Golden Globes acceptance speeches laud female creators

Golden Globes acceptance speeches laud female creators

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There were many triumphant moments for women at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, despite very few female writers and directors being represented in film categories. Many winning actresses used their acceptance speeches as an opportunity to champion female creators. On the television side, Best Actress Rachel Brosnahan of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel thanked many women…

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WGA nominates one woman and 20 men for feature film writing

WGA nominates one woman and 20 men for feature film writing

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The Writer’s Guild of America announced nominees for its annual awards January 7. Writers of 10 feature films are nominated for best screenplay, but Can You Ever Forgive Me? co-writer Nicole Holofcener is the only woman of 21 writers. The documentary screenplay category is a slight improvement, with Lauren Greenfield (Generation Wealth) and Dava Whisenant…

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'That Way Madness Lies' a devastating, necessary story of family and mental illness

'That Way Madness Lies' a devastating, necessary story of family and mental illness

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Sandra Luckow has been a working documentarian for more than two decades. Although she's occasionally included herself in her work, such as the feature Belly Talkers about ventriloquists (one of her other skills). But her new film That Way Madness Lies, is her most personal and painfully revealing film, documenting her brother's descent due to…

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Romance, class and heists in Stacy Cochran's 'Write When You Get Work'

Romance, class and heists in Stacy Cochran's 'Write When You Get Work'

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Stacy Cochran takes a similar approach with her new romantic dramedy/heist film Write When You Get Work. In the world of New York high finance and Manhattan private schools, have-not Johnny (Finn Wittrock) pursues his ex-Ruth (Rachel Keller), an admissions officer, and gets entangled in the lives of the Nobles (Emily Mortimer and James Ransone),…

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Watch at Home: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ & more from female filmmakers

Watch at Home: ‘The Miseducation of Cameron Post’ & more from female filmmakers

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From Editor-in-Chief Jan Lisa Huttner: It is an honor to introduce our newest team member, Danielle Solzman (Managing Editor of Solzy at the Movies). Danielle's mission is to track films as they migrate from theatres in Manhattan to home screens everywhere (either on DVD, VOD &/or Streaming). So add FF2's "Watch at Home" link to your weekly…

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Danish director Pernille Fischer talks inspiration behind ‘Becoming Astrid’

Danish director Pernille Fischer talks inspiration behind ‘Becoming Astrid’

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Swedish author Astrid Lindgren is mostly remembered for Pippi Longstocking and Karlsson-on-the-Roof book series. Her numerous titles have been translated into 85 languages and published in more than 100 countries. Now, everyone will have a chance to see what teenage Astrid’s life was before she became this literary giant - Becoming Astrid opened November 23…

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‘Saving Daisy’ seeks to raise awareness for trauma survivors

‘Saving Daisy’ seeks to raise awareness for trauma survivors

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Ella Fairon will direct the short documentary Saving Daisy, following sexual assault survivor Daisy Coleman through treatment for her post-traumatic stress disorder. Viewers first met Coleman in the Netflix documentary Audrie & Daisy, which told parallel stories about the trauma associated with sexual assault. Saving Daisy will largely focus on eye movement desensitization reprocessing, a…

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