Archive for June, 2009
WITASWAN
From the website:WITASWAN = WOMEN IN THE AUDIENCE SUPPORTING WOMEN ARTISTS NOW!WITASWAN is an informal alliance of women who have pledged themselves to helping women filmmakers break through the Celluloid Ceiling that restricts opportunities for women in Hollywood & beyond. WITASWAN members have all made a commitment to see at least one film every month either directed by &/or written by a woman, either in a theater or on DVD/VHS. No one measures us. No one checks up on us. This ...
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Women Film Critics: An Endangered Species?
Women Film Critics: An Endangered Species?by Jennifer Merin (The Women's Media Center) The lack of female voices in film criticism is a manifestation of an industry that favors male-oriented movies and audiences. Thumbs Down - Representation of Women Film Critics in the Top 100 U.S. Daily Newspapers: A Studyby Dr. Martha Lauzen (Director of the Center for the Study of Women In Television and Film, San Diego State University) ...
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Where are the ladies this summer?
Is There a Real Woman in This Multiplex? by Manohla DargisMales are playing superheroes, funnymen, even leading ladies. Females aren’t so lucky.Excerpt from the article:Nobody likes to admit the worst, even when it’s right up there on the screen, particularly women in the industry who clutch at every pitiful short straw, insisting that there are, for instance, more female executives in Hollywood than ever before. As if it’s done the rest of us any good. All you have to do is ...
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Examined Life Continues to Impress
Examined Life, by CJ '08 filmmaker Astra Taylor, continues its tour de force across the country. The film will be coming to Columbia's Ragtag Cinema soon. If you missed it at last year's fest or want to enjoy it again with a glass of wine and a friend, be sure to look at Ragtag's upcoming schedule.And the reviews keep piling on...Another one from the NYT: Cerebral Celebrities Entertaining the Big Questions , by A. O. SCOTTAnd another in ...
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