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It was worth commenting on, but Blunt implied — as did so many others over the last few days, as the shoegate outrage kept building — that women in film put up with so much adversity, the shoes are the least of the problems.

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The film has not only put a long deserved spotlight on the team of African - American women who literally charted the course that would eventually put man on the moon, but it has also inspired many young women to pursue interests in STEM.

But this film would have worked either way: It's a celebration of a tough woman's rise from her role as a powerful man's spouse, and it's a case for why reporting should never be beholden to the whims of the White House (as the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the Times put it, the role of the press is to serve «the governed, not the governors»).

During this 1 - on - 1 phone interview with Collider, actress and filmmaker Heather Graham talked about wanting to make a movie celebrating women and friendship, the biggest challenges in getting this film going, having her voice heard, as a female filmmaker, what she most enjoyed about playing Honey, putting together this cast, funny moments on set, what she enjoyed about the experience of directing, her hope to do it again, juggling three different writing projects, and doing the British TV series Bliss, from David Cross.

THR is reporting that, in addition to Patty Jenkins not being set to direct Wonder Woman 2 just yet, the studio is currently focusing on putting together the Justice League Dark and Batgirl films, with the hopes of having them go into production next after Aquaman.

Allegedly inspired by the true story of a Mexican man named Gojo Cardinas who killed dozens of women under the apparent influence of his mother before being incarcerated and rehabilitated, Santa Sangre is in many ways a novel retelling of Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), with that film's psychosexual subtext here put on full display with overt symbolism (e.g. Concha, the castrating mother's name, is slang for «vagina») and mixed with elements of The Hands of Orlac (Robert Wiene, 1924), The Invisible Man and George Romero's zombie films.

A Wrinkle In Time director Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a film with a $ 100 million - plus budget, and alongside her «little brother,» Black Panther's Ryan Coogler, she crossed another milestone this past weekend, which marked the «first time films by black directors with $ 100 million plus budgets have ever placed in the first two box office spots,» as CNN puts iIn Time director Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a film with a $ 100 million - plus budget, and alongside her «little brother,» Black Panther's Ryan Coogler, she crossed another milestone this past weekend, which marked the «first time films by black directors with $ 100 million plus budgets have ever placed in the first two box office spots,» as CNN puts iin the first two box office spots,» as CNN puts it.

To wit: Sidney Lumet and Naomi Foner put the Sixties on the lam in Running on Empty, and tell Gavin Smith and Anne Thompson why Paul Kerr dopes out the Sixties effect on Brit - cinema Andreas Kilb sacks German film Philippe J. Maarek routs the French Peter Wollen checks out Film Theory country Marcia Pally roasts the American rewrite of the era but sees signs of life in some quarters Marlaine Glicksman finds the perfect Sixties Woman: Sylvia Miles -LRB-!)

Either way, we love his work and will be very curious to see what he brings to the table in the film that will chronicle Abe Lincoln's youth, and focus on the two women who put him on the path to becoming one of the nation's greatest presidents.

Some of Allen's strongest films — such as 1978's «Interiors» and 1988's «Another Woman» — have put the gags on hold and found richness in troubled women.

Whereas Hitchcock's films put his sympathetic blonde women in peril and appeared to punish them for their apparent «transgressions» (particularly for asserting their independence), as in late period Hitchcock films like Psycho (1960), The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964), Verhoeven seems to revel in showing the Blonde women in his films command the screen, dictate the narrative and overcome their persecutors.

However, sexual content in this film provides yet another positive message with Eric deciding to put his struggling marriage first when given opportunities to have sexual relations with other women.

The black film canon; Relevance of «Weiner»; Executive pay higher when women are on boards; Fate of female - driven Wall Street movie; Nate Moore puts Marvel in the black.

I don't pretend to understand everything about «Hidden Figures», about three brilliant women who worked for NASA in the early 1960's, but instead of being put off, I found myself intrigued, even wanting to know more about the work they did following the events of this film.

Simply put, she is a trailblazer, having paved the way for women in television, film and stage.

While not only is a young woman's perspective in this time hardly considered on film, but it puts her in command, independent of a man's world while they were drafted to war.

The film educates its audience that sororities aren't allowed to throw parties in the Greek system, and so women are put at a disadvantage for socializing because they have to party on fraternity terms.

Segueing to the nine possible contenders from films I haven't yet seen, Hilary Swank keeps the theme going as a woman putting herself through law school to help her wrongfully accused brother get out of jail in «Conviction.»

portrayal of Adie as a bold woman who was willing to put herself in danger to get her story feels just as heroic as anything done by the SAS in the film.

Despite the often inadvertently hilarious tone of her voice, Cornish's portrayal of Adie as a bold woman who was willing to put herself in danger to get her story feels just as heroic as anything done by the SAS in the film.

More impressive, though, is the trio of supporting performances from the women in Raymond's life: Anna Friel as the citric - sharp Jean, who puts up with too much for too long; Tamsin Egerton as leggily stunning and intelligent model - cum - columnist Fiona Richmond, who puts up with even more for not so long; and Imogen Poots, hiding in the shadow of her own fringe as Debbie, who, the film asserts, was spoiled by her father in the truest way possible — thus finding, amid all the daft interior design and humorous erotica, the story's tragic heart.

«The Fault in Our Stars» will put him over the top to women and men everywhere as it'll be his breakout role as the film's male romantic lead.

As AWFJ member Nell Minow puts it, «What's important about our EDA Awards is that we bring a unique perspective in honoring the wonderful work that's done by women in film and that we weigh in on sexism that arises from ongoing male dominance in the film industry, especially as it pertains to women's images on film.»

On the physical side, before we started shooting the film, they put me in the gym with Jason Momoa [Aquaman], Ezra Miller [Flash], the whole crew and an army of Amazon women who would be in our film.

First up is Light Source & Imagery's 22 - minute «The Making of Norbit», in which Eddie Murphy walks the knife's edge of self - awareness («When I put on these makeups, I get to go to some whole other place... that I couldn't go with [my real face] on»), Thandie Newton hails the movie as a palate cleanser to a string of demanding roles / films (to think Jonathan Demme remade Charade for her when all he had to do was put Eddie Murphy in a fat - suit), and we see nifty demonstrations of how the split - screens were accomplished; turns out that much of the time Murphy is only playing Rasputia from the neck up, a good - natured obese woman filling in for the body.

Why this should be seen as more reactionary than the Screwball genre, with its women as either flighty agents of chaos (Bringing Up Baby, My Man Godfrey) or professionals to be put in their place (the Tracy - Hepburn films) is beyond me.

This list, or so I've tried, was put together following many different but intimate echoes in between films; some correspond just in reflections of a single shot, others to the general feeling experienced, many to a communal and identified way of being (for example, woman), of living, cinematically.

After criticism of last year's male - dominated shortlist, the Cannes film festival puts British director alongside three other women in running

But the fact that the discussion looped around to «IO hates women,» when the scene is clearly aping imagery Quentin Tarantino has been putting in his films for decades was just bizarre.

«For Woman's Womb, I actually used some of my own blood, put hydrogen peroxide in it, bubbled it up, filmed it and then had a lovely Indian model in something that looks womb - like work her way out of it,» she says.