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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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6 of WGA's 101 Greatest Screenplays Written by Women

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  • By Kerensa Cadenas
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  • February 28, 2013 2:15 PM
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More: Women Writers, Writers Guild of America

Senate Drops Zero Dark Thirty Investigation

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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • February 28, 2013 12:45 PM
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More: Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow, Women Directors, Academy Awards, Politics

Krysten Ritter, Margo Martindale and Melanie Lynskey Nab New Pilots

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Some of our favorite underappreciated actresses have been cast in pilots for the upcoming Fall TV season. The hilarious Krysten Ritter of the dearly departed Apartment 23 has been cast as the lead in Leslye Headland’s Assistance, a talent combination that is almost too perfect. The terrific Margo Martindale has been cast in a new CBS comedy pilot and Melanie Lynskey has landed a role in the new HBO comedy from the Duplass Brothers.
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  • By Kerensa Cadenas
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  • February 28, 2013 11:15 AM
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More: Television, Krysten Ritter, Margo Martindale, Melanie Lynskey, Leslye Headland

Trailer Watch: Love Is All You Need - Directed by Susanne Bier

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Susanne Bier's Love Is All You Need follows Ida (Trine Dyrholm), who recently has lost her hair to cancer and then finds out her husband is having an affair. She travels to Italy for her daughter's wedding and meets Philip (Pierce Brosnan) who is the father of the groom. The two decide to travel together and sparks fly. Love Is All You Need will have a limited release in the U.S. on May 3rd.
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  • By Kerensa Cadenas
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  • February 28, 2013 10:05 AM
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More: Women Directors, Susanne Bier, Love is All You Need

Women In Film International Committee Co-Sponsors Tri-City Showcase of Films by Cuban Women

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The Women In Film International Committee, the Cuban Women Filmmakers Mediatheque, the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematograficos (ICAIC) and the American Cinematheque are taking on a huge, exciting new project—a Tri-State showcase of films by Cuban women.
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  • By Kerensa Cadenas
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  • February 27, 2013 12:35 PM
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More: Women Directors, Women in Film - LA, Cuban Women Filmmakers Mediatheque, New York Women in Film and Television

SXSW Watch: Improvement Club - Directed by Dayna Hanson

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This year Women and Hollywood will be at SXSW. One of the films we are excited to catch is Dayna Hanson’s Improvement Club which is competing in Narrative. Hanson wrote, directed and stars in the film. It is her first feature.
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  • By Kerensa Cadenas
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  • February 27, 2013 11:05 AM
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More: Dayna Hanson, Improvement Club, South By Southwest Film Conference and Festival (SXSW), Women Directors

Trailer Watch: Hunky Dory - Starring Minnie Driver

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Minnie Driver stars in Hunky Dory as a Viv, a high school drama teacher in 1970s South Wales. Viv wants to engage her bored teenage students and decides to put on an extremely unique musical that incorporates Shakespeare and glam rock. The film has songs that were recorded and performed live on the set of the film. It's currently available on iTunes and will be in theaters next month.
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  • By Kerensa Cadenas
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  • February 27, 2013 10:05 AM
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More: Minnie Driver, Hunky Dory

Oscar Commentary Round Up

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With everything surrounding this year’s Oscars there has been a wealth of really great commentary out there.
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  • By Kerensa Cadenas
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  • February 26, 2013 3:46 PM
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More: Academy Awards, Sexism, Feminism, Comedy, Television, Jennifer Lawrence

Interview with Dyllan McGee - Executive Producer of MAKERS: Women Who Make America

Features
Women and Hollywood: What made you come up with the idea for this massive undertaking?
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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • February 26, 2013 1:05 PM
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More: Women Producers, Feminism, Makers, Television

Women-Directed Films Announced for 42nd New Directors/New Films Series

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The 42nd New Directors/New Films has announced their lineup. Co-hosted by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art the series takes place from March 20-31.
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  • By Kerensa Cadenas
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  • February 26, 2013 12:05 PM
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More: Women Directors, Film Society Lincoln Center

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