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Film News Roundup

Emily Kapnek makes the suburbs look appealing.

“Your film? Never heard of it.” Sheri Candler on marketing your project.

Nina Shaw reps hard.

She was baptized on The Godfather movie set.

HBO has Girls, the web has even more women.

These comedy numbers aren’t funny.

Nora Ephron Prize nominees.

Lots of women at the box office this summer.

Welcome, Lena — your name’s on the list.

Keep “flexing” your directing talents, Deidre Schoo.

— KELLY GLOVER

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