Lynne Ramsay

Natalie Portman to Team Up with Lynne Ramsay for Western

Cannes Market: Lynne Ramsay & Natalie Portman's Western: 'Jane Got a Gun'

Now this is exciting: Lynne Ramsay ("We Need To Talk About Kevin," "Morvern Callar," "Ratcatcher") will direct last year's Oscar-winner, Natalie Portman, in "Jane Got a Gun." The Western, written by Brian Duffield, was on the Black List. Portman will also ...

Hey Nina Jacobson - How About Picking a Woman for Catching Fire!

According to reports in EW, the Playlist and the Hollywood Reporter, the search for a director for Catching Fire is down to two dudes -- Bennett Miller and Francis Lawrence.  Now I think that Miller is a great director.  I loved Moneyball and Capote.  But to pick him to direct Catchin...

Happy International Women's Day: Women in Film and TV (UK) Releases 2012 Power List

GREY MATTERS: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN is disjointed and brilliant and baffling

Nothing gets a horror fan more ticked off than a director with airs claiming her new film isn’t "really" horror but actually a character study exploring the deep psychological recesses of blah blah blah. In the case of "We Need to Talk About Kevin" director Lynne Ramsay, you’ve got a fancy Scot arth...

We Need To Talk About Kevin—movie review

To say that this is not an easy film to watch is putting it mildly. No one would deny Tilda Swinton’s superior performance, but people were sharply divided when We Need to Talk About Kevin screened at the Telluride Film Festival last fall. Some folks I spoke to were downright angry. When I fin...

Lynne Ramsay Scores BAFTA Directing Nomination

In a year when we will probably not see a female director nominated for any major awards here in the US, the Brits have been smart enough to recognize the Lynne Ramsay did do one of the best directing jobs of the year and nominated her for best director and We Need to Talk About Kevin for Best Briti...

Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award Winners

"The Artist" was selected for best film and best director.

We Need to Talk About Kevin Gets Five Nominations from the London Critics Film Circle

This film is clearly being better recevied overseas as a full body of work than it is here in the US.  Here, Tilda Swinton has gathered some nominations and could be on her way to an Academy Award nod (which in itself will be a miracle), but the film...not so much.   The Iron Lady did...