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Terry’s Picks: Majority Female Cannes Jury and Belle

COMMENDING THE NEWS: of the first majority female Cannes Film Festival jury since 2009. American director Sofia Coppola, French director/actor Carole Bouquet, South Korean actor Jeon Do-yeon and Iranian actor Leila Hatami will join jury president Jane Campion, who became the first woman director to win the Palme d’Or for her 1993 film The Piano. PLANNING...

Terry’s Picks: NYC’s New Film Commissioner, ‘Nashville’ Guest Stars

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Terry’s Pick: Women’s Media Center, WGA & a Power Lunch

Julie Louis-Dreyfus playing the VP of the United States in Veep GLOWING: with laughter and admiration at this “high concept” Power Lunch article in last week’s New York Times, in which Julie Louis-Dreyfus of Veep and Nancy Pelosi of the US Senate sit down to talk about female leadership, charcuterie and all sorts of other delights. FINDING MYSELF: unsurprised with...

Terry’s Picks: Ellen Burstyn & Dorothy Arzner Retrospectives

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Terry’s Picks: April 1, 2014

Anita playing at the Film Society of Lincoln Center Thought-provoking: and powerful, Freida Lee Mock’s Anita is my must-see of the week. Twenty years after Anita Hill sought to confidentially report Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for sexual harassment, the archival footage (and new contemporary interviews) still feels startling relevant to gender inequality in the U.S. Anticipating: an amazing...

Terry’s Picks: March 25, 2014

Gloria Steinem at the Ms. Foundation for Women’s 23rd annual Gloria Awards on May 19, 2011. Photo via WikiMedia. Wishing a: happy birthday to Gloria Steinem! The feminist writer, activist, Women’s Media Center co-founder and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient turns 80 today. Checking out: some wonderful films this week! Beth B.’s provocative Exposed (co-produced by NYWIFT member Sandra...

Terry’s Picks: March 18, 2014

Historical poster courtesy of Wikimedia. Kicking off: Women’s History Month in multiple ways with partner organizations and initiatives! This month, be sure to check out SWAN Day, NoMore.Org (chaired by Joyful Heart Foundation founder and former NYWIFT Muse honoree Mariska Hargitay) and other great projects! Eagerly waiting: tonight’s keynote by Amy Goodman at the Rated SR Socially Relevant...

Terry’s Picks: March 11, 2014

(A proud declaration via the ladies of P.Ink) AGING IS: a powerful lens for the Beautiful Minds Project’s innovative storytelling. NYWIFT member Lee Hunkins is honored as one of their 2014 Beautiful Minds for her lifelong commitment to narrative through play and television writing. And along that note… …FINDING THE BEAUTY IN: our bodies is the theme of today. The...

Terry’s Picks: March 4, 2014

Trying is: half the battle! See how easy it is to up the female quotient in your project with this handy infographic (above) from the Geena Davis Institute. Practicing my French: for this weekend’s screening of CINEAST(E)S at the French Institute Alliance Française. In honor of International Women’s Day, New York Women in Film & Television...

Terry’s Picks: February 25, 2014

Poring Over: Inkoo Kang’s wonderful Oscars post over at Indiewire, which highlights the milestones and gaps of this year’s Academy Award nominations. Channeling: British women’s liberation leader Emmeline Pankhurst should be a breeze to Meryl Streep. The multiple Academy Award winner joins Carey Mulligan and Helena Bonham Carter in the upcoming historical drama Suffragette. Congratulating: Jessica Elbaum, who’s tapped to head Gloria Sanchez Productions, a new...

Terry’s Picks: February 18, 2014

Noted art forger Mark Landis (Photo by Shane Lavalette, courtesy of Art and Craft) TAKING A TRIP THROUGH: history, with Glamour’s The 75 Most Important Women of the Past 75 Years, which includes film and television heavy hitters like Lucille Ball, Julia Child and Barbara Walters. The magazine also approached prominent women (like actresses Rosario Dawson and Olivia...

Terry’s Picks: February 11, 2014

(Building a Robot, from the new Getty collection whose proceeds benefit LeanIn.Org by Peter Cade/Iconica/Getty) PORING OVER: this wonderful list of grants and resources for filmmakers! NoFilmSchool has organized opportunities with upcoming deadlines from February to May by Documentary, Narrative and Screenwriting categories. ADMIRING THE ATTITUDE: that Lexi Alexander took at the Athena Film Festival over the...

Terry’s Picks: February 4, 2014

Image via Fox Searchlight. Looking forward to: the NYC premiere of Amma Asante’s Belle at the Athena Film Festival on Thursday! The film is a fictionalized account of the life of Dido Elizabeth Belle, the West Indies–born biracial daughter of an African woman and Admiral Sir John Lindsay, on an English estate. Belle’s story tackles questions about society, race,...

Terry’s Picks: January 28, 2014

The girls of Broad City. Wondering about: recognition for female artists throughout history, thanks to this witty video by Girls’ Jemima Kirke, featuring the notorious Guerrilla Girls. Priming us for: NYWIFT’s upcoming Laughing Matters comedy event is this month’s required viewing, Broad City. Changing minds: on who really speaks up about the Superbowl! Adweek writes that female consumers are the...

Terry’s Picks: December 21, 2014

Image via Getty Images, Tumblr. Laying out the truth at Sundance: the 8th annual Women in Film panel highlighted the large discrepancies that still exist across the industry and awarded $32K in grants to women filmmakers. Thinking about red carpet sexism: with the above GIF of Cate Blanchett at the SAG Awards making its rounds on the...

Terry’s Picks: January 14, 2014

Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson at the 2014 National Board of Review Awards Gala. Photo via National Board of Review. Relishing every frame: in this montage of strong female stories, voices, and leadership. It must be the just-released trailer for the Athena Film Festival, which runs February 6 – 9 at Barnard College. Exchanging kudos should always be:...

Terry’s Picks: January 7, 2014

Photo via sasheer.com. Rooting For: Sasheer Zamata, who recently joined the cast of Saturday Night Live. Zamata will be the first black female cast member since Maya Rudolph, and will appear in the episode airing January 18. Loving the Variety of Formats In: Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell, which screens at the MoMA’s Roy and Niuta Titus Theater on...

Terry’s Picks: December 24, 2013

Degeneres showing off her moves (image via Indiewire). Greatly anticipating: Ellen Degeneres as Oscars host, after glimpsing her first teaser trailer for awards in February, which was released last week and features the television host and comedian dancing and lip-synching. Bringing another: female comedian to the mix with Melissa McCarthy, who beats out male-driven blockbuster...

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