cooties alert for the Oscars!

Plus: female chauvinist pigs and creepy old guys drooling over young women (and somehow forgetting to drool over young men). Yes, it’s this week’s installment of The Week in Women, over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.

question of the day: Should Michael Moore stop making documentaries?

My critical colleague and fellow member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists Jennifer Merin asks an intriguing question at About.com: Documentaries: Should Michael Moore stop making documentaries? Michael Moore’s new documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, may be his last. Or so suggests CNN.com’s Matt Carey, who questioned Moore about an interview in which the … more…

I interview Paul Schneider (and others)

You’ve seen Paul Schneider in movies like Lars and the Real Girl and Away We Go, and he’s in Parks & Recreation on NBC, which just had its second season premiere last night. And now he’s starring in Bright Star, Jane Campion’s new movie about the poet John Keats and his romance with Fanny Brawne, … more…