NYWIFT Blog

Road to Designing Women: ’70s Glam Makes a Comeback

Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams in American Hustle.  Seventies retro is in. Along with the comeback of flared jeans, maxi dresses, and floppy hats are the faces that mirror the fashion. Women on runways, red carpets, and city streets are sporting heavy eyeliner, false eyelashes, and bronzed cheekbones à la American Hustle. American Hustle makeup department...

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Road to Designing Women: The Invite

New York Women in Film & Television is honoring costume, makeup and hair designers on June 18, 2014. Join us! Tickets now available.

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Flix Not To Miss: Oscar-Worthy Performances by an Actress

Now that the crisp winter air has arrived and films are trotted out for Oscar consideration, I highly recommend these spectacular performances by female actors in film.  BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine. Blanchett’s turn as Jasmine, a fictional Ruth Madoff-like character, is virtuosic. She doesn’t shy away from showing us the ugly, manipulative...

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Weekly Film & TV News Roundup

Jill Soloway’s Afternoon Delight. NYWIFT gets mentioned and member Anita Katzen gives solid $$ advice. First SNL, now Harvard. Santa may really be a black woman (this year). Katie has nine lives. She’ll be back! Wolf of Wall Street gets an MPAA pass but not her movie? Quotas for female directors? Jasmila Zabanic thinks yes....

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