Women Producers in Hollywood Unite to Form New Company
Between the two of them, producers Alison Owen and Debra Hayward have a long string of impressive credits in Hollywood.…
Audiences Love Lucy. Hollywood, Take Note.
My brain melted on Saturday night and I can blame it all on Scarlett Johansson in the Luc Besson-directed Lucy. But I’m…
Universal Snaps Up Comedy About Women in the Workplace
One of the Big 6 Hollywood studios has optioned a comedy focusing on women in the workplace and written by Laura Solon.
Twitter Hashtag Encourages Hollywood to #HireTheseWomen
A hashtag on Twitter is helping highlight women working in Hollywood and encouraging the industry to take note of them.
The Horror of Coming of Age: Films Subverting the Teen Girl Experience
Growing up can be a bit of a bloodbath for everyone, regardless of gender. And when it comes to how the actual gory…
Don't Worry, Dudes: The Heat Is a 'Gender Neutral' Movie
As usual, there are quite a few dude-centric flicks coming this summer — from Iron Man to Man of Steel to This Is The…
Women Are Still Not in the Movies, But At Least They're Getting Sexier
A new study reveals that, as you already knew, it's not super great to be a woman in the film industry. The USC…
This Year's Best Actress Race: A History of Inequality
Capote. Ray. Malcolm X. Nixon. Milk. Ali. Chaplin.
Twilight Screenwriter Reflects on the Series' Power in Hollywood
No matter how you feel about Twilight — love it or hate it — the phenomenon has been one of the biggest stories to come…
DreamWorks Animation Now Has a Woman Of Color as its Chairman
Late last week, DreamWorks Animation's Chairman of the Board of Directors, Roger Enrico, resigned. Now it's been announc…
Most of the Women on TV Are Being Directed By Men
The last couple of years have been pretty good for women on television, with new ladycentric programs like The Mindy…
Ridley Scott's Blade Runner Sequel Will Have a Female Lead
Thirty years ago, moody sci-fi film Blade Runner hit theaters, with Harrison Ford and Sean Young as the stars of a…
In 65 Years of the Cannes Film Festival, Only One Woman Has Been Awarded the Palme D'Or
The 65th Cannes Film Festival is kicking off as we speak, and some 30,000 people gather in the sunny South of France —…
Coming-Of-Age Stories About Girls? 'Creepy,' Says Some Old Dude
Screenwriter Andrea Portes, whose novel Hick has been made into a feature film starring Chloe Grace Moretz, recalls…
Just Look at All of the Interesting Films Directed by Women and Not Nominated for an Oscar
Wow, there were a lot of very impressive woman-directed films this year, none of which got Best Director nominations.…
Steve Carrell Has Three Weeks to Live and He's Gonna Spend Them With Keira Knightley
That's the premise of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, an apocalyptic romcom crashing into theaters this…
Please, God, Let Bridesmaids Score An Oscar Nomination
Could raunchy, lady-oriented comedy Bridesmaids get an Oscar nod for Best Picture? Maybe! The flick has already earned…
Sick Of Tired Chick Flick Clichés? So Is Diablo Cody.
In the last decade or so, women have been inundated with movies created "for" us — cloying romantic comedies in which…
When Women In Films Get Short Shrift
I spend most of my time checking out films by and about women. But I believe it's equally important to see other types…