Women Directors

Guest Post: A Perfect Ending — Lesbian Film, Art House Film or Both?

So what is it that makes a movie a lesbian movie?   Does it require lesbians playing the roles of the characters?  Does the director have to be gay? Is there a quota of girl on girl “action” that determines the “gayness” of the film?  If it had been direct...

SXSW Line Up: Not Great for Women Directors

Fresh on the heels of Sundance is SWSX’s film line up.  While there are some awesome women-directed films featured such as Sini Anderson's documentary, The Punk Singer, about Kathleen Hanna, unlike Sundance, I’m sad to say, the numbers for women directors aren’t great. Out...

Sundance Interview: Concussion – Directed by Stacie Passon, Produced by Rose Troche, Starring Robin Weigert

Jessica Chastain to star in Miss Julie - Directed by Liv Ullmann

Liv Ullmann, director and muse of Ingmar Bergman, is set  to direct an adaptation of August Strindberg’s Miss Julie.  Set in 1874, the play explores the title character’s relationship with a servant named Jean.  It was a controversial play at the time it was written due to...

Kasi Lemmons Directing Black Nativity Starring Jennifer Hudson

Kasi Lemmons, director of Eve’s Bayou, has begun principal photography on Black Nativity. Shooting began this week in New York City, on the film which is based on Langston Hughes’ 1961 play Black Nativity. Lemmons has adapted the play into a musical starring Jennifer Hudson, Angela Basse...

Rise of the Underdog: Kimberly Peirce and the Connection Between Carrie and Boys Don't Cry

This month’s issue of The Advocate features an incredible interview, with Kimberly Peirce, talking at length about her upcoming remake of Carrie and its surprising linkage to Peirce’s first movie Boys Don’t Cry.

Sundance Interview: Lana Wilson and Martha Shane – Directors of After Tiller

One of the highlights of Sundance was seeing the documentary After Tiller directed by Martha Shana and Lana Wilson.  Here's our conversation right after they won a $5,000 grant from Women in Film.

For the First Time Women are the Majority on Berlin Film Festival Competition Jury

The 2013 Berlin International Film Festival announced this year’s competition jury. In a first for the festival, women are the majority of the voting body—comprising 4 of the 7 jury members.

Michael Moore: Zero Dark Thirty is a Movie About 'How We Don't Listen to Women.'

Always controversial and rarely quiet political filmmaker and author, Michael Moore, has spoken out in defense of Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty.