directed films. Usually there are way more women directed docs in film festivals because there are way more docs made by...
The Playboy Club is About Women’s Empowerment?
I am so not buying the shit being shoveled out about how the new NBC show The Playboy Club is about women’s empowerment. I wish I were a good enough writer at this moment to pen one of the...
Shaking Things Up at The Good Wife
Chck out the new provocative poster. Couldn’t be more excited for the new season
Check Out My Piece in the Guardian
I’m very excited that I had a piece published in the Guardian this morning. It’s on the gender wage gap in Hollywood. Check it out: Forbes list exposes Hollywood wage gap Please send it...
Oprah to Receive the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award
Next February at the Academy Awards, Oprah will be awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. It’s not an award they give every year, just when the Academy feels they have a worthy...
Chicken and Egg Pictures Announces 2011 Grants
Chicken and Egg Pictures supports women filmmakers who are telling the tough stories. They just gave out their latest round of grants. One of the the organization’s co-founders filmmaker Judith...
Sexism Watch: New NASCAR Show Title
There are not many days when I open an email and read the title of a potential TV show and do a double take. That happened to me yesterday when I opened my daily email from the folks at Vulture to...
DC Comics Chiefs Address the Lack of Female Characters
It looks like one of the outcomes of Comic Con this year is that the co-publishers of DC Comics are addressing fans concern about the lack of female creators and female characters. According to this...
NewFest Crowns Winners
NewFest wrapped up at the end of last week and female directors got a bunch of surprises. Circumstance written and directed by Maryam Keshavarz was awarded the best film. The film opens August 26th....
Marion Cotillard Takes on Sexism
Sometimes the easiest way to make people aware of sexism is to make fun of it. This video cracked me up. https://medium.com/media/2d8c030d99c5ce90fe4e2976df7743d8/href Forehead Tittaes w/ Marion...
As the Country Gets Ready to Implode — A Moment of Levity
All She Can — Co-Written and Directed by Amy Wendel
Luz wants to get the hell out of Benavides, Texas. The way she can get out is either through the Army or through a weight lifting scholarship to college. Her brother is in the Army and she has seen...
A December to Remember
I know that December seems really far away, especially since most of the country is sweltering, and while I’m sure I will hate my winter coat and my boots by December, I sure won’t hate the...
Venice Film Fest 2011: The Women in Competition
The Venice Film Festival rolled out its lineup this morning. There are 22 films in competition. Five are directed (or co-directed) by women. That’s 23% Wuthering Heights, Andrea Arnold (U.K.)Texas...
Toronto Film Festival Lineup Roll Out: The Women
Yesterday came the announcement of part (the galas and special presentations) of the Toronto Film Festival lineup. I am very excited because I will be covering the festival for the first time this...
Trailer Watch: Dirty Girl
Looks way better than I thought it would be. Kind of cute. I like the title because really what is a dirty girl? A girl who doesn’t act like she is expected? Is it a girl who is in touch with her...
Interview with Bobbie Birleffi and and Beverly Kopf: Directors of Wish Me Away
Wish Me Away is the incredibly moving coming out story of country music star Chely Wright. When I read a little over a year ago that Wright had come out my first reaction was “so what”. After you...
Trailer Watch: Haywire
Steven Soderberg does a movie with a female lead who kicks ass. Her look reminds me a little (a very little bit) of Noomi Rapace in The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. Film stars Gina Carano, a well...
Producer’s Corner: Adele Romanski — The Myth of the American Sleepover by Serena Donadoni
It’s been three years since producer Adele Romanski was in the blue collar suburbs just north of Detroit with writer and director David Robert Mitchell trying to capture the fleeting moments of...
Kristen Stewart as a Way More Interesting Snow White
After Lily Collins’ docile Snow White showed up at Comic Con, not to outdone Snow White and the Huntsman debuted much darker photos making the film look way more interesting to me. The premise is...
New Pariah Trailer
I saw this new trailer for Pariah this past weekend at New Fest in NYC. The release date is still slated for Winter. When I know more, you will.
Sarah’s Key Author Tatiana de Rosnay Answers Questions As the Film Opens Today
There have been several generations of Holocaust films by now. Most of the films focus on the Nazis and the Germans. But Sarah’s Key the film, based on the best-selling novel by Tatiana de Rosnay...
Snow White Hits Comic Con
Hollywood descended on San Diego this weekend for the annual geek fest known as Comic Con. This is where the big tent pole films and high profile kicks ass TV shows come to make sure all the TV...
Another Earth — Co-Written By Brit Marling
Another Earth is one of the coolest movies I’ve seen in a long time. One reason it’s cool is because there is a girl science geek at its center. Brit Marling — this year’s so-called...
25 New Face of Independent Film: The Women
Not a bad job on representing both genders. Here’s the editors talking about creating the list: Welcome to the 14th edition of Filmmaker’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film.” When we...
Guest Post: Things You Should Know: 5 Lessons for Young Female Directors by Elena Rossini
The movie business is just like a mafia family: incredibly powerful, for the most part inaccessible (unless you have family ties), it’s a patriarchal system that keeps its status by enforcing...
John Stewart Tries to do a Wambach
Just one more awesome post World Cup appearance by the team. I love how men have been behind this team. And by the way I literally ran into team player Heather O’Reilly last night in NYC and I’m...
Missing the Point: Daniel Craig Likes Tattoo Boob Poster Because Mara “Looks Great”
Daniel Craig was out shilling his new film Cowboys and Aliens and in between questions about his wedding to Rachel Weisz (the press is still incredulous that they dared do it privately) he was also...
Sexism Watch: Sigourney Weaver Can’t Be An Action Star But Harrison Ford Can
Sigourney Weaver is the mother of the female action hero. Her Ellen Ripley gave us a woman who was not afraid to be a woman and to kick some serious ass. As the second film (and best in my humble...
Rachel Maddow Hosts Members of US Women’s Soccer Team
Rachel went all crazy fan last night as she hosted several members of the US women’s soccer team. It’s so great that the women are making the rounds of TV shows. Hope Solo and Abby Wambach were...
Guest Post: A Woman at the Typewriter by Susan Bernofsky
If you’ve ever seen a movie about a writer, chances are the writer was a man. Think the maniac with writer’s block in The Shining, or the novelist in Misery who is held prisoner by a fan from...
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Brit Marling
Brit Marling is the co-writer and star of Another Earth which opens on Friday. I really liked the film. It has a totally different female lead — an astrophysicist student. How cool. Aside from...
Guest Post: Why we Need More “Warrior Princesses” Like Hermione Granger by Natalie Wilson
Don’t hate me Potterites, but I would have preferred the Harry Potter series had been instead the Hermione Granger series. Yes, I know J.K. Rowling says Harry popped into her head as wizarding...
Thelma and Louise Panel in NYC
Hey all. I’m going to be on a great panel to talk about the 20th anniversary of Thelma and Louise. Details: Tue, Aug 2, 7:30 pm, $12, 92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street THELMA AND LOUISE + PANEL...
Final Thoughts on the Women’s World Cup
If that game wasn’t entertainment then nothing is. A nail biter and while I love the US women, the Japanese played yesterday like the US had been playing all tournament. Scrappy and coming from...
QVC Bans Jane Fonda From Promoting Her New Book
It’s not like Jane Fonda was going to go on QVC to promote god-forbid feminist issues, she was going on QVC to promote her new book Prime Time: Love; Health; Sex; Fitness; Friendship; Spirit;...
The Tree — Written and Directed by Julie Bertuccelli Opens Today
The Tree is a lament on love, loss and family. It’s a movie about trying to find a way through your grief to see some light on the other side. One of the stars of the film is this gigantic Moreton...
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a story of female friendship. The relationships are about dedication and life long commitment no matter what happens. Based on the novel by Lisa See, the film is...
Guest Post: Damages Returns by Serena Donadoni
The relationship between Patty Hewes (Glenn Close) and Ellen Parsons (Rose Byrne) on Damages has typically been described as that of a mentor and protégé, but itʼs even deeper and thornier. The...
2011 Emmy Nominations: The Women
For me, the Emmy nominations is an opportunity to take that annual look as to how women are faring in the TV business. I’m not talking about the acting categories. There are some great women...
Guest Post: Women Filmmakers and Screenwriters At The Action on Film Film Fest by Caitlin McCarthy
When it comes to film festivals, I’ve been around the block, having won awards and received nominations in over 60 international screenplay competitions and labs. Some are cold and cliquey. Some...
Locarno Film Festival: The Women
The 64th edition will take place August 3–13 in Locarno Switzerland. There are 6 films directed by women (one is co-directed) out of 20 in competition. That’s 30%. There is also only one female...
Trailer Watch: The Family Tree — Directed by Vivi Friedman
Film opens August 26 The Family Tree
Roseanne Shows Her Nuts on TV
I am not a person who watches reality shows regularly. I want to slit my wrists when I am at the gym and those Housewives or Kardashians come on. But I have to say I was very intrigued to see that...
Hollywood Feminist of the Day: Emma Watson
I saw the final Harry Potter film last night and there is one moment where you see Emma Watson in a scenes from the first film and it makes you remember how young all these actors were when they took...
The Bridesmaids Effect: Kristen Wiig Gets the Green Light for Imogene
Multiple sources are reporting that Bridesmaids star Kristin Wiig will next take on the dark comedy Imogene written by Michelle Morgan and to be directed by American Splendor directors Shari Springer...