"andrea-arnold" Articles & Blogs:
Movie Review: Fish Tank
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What I love about Andrea Arnold is that she is not afraid to show the grit and grime in everyday life. In her Cannes Jury Prize winning film Fish Tank (opening today in limited release), Arnold tells the story of Mia, a 15-year-old girl fighting to find...[Read on] |
Women at Cannes- Not Enough
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The Cannes Film Festival kicks off on May 13th with actresses Isabelle Huppert as the head of the jury and of the 20 films in the official competition only three are directed by women:
Fish Tank directed by Andrea Arnold
Bright Star directed by Jane Cam...[Read on] |
Women at the Toronto Film Festival
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Toronto is one of the places where many films with year end award ambitions debut in North America. It is always one of the most interesting festivals of the year and helps kick off the awards season. Festival runs from September 10-19.
Women directed ...[Read on] |
Could a woman get nominated for best director this year?
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Another of the post-Cannes write ups include a supposition that 2009 might be a year where a woman could get a best director nod which would be the first since Sophia Coppola in 2003 for Lost in Translation. (H/T to Guy Lodge from In Contention for even...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood: Cannes Wrap Up
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The prizes at the Cannes Film Festival were announced over the weekend and none of the women made it to the top spot, but then again neither of the egomanics did either so that’s a plus. Andrea Arnold shared the jury prize for Fish Tank which I hear h...[Read on] |
Inequity Alert: TCM’s 15 most overlooked directors
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I really don’t know how these things get done but to create another list of directors and this time having it be overlooked directors and not to include any women just blows me away.
From the press release: Turner Classic Movies unveiled the network’...[Read on] |
NYWIFT Muse Awards
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Last week I had the opportunity to attend the NYWIFT Muse Awards which honored some amazing women including America Ferrara (Ugly Betty); Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife); Allison Silverman (formerly the Executive Producer of the Colbert Report); Andrea...[Read on] |
Cannes news about women directors
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The good news is that as the Cannes Film Festival has started the press is still asking questions about why there are no women in competition.
Here are some pieces that I found that address the topic.
Jury President Tim Burton in an interview with the N...[Read on] |
Bret Easton Ellis inserts foot in mouth when talking about female directors
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Mary Harron
Seriously, what was this guy thinking? I can barely write because the steam coming out of my ears is fogging up my glasses. This guy is one of these high profile Gen X writers whose books are ok, not great, yet he continues to get publish...[Read on] |
Celebrating Hillary Rodham Clinton Week
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This post was submitted by Andrea Peterson, WCF Communications Fellow
We recently celebrated International Women’s Day and it’s currently Women’s History month, but there is another event I want to...
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Newsflash: Women can direct movies
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Lone Scherfig
The NY Times takes a look at some of the films generating buzz at Toronto and lo and behold women directors are really making a mark this season. In general, women directors have a higher presence at film festivals. Festivals try and ge...[Read on] |
Weigh In: Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business List
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Who was deemed the most powerful businesswoman? Who do you think should have been ranked?
Money | 09/10/2009 3:00 pm
Oprah Winfrey, Andrea Jung and Cathie Black were deemed "all-stars" in Fortune’s 50 Most Powerful Women in Business ...[Read on] |
Awards Watch: The BAFTA Long List
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Certain of the Oscar categories release long list before the final nominations but BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) has produced a long list in all its categories before whittling it down to the final five in each.
An Education (a...[Read on] |
More on Cannes and the Lack of Women Directors
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This week in Paris, women directors and others gathered for the 32nd edition of Films de Femmes where they lamented how hard it is to get distribution nowadays which seems to be a bigger issue than the gender issue. Little did they know that as they wrap...[Read on] |
Schwarzenegger Gives Green Advice to Detroit Engineers
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California's favorite Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger, paid Detroit a visit this week, when he spoke at the Society of Engineers' 76th Annual world conference.
This year's conference, titled "Racing to Green Mobility," focused on environmentally frien...[Read on] |
Orange Women’s Fiction Nominees
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I love listing awards that focus on women cause we always get exposed to so many women we otherwise would probably never hear of. Here’s this year’s longlist for the Orange Women’s Fiction Prize. Clearly you can tell from the list there are some w...[Read on] |
Women at the Box Office – A look back and a look ahead
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While most Americans (and the world) are struggling financially, Hollywood had a great year. Box office revenue topped $10.6 billion, up 10 percent from 2008 (according to Hollywood.com) and many of the year end stories have talked about women both at...[Read on] |
Out of the carnage rises....the WNBA season
| The final transactions page on the night before the regular season begins. All the talented players on that list - it kills me.The WNBA is a Leaner, Meaner Place this year, and that's not a good thing. Many of the players on the cut list were employed a f...[Read on] |
Mexican women directors get some notice
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Patricia Riggen
Cool piece in Newsweek about women directors gaining prominence in Mexico.
They may live in the shadows of their more famous male countrymates like Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón, but women directors like E...[Read on] |
2011 Empire State Building Run-Up
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The 34th annual NYRR Empire State Building Run-Up is set to take place on Tuesday, 1 February 2011. Who knew there was such a thing as a tower climbing competition? Apparently quite a few people.
The most famous stair race and, according to the organize...[Read on] |
Kathryn Bigelow wins Best Director at BAFTAs
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The awards season keeps rolling on for Kathryn Bigelow and The Hurt Locker. Not only was the film named best picture last evening at the BAFTA’s (the British version of the Academy Awards), but Bigelow became the first woman EVER to be named best direct...[Read on] |
UCLA wins Women’s College World Series
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Living in LA, I was naturally rooting for UCLA in the Women’s College World Series – just as I have for the last five years. But this year, they didn’t disappoint.
The tournament began with a series of upsets leaving everyone to wonder who would em...[Read on] |
The Most Powerful Women in Hollywood
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In conjunction with its Women in Entertainment breakfast, The Hollywood Reporter has published its annual list of the most powerful women in Hollywood. My thoughts are that the list is pretty much the same from last year especially in the top 10 with a c...[Read on] |
Women filmmakers win big at Tribeca
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Austrian filmmaker Feo Aladag won the Best Narrative Feature award for her debut feature When We Leave. The film’s star Sibel Kikilli was also named best actress.
Here’s what the jury said about the film:
When We Leave examines one woman’s strug...[Read on] |
Sweat to Something New: Kettlebells
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From jazzercise to Zumba, a plethora of newfangled exercise regimens hit the market almost continuously. When my mom, a personal trainer, invited me to hit the gym with her to test out a new program she was offering to her clients, I didn’t think anythi...[Read on] |
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