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Pick of the Day: “Tahara”
Named for the Jewish ritual of preparing a body for burial, and set at a funeral, “Tahara” is an intelligent teen comedy about a close female friendship on the brink. Carrie (Madeline...
Trailer Watch: Joan Micklin Silver’s “Hester Street” Gets a New 4K Restoration
“Hester Street” is getting a makeover. A new 4K restoration of Joan Micklin Silver’s portrait of an Eastern European Jewish couple living in New York’s Lower East Side in the late...
Human Rights Watch Film Fest 2021 Women Directors: Meet Jana Matthes and Andrea Schramm – “Tacheles – The Heart of the Matter”
Jana Matthes and Andrea Schramm work as directors and producers for arte, 3sat, ARD, and ZDF. After studying journalism in Leipzig and directing in Potsdam-Babelsberg, they founded Schramm Matthes...
Trailer Watch: A College Student Unexpectedly Crosses Paths with Her Sugar Daddy in “Shiva Baby”
A college student (Rachel Sennott) finds herself in a living nightmare when she discovers that her high school ex (Molly Gordon) and sugar daddy (Danny Deferrari) are at the same shiva she’s...
Lena Dunham & Julia von Heinz Team Up for “Iron Box,” a Drama Exploring the Legacy of the Holocaust
Julia von Heinz has lined up her next project. The German filmmaker will follow up Oscar hopeful “And Tomorrow the Entire World” with “Iron Box,” a family drama set to star...
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...
Unconventional Self-Discovery: VOD and Web Series Picks
Understanding yourself rarely comes easy. Finding out who you are — from which labels you prefer to use, to your relationship to sexuality, and your bodily autonomy — takes time, and discoveries...
Drama Series About Trans Activist Abby Stein in Development
Abby Stein’s journey is on its way to the small screen. According to Variety, production and financing company Fugitive has acquired the international distribution rights to “Abby,”...
Maria Schrader Will Direct Netflix Miniseries Based on Deborah Feldman’s “Unorthodox”
Another woman-centric international series is in the works at Netflix. Production on “Unorthodox,” a miniseries inspired by Deborah Feldman’s best-selling memoir, has kicked off in...
All-Female Ambulance Corps Doc “93Queen” Goes to Abramorama
It won’t be long before audiences are introduced to the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in the United States. Abramorama has acquired U.S. and Canadian theatrical rights to...
Exclusive: Hasidic Women Form NYC’s First All-Female Volunteer Ambulance Corps in “93Queen” Trailer
“In the Hasidic community there’s a huge divide between the genders,” explains Rachel “Ruchie” Freier in our exclusive trailer for “93Queen.” “I’m being told that it’s not right...
DOC NYC 2017 Women Directors: Meet Alison Chernick — “Itzhak”
In award-winning documentaries profiling major contemporary artists, Alison Chernick has captured the thoughts and processes of this century’s most prolific visual artists. Her credits include...
Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams-Starrer “Disobedience” Acquired by Bleecker Street
“Disobedience” has found a home following its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival a few weeks back. Deadline reports that Bleecker Street snagged the U.S. distribution...
Trailer Watch: Women Rally Against an Extremist Rabbi in “The Women’s Balcony”
A U.S. trailer has arrived for “The Women’s Balcony,” a story of women fighting for justice in their place of worship. The dramedy centers on the aftermath of a bar mitzvah celebration that...
New York Jewish Film Festival 2017 Lineup is 50 Percent Female-Directed
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Jewish Museum kicked off the 26th Annual New York Jewish Film Festival yesterday and half of the lineup is directed by women. The NYJFF is one of the...
Sharyn Rothstein Adapting “Hester Street” for the Stage
“Hester Street” is heading to the stage. Playwright Sharyn Rothstein is penning a stage adaptation of the Oscar-nominated 1975 film, The New York Times reports. The film stars Carol Kane...