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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.Email Melissa
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New Trailer: Ginger & Rosa - Directed by Sally Potter
Sally Potter's gorgeous Ginger & Rosa was one of my favorite films from last year's AFI Film Festival. A coming of age story, set during the Cold War, best friends Ginger (Elle Fanning) and Rosa (Alice Englert) are inseparable until both step outside of their assigned roles within their friendship to disastrous results.
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- January 9, 2013 12:15 PM
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Trailer Watch: Black Rock - Directed by Katie Aselton
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- December 5, 2012 9:10 AM
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Trailer Watch: Admission Written by Karen Croner, Starring Tina Fey
Tina Fey stars in Admission, adapted by Karen Croner from a novel by Jean Hanff Korelitz, a film that looks to be more of a dramatic foray for Fey. She plays a college admissions officer who receives a call from a high school teacher (Paul Rudd) who believes a student of his may be the son she gave up for adoption when she was in college.
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- November 20, 2012 12:29 PM
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TIFF Trailer: English Vinglish Directed by Gauri Shinde
The film captures a modern day struggle experienced all too often by the un-American elite trying to make it in America: the language barrier. Sridevi's character, Shashi, is made to feel insecure by society (aka family, friends) in her inability to speak proper English. As she takes strides to fix this--by enrolling in an ESL class--Shinde shows audiences one woman's transformation from orally inept to orally mastering a language, and a culture, that was once foreign to her. (description via the Playlist)
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- August 20, 2012 9:57 AM
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New Trailer: Middle of Nowhere - Written and Directed by Ava Duvernay
MIDDLE OF NOWHERE | In theaters October 12, 2012
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- July 27, 2012 9:59 AM
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Trailer Watch: Jack and Diane
Film will open in the US on November 2.
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- July 26, 2012 9:42 AM
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Toronto Trailer Watch: Lore - Directed by Cate Shortland
Australian Director Cate Shortland's first film Somersault was great and this film looks to be even better. This is one at the top of my list to see in Toronto. Music Box has the US rights but no release date has been set.
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- July 25, 2012 10:30 AM
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Trailer Watch: Detropia - Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
This doc opens September 7. More info here.
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- July 24, 2012 11:22 AM
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Trailer Watch: Bachelorette - Written and Directed by Leslye Headland
This is based on the play by Leslye Headland and premiered at Sundance in January. The more I see information about this movie, the more I want to see it. I am also excited to see more of Rebel Wilson who was hysterical in her scene in Bridesmaids.
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- July 23, 2012 9:43 AM
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Fall TV Trailer Watch: Nashville Created by Callie Khouri
Finally Connie Britton is out front and center in this new show from Thelma and Louise writer Callie Khouri
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- June 27, 2012 9:49 AM
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