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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Sexism Watch: Male Writer Numbers Dwarf Females Numbers at High Profile Magazines

Blogs

No matter how many times people try and convince me that things are better for women every time I see new stats they just prove the opposite. Women's progress has plateaued. You've seen the stats on women in the entertainment business. You see how few women there are running corporations. You see how few women are making it in politics. It's like there is one giant conspiracy -- intentinal or not -- that says you girls have gotten far enough, be happy with what you've got, now shut up and leave us alone to go and pilfer another country and start another war.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 29, 2012 12:19 PM
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Blogs

The 41st New Directors/ New Film which partners the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art will open on March 21st with Nadine Labaki's Where Do We Go Now which I caught last September at the Toronto Film Festival. Here is my interview with the director. The festival will end on April 1 with a surprise screening that will not be revealed untiil that evening.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 29, 2012 11:41 AM
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Exclusive Clip: Black Butterflies

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I fell in love with Black Butterflies when I saw it in preparation for last year's Tribeca Film Festival. The film shows an actor -- Carice Van Houten -- and a director -- Paula van der Oest -- at the top of their game. Van Houten won the best actress award at the festival. I was able to meet them both last year prior to the Tribeca Film Festival and I was also so pleased that Black Butterflies was included in this year's Athena Film Festival lineup.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 29, 2012 9:35 AM
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Oscar Thoughts: Boys, Boys and More Boys

Blogs

Here's my thing about the Oscars. There were women everywhere. We can't stop talking about the great dresses. Women were also there as great presenters (like the crew from Bridesmaids and Emma Stone) YET at the same time it felt like there were no women there. Because really, hardly any women won anything significant on Sunday night.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 28, 2012 12:00 PM
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Blogs

This is very, very good news. Advanced tickets went on sale last week for The Hunger Games which opens on March 23rd. According to Fandango, the one day total for the film was bigger than the one day total for Twilight: Eclipse which had set the record previously.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 28, 2012 11:11 AM
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Blogs

No don't worry if you don't live anywhere near Leeds. This year the event which tackles issues related to gender disparity in performing arts will be online. You can watch it here. The event which is sponsored by the Sphinx Theatre Company takes place this coming Friday and starts at 10:30 (England time). I hope they archive it for those of us who won't be able to watch it live.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 28, 2012 10:45 AM
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Trailer Watch: Veep Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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Bring it on. Series premiere on April 22.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 28, 2012 10:33 AM
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Blogs

Could I love her anymore? Doubtful. If you haven't seen her segment from SNL that this came from, watch it here.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 28, 2012 9:25 AM
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Video

Love this video. Done by Jon and Al Kaplan.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 27, 2012 3:32 PM
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Blogs

Sasha Stone from Awards Daily attended the Oscars last night and write a very good analysis piece. She has a big section on Viola Davis and Meryl Streep which she has given permission to cross post. You can read the full piece here.

By Sasha Stone
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February 27, 2012 10:53 AM
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