Thompson on Hollywood

Columbia's Women Filmmakers, from Holofcener to Cholodenko: Not as Easy As It Looks (Video)

Features

The elephant in the room at last week's oddly titled Columbia University Film Festival panel "What Glass Ceiling? The Remarkable Success of Columbia's Women Filmmakers," showcasing filmmakers Lisa Cholodenko, Nicole Holofcener, Shari Springer Berman and Cherien Dabis was how tough it is for these indie filmmakers to be successful at all.

By Anne Thompson
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May 14, 2012 6:42 AM
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AFI Directing Workshop for Women Showcase, New Participants

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The AFI Directing Workshop for Women showcase will take place at the DGA Theater May 8. Each year, the Directing Workshop for Women offers eight women who have established themselves within the industry a tuition-free program of hands-on and classroom production experience as well as the chance to direct a short film.

By Sophia Savage
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May 8, 2012 11:53 AM
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Ashley Judd, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Lawrence vs. Our Toxic Misogynist Culture

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In the past week, actresses and their weight have been front and center. When moviegoers suggested that Kate Winslet was too fat in the 3-D rerelease of the 1997 blockbuster "Titanic," she responded that she's now thinner than co-star Leonardo DiCaprio. Jennifer Lawrence was described as not hungry enough in "The Hunger Games."

By Sophia Savage
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April 10, 2012 5:29 PM
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Against Gendered Culture

Blogs

Why are books and movies tagged pink or blue, like babies in a 1950s nursery?

By Carrie Rickey
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April 3, 2012 12:09 PM
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Columbia University Film Festival Goes Retro at Twenty-Five

Festivals

New Yorkers this is for you. This year, the Columbia University Film Festival (CUFF) celebrates its 25th anniversary with a week-long festival of screenings and dramatic readings. The fest, which is co-presented by the Columbia University School of the Arts Film Program and Film Society of Lincoln Center, opens at Alice Tully Hall on May 4, 2012.

By Maggie Lange
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March 28, 2012 3:12 PM
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After Bidding War, 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Goes to Universal/Focus; Author Keeps Control of S&M Erotica Trilogy for Women

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Hollywood is cautious when it comes to sex in cinema. The studios are more comfortable with raunchy sex comedies from the likes of Judd Apatow and the "American Pie" series ("American Reunion" is coming up) than anything sexy and intimate. Erotica aimed at men or women is a tricky area.

By Anne Thompson & Sophia Savage
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March 26, 2012 1:42 PM
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Note to Studios: Stop Trying to Get the Boys Back and Chase the Women

Features

Telling stories from the female perspective is good box office. However, only 16 percent of movies are made specifically with women in mind, even though half of the ticket buying public is female, which means Hollywood is missing the bet financially—with a few notable exceptions that prove my point.

By Susan Cartsonis
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March 1, 2012 4:20 PM
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Video: Women and Hollywood Cites Women Directors Missing From the Oscars

Awards

The Women and Hollywood blog has put together this video to remind the Academy (and the rest of us) of the inequities of the movie industry.

By Sophia Savage
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February 24, 2012 7:00 AM
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Women In Film Adds 11 New Members to Board of Directors

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Women In Film, Los Angeles, adds 11 new members to its Board of Directors. Orly Adelson, Adriana Alberghetti, Stephanie Allain, Darla K. Anderson, Holly Bario, Janet Daily, Sue Naegle, Keri Putnam, Michelle Raimo Kouyate, Nell Scovell and Winnie Wong join the non-profit, led by returning second term president, producer Cathy Schulman ("Crash").

By Sophia Savage
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February 14, 2012 5:48 PM
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Sundance Reviews: Lean Mean 'Bachelorette' Shocks Festival, Too Hard or Too Soft?

Festivals

Sundance comedy "Bachelorette" boasts an all-star girl comedy-pack: Kirsten Dunst, Lizzy Caplan, and Isla Fisher. They play a hard-drinking and drugging trio who are horrified that their pudgiest gal pal (Aussie comedienne Rebel Wilson) is the first of their high school gang to get married.