Women & Hollywood

I'm in LA this weekend to moderate a panel on women film bloggers at the Women in Film Entertainment forum so things are light today and...

For her honesty and optimism The lack of good roles for older women in film or on stage is an enduring problem. "We're not seeing m...

The Public Theatre in NY with a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has named playwright Suzan-Lori Parks as the first recipient of t...

The Tribeca Institute announced the first recipients of its Sloan Awards for filmmaking. The Sloan awards focus on science topics. Out of t...

Mamma Mia has just become the highest grossing British film in the UK. (It qualifies as a British film under their crazy rules.) Total box...

Amy Adams will star in the indie drama Daughter of the Queen of Sheba. Script is by Karen Croner based on the bio of NPR correspondent Jack...

From the Washington Post: The National Endowment for the Arts has announced the selection of seven plays to be funded as part of its New Pla...

I've been told by a variety of people for stories I've written that the documentary world is pretty much 50/50, and that at times wo...

Can you believe Roseanne premiered 20 years ago? Think we would see a woman like Roseanne on TV today? Fat and outspoken. Forget the outs...

6 are women? Am I dreaming. (Gotta say the women on the list are way more interesting that the guys.) Melissa Leo - Frozen River Viola Dav...

Eight high profile film directors from Wim Wenders to Gus Van Sant to Jane Campion recently premiered their collaboration 8 in which each ...

Today marks the beginning of a new feature here at Women & Hollywood -- Movies I Want to See. This feature will cover films that have b...

Big disappointment to me. Haven't committed to many new shows. I watched one episode of the Ex-List -- which has just been canceled b...

Big props to playwrights Julia Jordan and Sarah Schulman for organizing women playwrights in NY to discuss sexism in the NY theatre. This e...

What is Wrong With This Picture? How can a conversation moderated by Scott Macaulay of Filmmaker Magazine that covers "indie film past...

For using her show to denounce Sarah Palin's support of a federal ban on gay marriage. Ellen has become increasingly political recently ...

Check out my reviews of I've Loved You So Long starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Changeling starring Angelina Jolie. Films Remaining ...

Kristin Scott Thomas was on the cusp of Hollywood leading ladydom a little over a decade ago after her smoldering Oscar nominated performanc...

Here's the problem with Changeling the new Clint Eastwood film starring Angelina Jolie, actually it's one of the problems, but it...

I can't decide who I love more lately, Rachel Maddow or Tina Fey. Isn't so amazing that smart women are the talk of this election c...

On the eve of the presidential election, Harrison Ford ( Air Force One ) was picked as the best movie president in a moviefone poll that got...

Penelope Cruz -- who's appearing in two current films, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" and "Elegy" -- will be honored as ...

If you're not watching or as of yesterday, podcasting the show - what are you waiting for? Her show totally rocks, is so interesting a...

Direct from the folks at Madcat: The MadCat Women’s International Film Festival was founded in 1996 to exhibit provocative and visionary wor...

Interesting piece from the Age in Australia on the opening of The Women . There were women who cried when they watched the Sex and the City ...

This video "Family Values" comes from Women & Hollywood readers, the Burton sisters of Five Sisters Productions. It's prod...

Women & Hollywood readers have been offered two Happy-Go-Lucky posters signed by director and writer Mike Leigh and star Sally Hawkins....

This past week at the at the Middle East International Film Festival she highlighted the voices of activist women from around the world. Sh...

Award season is the time of year when occasionally the critics and prognosticators focus on women. Of course, their focus is always on the ...

This Amy Adams/ Emily Blunt film premiered at Sundance. Film is written by Megan Holley and directed by Christine Jeffs. Here's the de...