#Divorce
Hot Docs 2021 Women Directors: Meet Chloe Fairweather – “Dying to Divorce”
Chloe Fairweather is an award-winning director who specializes in observational documentary and the telling of complex true stories. The Welsh-born filmmaker started out in TV production over 10...
“Charter” Named Sweden’s Pick for Oscars’ International Feature Category
“Charter” is an Oscar hopeful. Sweden has submitted Amanda Kernell’s second feature in the Best International Feature Film category at the 2021 Academy Awards, a press release from...
Taffy Brodesser-Akner to Pen Adaptation of GQ Article “The Orthodox Hit Squad” for Sister
Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s next screen project will take on Rabbi Mendel Epstein and the radical methods he employed to help ultra-orthodox Jewish women seeking divorces. The “Fleishman Is...
Under the Radar: “Scattered Night” Delicately Handles Divorce from the Adolescent Perspective
Possibly emblematic of changing societal attitudes, “Scattered Night” — directed by Lee Jihyoung and Kim Sol, and written by the former — is one of several recent festival films from...
Full Frame 2019 Women Directors: Meet Jacqueline Zünd – “Where We Belong”
Jacqueline Zünd was born in Zurich, Switzerland. Her debut film, “Goodnight Nobody,” has been shown at many international film festivals and won numerous awards such as Best Newcomer at...
“The Split” Renewed for a Second Season
We haven’t seen the last of the Defoe family — it’s not as though they’ll ever run out of divorce cases to process. BBC One has renewed “The Split” for a second...
Berlinale 2018 Women Directors: Meet Tinatin Kajrishvili — “Horizon”
Tinatin Kajrishvil made several short films before her feature debut, “Brides.” The drama premiered at the Berlinale in 2014, where it won the Audience Award, and went on to screen at many...
Trailer Watch: Imelda Staunton Starts Over in “Finding Your Feet”
“I’ve been planning our retirement for the last 35 years,” Sandra (Imelda Staunton) tells a guest at her husband’s retirement party in a trailer for “Finding Your Feet.” But the best...
Jenna Fischer Cast in Emily Kapnek’s ABC Pilot “Splitting Up Together”
While the “The Office” has been off the air since 2013, we have no doubt the sitcom’s most beloved couple, Pam and Jim, remain happily married in TV heaven. But Variety reports that Jenna...
Julie Delpy to Write, Direct, and Star in Family Drama “My Zoe”
Julie Delpy has booked her next gig. The screenwriter, director, and actress is moving forward with a project that she’s been working on for over 20 years, “My Zoe.” She’ll write, direct,...
Ellen DeGeneres and Emily Kapnek Team Up for New ABC Comedy
Ellen DeGeneres is joining forces with Emily Kapnek, the creator of “Selfie” and “Suburgatory,” for a new single-camera comedy series. “Splitting Up Together” has secured a put pilot...
BBC Commissions Series from “Suffragette” Screenwriter Abi Morgan
Emmy winner Abi Morgan is working on a new series for BBC, “The Split.” The project was announced by Charlotte Moore, BBC’s director of content, during a panel discussion at the Edinburgh TV...
Sarah Jessica Parker’s ‘Divorce’ Comedy a Go at HBO
Thirteen years after “Sex and the City” ended its run, Sarah Jessica Parker has announced her return to HBO to explore another facet of modern womanhood. In a single-cam comedy called...
Sarah Silverman and Sarah Jessica Parker Developing New Comedies for HBO
Two TV comedy veterans are creating starring vehicles for themselves at HBO. Last week brought news that Sarah Silverman and Sarah Jessica Parker are developing new series around the under-explored...