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Nicolas Winding Refn has been going on the press rounds to promote The Neon Demon and talked to Sad Happy Confused podcast about his desire to make a Wonder Woman film years ago.

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So, the studio's biggest question mark of the year will be November's Justice League, which will bring together several superheroes from that universe of films, including Wonder Woman as well as Batman and Superman.

None of the upcoming movies listed over the next two years will have women behind the director's chair and, as Casey Cipriani and Melissa Silverstein of IndieWire have noted, no woman has directed a live - action film for the studio since 2010.

Last year, with sales of $ 821 million, Wonder Woman became the highest grossing superhero origin film of all time.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of cWoman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of cwoman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Last year, women comprised a meager 7 percent of directors for the top 250 films, a two - point drop from 1998, according to the Center For the Study of Women in Television & women comprised a meager 7 percent of directors for the top 250 films, a two - point drop from 1998, according to the Center For the Study of Women in Television & Women in Television & Film.

Parker faces renewed criticism after details of his 2001 trial on charges of raping a college classmate resurfaced earlier this week, and it was disclosed that the 18 - year - old woman who accused Parker and the film's co-writer, Jean Celestin, of raping her had committed suicide in 2012.

Last year, worldwide sales of Wonder Woman topped $ 821 million, making it the highest - grossing superhero origin film of all time.

In fact, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticaWoman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticawoman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticawoman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domestically).

Despite all the attention paid lately to the lack of gender diversity in the role, the portion of films directed by women declined last year, to just 7 %.

The new Netflix film To the Bone tells the story of a 20 - year - old woman, and her battle with an eating disorder.

Two years previously, he arranged and paid for, with what I guess counts as bohemian chivalry, a woman he impregnated to get an abortion (then illegal) from a competent doctor, and in the film we see him do the same for Jean.

Many of the women who appear in the film discuss issues that, while not gone entirely, were more widespread 30 years ago — the denial of assisted reproduction to lesbians or single women; the lack of legal recognition for non-biological parents; creating then - untested contracts between a known donor and a female couple; a mother being denied entrance to the hospital where her partner has just given birth to their severely premature child.

Four years later the organization was printing and selling books, films, manuals and other source material to pregnant women wanting more information about pregnancy and the birthing process.

The documentary film, Lost in Living from film - maker, Mary Trunk follows four women artists over seven years as they combine motherhood with their art careers and it will be streaming for free over this Mother's Day weekend (9 - 11 May).

Federal prosecutors investigating President Trump's personal attorney, Michael D. Cohen, are seeking records related to two women who received payments in 2016 after alleging affairs with Trump years before — adult - film star Stormy Daniels and ex-Playboy model Karen McDougal — according to two people familiar with the matter.

Earlier this year, he was filmed calling Theresa May «a bloody difficult woman» and declaring that Andrea Leadsom had been saying «extremely stupid things».

Based on the story of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, The Lady is not the only film based on the life of a famous political woman to be released this year.

A woman in Beavercreek, Ohio was arrested by police for allegedly filming herself while raping a child under 10 years...

Betty White, credited as the first woman to produce a sitcom, has been in the film and television industry for more than 75 years.

The actress, who is serving as a jury panelist for the 2017 Cannes Film Festival, spoke publicly about her disappointment at the depiction of women in this year's films, saying, «I do hope that when we include more female storytellers, we will have more of the women that I recognize in my day - to - day life.

A documentary made about Okinawa showed a 100 year old villager with better fitness levels than an entire film crew less than half her age, a 96 year old martial artist who beat a 36 year old boxing champion (on national American television live) and even a 105 year old woman who easily killed poisonous snakes.

Salma doesn't seem to have a film to promote this year, but she attended the CFF to speak about her industry experience during the festival's «Women in Motion» panel.

Between Glamour's annual Women of the Year awards, the Dior - hosted Guggenheim International Gala and the premiere of Tom Ford's latest film, «Nocturnal Animals,» this past week served up a lot of great fashion moments, making it pretty difficult to narrow our list of the best dressed celebrities.

If a 38 year old man dated a 52 year old woman the age difference would be big if a 15 year old boy dated a 29 year old woman it would be wrong it would be like the film Big Susan was 26 when she dated Josh who she thought was 30 but was actually 12 imagine if Josh told her the truth that would have been trouble.

It may be interesting to watch the film «Zaritsas: Russian Women in New York» by filmmaker Elena Beloff, a Russian woman who has lived in New York for ten years.

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Preaching to the Choir seeds adequately in the very fertile genre of black films about redemption, but don't expect performances on the level of last year's Diary of a Mad Black Woman or The Preacher's Wife.

I've never actually seen «Lady Windermere's Fan» performed, on stage or on film, but I'll guess that, given its numerous adaptations over the years, that it is generally delivered in a much funnier and respectable fashion than it is in A Good Woman.

Set in an unnamed South American country, the film centers around Paulina Escobar (Weaver), a woman who, 15 years earlier, was tortured and raped by the since - deposed governmental regime.

This calm and quiet film tells the story of a Bangladeshi woman that gets married to far away London, where we find her 16 years later with husband and daughters, struggling in her uneventful life and still hoping to return back home to her sister.

As with Wonder Woman last year, Black Panther is not only is a kick - ass superhero film, it uses the platform to address deeper issues, in this case racism, still - lingering colonial attitudes towards Africa, the role of science and technology in improving the lives of the disadvantaged, and what it means to be a leader.

Lelio, who also directed the excellent «Gloria» and last year's Oscar winner for best foreign film, «A Fantastic Woman,» never shortchanges the desire or the faith, a neat balancing act between the competing elements at the heart of Disobedience, and the success of which makes it so compelling and worthwhile.

Three years later, she made her film debut as Marmee in Little Women.

Two years later, he could be seen in another high - profile, politically tinged thriller, this time opposite Denzel Washington in director Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate.In 2005 he made his directorial and screenwriting debut with Everything Is Illuminated, and appeared in the critically acclaimed, Golden Globe - winning HBO movie Lackawanna Blues, a life - affirming film about a selfless black woman (played by S. Epatha Merkerson) in 1950s segregated New York who provides a home and a guiding hand to the youths who come to live at her boarding house.

Set at the end of the 19th century, the film stars Kodi Smit - McPhee as Jay Cavendish, a 16 - year - old boy on a journey across the American frontier in search of the woman he loves (Caren Pistorius).

Following a young woman as she awkwardly makes her way through her senior year of high school, Lady Bird explores popularity, family issues, jealousy, and numerous other issues that teenagers face on a daily basis, so if you go into this film having already experienced those years of your life, I guarantee there will be a section of this movie that you can relate to.

The question of whose disobedience, and what kind of disobedience it is, are at the heart of this absorbing and moving love story from Chilean director Sebastián Lelio, his English language debut, following very quickly on the heels of his film A Fantastic Woman which has been a festival - circuit hit this year.

His fourth film under his 20 - year ban is «an artful, surprising and thrillingly intelligent story about a few women trying to make a difference, forging bonds of solidarity in quiet defiance of the repressive, small - minded men in their rural village,» writes L.A. Times critic Justin Chang, who also finds «its insights casually profound.»

The film would only be very good were it not for Vega's performance, which ranks right up there with the five women nominated for best actress this year and, in some cases, surpasses them.

To hell with the first movie's thoughtful consideration of a young woman's new political power or that a good second film would show how well she's been marinated in authority over the past 23 years: Let's rip some bodices.

2017 was a landmark year for superhero cinema, with amazing films including The LEGO Batman Movie, Logan, Wonder Woman, Spider - Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

The 26 - year - old actress plays a woman caught up in a passionate lesbian love affair in new film «Sunshine...

Greta Gerwig who wrote and directed «Lady Bird,» which won Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, noted that «it's been such an incredible year for women in film both as actors and also writers and directors and producers and people who are really coming to the forefront to tell their stories about the world as they know it from where they are standing, and I think that the response to these projects and the support that these projects have gotten and the way that audiences are going to see them or watching them in their homes, I think all of this just makes it so much easier for the next crop of filmmakers who want to tell stories about women.»

Four of those personalities are most prominent during the film: Dennis, a not - so - nice guy with OCD; Patricia, a polite and proper British woman; Hedwig, a nine - year - old boy; and Barry, an effeminate clothing designer.

More than 32 % of this year's films were made by women, a festival high and you could feel the difference everywhere you went.

Major highlights making their world premieres include Shawn Levy's all - star ensemble drama «This Is Where I Leave You,» starring Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman and Tina Fey; Michael R. Roskam's «The Drop,» which features James Gandolfini's final performance; Liv Ullman's film adaptation of the famed play «Miss Julie,» starring Jessica Chastain; David Gordon Green's latest indie drama «Manglehorn,» featuring Al Pacino; the musical «The Last 5 Years,» starring Anna Kendrick; Noah Baumbach's latest «While We're Young,» starring Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts and Amanda Seyfried; and Jason Reitman's «Men, Women & Children,» starring Adam Sandler.

«This year was an important year for women to feel empowered to speak out and be heard,» states EDA AWARDS and AWFJ founder and film critic Jennifer Merin.

WFF, is a significant player within the Canadian film fest circuit, i known for its intimate, casual environment, set by Mishaw's loyal and tireless admin team, consisting mostly of women, most of whom have been with the festival for years, setting the stage for high - quality film - centric hospitality through which filmmakers and industry honchos mingle, and deals are made not only via scheduled one - on - one meetings, but also in the hot tub or on the ski slopes.

While sexual harrassment exposed depressing truths about the state of women in the industry, it was also a banner year for female - led films.