Women and Hollywood

Melissa Silverstein is the founder and editor of Women and Hollywood, one of the most respected sites for issues related to women and film as well as other areas of pop culture. Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry.

She is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Athena Film Festival. The 4th annual festival will take place from February 6-9, 2014 at Barnard College in NYC.

Melissa recently published the first book from Women and Hollywood, In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing, which is a compilation of over 40 interviews that have appeared on the site.

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Toronto Film Festival Lineup Roll Out: The Women

Yesterday came the announcement of part (the galas and special presentations) of the Toronto Film Festival lineup. I am very excited because I will be covering the festival for the first time this year. (If anyone reading this will be there, please get in touch, I'd love to meet up.)

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 27, 2011 2:24 AM
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Trailer Watch: Dirty Girl

Looks way better than I thought it would be. Kind of cute. I like the title because really what is a dirty girl? A girl who doesn't act like she is expected? Is it a girl who is in touch with her sexuality? We never call guys dirty guys. It's just the girls who get stereotyped. Film opens October 7.

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 27, 2011 1:24 AM
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Interview with Bobbie Birleffi and and Beverly Kopf: Directors of Wish Me Away

Wish Me Away is the incredibly moving coming out story of country music star Chely Wright. When I read a little over a year ago that Wright had come out my first reaction was "so what". After you watch the film you realize how difficult this process was for Wright mostly because of where she worked -- Nashville. She was the first high profile country performer to come out, something she had to do to save her life, and sadly, not for her, but for country music, she is now embarking on a new life post Nashville. Since she came out Nashville has turned its back on her and so she is remaking her life and her career.

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 26, 2011 2:30 AM
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Trailer Watch: Haywire

Steven Soderberg does a movie with a female lead who kicks ass. Her look reminds me a little (a very little bit) of Noomi Rapace in The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. Film stars Gina Carano, a well known mixed martial arts fighter and model. She does her own stunts.Opens on January 20, 2012.

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 26, 2011 1:15 AM
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Producer's Corner: Adele Romanski - The Myth of the American Sleepover by Serena Donadoni

It’s been three years since producer Adele Romanski was in the blue collar suburbs just north of Detroit with writer and director David Robert Mitchell trying to capture the fleeting moments of romantic yearning of a group of teens savoring their last night of summer freedom. So she appreciates that now, as their micro-budget feature The Myth of the American Sleepover is finally making its way to theaters, it’s being compared to other insightful adolescent films like Dazed & Confused – and especially American Graffiti.

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 25, 2011 3:25 AM
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Kristen Stewart as a Way More Interesting Snow White

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 25, 2011 2:37 AM
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New Pariah Trailer

I saw this new trailer for Pariah this past weekend at New Fest in NYC. The release date is still slated for Winter. When I know more, you will.

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 25, 2011 1:10 AM
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Sarah's Key Author Tatiana de Rosnay Answers Questions As the Film Opens Today

There have been several generations of Holocaust films by now. Most of the films focus on the Nazis and the Germans. But Sarah's Key the film, based on the best-selling novel by Tatiana de Rosnay gives it to the French.

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 22, 2011 3:00 AM
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Snow White Hits Comic Con

Hollywood descended on San Diego this weekend for the annual geek fest known as Comic Con. This is where the big tent pole films and high profile kicks ass TV shows come to make sure all the TV watching and film going geeks know about their shows and films. It's always been a boy fest until Twilight and the girls did return for the Breaking Dawn panel.

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 22, 2011 2:50 AM
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Another Earth - Co-Written By Brit Marling

Another Earth is one of the coolest movies I've seen in a long time. One reason it's cool is because there is a girl science geek at its center. Brit Marling -- this year's so-called "it" girl -- plays both pretty and smart and at the beginning of the film is on her way to an Ivy League education and a bright future. Then one night everything goes horribly wrong and her world is shattered. All her dreams are lost and she has to figure out how to live in a world where her expectations and goals are thrown out the window.

By Melissa Silverstein
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July 22, 2011 2:15 AM
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