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Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture which made its debut at SWSX is a really great film. I saw it a couple of weeks ago and loved it. I’m not going to write too much about it here since it will be released in November, but it is smart and a breath of f...[Read on]

HBO Orders Comedy Pilot About Female VP

Here’s some interesting news. HBO has ordered a comedy pilot from Armando Iannucci who wrote the hysterical In the Loop which will be about the first female VP. It’s called Veep. Julia Louis-Dreyfus has been mentioned as a possible star &#...[Read on]

Winter’s Bone Scores Multiple Indie Spirit Nominations

Winter’s Bone the big winner at the Gotham awards on Monday evening scored seven nominations for the 26th Independent Spirit Awards. The awards will be given out the day before the Oscars on February 26th. The Kids Are All Right was right behin...[Read on]

Women at the Box Office – Thanksgiving Weekend 2010

Disney may want to rethink its decision to swear off princesses since Tangled had an impressive debut weekend landing in second place with $69 million. I would venture to say that there had to be at least a couple of boys in the theatre for it to have...[Read on]

Guest post: review of Tiny Furniture, SXSW winner

Sisters Unite! Executive Order creates White House Council on Women and Girls…

President Barack Obama signed an executive order today creating a White House Council for Women and Girls to focus the federal government’s efforts on advancing the interests of a group that has long done less well than men by a number of measures. Oba...[Read on]

Awards Watch: The BAFTA Long List

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]

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