Jan 8 2020
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In 2019, the overall number of films featuring a woman increased by 40 percent, an all-time high. Sounds like good…
Oct 28 2019
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Below is an excerpt from The Queens of Animation. In the book, Nathalia Holt traces the careers of the women who…
Dec 21 2018
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I didn’t make a habit of idolizing people when I was growing up and, as was the case with so many elements of my…
Feb 1 2018
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The Post is the story of Katharine Graham, the first-ever woman publisher of a national American newspaper*, whose…
Jan 10 2018
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In discussions of women representation in film, phrases that get thrown around a lot are “female-led” or “female-driv…
Jan 5 2018
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When it comes to helming major Hollywood studio projects, the future for female directors in 2018 and 2019 doesn’t…
Nov 6 2017
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As both director and writer, Mary Harron has produced some of the most memorable explorations of gender onscreen.…
Jul 18 2017
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock or you are literally Aaron Sorkin, you might know that women have a hard time…
Jul 11 2017
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Charlize Theron plays the closest thing we have to a female James Bond in the forthcoming Atomic Blonde, and it…
May 29 2017
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When Sofia Coppola won best director at Cannes on Sunday (for her Civil War thriller The Beguiled), reporters and…
Aug 23 2016
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The BBC published its long-awaited list of the 21st century’s best films, as selected by 177 film critics from…
May 31 2016
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In an interview with The Independent, director John Carney spoke about the process of making his 2014 film Begin…
May 13 2016
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Appearing at Variety and Kering’s Women in Motion talk at the Cannes Film Festival, director and actress Jodie…
Mar 16 2016
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Veteran screenwriter and executive producer Marti Noxon—whose credits include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Girlfriends’…
Mar 2 2016
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With the launch of a new initiative through its Spaces program, YouTube is giving female filmmakers opportunities to…
Feb 10 2016
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Filmmaker Ross Putman struck a nerve Tuesday night when he started a Twitter account that only tweets the first…
Jan 22 2016
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Aidy Bryant, one of the more recent gems in the comedy crown of Saturday Night Live, has directed a short film…
Dec 10 2015
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Speaking at the Hollywood Reporter’s 2015 Women in Entertainment breakfast, actor/writer/director Lena Dunham kicked…
Dec 1 2015
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In a crackling profile in the new issue of GQ, Cate Blanchett gets candid (and increasingly tipsy) with writer Zach…
Nov 27 2015
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As public focus on diversity in the film industry intensifies, it’s more important than ever to highlight the work…