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"Last Flight Home," directed by Ondi Timoner

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Trailer Watch: Ondi Timoner Says Goodbye to Her Father in “Last Flight Home”

“I’m ready to go to the next adventure,” says Eli Timoner in a new trailer for “Last Flight Home.” Described as “so full of life” and “a pillar of...

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Trailer Watch: Tween Girls Come of Age and Find a Dead Body in “Summering”

Four tweens make a pact to solve a mystery in “Summering,” a coming-of-age story that’s reminiscent of “Stand By Me.” This time around, the friends at the center of the...

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Trailer Watch: Lana Condor Is a Ghost with Unfinished Business in “Boo, Bitch”

Lana Condor is determined to make the most out of the little life she has left in “Boo, Bitch.” From showrunners Erin Ehrlich (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) and Lauren Iungerich...

"Last Flight Home," directed by Ondi Timoner

Films

Ondi Timoner’s “Last Flight Home” Lands at MTV Documentary Films

“Last Flight Home” has landed at MTV Documentary Films. Ondi Timoner’s latest “had several bidders and the sale was highly competitive,” according to Variety.  The doc...

"Last Flight Home," directed by Ondi Timoner

Interviews

Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Ondi Timoner – “Last Flight Home”

Ondi Timoner is an internationally-acclaimed filmmaker who has the rare distinction of winning the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance twice – for “Dig!” (2004), about the collision of art and...

Interviews

Tribeca 2021 Women Directors: Meet Macha Colón – “Perfume de Gardenias”

Macha Colón is Gisela Rosario Ramos, an undisciplined artist currently based in Puerto Rico. Her award-winning short documentary “El Hijo de Ruby” has been shown in international...

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Trailer Watch: Children Navigate Death and Grief in SXSW Winner “Beautiful Something Left Behind”

With “Beautiful Something Left Behind,” director Katrine Philp wanted to explore grief from children’s perspective. “But it is not only a film about grief — it is a film...

Films

Jada Pinkett Smith Will Topline Netflix Drama “Redd Zone”

Jada Pinkett Smith is bringing healing conversations beyond “Red Table Talk.” Variety reports that she’s signed on to topline “Redd Zone,” a drama about a woman who...

Features

Pick of the Day: “Dick Johnson Is Dead”

“Dick Johnson Is Dead” sees a filmmaker struggling to come to terms with her father’s mortality the best way she knows how: by making a movie. “Just the idea that I might ever lose this...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Kirsten Johnson Stages Her Father’s Death in “Dick Johnson Is Dead”

“Dick Johnson Is Dead” sees a filmmaker struggling to come to terms with her father’s mortality. “Just the idea that I might ever lose this man is too much to bear,”...

Interviews

Hot Docs 2019 Women Directors: Meet Pailin Wedel – “Hope Frozen”

Pailin Wedel is a Thai-American journalist and filmmaker who grew up in Asia. She has regularly produced documentary programs for Al Jazeera English, namely for its current events program “101...

Trailers

Trailer Watch: Christina Applegate & Linda Cardellini Are Unlikely BFFs in “Dead to Me”

Set to drop May 3 on Netflix, “Dead to Me” sees Christina Applegate playing Jen, a sardonic widow on a mission. When she’s not denying hugs to new friends or telling a well-meaning...

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Trailer Watch: Virginia Gardner Loses Her Best Friend and Grip on Reality in “Starfish”

“Everything that’s happening — is it real?” asks a young woman convinced she’s the last person left on earth. A trailer has dropped for “Starfish,” and it...

Films, News, Women Writers

Melina Kanakaredes to Co-Write and Produce Pic About Death Studies Pioneer Elisabeth Kübler-Ross

Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the award-winning psychiatrist behind the seminal book “On Death and Dying” and coiner of the five stages of grief, is getting her own film. Deadline reports that...

Features

Under the Radar: “Almost Heaven” Is a Winning Portrait of a Teen Girl Surrounded by Death

Under the Radar is Women and Hollywood’s newest feature. Published monthly, the post offers a chance for us to highlight works by and/or about women that haven’t received big releases or...

News, Television, Trailers, Women Writers

Trailer Watch: A Line Is Crossed in “Mary Kills People” Season 2

Mary Harris believes in her work. “Death gives life meaning,” the secret euthanasia provider (Caroline Dhavernas, “Hannibal”) declares in the trailer for Season 2 of Lifetime’s “Mary...

Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors, Women Writers

Trailer Watch: Holly Hunter Deals with Trauma and Betrayal in “Strange Weather”

A woman searches for answers after her son’s death in a newly released trailer for Katherine Dieckmann’s “Strange Weather.” Darcy’s (Holly Hunter) son killed himself seven years ago, but...

Documentary, Films, News, Trailers, Women Directors

Trailer Watch: Vanessa Gould’s “Obit” Spotlights Those Who Make the Dead Live Again

“It’s counter-intuitive — ironic, even — but obits have next to nothing to do with death, and in fact absolutely everything to do with the life,” an obituary writer observes in a...

Documentary, Films, News, Women Directors

Vanessa Gould’s “Obit.” Acquired by Kino Lorber

After a successful run on the festival circuit, Vanessa Gould’s “Obit.” has secured a theatrical release. A press release announced that Kino Lorber has acquired all U.S. rights to the...

Films, Interviews, News, Women Directors

Maris Curran Talks Grief and Compassion in “Five Nights in Maine”

Maris Curran spoke with Women and Hollywood about the “joys and trauma of everyday life” that her debut feature, “Five Nights in Maine,” explores. The drama made its World Premiere at TIFF...

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