#Cate Blanchett
Noora Niasari’s Sundance Winner “Shayda” Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics
One of our most anticipated titles out of Sundance 2023 has found a home following its world premiere at the fest, where it took home the Audience Award in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition. Sony...
National Society of Film Critics Names Charlotte Wells Best Director for “Aftersun”
“Aftersun” continues to make its mark on awards season. Charlotte Wells’ debut feature has earned her the National Society of Film Critics’ best director honor. Set in the...
Cate Blanchett to Receive Performer of the Year Award from Santa Barbara Film Fest
Cate Blanchett is celebrating her role as a history-making conductor in “Tár” by making history herself at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF). The two-time Oscar winner...
Trailer Watch: Cate Blanchett Is a Conductor in Crisis in “Tár”
A trailer has arrived for Cate Blanchett’s latest awards contender. The seven-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner toplines “Tár,” the story of a trailblazing conductor who...
Teaser Watch: Cate Blanchett Is a Conductor Fixated on Time, Power, and Art in Venice Pic “TÁR”
Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) understands the power she wields — and the power she doesn’t — in an atmospheric teaser for “TÁR.” The Venice Competition title appears to...
Cate Blanchett to Receive Lincoln Center’s Chaplin Award
Cate Blanchett is joining the likes of Barbra Steisand, Meryl Streep, and Jane Fonda. The two-time Oscar winner has been announced as the 47th recipient of Film at Lincoln Center’s Chaplin...
Cate Blanchett to Receive Inaugural International Goya Award
Cate Blanchett is set to make history at the Goya Awards. A press release announced that the two-time Oscar winner will receive the inaugural International Goya Award from the Spanish Film Academy....
Cate Blanchett to Star in “A Manual for Cleaning Women”
Cate Blanchett is about to get her hands dirty. The two-time Oscar winner, who broke out playing royalty in 1998’s “Elizabeth,” will star in “A Manual for Cleaning...
The Writers Lab Expands to U.K. and Ireland with the Support of Cate Blanchett’s Dirty Films
The Writers Lab is crossing the pond. A press release announced that the program for women screenwriters aged 40 or older is launching a new edition: The Writers Lab U.K. & Ireland. Supported by...
Bert & Bertie Directing Municipal Fraud Pic “Queen Bitch & The High Horse,” Cate Blanchett Producing
Bert & Bertie are partnering up with Cate Blanchett. The directing duo are set to direct “Queen Bitch & The High Horse,” which is being produced by Blanchett’s Dirty Films...
Joanna Hogg, Veronika Franz, and More Join Cate Blanchett on Venice Film Fest’s Main Jury
Filmmakers Joanna Hogg (“The Souvenir”) and Veronika Franz (“The Lodge”) and actress Ludivine Sagnier (“The New Pope”) will be joining Cate Blanchett at the 2020 Venice Film...
Cate Blanchett Signs First-Look TV Deal with FX Productions
Cate Blanchett and FX Productions are taking their relationship to the next level. The “Mrs. America” star has inked a first-look TV production deal with its studio via Dirty Films, an...
Trailer Watch: Yvonne Strahovski Escapes Cate Blanchett’s Cult in Refugee Series “Stateless”
A new trailer for Netflix’s “Stateless” sees the immigration detention center it’s set in described as a “reflection of [a] highly developed migration system enabling...
Cate Blanchett Will Be Jury President at 2020 Venice Film Festival
Well, maybe the 77th Venice International Film Festival will include more than one or two woman-directed features in competition. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Cate Blanchett has been named...
Trailer Watch: Cate Blanchett Takes on the Women’s Liberation Movement in “Mrs. America”
“I am not against women,” says Cate Blanchett in a new trailer for “Mrs. America.” “I am not against women working outside the home. But what I am against is the...
Zurich Film Festival’s 2019 Edition Includes a Record Number of Women Directors
The 15th Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) will be its most female-friendly to date. This year’s edition of the fest features a record number of films by women. According to a press release from ZFF,...
Women and Hollywood’s Picks of the Week for August 15
Picks of the Week offers Women and Hollywood’s recommendations — women-driven and women-made movies, series, VOD releases, and more — and tells you why they are worth your time and...
Cate Blanchett Will Star in “Stateless,” Immigration Limited Series She Co-Created
Cate Blanchett has another TV project in the works. On the heels of directing and casting news for “Mrs. America,” the FX show in which she’ll portray Phyllis Schlafly,...
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck to Direct First Two Eps of Cate Blanchett-Starrer “Mrs. America”
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck made box office history with Marvel’s first female-led superhero pic, and now the “Captain Marvel” directors are set to tell a very different story with a...
Trailer Watch: Cate Blanchett Launches Her Second Act in “Where’d You Go, Bernadette”
Considered “the most exciting thing in the world of architecture” 20 years ago, Bernadette Fox (Cate Blanchett) has long since lost her mojo — or buried it. A trailer for...
Quote of the Day: Cate Blanchett on the Stigma of Talking About Money as a Woman in Hollywood
“It feels a little like a veil has been lifted, and we’re talking to one another in a muscular way about stuff that we’ve had to deal with,” Cate Blanchett tells Julia Roberts in a...
Teaser Watch: Cate Blanchett Goes Missing in “Where’d You Go Bernadette?”
“Something unexpected has come up,” announces Cate Blanchett in a teaser for “Where’d You Go, Bernadette?” “There’s much more explanation coming, but I have...
Cate Blanchett to Play Conservative Activist Opposed to Equal Rights in FX’s “Mrs. America”
In real life, Cate Blanchett is an outspoken feminist who famously called out Hollywood’s lack of female-led stories while accepting an Oscar. Her next role will be a major departure. The...
Awards Roundup: TIFF to Honor Claire Denis, BAFTA Cate Blanchett
Claire Denis’ and Cate Blanchett’s awards shelves are about to become a bit more crowded. Cannes prize-winning director Denis will be presented with the fifth annual Roger Ebert Golden...
Quote of the Day: Sandra Bullock on Nearly Quitting Acting Over Sexism
Sandra Bullock is among the highest-paid actresses in the world and an Oscar winner, but the “Ocean’s 8” star reveals that she nearly left the industry in a new interview with USA...
Cannes and Gender — A Work in Progress
So here I am again in Cannes. It’s my fourth year. And this is the first year since the reckoning, and this festival was a place where Harvey preyed against multiple women. For someone who does the...
Infographic: Women Directors at Cannes 2018 #SeeHerNow
The 2018 Cannes Film Festival is almost here. Beginning tomorrow, May 8, the renowned fest will screen films from veteran directors and newcomers alike. And, as per usual, the number of female...
Why “Carol” Failed to Become the Lesbian ‘Brokeback’
Well, that’s that. Lesbians will not have their “Brokeback Mountain” this year after all. That’s because “Carol,” perhaps the most critically acclaimed mainstream film of all time...
Cate Blanchett to Make Directorial Debut with The Dinner
Cate Blanchett is set to make her directorial debut with an adaptation of Herman Koch’s The Dinner. Oren Moverman will be writing the script which is a psychological thriller about two...
The Big O: Assessing the Actress Races Coming Out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto
Telluride and Venice are fini. Toronto wraps this weekend. Time for some serious girl talk about how the lead and supporting actress categories have somewhat shifted now that the festival Oscar...
Susanne Bier and Julie Delpy Line Up New Gigs
Susanne Bier and Julie Delpy are in talks for two exciting and high-profile projects. Bier is getting set up to direct Saoirse Ronan in Mary Queen of Scots. Penelope Skinner alongside Michael Hirst...
Guest Post: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Gender Equality?
This piece is in response to a piece published on FilmInk that listed the 20 Most Powerful People in Australian Film As an Australian I’ve long believed that my home country’s industry...
Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska to Star in ‘Carol’
Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska are set to star in Carol–an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt. Phyllis Nagy wrote the screenplay and Todd Haynes is set to...
2013 Cannes News- Part 1
Some news coming out of Cannes Pete Hammond from Deadline notes from the jury press conference which is the one time the jury faces the press during the whole festival that the presence of two female...
Pissed Off: When Did Playing Evil Women Become a Rite of Passage for Oscar Winning Actresses?
You know I hate all the princess shit that we see everywhere. The film business has up it ass that boys get to be superheroes and girls get to be princesses. The boys save the girls and...
Fran Walsh Steps Out
You can't watch Hitchcock without thinking what life would be like had Alma Reville, Hitchcock's wife lived today. From the film you see how much a partner she is in life (expected) and...
Guest Post: 2012’s Best Actress Race: A History of Inequality
Capote. Ray. Malcolm X. Nixon. Milk. Ali. Chaplin. Do these ring a bell? They are the names of famous politicians, filmmakers, activists, authors and athletes who inspired biopics that were...