The Women Who Were First by Grit and Grace
“What does it take to be the first female anything? It takes grit and it takes grace,” Meryl Streep says. We agree.
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Tag Archives : Kathryn Bigelow
Oscar Nominations: A Good Year for Women—On Screen, at Least
The good news for female audiences of a certain age lay in the Best Supporting Actress category, where two actresses over the age of 60 were named, and the average age of the nominees is nearly 50. And a Best Actress contender is 85!
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The Wednesday Five: Sylvia Blogs, Why Hollywood Men Prefer War, and Giving Up Life As a Blonde
Our spring-is-coming highlights include a list of snazzy-but-appropriate workout gear, a meditation on life after blonde, and a final post-Oscar howl about misogyny in the film industry.
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Post-Oscar Video Pick: Some Moments Worth Keeping
The 2011 Oscars disappointed in many ways. But Halle Berry and Sandra Bullock gave us some good memories.
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2011 Oscar Nominations – Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?
By Alexandra MacAaron
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This year’s Oscar nominations may not represent a deliberate backlash. But for those of us who noticed and welcomed the diversity of recent years, it is disheartening.
The DGA Awards: Still a Thick Glass Ceiling Over That Hollywood Sign
The nation's top directing school boasts exactly as many women enrolled as men.
Perhaps someone should let these aspiring female filmmakers know that they are trying to get into a very exclusive – and exclusionary – club.
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Oscars live blog is coming! But first, go vote in our poll.
Turn on the TV, grab the popcorn and your laptop, and join us for WVFC's live blogging on Oscars night.
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The Bigelow Backlash: Should She Win?
As Kathryn Bigelow and her fellow nominees roll through the final pre-Oscar week, the question in many minds—Will she win?—is starting to be overshadowed by another, darker query.
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Oscars 2010: The Year of the Over-40 Woman?
The nominations have been announced and analyzed, and the awards-night hysteria has yet to shift into overdrive. A perfect moment to salute this year’s over-40 female Oscar contenders.
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Kathryn Bigelow’s War
Think you’re not a sexist? Want to know for certain? When the film The Hurt Locker opens in your town (it’s in limited release in Los Angeles and New York now, opens in 17 more cities on July 10 and goes nationwide July 24), go see it. See if you don’t say, when it’s over: “I don’t believe a woman…
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