curated: Emma Thompson’s powerful #MeToo letter to Skydance re John Lasseter’s “second chance”
The woman is a goddess and a badass.
talent buzz
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 22
Two movies directed by women open in US cinemas today. They are impossibly tiny releases. [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 22
Mimi Leder directs On the Basis of Sex, starring Felicity Jones as US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 13-15
Rebel Wilson stars in fantasy comedy Isn’t It Romantic, written by Erin Cardillo, Dana Fox, and Katie Silberman; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 13-15
Rosamund Pike stars as journalist Marie Colvin in A Private War; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 08
Tina Gordon and Jas Waters cowrite fantasy comedy What Men Want, starring Taraji P. Henson; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 06-08
KiKi Layne stars in historical romantic drama If Beale Street Could Talk; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening US/Can Feb 01
Gina Rodriguez stars in the Catherine Hardwicke–directed Miss Bala; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
movies by or about women opening UK/Ire Feb 01
Taylor Russell costars in sci-fi mystery Escape Room; more… [This post is for Patreon patrons only for the first month.]
a running tally of all the artists and intellectuals hassled by border agents or actually kept out of America under Trump
And now it’s Jorge Antonio Guerrero, who costars in Roma, who can’t get a visa to attend the Oscars…
