#Phyllis Nagy

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Pick of the Day: “Call Jane”

Above all else, Phylliss Nagy’s “Call Jane” is a testament to the bulletproof resilience of women in the face of adversity. Written by Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi, the Elizabeth...

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Exclusive: Elizabeth Banks Faces a Life-Threatening Pregnancy in “Call Jane” Clip

Set in 1968 Chicago, “Call Jane” sees Elizabeth Banks playing Joy, a surburban housewife whose ordinary life gets turned upside down when her pregnancy leads to a life-threatening heart...

Films

Phyllis Nagy’s Sundance Abortion Drama “Call Jane” Acquired by Roadside Attractions

Following its Sundance premiere, Phyllis Nagy’s timely historical drama “Call Jane” has found a home. A press release has announced that Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S....

Interviews

Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Phyllis Nagy – “Call Jane”

Phyllis Nagy earned Oscar and BAFTA nominations and won the NY Film Critics Circle award for “Carol,” her adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s classic novel “The Price of...

Films

Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, & Kate Mara Join Abortion Drama “Call Jane,” Phyllis Nagy Directing

Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, and Kate Mara are set to “Call Jane.” Deadline reports that they have boarded the long-in-the-works drama about the Jane Collective, a real 1960s...

Films

TIFF News: Gemma Arterton to Topline Phyllis Nagy’s Dusty Springfield Biopic

Gemma Arterton is going to the Toronto International Film Festival with one film and leaving with another. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the “Vita and Virginia” actress will portray...

News

Phyllis Nagy Developing Rachel Kushner’s ‘Telex From Cuba’ As ’50s-Set TV Series

"Carol" screenwriter Phyllis Nagy, who received her first Oscar nod for penning the lesbian romance last week, is currently developing a TV adaptation of Rachel Kushner’s 2008 novel...

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Why “Carol” Failed to Become the Lesbian ‘Brokeback’

Well, that’s that. Lesbians will not have their “Brokeback Mountain” this year after all. That’s because “Carol,” perhaps the most critically acclaimed mainstream film of all time...

Awards

2016 Oscar Noms Announced; ‘Brooklyn,’ ‘Room,’ ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ to Compete For Best Picture

2016 won’t go down as the most homogeneous (i.e., exclusionary) year in recent Oscar history. Three female-centric films ("Brooklyn," "Room" and...

Awards

Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ EDA Winners: ‘Carol,’ ‘Mad Max,’ Kristen Stewart and More

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has unveiled the winners of the 2015 EDA Awards. As expected, "Carol" won big. The period romance, written by Phyllis Nagy and starring Cate Blanchett...

Awards

2016 BAFTA Noms: Female-Centric Films Well-Represented, Women Directors Sorely Lacking

The BAFTA nominations are in. The good news: A female-centric film, "Carol," is tied for most nominations (with "Bridge of Spies"). The romance about a floundering shop girl...

News

‘Carol’ Screenwriter Phyllis Nagy to Adapt Melanie Raabe’s Murder Mystery ‘The Trap’

Playwright and “Carol” screenwriter Phyllis Nagy has lined up her next film project: an adaptation of Melanie Raabe’s “The Trap.” Raabe’s debut novel centers on a reclusive,...

News

The ‘Carol’ Trailer and the Unbearable Lightness of Anticipation

That rush of attraction. The exhilaration of discovery. The ache of longing. The shock of falling in love with a movie trailer. The first full-length trailers for the lesbian drama “Carol” were...

News

Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska to Star in ‘Carol’

Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska are set to star in Carol–an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price of Salt. Phyllis Nagy wrote the screenplay and Todd Haynes is set to...

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