Posted on June 17, 2019 at 8:33 pm
It was a great privilege to be asked to write the June spotlight for the Alliance of Women Film Journalists on Rita Coburn. An excerpt: Writer/producer/director/novelist Rita Coburn’s acclaimed documentary Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise, co-directed with Bob Hercules, was released in 2016, but the film is ever timely in its importance and impact. …
Posted on June 17, 2019 at 8:00 am
Slate’s wonderful movie critic, Dana Stevens, has a new podcast with Vanity Fair’s K. Austin Collins. It’s called “Flashback,” and it’s a conversation about terrific older films today’s audiences might have missed. The first few episodes included “Gaslight,” “Wanda” and “The Straight Story.” Every other Sunday, Kam and I will take one older movie and …
Posted on June 16, 2019 at 3:15 pm
Happy Father’s Day! And extra Father’s Day love to the two great dads in my life, my father and my husband. These are some of my favorite movie dads. Give the dad in your life an extra hug and ask who his favorite movie father is!
Posted on June 16, 2019 at 1:27 pm
Women are making some remarkable, unprecedented progress on and off screen in film. Some recent examples: Women showrunners, executive producers and creators open up about changing the narrative for women behind the lens in Hollywood and how they’re putting the “she” in call sheet. Two of the best streaming series on Netflix this year were …
Posted on June 15, 2019 at 10:06 pm
It’s a lot of fun to see the voice actors working with the director to create their characters.
