TIFF 2020: “Because it’s so much a portrait of our country and our culture and our people that it is us who need to tell this story”
McGowan tore into Portman after she wore a cape embroidered with the names of snubbed female directors to the Oscars
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
TheWrap Magazine: Actor calls his role as a chess teacher “treacherous territory, because it could come off too sanctimonious or syrupy sweet”
Those films, along with “Loving,” “Moonlight,” “Collateral Beauty” and more, have the potential to spur a near-record number of non-white nominees
Toronto 2016: Director Mira Nair gives “inspirational” a good name with the powerful true story of real-life Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi
Five TV shows will debut in the Primetime section, while Demme, Isaacs and others will highlight the TIFF Industry Conference
Fact-based film, also starring David Oyelowo, opens on Sept. 23
The number of women directing big-studio films has finally surpassed single digits. Here’s the complete list.
Mira Nair is directing from a script by William Wheeler
