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It’s fantastic to see more possibilities for actors who came up at the tail end of Hollywood’s Golden Age in a youth-obsessed industry. Book Club 2: The Next Chapter follows Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and Mary Steenburgen as they fly to Italy for the fun girls trip their characters never had. It’s worth noting that the characters in the Book Club movies do not fit the foolish grandma archetype that is sometimes assigned to older actors. Instead, these roles allow these actors to talk about the changes that have occurred not only in their careers but also in their bodies.

Read more here: https://collider.com/book-club-movie/

The Make-up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS) announced today that Angela Bassett, actress, director, and executive producer, will receive the 2023 Distinguished Artisan Award. She will accept the award at the 10th Annual MUAHS Awards, presented by Dyson and HASK® Beauty on Saturday, February 11, 2023, at The Beverly Hilton. Julie Socash, President of IATSE Local 706, made the announcement today. Bassett is most known for her work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe and a SAG Award, as well as the popular primetime television drama “9-1-1.”

Read more here: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/angela-bassett-receive-distinguished-artisan-150500445.html

According to a new AFI study, women made up a higher share of writers, directors, and producers during Hollywood’s silent era.

The study comes at a time when recent data indicates that Hollywood has fewer female creators and directors behind some of its most popular films.

The AFI research, “Women They Talk About,” chronicles the unrecorded contributions of female filmmakers during the silent film era and unearths the genuine narrative of women as pioneers in American cinema.

Read more here: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/women-hollywood-silent-film-era-american-film-institute-afi-1235480998/

This past year was a stormy one for women all over the world, particularly in terms of the restrictions placed on them and their bodies, from the repeal of abortion rights in the United States to rallies against forced hijab in Iran. The resulting political intensity has undoubtedly influenced female filmmaking, imbuing it with a sense of urgency that can be seen in some of 2022’s best films.

Some similar themes connect the year’s most critically praised female-directed films, with many of them reaching back in time for historical moments that speak to our uncertain present. From the genuine story of two volcano-exploring lovers to the fictitious portrayal of a young father and his adolescent daughter, the best films directed by women provide a diverse range of stories.

On the list we can find movies like “Corsage”, “Women Talking”, “The Janes”, “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”, and “Aftersun”.

Check the full list here: https://triad-city-beat.com/best-2022-movies-directed-by-women/

Michelle Yeoh won an award and made history at the National Board of Review dinner last night. The actress won Best Actress for her performance in “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once,” a sci-fi comedy about a Chinese American woman forced to deal with the aftermath of an interdimensional rupture. ” I am so incredibly proud to be the first Asian actress in 45 years to receive this honor”, Yeoh remarked at the ceremony, according to Indiewire.

Yeoh called the opportunity to play Evelyn Wang in “Everything, Everywhere, All At Once” a “gift.” ” I hope that Hollywood and the filmmaking community recognize what a watershed film this is and [that it represents] all the things I’ve stood for and tried to accomplish in my four-decade career. This award proves we can tell our own stories on our own terms and embrace something as simple and as important as our given names.”

Read more here: https://womenandhollywood.com/quote-of-the-day-michelle-yeoh-declares-we-can-tell-our-own-stories-on-our-own-terms/

Long monologues are used in films ranging from the biographical “Till” to the thriller “Resurrection” to allow female characters a chance to be heard.

It’s not every day that a film is produced that is entirely comprised of monologues, as is the case with Frederick Wiseman’s recent drama “A Couple,” which focuses on Sophia Tolstaya and her difficult marriage to Leo Tolstoy. That wasn’t the only 2022 film that used a speech in an unexpected way. In August, the strange psychological thriller “Resurrection” contained one that was longer than any in “A Couple” and most likely the longest shown all year. In “Till,” which depicts Emmett Till’s gruesome 1955 murder, a critical courtroom shot of Emmett’s mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, on the stand is kept for more than six minutes, every second packed with anguish.

Read more here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/movies/monologue-till-resurrection-saint-omer.html

The Future of Film Is Female (FOIF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to amplifying the voices of female and non-binary filmmakers, with a particular emphasis on short film (the Nitehawk’s short film festival is a key part of its annual programming) and finding space for both features and shorts on the big screen, founded in 2018 by Caryn Coleman, formerly the director of programming at Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema. Coleman talks to Boxoffice Pro in this week’s episode of the Boxoffice Podcast about the necessity for programmers to go outside the box in order to achieve greater diversity.

Read more here: https://www.boxofficepro.com/the-future-of-film-is-female-aims-to-put-marginalized-filmmakers-on-the-big-screen/

2022 has proven to be a good year for filmmakers interested in exploring their personal experiences through film. Some of the year’s most critically acclaimed films have been made by budding female directors who have opted to probe their sense of self and recollections of the past with their latest endeavors. Given the creative and financial restraints that many filmmakers face while establishing a name for themselves on the international arena, this achievement of crafting extremely personal films is quite remarkable.

The delicate boldness of these intimate films reveals surprising levels of talent and restraint that distinguish them from any other work from the previous year.

We have Charlotte Wells with “Aftersun”, Alice Diop with “Saint Omer” and Joanna Hogg with “The Eternal Daughter”.

Read more about these filmmaker and their movies here: https://collider.com/female-directors-best-2022/

WOMEN—PUSHING SOCIETAL OBJECTIVES, FIGHTING FOR AUDIENCE, USING POWER, DEALING WITH MOTHERHOOD, pursuing quests, and changing the world.

An unprecedented number of notable films in 2022 starred multifaceted, strong women—conductors, nursemaids, journalists, and moms; provocateurs, seekers, and rebels.

What distinguished the year on film was the way storylines were conveyed passionately and tightly from a female perspective.

in the spotlight are: “Women Talking”, “Tár” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Read more here: https://www.createastir.ca/articles/2022-in-review-women-in-film

Kristen Stewart conducts an in-depth conversation with Vicky Krieps, who excels as Empress Elisabeth in Corsage, the IFC film that has put the actress and director Marie Kreutzer in Oscar contention for a picture nominated for Best International Film in Austria. Stewart is a big fan of the film and recounts how Krieps came up with the idea and persuaded the filmmaker to pursue the project. They also address the significance of telling stories from a woman’s point of view. They also briefly mention Florian Teichtmeister, who plays Krieps’ husband Emperor Franz Joseph in a supporting role, being charged with possessing child pornography.

Watch the interview here: https://deadline.com/2023/01/corsage-vicky-krieps-kristen-stewart-importance-female-stories-creators-being-appalled-by-the-shocking-charges-against-the-actor-who-plays-her-husband-1235222254/