Terry’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: A Powerhouse Trio: Nancy Meyers, Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller
A legend: In an interview with Vulture, filmmaker Nancy Meyers talks working moms, the stigma of “chick flicks,” Instagram and working with the greats. Preach, Meryl!: Meryl Streep, who funded the Writers Lab for women over 40, spoke to the LA Times about her new role in Suffragette and her ongoing support for women in...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Suffragette, Shonda Rhimes & Disruptive Women
Still from Suffragette Loving NYWIFT Members: NYWIFT board member Maura Kelly interviewed member Erin Day about her work as the Festival Director of the New York Television Festival. This interview is part of Maura’s “Disruptive Women” blog series for The Huffington Post. Totally Agree: Shonda Rhimes isn’t “diversifying” TV. She’s “normalizing” it. This Has Got My Vote: Focus...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: February 25, 2014
Poring Over: Inkoo Kang’s wonderful Oscars post over at Indiewire, which highlights the milestones and gaps of this year’s Academy Award nominations. Channeling: British women’s liberation leader Emmeline Pankhurst should be a breeze to Meryl Streep. The multiple Academy Award winner joins Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter in the upcoming historical drama Suffragette. Congratulating: Jessica Elbaum, who’s tapped to head Gloria Sanchez Productions, a new...
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