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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2013 Cannes News- Part 1

News

Some news coming out of Cannes

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 16, 2013 12:00 PM
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Features

You know I hate all the princess shit that we see everywhere. The film business has up it ass that boys get to be superheroes and girls get to be princesses. The boys save the girls and the girls need to be saved. Like anyone believes that shit anymore.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 9, 2013 12:00 PM
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Features

You can't watch Hitchcock without thinking what life would be like had Alma Reville, Hitchcock's wife lived today. From the film you see how much a partner she is in life (expected) and in work (unexpected). She was a master editor and screenwriter and according to the film was the one who suggested the game changing use of music in the Psycho shower scene. But she worked at a time when women were not in the spotlight and her contributions had been unknown to the public until resurrected by Sacha Gervasi and Helen Mirren in the recent movie. Seeing Alma and Hitchcock on screen is one big reason to check out the film.

By Melissa Silverstein
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December 4, 2012 2:00 PM
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Features

By Keith Dodge
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November 26, 2012 1:00 PM
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News

Newflash. Babs is going to get back behind the camera.

By Melissa Silverstein
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June 22, 2012 11:00 AM
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Blogs

Here's some movie news picked up from the trades coming out of Cannes

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 22, 2012 11:30 AM
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Blogs

If you've been wondering where Cate Blanchett has been over the last couple of years you are not alone. She's been working -- hard -- running the very prestigious Sydney Theatre Company with her husband writer Andrew Upton.

By Melissa Silverstein
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March 29, 2012 11:24 AM
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