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Venice Film Festival Head Pushes Against Gender Equality as Guillermo del Toro Takes a Stand

By Kate Gardner Aug 29th
The Top Eight Women Who Should Direct the Next James Bond Film

By Chelsea Steiner Aug 24th
NYFF’s Lineup Is Less Than 20% Female Directed, And We’re Not Happy About It

By Kate Gardner Aug 12th
Hollywood Should Let Women Fail Upwards Too

By Kate Gardner Aug 1st
Kristen Stewart Makes Feature Film Directing Debut With Biopic of Bisexual Olympic Hopeful

By Teresa Jusino May 17th
Victoria Mahoney Is the First Black Female Star Wars Director as 2nd Unit Director on Episode IX

By Teresa Jusino Apr 18th
“You’re Doing a Tough Job”: Filmmaker Lynne Ramsay on Being “Difficult”

By Charline Jao Feb 26th
Ava DuVernay Subverts Hollywood Sexism By “Doing It Herself” in Clip From Half the Picture Documentary

By Teresa Jusino Feb 6th
Tracee Ellis Ross Is Directing Her First Episode of black-ish

By Vivian Kane Feb 2nd
Does Sundance’s Most Female-Driven Year Being Called “Quiet” Prove the Film Industry’s Irrelevance?

By Teresa Jusino Jan 31st
Things We Saw Today: Solo: A Star Wars Story Could Have a Different Name in China Because The Last Jedi Bombed

By Kaila Hale-Stern Jan 29th
These Rumors About Handmaid’s Tale Director Reed Morano Joining the Star Wars Family Are Too Much for Us to Handle

By Vivian Kane Jan 19th
New #MeToo PSA Tackles Harassment, Assault, and Rape of All Types Across Many Demographics

By Teresa Jusino Jan 18th
Natalie Portman Kills at the Golden Globes With a Well-Timed Comment on the Male-Dominated “Best Director” Category

By Teresa Jusino Jan 8th
Ava DuVernay and Jay-Z Construct an Epic “Family Feud” That Centers People of Color and a Feminine Perspective

By Teresa Jusino Jan 5th
Cate Blanchett Is This Year’s Jury President at Cannes…So, Why Can’t I Be Entirely Happy About It?

By Teresa Jusino Jan 4th
None of the Major U.S. Animated Films in 2018 Have a Female Director (Again)

By Charline Jao Dec 29th
Heather Graham Makes Her Feature Writing and Directing Debut With Half Magic

By Teresa Jusino Dec 20th
5 Female Writer/Directors Better Suited to Batgirl Than Joss Whedon

By Teresa Jusino Nov 23rd
DGA Touts TV’s Most Inclusive Season, But Do They Even Understand What Counts as Inclusion?

By Teresa Jusino Nov 15th