#New York
Trailer Watch: Naomi Watts Tries to Survive the Summer of Sam in “The Wolf Hour”
A trailer has dropped for “The Wolf Hour,” a psychological thriller that sees Naomi Watts playing a former counterculture hero who is now a shut-in. Set in July 1977 New York, the pic...
Cynthia Nixon, Kathy Najimy, & More Team Up for “Jane: Abortion and the Underground” Benefit Reading
Cynthia Nixon, Ana Gasteyer, and Kathy Najimy are teaming up to protect reproductive rights. The trio are part of the cast for a reading of Paula Kamen’s documentary play “Jane: Abortion and...
New York’s Quad Cinema to Celebrate Late Film Critic Pauline Kael
New York’s Quad Cinema is set to celebrate the centennial of film critic Pauline Kael. The theater will screen 25 films that she revered, as well as a few that she trashed. “In the golden...
Full Frame 2019 Women Directors: Meet Vivian Vázquez Irizarry and Gretchen Hildebran – “Decade of Fire”
An educator and facilitator, Vivian Vázquez Irizarry ran educational and youth leadership development programs at the Coro Foundation and BronxWorks, and is currently the director of...
Guest Post: When I Stopped Asking for Permission and Started Giving It
Guest Post by Katy-May Hudson It’s mid-2016. I’m an experimental artist writing, performing, and creating new work, mostly with the NY Neo Futurists. We have a normal president in the White House...
NYC Mayor’s Office Reveals Details of $5M Fund for Women in Film and Theater
The New York City Mayor’s Office and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) have disclosed the details for their $5 million MOME Women’s Fund, a grant program for filmmakers,...
Liz Feldman’s “Dead To Me” Gets Series Order from Netflix
Liz Feldman’s latest project has landed at Netflix. The streamer gave a series order to dark comedy “Dead To Me” in a “competitive situation,” Deadline reports. Centering on an unlikely...
NYC Women in Film & TV Scriptwriting Competition Announces Winners
The NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema have announced the winners of a citywide screenwriting competition focusing on stories by, for, or...
Trailer Watch: Jane Jacobs Saves the Neighborhood in “Citizen Jane”
If you need reassurance that one person’s voice can make a difference in the world — really, who doesn’t need that right now? — then “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” probably...
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...
Metropolitan Opera Premieres First Opera Composed By a Woman in 116 Years
The Metropolitan Opera just premiered its first opera composed by a woman in 116 years. Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho’s “L’Amour de Loin” is the first female-written opera to play at the...
NYC Theater Metrograph Presents Isabelle Huppert Retrospective
The Metrograph, an independent movie theater in New York, will be hosting a six-film retrospective of French actress Isabelle Huppert. The event kicks off November 19. As their announcement...
Tina Fey, Nancy Abraham, and More to Speak at PGA Event in NY
Tina Fey is best known as a writer and actress, but she’s also a powerhouse producer whose credits include “30 Rock,” “Sisters,” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” It’s Fey’s role as...
NYC Invests $5 Million Towards Tackling Gender Inequality in Film and TV Industry
New York City is a Mecca of entertainment. The iconic city serves as the setting for countless film, TV, and theater classics. Now the city is tackling a major absence in many of these works: women....
Annette Bening at Center Stage of New York Film Festival
The New York Film Festival, which takes place from September 30-October 16 this fall, has just announced that “20th Century Women” starring Annette Bening will be the Centerpiece...
Gena Rowlands’ Collaborations with John Cassavetes Celebrated at Metrograph in NY
Metrograph is set to honor a match made cinematic heaven. The Manhattan movie theater will host Cassavetes/Rowlands, a program celebrating the collaborations between legendary screen actress Gena...
Robin Thede Calls for Support for WGAE’s Diversity Tax Credit
Robin Thede, a writer and performer for “The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore,” has penned a personal essay for Lena Dunham’s Lenny Letter in which she calls for the support of Writer’s Guild...
Julie Menin Named New Media and Entertainment Commissioner for New York City
Julie Menin will take over as Commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment in New York City. Menin, who is currently the Consumer Affairs Commissioner for the city, follows Cynthia...