Terry’s Picks: Annetta Marion, Poor Taste, CXX Speaks
Annetta Marion: NYWIFT Board member Annetta Marion, an award-winning director and Primetime Emmy-nominated producer, shared her thoughts on the industry and her career on a recent Film Talk Podcast. Poor taste: 20th Century Fox came under fire for their insensitive adverting for X-Men: Apocalypse, which featured Jennifer Lawrence’s character being strangled on giant billboards. Was...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: The Force Awakens, Stephanie Laing, Joy
Female force: A Fandago survey showed that Daisy Ridley’s Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakenswas the character moviegoers were most excited to see this weekend. Finally having a strong female lead in a notoriously male-driven franchise has viewers talking. Go, Stephanie: Congrats to NYWIFT friend Stephanie Laing, Executive Producer and Director ofVeep, who will...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Suffragette, Effie Brown, Jeremy Renner
Go see Suffragette, if you haven’t already. It is well made with really good performances by Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter and is a part of women’s history that I didn’t know. But what was most eye-opening was the crawl at the end of the film showing in which years that women got the...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Jennifer Lawrence, Writing Room, Women Calling the Shots
Raising Hell: Jennifer Lawrence’s scathing take-down of the Hollywood gender pay gap is just what we need – high profile women who can command serious media attention need to bring this outrageous inequity to light. By the way, she wrote it for Lena Dunham’s new Lenny Letter e-newsletter. You should subscribe – only a few...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: BELIEF, SEXISM & ARE YOU BUSY?
Photo via Harpo, Inc Oprah discusses “Belief” her new show, her new focus. (VIDEO) Issa Rae turned Insecure into a good thing with HBO & Effie Brown puts Matt Damon in her rearview and keeps climbing. Even starlets get dissed. (Jennifer Lawrence) speaks out on sexism in Hollywood. Chill with Netflix’s list of strong female leads this weekend. Linda Boff...
READ MOREWeekly Film & TV News Roundup
Photo by Joe Pugliese Finally, a truly diverse actress roundtable. New York Film Academy’s article on gender inequality in film. Wow. HBO’s getting a show created by Diablo Cody and someone named Oprah. Winona is back. And starring in an action flick. Meet director Dennie Gordon, made in the USA—in demand in China! Indie producer Alison Owen controls the only...
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