Women & Hollywood

Last week Mamma Mia! did great numbers as counter programming to Batman . If you haven't seen it yet, make sure to go this weekend. Ot...

This is a comment from Barbara regarding a posting last week on Prejudice and Discrimination Against Women Artists : A few years ago I was i...

Forbes released its list of Hollywood's top earners and the men way out earn the women -- $487 million compared to $244.5 million. It am...

For spending the next couple of months trying to get the Latino vote out through her organization Voto Latino: "There's 18 million ...

Women & Hollywood contributed a post to the 61st feminist blog carnival. You can read all different types of feminist writings (not jus...

Not that this should surprise anyone, but in light of the research of the lack of female films critics, the most famous TV critics Roger Ebe...

As a person who writes about films and sees lots of critics at screenings I can tell you that men (many boys) dominate the critic ranks. Dr...

Traveling the early part of this week. Sporadic, if any posting. Be back soon.

Opening today in wide release is the Meryl Streep musical Mamma Mia . Here's my brief review: Just keep in mind when you see this movie ...

In another no surprise moment it seems that women painters, sculptors and other artists don't get sold for the same amount of money as t...

Film historian Marjorie Rosen, author of Popcorn Venus , wrote an optimistic commentary in yesterday's Women's eNews saying that thi...

I've been following the press leading up to the opening of Mamma Mia! this week and I have to say, while there have been some negative ...

I'm a big fan of most of the writing in Vanity Fair but I get pissed off at how they dress -- or don't dress -- the women and girls...

Men can continue to have vibrant, stimulating careers up into their 60s, and that’s not true for women,” she explained. “Once an actress get...

I am a big, big fan of Bend it Like Beckham , the film that introduced us to Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley and made all my friends who...

Cynthia Good, founding editor of Pink Magazine, didn't just gripe to herself about the "Men Working" signs. She did somethin...

We all know the mantra, women can play strong on TV, yet they are the girlfriend, wife or mother (if they are there are at all) in the movie...

I hate the idea of reaching a certain age and being put in this box that forces actresses to become these battle-axes who speak out against ...

You gotta love the TNT. First, you can always watch Law & Order anytime. And tonight, in this pathetic sea of a summer, finally comes...

Nancy Miller has worked on some of the most female-centric shows on TV. The list includes Profiler , Any Day Now (which she created) and r...

Opening this weekend in NY, LA, Washington, DC and Minneapolis is The Stone Angel written and directed by Kari Skogland and starring Ellen ...

Women & Hollywood: The Stone Angel is a beloved book in Canada. Were you nervous about taking this well known book to the screen? Kari...

LA Times writer and new blogger Patrick Goldstein talks to the diva of HBO docs Sheila Nevins who was recently admitted into the Academy. K...

Here is guest post from screenwriter, and author Amy Ferris. (warning- spoilers included) Maybe it’s just me. I want to preface this by say...

For starting the Women Innovation and Dream Fund to help financing 10 university women with financial backing and mentoring. Now we just ne...

I always find it interesting to note that differences between male and female writers about issues. Movies are no different. We all rememb...

Donna Deitch will be presented with a career achievement award tonight in LA at Outfest which has nurtured and featured gay, lesbian and tra...

Sometimes films have the power to make change in the culture. That seems to be the case with Kimberly Peirce's film Stop-Loss about a ...

Two important pieces on the regression of rights and the consistent backlash of feminism need to be read. What's going on, or has it be...

Any regular reader of this blog know that lamentable pathetic statistics of women directors in Hollywood. The women directors have been try...