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2008 was a great year both for films helmed by women and films about women at the Sundance film festival.

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As an example, look at this documentary about men who spend large sums to meet Ukranian women and bring them back to the U.S. or Australia: http://lovemethedocumentary.com/ The attitude of the film makers is very evident.

This fall, we held a screening of the documentary film «No Mas Bebes» about the forced sterilization of Chicana women at County USC+LAC Hospital in the 1970s.

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.

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.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

The film centers on a beautiful, strong - willed woman, who, frustrated by ongoing injustice at home, leaves the United States after meeting Jude, an American doctor who runs a remote medical mission within the Ottoman Empire — a world both exotic and dangerous, and on the brink of what is about to become the first World War.

Although the film has some funny moments aimed at elderly ailments, too many of the jokes are about sex, barely clad women, and getting drunk.

At the same time, his daughter (Chloe Grace Moretz), a minor who just turned 17, is starting an affair with a sixty - something film director (John Malkovich) who is legendary for his skill and productivity but also notorious for making films about older men having affairs with much younger women and doing the same thing in real life.

It has a strong woman at the heart of the film, played by Sally Hawkins, and it's «saying something though about a larger world about immigration, about what's foreign to us, about what scares us,» Travers said.

The film is about a pair of clever young thieves who rob the houses of rich people, but one day one of them winds up at a home where a woman is being held against her will.

For a film that explicitly tells you it's about the importance of women in the workplace (when Catrin's apartment building is destroyed by a German bomb, she more or less turns to the camera to say, «If I wasn't at work, I would have been killed!»)

The film works on multiple levels — as a supernatural thriller (though explicit paranormal elements are limited to a hallucinatory dream sequence and the final shot of the baby's eyes), as a psychological thriller about a paranoid pregnant woman who imagines herself at the centre of a conspiracy, and as the last word in marital betrayal, since the most despicable villain here is surely Guy, who allows his wife to be raped by the devil in exchange for an acting role.

Some of these movies include «Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping,» a comedy film starring Andy Samberg, which is now in theaters and the longevity of which at the box office remains to be seen; «Central Intelligence,» another comedy which stars Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson and which will be released on June 17; and «The Shallows,» a movie about a woman trying to escape a shark which stars Blake Lively.

The second of 2015's collaborations with her real - life director boyfriend Noah Baumbach, Mistress America was one of the best films at the Sundance Film Festival, an old - school screwball comedy about a young woman who befriends her dad's new girlfriend.

At her tribute, Cattrall spoke about the role of women in the film industry, the limited roles available for women over 40, and finding empowerment.

But that film is as much about men looking at women as it about being a woman.

Normally, I'm eager for a story about a woman humiliating herself for love, but the tone of this fanciful film at times struck me as all wrong.

Little Women» is a moving film about the making of a sensitive writer and the maturation of a small - town girl who transcends her milieu and at the same time retains its heritage.

Our mandate is to recognize, support and raise consciousness about women working in the film industry — in front of and behind the cameras, and writing about film and the film industry — through coverage on our Web site at www.awfj.org, the presentation of awards for outstanding achievements, and through outreach programs.

At a time when Hollywood couldn't be more sensitive about the sexual abuse meted out by powerful men, this is a film about the very worst sexual violence against women, with McDormand playing a grieving and furiously angry mother still mourning her pretty daughter, who was raped and murdered by an unknown attacker.

At a press conference held prior to the screening of his new film Men, Women & Children, director Jason Reitman dispelled the notion that the film was about anything other than human connection in the digital age.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at Sundance this year, this film is about a woman who, at seven years of age, was taken from her Vietnamese mother and sent on an airplane to America as part of the «Operation Babylift.»

«My Happy Family»: We'll have a longer review on this beautiful film in a few days, but this movie about a woman trying to divorce her family is like if «Krisha» spiked the punch at «My Big Fat Greek Wedding.»

As a film about breaking down taboos and exploring the life and experience of a young woman growing up in the early 1960s, the film is invaluable, a snapshot of life at a tumultuous period of transition.

We believe that by learning more about how women are faring in the independent film world, and by opening our own data at Sundance Institute for this study, we gain powerful insights into ways to positively affect progress.

As an intern at FF2 Media, since January of 2018, I watch films written and / or directed by women every week and write reviews about them.

36 % of the reviews written by women and 21 % of reviews written by men were about films directed by and / or written by at least one woman writer.

He'll drop names from Elia Kazan to Roger Corman, do a mean Hitchcock imitation (he appeared in the director's final film, «Family Plot») and talk about meeting Marilyn Monroe when she sat in on classes at Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio — and being stunned when she suddenly began crying as the two of them were passed by an older woman on a New York street in the early 1960s.

Male critics write slightly longer reviews, on average, about films directed by and / or with at least one woman writer (average of 485 words) than about films directed and / or written by males (average of 473 words).

Reviews female critics write about films with female directors and / or written by at least one woman are considerably shorter (average of 480 words).

Fox has released a trailer for a film called Hidden Figures, directed by Theodore (Ted) Melfi, a drama about the many African - American women who worked at NASA.

In a Sundance that has seen films about the former Celebrity Apprentice host and a Women's March on Main that drew over 8,000 anti-Trump protesters, it was inevitable that the ban would be a topic top of mind at the Jessica Williams hosted ceremony from Park City — and it was, from the top down.

Among the high - profile premieres this year are «Antz,» the new Dreamworks animated film; James Ivory's «A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries,» with Kris Kristofferson playing a character inspired by novelist James Jones; «Dancing at Lughnasa,» starring Meryl Streep in the film of Brian Friel's celebrated play; John Waters» «Pecker,» with Edward Furlong as a fast - food worker whose photos are embraced by the New York art world; Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in «The Theory of Flight,» about a work - release prisoner assigned to a woman with Lou Gehrig's disease; Ben Stiller as a drug - addicted TV writer in «Permanent Midnight»; Christina Ricci in «Desert Blue,» about slim prospects for a teenager in a town of 89 people; «The Imposters,» the new film by Stanley («Big Night») Tucci, starring Tucci and Oliver Platt as cruise - ship stowaways; «Rushmore,» with Jason Schwartzmann as a prep schooler who is a lousy student but hyperactive in campus activities; Cameron Diaz in «Very Bad Things,» about a bachelor party that ends in murder; Cate Blanchett as «Elizabeth,» the story of England's 16th century monarch, and «The Judas Kiss,» with FBI agent Emma Thompson on the trail of the kidnapper of a computer genius.

Most of the women winners — most prominently among them Nicole Kidman and Laura Dern for their performances in Big Little Lies, and Reese Witherspoon for her producing — spoke about the issues at hand when up on stage, many of them having brought women's rights advocates who work outside of the film industry with them to the show, as a sign of solidarity and support.

It's been nearly 20 years since Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton starred in the comedy about three women striking back at their ex-husbands and getting what they deserve, and now the trio of actresses will reunited for a new feature film project at Netflix called Divanation.

Test audiences were perplexed i09 Kiefer Sutherland takes a supporting role in the remake of a film he once starred in, Flatliners (1990) Pajiba whiny women - fearing Ghostbusters haters are still at it, giving the movie a 3.5 rating on IMDb before the pubic has seen it Times of Israel talks to Quentin Tarantino about his career.

While the slower pacing in the beginning of the film, as well as the focus on the strength and empowerment of all three young women may not interest fans of «more traditional» westerns, the film is a fantastic look at the willpower and resolve of three strong capable women in the face of some of the worst conditions that war can bring about.

Selected by Chile to represent the country in the Best Foreign Language category at the Oscars, this moving, funny, very human film about a middle - aged woman and the obstacles that prevent a full and rich love life has a terrific shot at making the final five nominees.

As with Frances Ha, men are part of the equation but not central to it — at heart, both films are about unsettled women whose agendas sometimes undermine their loyalty to their friends.

The film isn't about the central issue at stake; it's simply a character - study of one woman going through life who decides to make a specific choice when faced with a difficult situation.

In honor of International Women's Day, a terrific list of 77 films by and about women upcoming in 2017, assembled by our good friend «phantom» at AwardsCoWomen's Day, a terrific list of 77 films by and about women upcoming in 2017, assembled by our good friend «phantom» at AwardsCowomen upcoming in 2017, assembled by our good friend «phantom» at AwardsCorner.

The Natalie Portman - starring western Jane Got a Gun (a by - now infamously troubled production), finally set to premier at the end of January, features Portman as one of two or three women in the entire film; contrast that with indie drama About Ray and the hotly contested remake of the Ivan Reitman classic Ghost Busters, a production attempting to further distinguish itself by pushing the words together to form Ghostbusters — how crafty.

Going into Wang Bing's latest documentary, Mrs. Fang, I was too busy cracking jokes about how much shorter it is than his previous works (his breakthrough film, Tie xi qu: West of the Tracks, clocks in at nine hours; his recent masterpiece»Til Madness Do Us Part comes in at close to four) and had somehow failed to realize I'd be watching almost an hour and a half of a woman lying on her deathbed.

«Brooklyn» Much has been said about how relevant the film's immigrant storyline is to modern day political controversies, but at its core the picture beautifully portrays the journey of a young woman into adulthood.

Lenny Abrahamson's adaptation of the bestseller by Emma Donoghue about a woman and her son locked in a room has premiered at the Telluride film festival.

The body of the score is generally a little lighter, with obvious influence at times coming from Alexandre Desplat (who was launched to film music fame when he scored another film set in the 17th century Netherlands about a woman in a portrait).

The film's wittier bits indicate Anna's sense of situational irony, like when she misleads a woman at Kate's party by giving her morbidly incorrect details about her sitcom's new season.

The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro's strange and thrilling fantasy epic about a woman who falls in love with a sea monster, will lead the charge at this year's Bafta film awards with 12 nominations.

According to San Diego State's Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, women made up just 7 percent of all directors on the top 250 films, and that's a 2 percent decline from 2015 (which was at about the same percentage as it was in 1Women in Television and Film, women made up just 7 percent of all directors on the top 250 films, and that's a 2 percent decline from 2015 (which was at about the same percentage as it was in 1women made up just 7 percent of all directors on the top 250 films, and that's a 2 percent decline from 2015 (which was at about the same percentage as it was in 1998).