Press Coverage
2021
IndieWire: Hollywood Can Be a Better and Safer Place for Women, but the Hard Work Has Only Just Begun
Decider: The Oscars Finally Invited Women to the Best Directors Table, But Will They Keep It Up?
BBC World News: Does Promising Young Woman get revenge fantasy right?
NBC News: How the Frances McDormand drama ‘Nomadland’ defies Hollywood ageism
The Hollywood Reporter: Athena Film Festival Sets Curated Sections Centered Around Women’s Health, Dismantling White Supremacy, Other Issues (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Reporter: Golden Globes: Streamers Steamroll in Film and TV With 68 Nominations
2020
CNN: Clare Crawley faces the most ageist season ever of ‘The Bachelorette’
The Guardian: Regina King makes history at Venice film festival with One Night in Miami
CBC: Unprecedented budget, Asian cast drive Disney’s bet on Mulan
The Seattle Times: Female directors close to parity at Venice Film Festival
The Hollywood Reporter: Hollywood’s Inclusion Efforts Must Be Central to Its Work (Guest Column)
Playboy: Hollywood’s Slow Progress Toward Gender Parity
Fortune: How Harvey Weinstein’s sentencing could change the entertainment industry
The Hollywood Reporter: Weinstein’s Guilty, But Hollywood’s Reckoning Isn’t Over
Los Angeles Times: Five things that have changed in Hollywood since the Weinstein case broke
Refinery29: Tired Of Seeing Hollywood Women Snubbed, Melissa Silverstein & Kathryn Kolbert Started Their Own Festival
The New York Times: How a Champion of Female Filmmakers Spends Her Sundays
The Hollywood Reporter: Oprah’s Russell Simmons Doc Withdrawal Rattles Accusers and Angers Activists: “It Feels Like Us Against the World”
BBC: Oscars 2020: Why do ‘male tales’ tend to win awards?
UpFront, 94.1 KPFA: Harvey Weinstein on trial, what has changed for justice and equity in Hollywood?
Los Angeles Times: Female directors in Hollywood are still underrepresented, but the gap is narrowing
2019
Los Angeles Times: NBC has a novel solution to the dearth of female directors: Let them direct
BBC: The 100 greatest films directed by women
CNN: “Frozen 2” is more than a princess movie
The New York Times: Why the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys Are Not Ready for They and Them
Bitch Talk Podcast: Mill Valley Film Festival Interviews w/Emily Best & Melissa Silverstein
This Morning with Alex Jensen Podcast: #MeToo Movement in the entertainment industry
The Atlantic: The Plea in Michelle Williams’s Emmys Speech
The Globe and Mail: TIFF 2019: How the Toronto festival is repairing the pipeline of female-fronted films, one program at a time
AP News: Venice Film Festival to host Oscar hopefuls, controversy
The Hollywood Reporter: “Completely Tone Deaf”: How Venice Became the F-You Film Festival
The Hollywood Reporter: Nate Parker’s ‘American Skin’ Producer: He “Deserves a Second Chance”
The Irish Times: Half the movies at Toronto Film Festival are made by women
Variety: Venice Film Festival Will Test Waters of a Nate Parker Comeback
Fortune: Endeavor IPO Filing Shows What the Firm Is Missing: Women
Slate: “Sibyl”, a film that finally shows women in all their complexity
The New York Times: Cannes Says It’s Making Strides for Equality. Some Women See Backward Steps.
British Vogue: How Relevant Is Cannes In 2019?
Newsweek: “Game of Thrones” mishandles “Little Bird” Sansa and Missandei, sparking backlash
Variety: Cannes to Go Ahead With Award for Alain Delon Despite His Controversial Statements
The Washington Post: ‘It dropped like a bomb’: Emma Thompson’s letter could change the face of #MeToo
The Hollywood Reporter: How Female-Focused Version of the Black List Gave RBG Biopic, Sundance Winner “Clemency” a Boost
The Washington Post: Emma Thompson releases blunt letter about why she won’t work with ex-Pixar chief John Lasseter
BBC News: Emma Thompson takes Time’s Up stand over John Lasseter hiring
Filmmaker Magazine: Where are the Girl-Wonders? Everywhere — But Who Noticed?
San Francisco Chronicle: Oscars: A record year for women, but is it progress?
Variety: Andrea Riseborough Joins Women in Hollywood Talk in Tackling Tough Questions
France 24: Berlin filmfest turns focus on women, Netflix
The Guardian: How today’s female directors broke out of ‘movie jail’
Bloomberg: Universal Is the First Big Studio to Sign the Female-Director Challenge
USA Today: Oscar nominations: Asians are shut out, again. So are female directors. What gives?
Vanity Fair: Female Directors Snubbed, Again, in 2019 Oscar Nominations
Bloomberg: Yes, Those Award Show Protest Speeches Do Work
The Hollywood Reporter: John Lasseter’s Second Chance: Will He Survive at Skydance?
Variety: Insiders Question If John Lasseter Has Reformed Enough to Merit Skydance Hiring
Deadline: The Dilemmas Of John Lasseter’s Revival At Skydance Animation
The Hollywood Reporter: Time’s Up, Women and Hollywood Blast Skydance for Hiring John Lasseter
The Mercury News: Directors nominations show that post-#MeToo Hollywood is as sexist as ever, critics say
Variety: Women in Film LA, Women and Hollywood Partner to Launch #RememberTheLadies Campaign for Oscars
NPR: Study Shows Women Remain Underrepresented In The Director’s Chair
2018
The Hollywood Reporter: What Happened After Cate Blanchett Led a Call for Gender Parity on Cannes’ Red Carpet
The Cut: 7 Women on What “A League of Their Own” Meant to Them
BBC News: Penny Marshall: US TV star and director dies aged 75
BBC News: Is a female lead now key to box office success?
The Washington Post: Once again, all of the Golden Globe nominees for best director are men
ThinkProgress: Elite film festivals have a huge role to play in equality — if they want to
USA Today: ‘Twilight’ turns 10: How Bella and Edward’s girl-meets-vampire love story changed Hollywood
Los Angeles Times: One year after the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, #MeToo has become a battle for hearts and minds
The Hollywood Reporter: A Year After #MeToo, Have Talent Agencies Actually Changed?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: In the wake of #TimesUp, the Milwaukee Film Festival boosts share of movies made by women
Moneyish: Here’s how golden parachutes began — and what it would mean for Les Moonves to exit CBS without one
Women’s Media Center: Why Hollywood’s diversity numbers haven’t budged
Reuters: After #MeToo, Hollywood women seize power behind TV camera
ABC News: Hollywood tackles abortion as the fight gears up in Washington
MarketWatch: How the #MeToo movement is changing Hollywood
ABC News: Academy invites 928 new members, reflecting push for diversity
ABC News: Women may be leading at the box office but they still lag behind as critics, new study finds
The Guardian: Cannes film festival’s sexual harassment hotline – did it work?
Refinery29: After Sexism, #MeToo, & Protests, What’s Next For Women At The Cannes Film Festival?
The News International: Cannes 2018: Women hold silent protest against lack of female directors
Chicago Tribune: The looming specter of #MeToo stories turned into fodder for TV and film
Daily Times: Cannes Film Festival director pledges to uphold gender equality
USA Today: On Cate Blanchett’s birthday, Cannes Film Festival director signs equality pledge
Screen Daily: Film industry must challenge power structures, invest more in female voices, say experts
Variety: Cannes: Biz Sets Agenda for Next Stage of #MeToo
NPR: 82 Women Walk Cannes Red Carpet In Protest
Vanity Fair: How Kristen Stewart, Jane Fonda, and 80 Other Women Will Protest Cannes’s Astonishing Gender Gap
BBC News: Cannes 2018: Female stars protest on red carpet for equal rights
The Telegraph: How the women of Cannes are taking the lead in film
NBC News: Former Weinstein assistant tells British Parliament how NDA kept her silenced
Variety: The Academy’s New Code of Conduct Finds Its First Test: President John Bailey
AFP: “Crown” star’s pay reignites debate on gender inequality
The Cut: 5 Practical Strategies That Could Change Hollywood: Inclusion Riders and More
NY Daily News: Some Oscars Best Picture winners nearly unwatchable amid #MeToo
The Washington Post: ‘The messier, the better’: The righteously angry women who dominate this year’s Oscars
The Guardian: Will Oscars focus on film or will Time’s Up come to the fore?
Mic: Want to see more diversity in Hollywood? Experts say to spend wisely at the box office.
MarketWatch: Wakanda forever: The overt feminism of “Black Panther”
BBC News: Quentin Tarantino interview about Roman Polanski rape resurfaces
The Guardian: ‘I think people are really disgusted’ — Quentin Tarantino faces Hollywood backlash
Money: TV Writers Are Sharing Their Salaries to Fight Pay Inequality
The Guardian: TV writers circulate anonymous spreadsheet to fight gender pay gap
Reuters: Feeling the Oscar love: Women’s stories grab attention in 2018 nominations
The Guardian: ‘Time is up for Woody Allen’: are Dylan Farrow’s allegations finally sticking?
Washington Post: Colin Firth, Rachel Brosnahan are the latest actors who won’t work with Woody Allen
Reuters: Growing pains for #MeToo as Ansari tale sparks backlash talk
The Hollywood Reporter: Sharing Salaries: How Actresses Are Fighting Hollywood’s Gender Pay Disparity With Transparency
WSJ Magazine: How Jessica Chastain Is Changing the Hollywood Game
Forbes: How Time’s Up Could Help Close Hollywood’s Pay Gap
The Guardian: Female trouble: how can the Oscars fix the scandal of all-male director lists?
Mic: When will Woody Allen’s reckoning come? Some say that’s up to the actors.
New York Times: Mark Wahlberg and Agency Will Donate $2 Million to Time’s Up After Outcry Over Pay
Shemazing: Michelle Williams paid 99pc less than Mark Wahlberg for reshoot
New York Times: Purge of Kevin Spacey Gives “All the Money in the World” a Pay Problem
The Guardian: “All the Money in the World” pay gap reports spark new Hollywood inequality row
New York Times: After Globes, Women Declare Success. But What About the Men?
NBC News: The deafening silence on harassment among men at the Golden Globes
ABC News: Golden Globes makes history, but still has a long way to go
The Guardian: Wonder women: how female action heroes will blast cinema screens in 2018
Refinery29: The Number Of Women Directors Working In Hollywood Will Shock You
2017
Vanity Fair: In 2017, Powerful Women Finally Got the Costumes They Deserved
Voice of America: 2017 Marked a Sea Change in Attitudes Toward Sexual Misconduct
Mashable: Anita Hill leads Hollywood’s formalized new charge against sexual harassment
New York Times: Opinion: Bringing Down Our Monsters
ABC News: Why ‘innocent until proven guilty’ may not apply in Hollywood misconduct
The Guardian: What Salma Hayek’s Weinstein story reveals about Hollywood power and pay
The Guardian: The Golden Globes have ignored female directors. In the year of #MeToo, this won’t wash
Los Angeles Times: As Hollywood struggles with inclusion and sexism, the Golden Globes are being parsed with Oscar-like intensity
Time: Person of the Year Runner Up: Patty Jenkins
USA Today: The “Star Wars” galaxy needs women behind the camera more than ever
The Pool: These powerful women in film are standing defiantly in Weinstein’s wake
Screen Daily: Gurinder Chadha: ‘Why can’t I direct a “Star Wars” movie?’
Reuters: Outcry over Weinstein sex scandal could boost women in Hollywood, insiders say
The Pool: The Hollywood tide is turning but this trailblazing woman has been calling out sexism for a decade
NBC News: How the Weinstein scandal could change life for Roman Polanski
BBC News: “Justice League”: Laying bare the row over ‘skimpy’ costumes
Los Angeles Times: What about the sexual harassment stories we’re not hearing?
Los Angeles Times: Louis C.K. scandal leads to scrutiny of the comedy world power of his ex-manager Dave Becky
The New York Times: California Today: Hollywood Stars Uniting to Fight Sexual Harassment
The Guardian: Other stories: why now is the time for a new movie canon – chosen by women
The New York Times: Talk of Weinstein Dominates Women’s Ceremony in a Hollywood ‘Unmoored’
The Nation: Actresses—and Millions of Other Workers—Have No Federal Sexual-Harassment Protections
Financial Times: Hollywood’s masculinity problem — the full picture
ABC News: How Hollywood’s casting couch culture may have contributed to Weinstein’s alleged behavior
Refinery29: Have Things Really Gotten Better For Women In Hollywood? Melissa Silverstein Weighs In
AP: In Weinstein’s downfall, a moment of reckoning for Hollywood
The Guardian: ‘We’re all complicit’: Were the Harvey Weinstein allegations an open secret?
Refinery29: We Need To Talk About Kate Winslet Defending Working With Woody Allen & Roman Polanski
ABC News: Is the pay gap between men and women in Hollywood growing?
The New York Times: In a Body-Positive Moment, Why Does Hollywood Remain Out of Step?
Paste Magazine: Amplifying the Female Voices of “Film Twitter” at Comic-Con 2017
Variety: As ‘Wonder Woman’ Soars, Movies Starring Men Fail to Connect at Box Office
Forbes: How Hollywood’s Agencies Are Trying To Fix The Diversity Problem
USA Today: Why women-led comedies can’t get no respect
Refinery29: With The Success Of Wonder Woman, Hollywood Is Out Of Excuses
Real Clear Life: ‘Wonder Woman’ Director’s Success May Rewrite Script for Female Filmmakers
Reuters: ‘Wonder Woman’ conquering Box Office a sign Hollywood sexism outdated?
TheWrap: What Patty Jenkins’ ‘Wonder Woman’ Success Means for Women in Hollywood
FiveThirtyEight: Three Reasons ‘Wonder Woman’ Has Already Made History
AP: ‘Wonder Woman’ director finds herself in rare summer role
The Stage: Oliviers 2017: Mark Shenton – Do the Olivier Awards need a rethink?
The Guardian: MTV scraps gender-specific categories for movie & TV awards
Washington Post: Aaron Sorkin, reportedly unaware of Hollywood’s diversity problem, had many chances to become aware
Women’s Media Center: Could ReFrame be a game-changer for women in Hollywood?
The Jakarta Post: Why I stand with Brie Larson at this year’s Oscars
Girl Talk HQ: FEMINIST FRIDAY: Women’s Work Isn’t Done In Hollywood Yet, & Women Unite In ‘No More Silhouettes’ Music Video
TheWrap: Happy Women’s Day, Hollywood: Disney, Fox Have No Female Directors on This Year’s Movies
Yahoo Movies: IWD 2017: Things are improving for female filmmakers, but there’s no time for complacency
The Irish Times: Irish film and TV urged to move away from ‘boys club’ culture
Esquire: AFTER THE SUCCESS OF HIDDEN FIGURES, ARE FEMALE-FRONTED BIOPICS ON THE RISE?
Fast Company: Walmart’s Oscar Ads Were a Great Idea That Ultimately Flopped
The Guardian: Did #OscarsSoWhite work? Looking beyond Hollywood’s diversity drought
AP: Oscars still lagging in female and minority representation
The Mary Sue: Women and Hollywood Put a Spin on The Hamilton Mixtape to Talk About Representation and Work to Be Done
BBC: Critics reveal the film they want to win best picture
IFTN: New Horizons Colloquium 2017 to hold National Conversation on Women in Irish Film & Television
Limerick Post: Mary I seminar will broaden horizons for women in film
USA Today: Why are some people peeved about Casey Affleck’s Oscar nomination?
USA Today: Oscar nominations 2017: Diversity is not a simple black-or-white issue
Washington Post: A movie about three black female mathematicians is beating Affleck and Scorsese at the box office
Christian Science Monitor: How hundreds of girls are seeing ‘Hidden Figures’ for free
Vanity Fair: D.G.A. to Hollywood: Nate Parker Lives
2016
Marie Claire: Hollywood Scandals: Why Men Crush Them and Women Are Crushed by Them
The Guardian: Hollywood’s rape culture is a reflection of our culture
Crave: Kathleen Kennedy Says Female Directors Don’t Have Enough Experience for ‘Star Wars’
LA Times: Gender and race issues are slowly fading as more filmmakers consider three key tests
LA Times: Hollywood’s culture of sexual harassment is finally making headlines
NBC: Geena Davis Wants to Solve Hollywood’s Gender Gap Problem With New Tech Tool
The Toronto Star: If #OscarsSoWhite, what about TIFF?
USA Today: Why men make more than women in Hollywood
Toronto Star: Selma director Ava DuVernay joins the $100-million club in breakthrough for women of colour
EW: Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a $100 million film
Take Part: What Black Directors Think of Ava DuVernay’s ‘Wrinkle in Time’ Budget Bonanza
Screencrush: Ava DuVernay Will Be the First Woman of Color to Direct a 100 Million Dollar Film
Time: Ava DuVernay is the First African-American Woman to Direct a $100 Million Film
Quartz: For the first time, an African-American woman is directing a $100 million film
The Guardian: Ava DuVernay becomes first woman of color to direct a $100m film
Twitter Moments: Ava DuVernay makes history & breaks barriers with next film
The Independent: Ava DuVernay to become first black woman to direct $100m film
NY Mag: Ava DuVernay Just Broke a Major Hollywood Glass Ceiling
Awards Daily: Ava DuVernay Hits Historic Milestone – First African American Woman to Direct a $100 Million Film
LA Times: With ‘A Wrinkle In Time,’ Ava DuVernay will pass a milestone
The Hollywood Reporter: ‘Ghostbusters’ Co-Writer Reveals Stories Behind Cameos, Kate McKinnon’s Character
Film Journal: ‘Ghostbusters’ scribe Katie Dippold talks fan backlash, new Amy Schumer/Goldie Hawn comedy
Bitch: WHY IT MATTERS THAT MALE FILM CRITICS VASTLY OUTNUMBER FEMALE FILM CRITICS
Pop Culture Confidential: Episode 46: Melissa Silverstein & Matt Zoller Seitz
The Atlantic: Why Hollywood Doesn’t Tell More Stories for—and About—Girls
NY Mag: A Tarantino-Produced Film Put Out a Casting Call for ‘Whores’
Vanity Fair: Cringeworthy Hollywood Casting Call Seeks “Whores for Quentin Tarantino Project“
The Guardian: Quentin Tarantino-produced film posts casting call for ‘whores’
Refinery29: Quentin Tarantino Project Seeks “Whores” In Facebook Casting Call
Mic: Quentin Tarantino Project Looks for “Whores” in Facebook Casting Call
The Guardian: How Disney’s princesses got tough
Variety: It’s About Trusting the Vision of Women
The Guardian: As Cannes closes, a new breed of female lead emerges: empowered, careerist –and ‘gender-neutral’
Daily Mail: Sean Penn’s film The Last Face is savaged at Cannes and leaves audiences laughing and BOOING
MetroUK: Cannes 2016: Critics are betting on this black actress getting an Oscar for Loving performance
AP: In Woody Allen, media and moviegoers again confront ambiguity
Washington Post: On Woody Allen and his fans’ and moviegoers’ continuing moral conundrum
News.com.au: Sean Penn’s new film draws unintended laughs, boos at Cannes
The Guardian: Why I won’t be seeing Woody Allen’s new film
Flavorwire: Meet the Men Who Get to Direct Mainstream Movies
The Cut: Two Major Hollywood Studios Have No Female Directors Through 2018
The Wrap: 20th Century Fox, Paramount Have No Female Directors Through 2018
The Hollywood Reporter: Cannes: After 2015’s ‘Year de la Femme,’ Women Directors Fall Short Again
Kering: Changing the Story
Variety: Women Must Demand to Reshape the Media’s Take on the Ideal Femme
Thompson on Hollywood: Melissa Silverstein’s Women and Hollywood Heads for Medium (Exclusive)
Huffington Post: Nia Vardalos’ 8-Year-Old Walked Out Of A Movie That Didn’t Have ‘Enough Girls’
USA Today: Stars speak out about sexism in Hollywood but nothing seems to change
Reuters: How ‘Blackfish’ helped end SeaWorld’s killer whale programs
NPR: In Conversation About Diversity In Hollywood, Where Does Sundance Fit In?
Power to Fly: Women and Hollywood Channel Adele Because #OscarsSoMale
Money: Why You Should Care About the Hollywood Wage Gap
Thompson on Hollywood: WATCH: With Adele’s Help, Women and Hollywood Cleverly Lampoons #OscarsSoMale
Glamour: New #OscarsSoWhite Video Calls on the Academy to Address Diversity Issue
AP: #HollywoodSoWhite: Study confirms racial and gender bias in TV and movies (+video)
Indiewire: Exclusive: Project Greenlight Digital Studios is Launching Brand New Advisory Board
The Star: #OscarsSoWhite? Fans decry lack of diversity in Oscars nominations
Fusion: What Making a Murderer Reveals About Women and Hollywood
Highbrow Magazine: The Female Takeover of Hollywood? Soon, But Not Yet.
2015
Women Transforming Media: Interview with My Hero Project
Variety: The Curious Case of the Women Missing in Film Criticism
Evening Standard: Make way for the sci-fragettes: how sci-fi films like Star Wars are breaking the female stereotype
Sight and Sound Magazine: Best Films of 2015
Interview with Red Elephant Foundation
Paper Magazine: WHY AREN’T MORE FEMALE AND POC DIRECTORS CONSIDERED AUTEURS?
NY Post: Why more women are getting film roles meant for men
The Wrap: Jennifer Lawrence’s Essay on Gender Pay Disparity in Hollywood Ignites Social Media Debate
Cosmopolitan: What “Selma” Director Ava DuVernay Thinks About That Controversial “Suffragette” T-Shirt
NY Magazine: To Get More Women on TV, We Need More in TV
Dame: Is Hollywood Having a Feminist Sexual Awakening?
The Guardian: The real Hollywood scandal: why Jennifer Lawrence, Angelina Jolie and other female stars get ripped off
Refinery29: Here’s What We’re Excited For At The Toronto International Film Festival
Mashable: How do so many white, male indie directors leap to big blockbusters?
USA Today: Does Hollywood have an issue with women?
NY Times: ‘Jurassic World’ Puts Colin Trevorrow in the Driver’s Seat
ET Canada: Stars Speak Out Against Cannes’ High-Heel Policy
Chicago Tribune: Why are we talking more about women’s shoes than women’s work at Cannes?
Hollywire: Emily Blunt Addresses Strict Heel Policy at Cannes Film Festival
Deseret News: Hollywood’s ‘women problem’ is on peak display, and there’s a rather simple solution
Christian Science Monitor: ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’: Why are anti-feminists so angry about action film? (+video)
MTV: ‘Change Is Essential’: Female Directors React To The ACLU’s Push For Civil Rights
Washington Post: Women are shut out of directing roles, and it’s hurting movies
NY Post: Marvel and its sexist superhero movies hit a new low
Mother Jones: Dear Marvel and Sony: We Love Movies for Their Kick-Ass Female Heroes, Too, You Jerks
Washington Post: Act Four – The strong feminism behind Black Widow, and why the critiques don’t stand up
Refinery29: Hollywood Spends Millions On Blockbusters — Except For The Ones Starring Women
Quartz: Meryl Streep’s inspiring solution to Hollywood’s ageism problem might actually work
Think Progress: Will We Ever Get A ‘Wonder Woman’ Movie?
Cheek Magazine (French): LA RÉALISATRICE DE SELMA A-T-ELLE ÉTÉ SNOBÉE PAR LES OSCARS?
Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls: FEMALE ENTREPRENEURS: Q&A WITH MELISSA SILVERSTEIN
Interview with Le Deuxieme Regard
Variety: Femme Filmmakers Are Opening Up the Pic Pipeline
Cinemablend: How Charlize Theron Used The Sony Hack To Make Millions
Vox: The Oscars’ horrible lack of diversity, explained in 2 minutes
BDC Wire: 5 Biggest Snubs from the 2015 Academy Award Nominations
Mic: One Tweet Perfectly Sums Up Everything Wrong With the Oscar Nominations
BuzzFeed: Amy Poehler And Tina Fey Made The Perfect George Clooney Joke
Washington Post: Could the Sony hacks help close the Hollywood pay gap?
2014
Jezebel: Here Are Your 2015 Golden Globe Nominations
Reel Screen: IDFA ’14: Female directors champion Bechdel test for docs
Variety: Oscars: Where’s the Competition in the Actress Categories?
Women’s Media Center: How a Woman Director Found Her Voice
Daily Beast: Will There Ever Be a ‘Good Wife’ Effect on Politics?
Salon: Hollywood’s gender inertia: Why there are so few female directors
Slate: Celebrity Feminist Identification Has Reached Peak Meaninglessness
Washington Post: ‘Are you a feminist?’ — the question more and more female celebrities are asked
FilmDoo Interview with Melissa Silverstein
International Business Times: Welcome To The Gunn Show: How Nicole Perlman Is Being Written Out Of ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’
Jezebel: Snow White Dropped from the Snow White and the Huntsman Sequel
Jezebel: This Infographic on Women Directors in Hollywood Is Totally Depressing
Ms in the Biz: Changing the Narrative Landscape
Diestandard.at: Frauen in der Filmbranche: “Wir sind stinksauer” (Women in the film industry: “We are mad as hell”)
Huffington Post: Why Are There So Few Women Behind the Camera?
Al Jazeera: Nominated for the Oscars but failing the Bechdel sexism test
2013
NY Observer: The Bechdel Test Proves Hollywood is a Boys’ Town
The Guardian: No sexism please, we’re Swedish – films classified by representation of women
Forbes: The 100 Best Websites for Women
Ultimo Segundo: Por trás das câmeras, mulheres lutam por oportunidades iguais em Hollywood
El Pais: La arruga invade Hollywood
CNN: Hollywood’s glass ceiling: Why doesn’t the film industry trust women?
The Guardian: Hillary Clinton biopic Rodham stirs up speculation – who will play her?
NPR: Are Women Really Missing From Film Criticism?
Emma: Cannes kann’s nicht: Silverstein über Frauenmangel in Cannes
Buzzsaw: Through A New Lens
El Pais: La sombra del sexismo acecha (de nuevo) a los Oscar
2012
HitFix: Women and Oscar
NY Post: Snow White Becomes a Girl Power Icon
Forbes: Top 100 Website for Women
Jezebel: Hollywood’s Women Want to Make Hollywood Better for Women
Jezebel: Twilight Screenwriter Reflects on the Series’ Power in Hollywood
The Guardian: Bella beats Bond as Twilight movie topples Skyfall from box-office peak
New York Times: Room for Debate – Respect the Female Consumer
New York Times: Room for Debate – Girls, Girls, Girls
Washington Post: Memo to Hollywood: Women Go to the Movies, Too
The Guardian: Cannes 2012: Palme d’Or diversity debate rumbles on with new petition
Huffington Post: Cannes 2012 Sexist? Lack Of Woman Directors In Competition Spurs Outrage
The Hollywood Reporter: Cannes 2012: 700 Protesters Sign Petition Demanding More Women Directors
Washington Post: Roll the Credits on Chick Flicks
2011
NY Post: Winona Takes Flight
Interview – International Women’s Film Festival – Dortmund | Cologne, Germany
The Australian: Something More Than a Chick Flick
Forbes: 100 Top Websites for Women