
Cannes’ Female Troubles: Women Directors Have Always Been Scarce
TheWrap Cannes magazine: Since the festival began, only 4.3 percent of its competition films have been directed by women — and while the percentage is improving, it’s doing so slowly
TheWrap Cannes magazine: Since the festival began, only 4.3 percent of its competition films have been directed by women — and while the percentage is improving, it’s doing so slowly
Women directed just 11 percent of English-language features on the Academy’s eligibility list – compared to 19 percent of foreign-language submissions and 31 percent of documentaries
TheWrap Best & Worst 2016: Film reviews editor Alonso Duralde breaks down the highlights from a very competitive year
Gotham acting nominees include Jeff Bridges, Natalie Portman, Casey Affleck, Kate Beckinsale and Annette Bening
The 54th annual event takes place September 30 to October 16
Kelly Reichardt directed the movie, which is based on the Montana-based short stories of Maile Meloy
Sundance 2016: Actress tells TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman how director Kelly Reichardt “focuses on things that aren’t overly cinematic.”
Powerful drama from writer-director Kelly Reichardt (“Wendy and Lucy”) further establishes her as an auteur who finds poignancy in the stillness
Less than a third of the Academy’s new members are female or of color
The indie movie also stars Michelle Williams, Laura Dern, James Le Gros and Jared Harris
Peter Sarsgaard also stars in the Cinedigm thriller about three radical environmentalists
Noir thriller follows a trio of radical environmentalists plotting the explosion of a hydroelectric dam