Television
Karyn Kusama is following up 2018 Nicole Kidman-starrer “Destroyer” with another crime thriller, this one for the small screen. Variety reports that she’s been tapped to direct a...
Trailers
“I just wanna do one good thing,” says Nicole Kidman in the first trailer for “Destroyer.” Directed by Karyn Kusama, the crime drama sees the Oscar winner playing Erin Bell, a...
Interviews
Karyn Kusama broke out in 1999 with her written-and-directed debut feature film “Girlfight,” which won the Grand Jury Prize and Director’s Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, as well as...
Festivals
Venice Film Festival is currently underway, and just one title screening in its Competition is directed by a woman. In contrast, the BFI London Film Festival just announced its 2018 Competition...
Nicole Kidman and Patricia Clarkson are bringing law and order to the Toronto International Film Festival. Both play detectives in films set to screen at TIFF. The fest just announced its Platform...
News
“Destroyer” left a major mark at Cannes. The upcoming Nicole Kidman-starrer inspired an “all night” auction at the fest, according to Deadline. Annapurna Pictures ultimately...
Features, News, Women Directors
Filmmaker Karyn Kusama hit the scene at Sundance 2000 where she premiered her debut feature, “Girlfight,” before a crowd of thousands. The film, which starred a then-unknown Michelle Rodriguez...
Features, News, Trailers, Women Directors
Karyn Kusama wrote and directed her first feature film, “Girlfight,” in 1999. The film won the Director’s Prize and shared the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, the Grand...
Features, News
Mindy Kaling, America Ferrera, Eva Longoria, directors Kimberly Peirce and Karyn Kusama and many, many others contributed to a fantastic NY Times feature published yesterday called “What It’s...
News, Videos, Women Directors
A man (Logan Marshall-Green) fears that his estranged ex-wife and her new husband have invited him to their home for suspicious reasons in Karyn Kusama’s “The Invitation.” The newly released...
Awards, News
Karyn Kusama’s dinner-party drama “The Invitation” took home the Best Film trophy from Spain’s Sitges Film Festival over the weekend. The film opened the the 2015 SXSW Festival and has been...
Features, Festivals, Interviews, News
Karyn Kusama wrote and directed her first feature film, “Girlfight,” in 1999. The film won the Director’s Prize and shared the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. It went on...
News, Women Directors
The tastemakers over at Drafthouse Films have acquired Karyn Kusama’s “The Invitation.” The horror film stars Logan Marshall-Green who attends a dinner party at his old house, now occupied by...
Festivals, Interviews, News
Karyn Kusama wrote and directed her first feature film, “Girlfight,” in 1999. The film won the Director’s Prize and shared the GrandJury Prize at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. It went on to...
Anthologies are one way the horror genre has experimented with new stories, effects, and themes without the arduous burden of stretching out a good idea or visual into feature length. As with...
Director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Aeon Flux, Jennifer’s Body) has just completed shooting The Invitation, the second project financed by Gamechanger Films. The thriller finds a man (Logan...
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