Women and Hollywood

Interview with Tassie Cameron - Creator and Executive Producer of Rookie Blue

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The summer used to be a void of new TV shows. No more. Now summer has a bunch of series -- many that star women like Rizzoli & Isles and Covert Affairs. Another one of those summer shows is Rookie Blue. Women and Hollywood got the chance to do an email interview with Tassie Cameron, the creator and executive producer of Rookie Blue.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 22, 2013 12:00 PM
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Tribeca: Interview with Jane Weinstock - Co-Writer/Director of The Moment

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I was traveling a lot during this year's Tribeca Film Festival but thanks to technology I was able to catch some of the movies that I really wanted to see. One of those was the Jennifer Jason Leigh starrer, The Moment, written and directed by Jane Weinstock. It was a prototype Jennifer Jason Leigh film. Broody, moody, fucked up and confused. She plays a war photographer suffering PTSD not knowing what is real and what is imagined.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 21, 2013 10:15 AM
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Guest Post: Bold Broads and Daring Dames: An Interview with Kim Krizan

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Kim Krizan is an Academy Award-nominated writer of the films Before Sunrise and Before Sunset. She appeared as an actress in the films Slacker, Dazed and Confused, and Waking Life. She wrote the critically-acclaimed graphic novel Zombie Tales: 2061. Kim earned a Master's degree in literature and became an Anais Nin scholar. She teaches creative writing classes for UCLA Extension. Kim recently released her first book, Original Sins: Trade Secrets of the Femme Fatale (Los Angeles 2013).

By Ann Baldwin
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May 17, 2013 10:08 AM
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Interview with Judy Chaikin - Director of The Girls in the Band

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The Girls in the Band opens for a one-week run in NYC on May 10. Tickets here.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 10, 2013 10:00 AM
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TIFF Rerun: Interview with Susanne Bier - Director of Love Is All You Need

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Originally published on September 19. Love Is All You Need opens in limited release on Friday.

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 2, 2013 6:00 PM
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Hot Docs Preview: Interview with Liz Marshall - Director of The Ghost in Our Machine

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The Ghosts in Our Machine is an extremely upsetting yet moving film about how we treat animals. It tells the story of Jo-Ann McArthur, a photographer, who has dedicated her life to showing the disturbing treatment of animals. After watching the film, there is no way you will look or thinks about animals the same way again.

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 25, 2013 1:45 PM
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Interview with Lily Tomlin - Narrator and Executive Producer of An Apology to Elephants

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Tonight, in honor of Earth Day, HBO will premiere An Apology to Elephants narrated by Lily Tomlin that will put to an end any feeling person's trips to the circus. It's an intense film about the abuses elephants endure to entertain us, but is written in a way (by Jane Wagner) that won't freak kids out. The film is directed by Amy Schatz.

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 22, 2013 3:07 PM
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SXSW Interview with Hannah Fidell, Lindsay Burdge and Kim Sherman of A Teacher

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By Kerensa Cadenas
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April 9, 2013 2:00 PM
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Interview with Karen Struck and Amanda Johns - Writers on Monday Mornings

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For the last couple of months I have been enjoying the new series Monday Mornings created by David E. Kelley. It's a hospital drama that focuses on the surgeons and the meeting each week (sometimes it seems more than weekly) where the doctors are confronted with challenges and issues that have come up on certain cases. Those meeting are not pretty and are led by Alfred Molina as the chief of staff. The show took a couple of weeks to settle in and lately it has hit a very interesting groove. There are several very strong female characters including Sarayu Rao as Cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Sydney Napur.

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 8, 2013 2:00 PM
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SXSW Interview with Sini Anderson, Tamra Davis and Kathleen Hanna of The Punk Singer

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I can't write about Sini Anderson's great documentary The Punk Singer without mentioning that Kathleen Hanna has been one of my life-long heroes. When I was sixteen a friend gave me my first Bikini Kill CD, I had never heard anything like it, and feminism wasn't something that was remotely on my radar. I dove into Hanna's music and read everything I could about riot grrrl, even doing a presentation on it for a high school class where I received quizzical looks from the other students. Hanna always seemed larger than life to me--a musically inclined revolutionary badass.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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March 29, 2013 2:00 PM
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