Women Directors

Interview with Phyllida Lloyd - director of The Iron Lady

Women and Hollywood: This is a very different biopic of a leader because it is of a female leader.  What about this films makes it different in terms of leadership?

Pariah - written and directed by Dee Rees

Most of this review was written after screening the film at the Toronto Film Festival.  It has been augmented.

Interview with Dee Rees - Writer and Director of Pariah

Pariah opens in limited release tomorrow.  I was able to catch it and the Toronto Film Festival.  Here is my conversation with writer/director Dee Rees.

In My Humble Opinion- The Best Female Directed Films of 2011

It goes without saying that women made all kinds of films this year.  But the reality is that most made indie films.  Only a couple made studio films.  And the numbers of women directing films is still abysmally low. 

Interview with Adepero Oduye star of Pariah

This is the week when Pariah starts to roll out and I can't say emphatically enough that when this film comes to your town, you must see it.

In the Land of Blood and Honey - Written and Directed by Angelina Jolie

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...

Natalie Portman Takes Her Oscar Win Out for a Test Run

While Natalie Portman might have been off our radar screen since last February when she won the best actress Oscar and disappeared to have her baby, yesterday we learned through the Hollywood Reporter that she is wielding her Oscar clout in making Marvel very aware how pissed off she is that Patty J...

Pariah Writer/Director Dee Rees Talks to Lincoln Center's Richard Pena