#The Iron Lady
Quote of the Day: “Why? Why? Why? Don’t they want the money?
That is the quote Meryl Streep uttered Tuesday night at the annual Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards. She was onstage to present Viola Davis with her Crystal Award for Excellence...
Meryl Streep Gets Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival
Coming off her BAFTA win for best actress in London on Sunday night, Meryl Streep headed to the Berlin Film Festival to pick up a lifetime acheivement award. At the variety of press conferences she...
Strong Box Office for Kevin and The Iron Lady
We Need to Talk About Kevin directed by Lynne Ramsay reopened (after an Oscar quallifying run in December) in the US to strong numbers last weekend. The film scored the highest per screen gross of...
New Interesting Poster for The Iron Lady
I like this one.
Meryl Streep to be Feted at Berlin Film Festival
Some good news for Meryl Streep and The Iron Lady. First, the box office for the film which opened December 30 was terrific. It grossed $280,409 in four theatres (in NY and LA) for an amazing total...
The Iron Lady
As a person who cares about women’s leadership, The Iron Lady should be a no-brainer. A film with an AMAZING tour-de-force performance by Meryl Streep playing a woman who was the longest serving...
Interview with Phyllida Lloyd — director of The Iron Lady
Women and Hollywood: This is a very different biopic of a leader because it is of a female leader. What about this films makes it different in terms of leadership? Phyllida Lloyd: First of all...
Interview with Abi Morgan — writer of The Iron Lady
I was lucky enough to meet the multi-talented Abi Morgan who has had an amazingly successful year with The Hour, Shame and The Iron Lady on the day after the premiere of The Iron Lady in NYC. Women...
Women’s Film Critics Circle Award Winners
I love the diversity of categories. But where is the best woman director? UPDATE- the best womena director is the director of the best movie by women. I think we name the women because people need...
Meryl on the Narrowing of the Film Audience
There are not many people who can get away with saying that the film business has basically thrown away everyone except for teenage boys, but that’s exactly what Meryl Streep did last night on...
Meryl Streep Will Be on 60 Minutes Tonight
And she is on the cover of the new Newsweek appearing on newstands tomorrow.
Meryl Streep Covers Vogue for the First Time
A rockin 62 year old woman on the cover of Vogue. What is this world coming to? I totally can’t wait to read the whole interview (and this will be the first Vogue I have purchased in a loooong...
Watch the Q and A With Meryl Streep and Phyllida Lloyd
You make have to wait another couple of weeks to see the film but now you can watch the Q and A conducted by The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg on Tuesday night at the DGA theatre in...
New Trailer for The Iron Lady
Film opens December 30
What Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep Have in Common
I know I am lucky. I get to watch and think about movies and write about them and talk about them. But being a blogger, I don’t very often get to see the people in the movies or those who make the...
Meryl Streep Receives Kennedy Center Honor
Meryl Streep along with several other esteemed artists including Yo Yo Ma, Barbara Cook, Neil Diamond and Sonny Rollins were honored at the 34th Kennedy Center honors on Sunday evening. The...