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Trailer Watch: Katherine Ryan Wants a Sibling for Her Daughter in “The Duchess”
“It’s not that hard to be a decent fucking mom,” says Katherine Ryan in a new trailer for “The Duchess.” The Netflix comedy sees the stand-up comedian playing a single...
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” Sets Release Date, Frances McDormand Stars
Chloé Zhao’s latest has secured a release date. “Nomadland” will debut in theaters December 4 following its festival run. A press release announced the news. Written by Zhao, the...
Trailer Watch: Stacey Abrams Stands Up for Voting Rights in “All In: The Fight for Democracy”
“If the power of the right to vote was truly made available to everyone in America, it would change the future of this nation,” Stacey Abrams says in the trailer for “All In: The...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with “Hillary” Director Nanette Burstein
The Girls Club will welcome Nanette Burstein, director of the Emmy-nominated docuseries “Hillary,” for its next live conversation. The discussion will take place Thursday, August 20, at 3...
Isabel Sandoval’s “Lingua Franca” Lands Top Honor at Bentonville Film Festival
“Lingua Franca” scored the top prize at this year’s Bentonville Film Festival (BFF). Isabel Sandoval’s portrait of an undocumented Filipina trans woman (Sandoval) working as a...
“Clueless” Reboot Centering on Dionne Lands at Peacock
The long-in-the-works “Clueless” reboot is set to make a cameo at Peacock. According to Variety, an update of the classic ’90s high school comedy focusing on Dionne is in...
Lucrecia Martel’s “Chocobar” Scores Top International Prize at Locarno Film Festival
Lucrecia Martel has snagged a major honor at Locarno Film Festival. Her latest work, hybrid documentary “Chocobar,” won the top international prize in the Swiss fest’s The Films...
Weekly Update for August 14: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN COMING TO STREAMING/VOD Represent (Documentary) – Directed by Hillary Bachelder The past few years have seen a record-breaking number of women running for office. Hillary...
Motherhood Horror Comedy “The Baby” Ordered to Series by HBO and Sky
HBO and Sky are joining forces to deliver “The Baby,” a dark horror comedy about motherhood. The premium cable network and British broadcaster have ordered the project to series, Deadline...
Teaser Watch: Elle Lorraine Deals with Some Truly “Bad Hair” in Hulu’s Horror Satire
“You’re not tender-headed, are you?” a hairdresser (Laverne Cox) asks her customer in the new teaser for “Bad Hair.” Anna (Elle Lorraine, “Insecure”), the...
Quote of the Day: Jurnee Smollett Calls Out Hollywood’s Fake Anti-Racism
“Lovecraft Country” sees Jurnee Smollett playing a young woman battling monsters both literal and figurative — including the horrors of Jim Crow America and nocturnal, flesh-eating...
Pick of the Day: “Boys State”
There’s much to love about “Boys State,” a Grand Jury Prize winner at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss’ doc gives an all-access look into an...
Pick of the Day: “Lovecraft Country”
The supernatural, like everything else, informs and is influenced by systemic racism in “Lovecraft Country.” Misha Green’s new HBO series, developed from Matt Ruff’s novel of...
Pick of the Day: “Represent”
The past few years have seen a record-breaking number of women running for office. Hillary Bachelder follows three of these women — Myya Jones, Bryn Bird, and Julie Cho — in her feature...
Cinematographer to Watch: Carmen Cabana of “Vida” and “High Fidelity”
Cinematographer Carmen Cabana’s reel is a varied trove of genres and forms that are all linked by an ability to visualize emotion on scales both intimate and magnificent. Her camera operation and...
NYFF’s 2020 Main Slate Is 24 Percent Women-Directed
New York Film Festival (NYFF) has announced its 2020 lineup. Slated to take place September 17-October 11, the fest follows on the heels of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). While...
Garrett Bradley’s “Time” Sets Theatrical, Streaming Release Dates
Garrett Bradley’s Sundance darling is coming to theaters and Amazon Prime Video. “Time,” a doc about a modern-day abolitionist, will open theatrically October 9 and launch on Amazon...
Exclusive: Julia Scotti Revisits Her Old Stand-Up With a New Perspective in “Funny That Way” Clip
Transgender folks are still having to deal with cis people’s fixation on which bathroom they use. “They’re freaking out about my pee,” says Julia Scotti in our exclusive clip...
Lulu Wang to Direct Feature Inspired by “Like Father, Like Son”
Lulu Wang has lined up yet another project. The “Farewell” filmmaker is already set to make her small-screen debut with “The Expatriates,” an original Amazon series exec produced by...
Trailer Watch: Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira Hit the Road in “Unpregnant”
Former BFFs band together in a crisis in “Unpregnant.” “I know we’re not close anymore and I’m the last person that you want to help, but I need your help and I...
Beanie Feldstein to Voice “Harriet the Spy” Animated Series for Apple
Beanie Feldstein is playing another precocious overachiever. She’s following up her roles as a Yale-bound high school student in Olivia Wilde’s “Booksmart” and teen music...
Roxane Gay Adapting Her Graphic Novel “The Banks” for the Big Screen
Roxane Gay is bringing “The Banks” to the movies. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the author and critic will pen the film adaptation of her graphic novel “The Banks,” the...
Sarah Cooper Lines Up Netflix Comedy Special, Natasha Lyonne Set to Direct
Sarah Cooper, the comedian who has lampooned Trump’s incoherent COVID-19 ramblings via viral lip-synching videos, is getting her own Netflix special. Variety reports “Sarah Cooper:...
TIFF Tribute Awards to Be Broadcast, Winners Include Kate Winslet, Chloé Zhao, and Mira Nair
The Toronto International Film Festival’s (TIFF) Tribute Awards are being broadcast for the first time ever. A press release announced that television audiences can tune in to the 2020 edition...
Sara Bareilles, Meredith Scardino, & Tina Fey Team Up for Peacock Music Comedy “Girls5eva”
Sara Bareilles has signed on to topline a Peacock music comedy series. The singer-songwriter and actress is joining forces with Meredith Scardino and Tina Fey on “Girls5eva,” Variety...
Laura Ingalls Wilder Doc in the Works from PBS’ “American Masters”
PBS is paying tribute to the woman who immortalized a little house on the prairie. Timed to coincide with the 85th anniversary of the publication of “Little House on the Prairie,”...
Trailer Watch: Auli’i Cravalho Learns to Accept Help in “All Together Now”
Auli’i Cravalho is still dreaming about how far she’ll go. The “Moana” breakout plays Amber, a musically gifted high school student who hopes to attend Carnegie Mellon, in...
Joey Soloway, Effie T. Brown, Tori Amos, and More Join Carla Diversity and Inclusion Conference
Carla 2020, a digital conference focusing on diversity and inclusion in film and TV, has booked a bunch of new attendees. A press release has announced that “Transparent” creator Joey...
“Never Gonna Snow Again” Named Poland’s Submission for Oscars’ International Feature Category
Malgorzata Szumowska’s latest has been named as Poland’s pick for the 2021 Academy Awards ahead of its world premiere at Venice Film Festival next month. “Never Gonna Snow Again”...
Quote of the Day: Sierra Teller Ornelas Talks Native American Representation on Her New Show
According to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, 70 percent of female television characters in the 2018-2019 season were white. Seventeen percent were Black, seven percent were...
Trailer Watch: An Undocumented Caregiver’s Life Is Turned Upside Down in Isabel Sandoval’s “Lingua Franca”
A woman falls for her patient’s grandson in a new trailer for Isabel Sandoval’s “Lingua Franca.” Olivia (Sandoval), an undocumented Filipina trans woman, works as a live-in...
Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship Announces Inaugural Class
Eleven artists have been selected for the inaugural Women at Sundance | Adobe Fellowship. According to a press release, the program is “designed to meaningfully support women artists creating...
American Black Film Festival’s 2020 Lineup Includes “9/11 Kids,” “No Ordinary Love,” & More
The American Black Film Festival (ABFF) recently announced its 2020 program. Slated to take place August 21-30, the annual event, which is dedicated to “recognizing black talent and showcasing...
Ava DuVernay to Narrate and Exec Produce “One Perfect Shot” for HBO Max
Film nerds, rejoice. Ava DuVernay will be paying tribute to her fellow filmmakers with “One Perfect Shot,” a docuseries that explores what makes some of film and TV’s most iconic...
Elle Fanning Will Play Michelle Carter in Hulu Series About Infamous Texting-Suicide Case from Liz Hannah
Elle Fanning is set to topline another Hulu series inspired by a true story. “The Great,” her 18th-century set Catherine the Great comedy, was renewed for a second season last month, and...
Join the Girls Club for a Conversation with “A Thousand Cuts'” Ramona S. Diaz and Maria Ressa
Ramona S. Diaz and Maria Ressa, the respective writer-director-producer and subject of the new documentary “A Thousand Cuts,” will sit down with the Girls Club this Thursday, August 13,...
Trailer Watch: Hilary Swank Goes to Mars in “Away”
“The only thing I’ve ever known for sure in my life is that I wanted to be on the first mission to Mars,” says Hilary Swank in a new trailer for “Away.” The Netflix...
Martha Plimpton to Receive Inaugural ChangemakeHER Award at rePRO Film Festival
Martha Plimpton’s longtime championing of reproductive rights will be celebrated at the first rePRO Film Festival, a fest focused on women’s reproductive healthcare, awareness, and...
Trailer Watch: Maya and Anna Are Wonderfully Weird in “Pen15” Season 2
Our favorite 13-year-old weirdos are back and as delightful as ever. Though Anna (Anna Konkle) claims that “the real thing is we’ve changed,” a new trailer for...
Weekly Update for August 7: Women Centric, Directed, and Written Films You Can Watch from Home
FILMS ABOUT WOMEN COMING TO STREAMING/VOD I Used to Go Here – Written and Directed by Kris Rey A former professor and crush beckons Gillian Jacobs back to her old stomping grounds in “I Used...
Abbi Jacobson’s “A League of Their Own” Reboot Gets Series Order from Amazon
Abbi Jacobson’s “League of Their Own” reboot is shaping up to be a home run. The “Broad City” alumna just received a series order from Amazon based on its pilot, which...
Ava DuVernay Becomes the First Female Filmmaker to Win the Gish Prize
Ava DuVernay is making history with her latest accolade. The New York Times reports she has won the Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, marking the first time a woman filmmaker has received the award....
Issa Rae Exec Producing HBO Doc Exploring Black Television History
With “Insecure,” the HBO comedy she co-created, writes and produces, and toplines, Issa Rae has become an indelible part of television history — and a powerful voice in Black...
Pick of the Day: “A Thousand Cuts”
“A Thousand Cuts” is a powerful portrait of an indomitable journalist and an impassioned call to arms. Described by director Ramona S. Diaz as a film about “the erosion of democracy,...
Pick of the Day: “I Used to Go Here”
A former professor and crush beckons Gillian Jacobs back to her old stomping grounds in “I Used to Go Here.” Kris Rey’s latest sees the “Community” alumna returning to a...
Pick of the Day: “Spinster”
“Spinster” is not a subtle film — again, its title is “Spinster.” The pic, from director Andrea Dorfman and writer Jennifer Deyell, features a few clunky conversations...
Marina Kato Receives AGBO/AFI Conservatory Development Grant
Marina Kato will develop a feature-length screenplay as this year’s recipient of the AGBO/AFI Conservatory Development Grant. According to a press release, the grant will support the...
Apply Now: The ITVS Diversity Development Fund
Independent Television Service (ITVS) is looking to develop “exceptional stories by filmmakers from diverse backgrounds: stories that take creative risks, inspire dialogue, and are rarely seen...
Magical Empathy: Crowdfunding Picks
By Tatiana McInnis and Shayna Maci Warner This round of crowdfunding picks offers reflections and representations of gender identity, environmentalism in a crumbling world, and how climate change...
Trailer Watch: Paula Pell Is a Wannabe Jessica Fletcher in Quibi Comedy “Mapleworth Murders”
“I’ve written 64 murder-mystery novellas. I think I’ve got this,” says Paula Pell in a new trailer for “Mapleworth Murders.” The Quibi comedy sees the...
Nia DaCosta Will Direct “Captain Marvel 2”
The search for “Captain Marvel’s” director has come to a close. Nia DaCosta has landed the coveted gig and will steer the next installment of the Brie Larson-led franchise....