Jennifer Siebel Newsom, one of the star witnesses of Harvey Weinstein’s west coast trial, says justice was served with the convicted rapist’s 16-year sentencing on Thursday, but warns there is more work to be done.
A filmmaker and actor, Siebel Newsom is married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, making her the First Partner of the state. She testified in Weinstein’s trial, accusing him of raping and sexually assaulting her in 2005. While the jury found the disgraced Hollywood producer guilty on three charges, they acquitted him of the two charges related to Siebel Newsom’s accusations.
Speaking in a video posted to her social media on Thursday, Siebel Newsom spoke about her experience throughout the trial and called on the public to end the culture of sexual abuse.
“What Harvey Weinstein did to me was the worst. His assault was excruciatingly traumatic,” Siebel Newsom said in the video.
A filmmaker and actor, Siebel Newsom is married to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, making her the First Partner of the state. She testified in Weinstein’s trial, accusing him of raping and sexually assaulting her in 2005. While the jury found the disgraced Hollywood producer guilty on three charges, they acquitted him of the two charges related to Siebel Newsom’s accusations.
Speaking in a video posted to her social media on Thursday, Siebel Newsom spoke about her experience throughout the trial and called on the public to end the culture of sexual abuse.
“What Harvey Weinstein did to me was the worst. His assault was excruciatingly traumatic,” Siebel Newsom said in the video.
- 2/24/2023
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Hello Sunshine and Jennifer Siebel Newsom have partnered on a feature documentary, Fair Play, inspired by the New York Times bestselling author Eve Rodsky’s book Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (And More Life to Live).
“It is ironic that the last frontier of equality is in the place closest to us — our homes. In the journey to fairness in my own relationship, I met countless couples throughout the country and the world facing the same issues,” said Rodsky. “In a time of so much pain in the world, it has been truly inspiring to see stories of growth, love and fairness captured so beautifully.”
Siebel Newsom will direct with Hello Sunshine. Hello Sunshine’s Reese Witherspoon and Head of Unscripted Sara Rea are executive producing the project. Siebel Newsom is also writing and producing the documentary, which is being produced...
“It is ironic that the last frontier of equality is in the place closest to us — our homes. In the journey to fairness in my own relationship, I met countless couples throughout the country and the world facing the same issues,” said Rodsky. “In a time of so much pain in the world, it has been truly inspiring to see stories of growth, love and fairness captured so beautifully.”
Siebel Newsom will direct with Hello Sunshine. Hello Sunshine’s Reese Witherspoon and Head of Unscripted Sara Rea are executive producing the project. Siebel Newsom is also writing and producing the documentary, which is being produced...
- 11/5/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said that there was no conflict of interest between his administration and his wife Jennifer Siebel Newsom’s filmmaking work, following a Sacramento Bee report that donors to her nonprofit also were companies that have lobbied his administration.
“Absolutely none whatsoever. There is no correlation. Period. Full stop,” Newsom told reporters Friday.
The Sacramento Bee reported that a nonprofit Siebel Newsom founded, The Representation Project, which has promoted her causes, financed her documentary films and paid her $290,000 annual salary also has received donations from a host of companies that have lobbied the administration or are involved in significant regulatory issues before the state. They include Pg&e, — which has admitted fault in several massive CA wildfires — and Kaiser Permanente which has done at least $35M in business with the state in the past two-and-a-half years — as well as AT&T and Comcast.
A week after Newsom was...
“Absolutely none whatsoever. There is no correlation. Period. Full stop,” Newsom told reporters Friday.
The Sacramento Bee reported that a nonprofit Siebel Newsom founded, The Representation Project, which has promoted her causes, financed her documentary films and paid her $290,000 annual salary also has received donations from a host of companies that have lobbied the administration or are involved in significant regulatory issues before the state. They include Pg&e, — which has admitted fault in several massive CA wildfires — and Kaiser Permanente which has done at least $35M in business with the state in the past two-and-a-half years — as well as AT&T and Comcast.
A week after Newsom was...
- 6/4/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Fatima Ali, a viewer favorite on Top Chef who died of bone cancer in 2019, is among a handful of subjects of documentary Her Name Is Chef.
Virgil Films & Entertainment will premiere the film in virtual cinemas March 26 before a digital HD release on April 27 and a DVD rollout on May 11.
The film examines gender equality in the restaurant business through interviews conducted by Leia Gaccione, herself a chef. Along with Ali, the film features Elizabeth Falkner, Hillary Sterling, Esther Choi, Juliet Masters and Caroline Schiff. Instead of the more straightforward look at female chefs initially planned, Her Name Is Chef took on a different shape in light of Ali’s illness and death. While it is not a solo portrait of Ali, her legacy is woven through much of the film.
Oscar’s Documentary Short Nominees Celebrate A Magical Monday: “It’s Gratifying For Sure”
In an essay...
Virgil Films & Entertainment will premiere the film in virtual cinemas March 26 before a digital HD release on April 27 and a DVD rollout on May 11.
The film examines gender equality in the restaurant business through interviews conducted by Leia Gaccione, herself a chef. Along with Ali, the film features Elizabeth Falkner, Hillary Sterling, Esther Choi, Juliet Masters and Caroline Schiff. Instead of the more straightforward look at female chefs initially planned, Her Name Is Chef took on a different shape in light of Ali’s illness and death. While it is not a solo portrait of Ali, her legacy is woven through much of the film.
Oscar’s Documentary Short Nominees Celebrate A Magical Monday: “It’s Gratifying For Sure”
In an essay...
- 3/15/2021
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Virgil Films has acquired the U.S. and Canadian digital rights to Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies, a feature-length look at Alan Ladd Jr. directed by his daughter, Amanda Ladd Jones.
The studio boss and producer is responsible for some of Hollywood’s all-time biggest titles, including Star Wars, Alien, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, Police Academy, Braveheart, Thelma & Louise and Young Frankenstein. The film features interviews with George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Affleck, Ron Howard, Morgan Freeman, Mel Brooks, Richard Donner.
As Deadline noted in a 2017 post, Ladd had a low-key style and was a man of few words relative to the industry’s chattering norms. When he was just 37, having grown up in the industry as the son of a popular Hollywood actor, Ladd became head of production at 20th Century Fox. Before long, he had green-lit several films that would cement his legacy.
The studio boss and producer is responsible for some of Hollywood’s all-time biggest titles, including Star Wars, Alien, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, Police Academy, Braveheart, Thelma & Louise and Young Frankenstein. The film features interviews with George Lucas, Ridley Scott, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Affleck, Ron Howard, Morgan Freeman, Mel Brooks, Richard Donner.
As Deadline noted in a 2017 post, Ladd had a low-key style and was a man of few words relative to the industry’s chattering norms. When he was just 37, having grown up in the industry as the son of a popular Hollywood actor, Ladd became head of production at 20th Century Fox. Before long, he had green-lit several films that would cement his legacy.
- 6/9/2020
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
As the polls predicted, Gavin Newsom came out on top on Tuesday night in the California primaries, becoming the frontrunner to replace Gov. Jerry Brown. He will go up against either John Cox or Antonio R. Villaraigosa in the Novermber election. Both are currently vying for that second place spot.
Newsom, the former San Francisco mayor and current Lieutenant Governor of California, is known for having very close ties with Hollywood, last year during a UTA resistance rally he addressed the crowd alongside agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer, Jodie Foster, and Michael J. Fox. His wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, co-directed the documentary Miss Representation, under-representation of women in positions of power alongside Kimberlee Acquaro. Newsom’s ex-wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle co-hosts The Five on Fox News.
Last week, California’s annual $330 million in film and television incentives took a step forward for going five more years as a unanimous vote in the...
Newsom, the former San Francisco mayor and current Lieutenant Governor of California, is known for having very close ties with Hollywood, last year during a UTA resistance rally he addressed the crowd alongside agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer, Jodie Foster, and Michael J. Fox. His wife, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, co-directed the documentary Miss Representation, under-representation of women in positions of power alongside Kimberlee Acquaro. Newsom’s ex-wife, Kimberly Guilfoyle co-hosts The Five on Fox News.
Last week, California’s annual $330 million in film and television incentives took a step forward for going five more years as a unanimous vote in the...
- 6/6/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
In “Love Reset,” the final winner of MTV’s “Look Different” campaign, a white teenage boy sees life as a video game, tallying his masculinity points, while ignoring the Indian girl who passes him, ticking off boxes on an impossible imaginary to do list. Both metaphors are apt, speaking volumes about their subjects’ vastly different daily experiences and forcing the viewer to confront the discomfort of both.
“Look Different” is MTV’s anti-bias campaign and filmmaking competition that invited emerging filmmakers to create short films on the topic of privilege – including racial, gender and sexual orientation. Three projects were chosen: “American Male,” about a closeted gay man and the pressures of masculinity, “See Me In My Black Skin,” about a white guy who dons black face for a party and wakes up black, and “Love Reset,” which premieres exclusively on IndieWire.
Read More: ‘American Male’ Exclusive Debut: MTV Tackles Privilege...
“Look Different” is MTV’s anti-bias campaign and filmmaking competition that invited emerging filmmakers to create short films on the topic of privilege – including racial, gender and sexual orientation. Three projects were chosen: “American Male,” about a closeted gay man and the pressures of masculinity, “See Me In My Black Skin,” about a white guy who dons black face for a party and wakes up black, and “Love Reset,” which premieres exclusively on IndieWire.
Read More: ‘American Male’ Exclusive Debut: MTV Tackles Privilege...
- 11/29/2016
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Mysterio spills his guts out in Gentle Giant's Marvel Zombie Mysterio Mini Bust. Also featured in our latest round-up are release details and a trailer for An Irish Exorcism and the release date for The Boy, a horror film starring The Walking Dead’s Lauren Cohan.
Mysterio Zombie Mini Bust: Set for release in early 2016, Gentle Giant's Marvel Zombie Mysterio Mini Bust is now available to pre-order for $99.00. We have details and images of the bust below (photos via Figures.com):
"Several characters have donned the Mysterio costume to plague Spider-Man in the character’s long history. None, however, have been as grotesque as the Mysterio that appeared in the Marvel Zombies Universe! In the Marvel Zombies series, the world has been infected by a virus that turns the living, into rotting corpses, who retain their intelligence and abilities.
This incarnation of Mysterio has been digitally sculpted by the...
Mysterio Zombie Mini Bust: Set for release in early 2016, Gentle Giant's Marvel Zombie Mysterio Mini Bust is now available to pre-order for $99.00. We have details and images of the bust below (photos via Figures.com):
"Several characters have donned the Mysterio costume to plague Spider-Man in the character’s long history. None, however, have been as grotesque as the Mysterio that appeared in the Marvel Zombies Universe! In the Marvel Zombies series, the world has been infected by a virus that turns the living, into rotting corpses, who retain their intelligence and abilities.
This incarnation of Mysterio has been digitally sculpted by the...
- 4/14/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Documentary filmmaker and actress Jennifer Siebel Newsom founded The Representation Project, a media advocacy group, in April 2011 to call out gender stereotypes. The #AskHerMore campaign, which the group spearheaded, tasked red-carpet interviewers to ask actresses more questions about acting and social causes rather than their fashion. Amy Poehler, Reese Witherspoon and Lena Dunham have been vocal about their support. Newsom, who is behind the 2011 doc Miss Representation, is the wife of California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom.
"We’re more than just our dresses." What a powerful statement for Reese Witherspoon to make on the Oscars red carpet Sunday. Don’t get us wrong, my friend Reese and I both love fashion and want to celebrate the amazing designers who make red carpet couture. But the Oscars are a celebration of the highest achievements in film and that's where the focus should be, regardless of the nominee's gender.
Watch: Why One Woman Behind #AskHerMore Considers Oscars a Big Win...
"We’re more than just our dresses." What a powerful statement for Reese Witherspoon to make on the Oscars red carpet Sunday. Don’t get us wrong, my friend Reese and I both love fashion and want to celebrate the amazing designers who make red carpet couture. But the Oscars are a celebration of the highest achievements in film and that's where the focus should be, regardless of the nominee's gender.
Watch: Why One Woman Behind #AskHerMore Considers Oscars a Big Win...
- 2/25/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
Documentary filmmaker and actress Jennifer Siebel Newsom is ready to declare a victory at Sunday's Oscars -- even without winning an award.
After a groundswell on social media brought attention to the #AskHerMore campaign, started by Newsom's The Representation Project and boosted by tweets from Amy Poehler, Reese Witherspoon, Lena Dunham and others, there was more attention than ever before on how top stars are often asked more questions about fashion than acting, especially compared to male celebrities.
News: 16 Questions We Still Have After Watching the 2015 Oscars!
Newsom is the founder and CEO of The Representation Project, a media advocacy group that calls out gender stereotypes, and the writer-director of 2011's Miss Representation, a critically acclaimed documentary about how women are under-represented in media.
"I'm thrilled," Newsom told Et of how #AskHerMore changed the conversation at the Oscars. "We had over 25 million impressions last night alone. That's incredible. We're changing the dialogue. We're changing...
After a groundswell on social media brought attention to the #AskHerMore campaign, started by Newsom's The Representation Project and boosted by tweets from Amy Poehler, Reese Witherspoon, Lena Dunham and others, there was more attention than ever before on how top stars are often asked more questions about fashion than acting, especially compared to male celebrities.
News: 16 Questions We Still Have After Watching the 2015 Oscars!
Newsom is the founder and CEO of The Representation Project, a media advocacy group that calls out gender stereotypes, and the writer-director of 2011's Miss Representation, a critically acclaimed documentary about how women are under-represented in media.
"I'm thrilled," Newsom told Et of how #AskHerMore changed the conversation at the Oscars. "We had over 25 million impressions last night alone. That's incredible. We're changing the dialogue. We're changing...
- 2/24/2015
- Entertainment Tonight
After making a splash with "Miss Representation" in 2011, Jennifer Siebel Newsom is back with a new documentary at Sundance. Keeping in the spirit of delving into American notions of gender, Siebel Newsom's "The Mask You Live In" shifts the focus to men and masculinity. This probing and insightful accounting of the role of American social life, media and pop culture in gender formation exposes the damaging effects that come with limited interpretations of who and what a "man" can be. But Sundance is only a starting point: Siebel Newsom hopes to spread the word beyond Park City. What's your film about in 140 characters or less? "The Mask You Live In" explores how America's narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men, and society. Now what's it Really about? "The Mask You Live In" follows boys and young men as they struggle to stay true to themselves while negotiating America’s narrow definition of masculinity.
- 1/31/2015
- by David Canfield
- Indiewire
The directors of “Bachelorette” and “Miss Representation” return to Sundance with, respectively, a brilliantly bawdy comedy and a vital look at how our culture raises...
I try not to make sweeping pronouncements about Sundance movies until I’m back at sea level, and my brain is receiving its usual amounts of oxygen; there’s something about the air up here that can occasionally lead to irrational exuberance. (Google “The Spitfire Grill” or “Happy, Texas” if you don’t know what I mean.)
Even though I’m still in Park City, Utah, (and panting when I walk up hills) I’ll...
I try not to make sweeping pronouncements about Sundance movies until I’m back at sea level, and my brain is receiving its usual amounts of oxygen; there’s something about the air up here that can occasionally lead to irrational exuberance. (Google “The Spitfire Grill” or “Happy, Texas” if you don’t know what I mean.)
Even though I’m still in Park City, Utah, (and panting when I walk up hills) I’ll...
- 1/26/2015
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
Twitter lashes out at Sofia Vergara spinning onstage.
There was a bit of a Twitter uproar during Monday night's Emmy broadcast when Sofia Vergara was asked to simply stand onstage quietly, and spin.
Meant as a silly bit to make light of how people may tune out during the president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Bruce Rosenblum's speech, the Modern Family vixen was placed on a rotating pedestal as Rosenblum addressed the audience. "We never forget that our success is based on always giving the viewer something compelling to watch," he said with a wink.
Photos: See the Stand-Out Styles at the 2014 Emmy Awards
Many viewers found the spinning Sofia joke to objectify women on a night when 29 percent of the nominees were female.
One person who didn't find it offensive was the actress herself. "I think it's absolutely the opposite," the 42-year-old told reporters. "It means someone can be hot and also be funny...
There was a bit of a Twitter uproar during Monday night's Emmy broadcast when Sofia Vergara was asked to simply stand onstage quietly, and spin.
Meant as a silly bit to make light of how people may tune out during the president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Bruce Rosenblum's speech, the Modern Family vixen was placed on a rotating pedestal as Rosenblum addressed the audience. "We never forget that our success is based on always giving the viewer something compelling to watch," he said with a wink.
Photos: See the Stand-Out Styles at the 2014 Emmy Awards
Many viewers found the spinning Sofia joke to objectify women on a night when 29 percent of the nominees were female.
One person who didn't find it offensive was the actress herself. "I think it's absolutely the opposite," the 42-year-old told reporters. "It means someone can be hot and also be funny...
- 8/26/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Hollywood under-represents women and the media frequently demeans them. As her hit film is shown in the UK, campaigner Jennifer Siebel Newsom demands a change in attitude
Jennifer Siebel Newsom wasn't even planning to direct her documentary, Miss Representation. She first approached some established female directors to take on her film about how women are portrayed in the mainstream media, but every one declined to do it, saying nobody would hire them afterwards – a stark illustration of who runs the entertainment industry even before you get to the hardhitting statistics and appalling examples of sexism in her film.
We meet in a restaurant in central London ahead of the showing of her film in London on Monday night. Siebel Newsom decided to make the film when she was working as an actor, and pregnant with the first of her three children, a daughter. "I was in the entertainment industry at the time that Britney Spears,...
Jennifer Siebel Newsom wasn't even planning to direct her documentary, Miss Representation. She first approached some established female directors to take on her film about how women are portrayed in the mainstream media, but every one declined to do it, saying nobody would hire them afterwards – a stark illustration of who runs the entertainment industry even before you get to the hardhitting statistics and appalling examples of sexism in her film.
We meet in a restaurant in central London ahead of the showing of her film in London on Monday night. Siebel Newsom decided to make the film when she was working as an actor, and pregnant with the first of her three children, a daughter. "I was in the entertainment industry at the time that Britney Spears,...
- 3/4/2014
- by Emine Saner
- The Guardian - Film News
The people at The Representation Project have just released a video that takes a look at how women were portrayed in the media in 2013. While there were a number of popular films and television shows with female leads and women professionals received more recognition for the work they do in certain ways (like more directing Emmy nominations than any other year), the whole picture isn't pretty. Read More: Gender Inequality in Film: In Infographic Form The indie filmmakers at The Representation Project produced the 2011 Sundance doc "Miss Representation" about women and the media. Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom created the organization after the success of the film. ...
- 12/5/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Rosario Dawson's acting break came when she was just 15, in Larry Clark's troubling film Kids. She's built a thriving career since, but it's her work as a political activist that sets her apart
Rosario Dawson is not like other Hollywood actors. Consider this: she's 32, and in her 20s decided she'd had enough of being judged on her looks, so took to wearing enormous sweatshirts to auditions.
"I'd perform my ass off, and the casting directors would be like, 'You are perfect for this role, but can you wear something a little less shapeless?'" Her manager would bargain with her. She could wear a roll-neck jumper, he said – but could it at least be a fitted one? "I'm like, 'Ugh, fine', but these stupid conversations needed to be had, because unfortunately, don't believe what they tell you, there's very little imagination in Hollywood." She hoots with laughter.
It...
Rosario Dawson is not like other Hollywood actors. Consider this: she's 32, and in her 20s decided she'd had enough of being judged on her looks, so took to wearing enormous sweatshirts to auditions.
"I'd perform my ass off, and the casting directors would be like, 'You are perfect for this role, but can you wear something a little less shapeless?'" Her manager would bargain with her. She could wear a roll-neck jumper, he said – but could it at least be a fitted one? "I'm like, 'Ugh, fine', but these stupid conversations needed to be had, because unfortunately, don't believe what they tell you, there's very little imagination in Hollywood." She hoots with laughter.
It...
- 3/17/2012
- by Kira Cochrane
- The Guardian - Film News
Review by Dana Jung
In this country, 51% of the population are women, but only 17% of Congress is women. Our elected leadership consists primarily of white, male, higher-income, college educated individuals.a class which represents only 6% of the general population. The countries of China, Cuba, Iraq, and Afghanistan have more women in government than the United States. Why? Who is to blame for this disparity? These numbers are just statistics, but the fact that the majority of young women today seem to have little or no interest in politics or social activism is the real tragedy.
These are some of the themes presented in the persuasive and sometimes eye-opening new documentary Miss Representation by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The film mixes interviews with notable women and men, images from past and current entertainment venues, and many more facts and figures, plus the personal reflections of the director in an interesting and compelling manner.
In this country, 51% of the population are women, but only 17% of Congress is women. Our elected leadership consists primarily of white, male, higher-income, college educated individuals.a class which represents only 6% of the general population. The countries of China, Cuba, Iraq, and Afghanistan have more women in government than the United States. Why? Who is to blame for this disparity? These numbers are just statistics, but the fact that the majority of young women today seem to have little or no interest in politics or social activism is the real tragedy.
These are some of the themes presented in the persuasive and sometimes eye-opening new documentary Miss Representation by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The film mixes interviews with notable women and men, images from past and current entertainment venues, and many more facts and figures, plus the personal reflections of the director in an interesting and compelling manner.
- 11/12/2011
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Here’s how compulsively watchable Miss Representation is: I couldn’t make it home for the start time, so I set my DVR to record it. I came home and turned my TV on midway through, and 20 minutes went by before I could tear myself away to go back to the beginning. It’s that important and that good.
Even if you already know a lot about the problems women face in our culture because of, you know, being one, I guarantee you will find this documentary an eye-opener in several different ways.
Writer-producer-director Jennifer Siebel Newsom builds a compelling case. She shows the way that children – who by their teen years are consuming nearly 11 hours a day of TV, movies, magazines, music, and Internet content – are taught to see women as objects whose worth should be judged almost entirely by their looks. And those beauty standards are harder and...
Even if you already know a lot about the problems women face in our culture because of, you know, being one, I guarantee you will find this documentary an eye-opener in several different ways.
Writer-producer-director Jennifer Siebel Newsom builds a compelling case. She shows the way that children – who by their teen years are consuming nearly 11 hours a day of TV, movies, magazines, music, and Internet content – are taught to see women as objects whose worth should be judged almost entirely by their looks. And those beauty standards are harder and...
- 10/21/2011
- by Ali Davis
- AfterEllen.com
On TV this Thursday: Sheldon has a mother of a problem, CBS reveals its Engagement, it’s cloudy in Philadelphia, and NBC’s rife with repeats. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features and reporting, here are 13 programs to keep on your radar.
7:30 pm World Series, Game 2 (Fox) | Game 1 was still underway as I wrote this, but I predict that come Thursday night, one of the teams will be trying to gain a 2-0 advantage while the other looks to even things up. (I took math, you see.)
8 pm Charlie’s Angels (ABC) | Don’t scoff, because you...
7:30 pm World Series, Game 2 (Fox) | Game 1 was still underway as I wrote this, but I predict that come Thursday night, one of the teams will be trying to gain a 2-0 advantage while the other looks to even things up. (I took math, you see.)
8 pm Charlie’s Angels (ABC) | Don’t scoff, because you...
- 10/20/2011
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
It’s no shock to anyone who has turned on the TV, read a magazine, spied a billboard or surfed the internet that media representations of women are problematic at best. At worst, they are a both a symptom and cause of a troubled society reaching a tipping point in its relationship with sex and violence onscreen. This is the thesis set out by “Miss Representation,” a searing documentary directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, an actress, activist, and wife of California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom. This film, born out of anxiety about the world she was bringing a little girl into,…...
- 10/18/2011
- The Playlist
By John Esther
(April 2011)
As some film festivals diminish in size or structure during these woeful economic times, the San Francisco International Film Festival (Sfiff), the longest-running film festival in the Americas, launched its 54th version April 21 with a screening of writer-director Mike Mills’ “Beginners,” starring Mélanie Laurent, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Goran Visnjic.
The next day, Sfiff was in full force, screening films from around the world in several different venues in San Francisco and beyond, and will continue until May 5.
Some of the European highlights in the festival are writer-director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s delightfully quirky film “Attenberg,” about a 23-year-old Greek woman, Marina (Ariane Labed), coming to terms with sex, death and decay in its various forms, and Régis Sauder’s “Children of teh Princess of Cleves,” a rather fascinating documentary about a group of working-class French teenagers who find value in themselves, literature and art...
(April 2011)
As some film festivals diminish in size or structure during these woeful economic times, the San Francisco International Film Festival (Sfiff), the longest-running film festival in the Americas, launched its 54th version April 21 with a screening of writer-director Mike Mills’ “Beginners,” starring Mélanie Laurent, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Goran Visnjic.
The next day, Sfiff was in full force, screening films from around the world in several different venues in San Francisco and beyond, and will continue until May 5.
Some of the European highlights in the festival are writer-director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s delightfully quirky film “Attenberg,” about a 23-year-old Greek woman, Marina (Ariane Labed), coming to terms with sex, death and decay in its various forms, and Régis Sauder’s “Children of teh Princess of Cleves,” a rather fascinating documentary about a group of working-class French teenagers who find value in themselves, literature and art...
- 4/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
By John Esther
(April 2011)
As some film festivals diminish in size or structure during these woeful economic times, the San Francisco International Film Festival (Sfiff), the longest-running film festival in the Americas, launched its 54th version April 21 with a screening of writer-director Mike Mills’ “Beginners,” starring Mélanie Laurent, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Goran Visnjic.
The next day, Sfiff was in full force, screening films from around the world in several different venues in San Francisco and beyond, and will continue until May 5.
Some of the European highlights in the festival are writer-director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s delightfully quirky film “Attenberg,” about a 23-year-old Greek woman, Marina (Ariane Labed), coming to terms with sex, death and decay in its various forms, and Régis Sauder’s “Children of teh Princess of Cleves,” a rather fascinating documentary about a group of working-class French teenagers who find value in themselves, literature and art...
(April 2011)
As some film festivals diminish in size or structure during these woeful economic times, the San Francisco International Film Festival (Sfiff), the longest-running film festival in the Americas, launched its 54th version April 21 with a screening of writer-director Mike Mills’ “Beginners,” starring Mélanie Laurent, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer and Goran Visnjic.
The next day, Sfiff was in full force, screening films from around the world in several different venues in San Francisco and beyond, and will continue until May 5.
Some of the European highlights in the festival are writer-director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s delightfully quirky film “Attenberg,” about a 23-year-old Greek woman, Marina (Ariane Labed), coming to terms with sex, death and decay in its various forms, and Régis Sauder’s “Children of teh Princess of Cleves,” a rather fascinating documentary about a group of working-class French teenagers who find value in themselves, literature and art...
- 4/28/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Miss Representation may sound like a lost Kelly Clarkson single (and a pal to Little Miss Apprehension), but it's a Sundance selection and the eleventh documentary acquired by Oprah Winfrey's Own Network. The subject? The skewed and often misogynistic representation of women in news and popular media. The commentators? Everyone from Condoleezza Rice and Gloria Steinem to Jane Fonda and Rosario Dawson. In the trailer, we explore questionable punditry about women in the media and glimpse at the larger issue at hand: Is the wrong message about women still the main one?...
- 3/29/2011
- Movieline
The Oprah Winfrey Network has been on a spending spree since the beginning of this year, it seems.
This, I believe, is probably the 4th or 5th documentary purchase made over the last month. It’s a 2011 Sundance Film Festival entry titled Miss Representation.
The film wasn’t on my must-see list while I was at Sundance, so I didn’t catch it.
In brief, Miss Representation is an insider’s Pov of the media’s depiction of women, and the messages those soundbites and images send.
Several influential women in politics, news and entertainment, are featured in interviews – including Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Jane Fonda, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson, Gloria Steinem and others. Oddly enough, Oprah wasn’t 1 of the interviewees.
In addition to airing on Own, the documentary, directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, will be distributed to schools and libraries across the country.
Trailer...
This, I believe, is probably the 4th or 5th documentary purchase made over the last month. It’s a 2011 Sundance Film Festival entry titled Miss Representation.
The film wasn’t on my must-see list while I was at Sundance, so I didn’t catch it.
In brief, Miss Representation is an insider’s Pov of the media’s depiction of women, and the messages those soundbites and images send.
Several influential women in politics, news and entertainment, are featured in interviews – including Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Jane Fonda, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson, Gloria Steinem and others. Oddly enough, Oprah wasn’t 1 of the interviewees.
In addition to airing on Own, the documentary, directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, will be distributed to schools and libraries across the country.
Trailer...
- 2/10/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
Own: Oprah Winfrey Network has announced that Sundance doc "Miss Representation" has been added to the Own Documentary Club. Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film is the 11th documentary acquisition for Own. Full release below. Own: Oprah Winfrey Network Acquires 'Miss Representation' Directed By Jennifer Siebel Newsom For Own's Documentary Film Club Los Angeles, CA - Own: Oprah Winfrey Network is adding the documentary "Miss Representation" to the Own ...
- 2/10/2011
- Indiewire
One of the big stories out of Sundance was Oprah Winfrey's determination to acquire docs for the Oprah Winfrey Network Documentary Film Club, to do for docs what she has done for books. At Sundance, Own acquired Chaz Bono's Becoming Chaz, which offers the right combo of celeb biopic and gender-bending exotica. Also feeding the female demo is actress-documentarian Jennifer Siebel Newsom's earnest feminist media critique Miss Representation, which lays out the argument about how the way women are portrayed in the media--as objects of beauty--impacts real girls and women. Siebel interviewed a wide range of women leaders including Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem. Update: Miss Representation has been acquired by ro*co films for North ...
- 2/10/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Los Angeles, CA – Own: Oprah Winfrey Network is adding the documentary “Miss Representation” to the Own Documentary Film Club, it was announced today by Lisa Erspamer, chief creative officer, Own. Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the Sundance Film Festival favorite is the 11th documentary acquisition for Own. “Miss Representation” brings together some of America’s most influential women in politics, news and entertainment, including Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Margaret Cho, Rosario Dawson and Gloria Steinem to give audiences an inside look at the media’s message and depiction of women. The film explores women’s under-representation in positions of power by challenging their limited and often disparaging portrayals in the media. “Miss Representation” takes the stand that the media is portraying women’s primary values as their youth, beauty and sexuality – rather than their capacity as leaders. To further this important dialogue, ro*co films will...
- 2/10/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
The beloved Global Girls are at Sundance running around interviewing and plying their powers as "minority women" journalists and media pros...both of these teenage girls were trained during the World Cup, Lungile Buhale in Soweto (yes, she flew all the way to Utah on the plane for the first time and will be spending 6 more days in L.A.) and Jessica Cueva from East La and a student at Santa Monica Community College. They have interviewed Robert Redford, Danny Glover (about his Black Power Mixtapes), Gloria Steinem, Jennifer Newsome (Miss Representation). Geena Davis, Tiffany Schlain (about Connected and Yelp), the…...
- 1/26/2011
- Sydney's Buzz
Author's Note: Each day at Sundance, Seth and I take in 4 or 5 movies apiece, and most of the time in between those movies is spent standing in line, which is where we actually write many of our Sundance reviews (like the one you're reading). Yesterday, after waking up at 5:30 a.m. to stand in line for two-and-a-half hours to see Red State, I was exhausted and bleary after The Woman. I had planned to discuss it more fully in the context of this movie, but I was also pissed off enough that I wanted to say something about The Woman before passing out and starting it all over again. I touch upon Lucky McKee's movies more below. -- Dr
Miss Representation is a documentary about how the mainstream media depicts women, and how that depiction is partially responsible for the reason why so few women hold positions of power in the United States.
Miss Representation is a documentary about how the mainstream media depicts women, and how that depiction is partially responsible for the reason why so few women hold positions of power in the United States.
- 1/26/2011
- by Dustin Rowles
What is most notable as a trend in the films of Sundance is corporate patronage and investment as well as product placement enabling the 7th Art to go forward. From Morgan Spurlock's outright The Greatest Movie Ever Sold which examines the world of product placement, marketing, and advertising by making a film financed entirely by product placement, marketing, and advertising to Miss Representation directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom is showing in U.S. Documentary Competition screened today for the first time. The support it has received from Levis Strauss, whose Shape What's To Come is admirable in that it is built…...
- 1/25/2011
- Sydney's Buzz
Today on our Sundance 2011 coverage, we focus on the documentary, "Miss Representation".Like drawing back a curtain to let bright light stream in, Miss Representation uncovers a glaring reality we live with every day but fail to see. Directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the film explores how mainstream media contribute to the under-representation of women in influential positions in America and...
- 1/25/2011
- by Anthony T
Filed under: Columns, Cinematical
Welcome to Girls on Film -- a Monday-night Cinematical column full of female-centric musing, rants, love and aggravation.
"From watching movies, girls and women come to believe we can only be ornaments, not instruments." - Gloria Steinem in 'Miss Representation'
We love watching films. It's why both you and I are here. It's the reason we read, write and comment about them in public and private forums. It's why we think about them and strive to understand them, if not emulate them in our own work and lives. Cinema transports us out of our own existences and into any number of other worlds. It entertains us and teaches us. It reminds us of our best points, and doesn't let us forget our worst. And, in single-serving 2-ish hour doses, it's the easiest and most convenient way for many people to get their creative fix...
Welcome to Girls on Film -- a Monday-night Cinematical column full of female-centric musing, rants, love and aggravation.
"From watching movies, girls and women come to believe we can only be ornaments, not instruments." - Gloria Steinem in 'Miss Representation'
We love watching films. It's why both you and I are here. It's the reason we read, write and comment about them in public and private forums. It's why we think about them and strive to understand them, if not emulate them in our own work and lives. Cinema transports us out of our own existences and into any number of other worlds. It entertains us and teaches us. It reminds us of our best points, and doesn't let us forget our worst. And, in single-serving 2-ish hour doses, it's the easiest and most convenient way for many people to get their creative fix...
- 1/24/2011
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Moviefone
Filed under: Columns, Cinematical
Welcome to Girls on Film -- a Monday-night Cinematical column full of female-centric musing, rants, love and aggravation.
"From watching movies, girls and women come to believe we can only be ornaments, not instruments." - Gloria Steinem in 'Miss Representation'
We love watching films. It's why both you and I are here. It's the reason we read, write and comment about them in public and private forums. It's why we think about them and strive to understand them, if not emulate them in our own work and lives. Cinema transports us out of our own existences and into any number of other worlds. It entertains us and teaches us. It reminds us of our best points, and doesn't let us forget our worst. And, in single-serving 2-ish hour doses, it's the easiest and most convenient way for many people to get their creative fix...
Welcome to Girls on Film -- a Monday-night Cinematical column full of female-centric musing, rants, love and aggravation.
"From watching movies, girls and women come to believe we can only be ornaments, not instruments." - Gloria Steinem in 'Miss Representation'
We love watching films. It's why both you and I are here. It's the reason we read, write and comment about them in public and private forums. It's why we think about them and strive to understand them, if not emulate them in our own work and lives. Cinema transports us out of our own existences and into any number of other worlds. It entertains us and teaches us. It reminds us of our best points, and doesn't let us forget our worst. And, in single-serving 2-ish hour doses, it's the easiest and most convenient way for many people to get their creative fix...
- 1/24/2011
- by Monika Bartyzel
- Cinematical
Park City - When reviewing "The Green Wave" yesterday, one of my complaints was that despite a fair measure of artistic ambition, the Iran-centric documentary was a polemic without a clear call-to-action. It's not a bad film by any means, but it's something of an intellectual dead-end. That is one complaint that you won't hear from me regarding Jennifer Siebel Newsom's "Miss Representation," an American Documentary competition entry that premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday (Jan. 22) afternoon. "Miss Representation" is also a polemic, but while it lacks any notable aesthetic vision, it delivers its message and its...
- 1/23/2011
- by Daniel Fienberg
- Hitfix
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? Carancho Trailer Ricardo Darin gets a pass from me simply because of The Secret in Their Eyes. A taut thriller that didn’t relent, that...
- 1/22/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Last year, when Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman director in history to win the Best Director Oscar, it was an eye-opening moment for many film fans that had never before noticed the dominance of men in Hollywood.
But it was no revelation to Melissa Silverstein, who founded the site Women and Hollywood, to focus attention on women’s issues in the entertainment industry. Silverstein has become one of the most respected film critics on the Internet by celebrating the accomplishments of women in film — and calling out the industry for its lack of acknowledgment of those accomplishments. If the site is not on your list of daily reads, bookmark it now.
Now Melissa has taken on a new venture, this time a film festival featuring films that explore women and leadership. The Athena Film Festival will highlight the stories of women around the world who have made a difference in their communities.
But it was no revelation to Melissa Silverstein, who founded the site Women and Hollywood, to focus attention on women’s issues in the entertainment industry. Silverstein has become one of the most respected film critics on the Internet by celebrating the accomplishments of women in film — and calling out the industry for its lack of acknowledgment of those accomplishments. If the site is not on your list of daily reads, bookmark it now.
Now Melissa has taken on a new venture, this time a film festival featuring films that explore women and leadership. The Athena Film Festival will highlight the stories of women around the world who have made a difference in their communities.
- 1/5/2011
- by the linster
- AfterEllen.com
Variety’s list leaves out women. You stink, Variety!
Variety's announcement/award/whatever will have a new home at the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Variety has been doing these lists since 1996 at the Sundance Film Festival before moving it to the Palm Springs International Film Festival this year.
"10 Directors to Watch" is the first of Variety’s "10 to Watch" series spotlighting the most exciting new talents in the fields of directing, writing, producing, acting, cinematography and comedy. This year’s "10 Directors to Watch" are:
Daniel Espinosa (Easy Money), Ed Gass-Donnelly (Small Town Murder Songs), Baran Bo Odar (The Silence), Juanita Wilson (As If I Am Not There), Richard Ayoade (Submarine), Elgin James (Little Birds), Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry), Andre Overdal (The Troll Hunter), Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) and Jason Weiner (Arthur).
Where are all the women? Why is the list 90% male when Debra Granik (Winter's Bone), Tanya Hamilton (Night Catches Us...
Variety's announcement/award/whatever will have a new home at the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Variety has been doing these lists since 1996 at the Sundance Film Festival before moving it to the Palm Springs International Film Festival this year.
"10 Directors to Watch" is the first of Variety’s "10 to Watch" series spotlighting the most exciting new talents in the fields of directing, writing, producing, acting, cinematography and comedy. This year’s "10 Directors to Watch" are:
Daniel Espinosa (Easy Money), Ed Gass-Donnelly (Small Town Murder Songs), Baran Bo Odar (The Silence), Juanita Wilson (As If I Am Not There), Richard Ayoade (Submarine), Elgin James (Little Birds), Patrick Lussier (Drive Angry), Andre Overdal (The Troll Hunter), Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) and Jason Weiner (Arthur).
Where are all the women? Why is the list 90% male when Debra Granik (Winter's Bone), Tanya Hamilton (Night Catches Us...
- 1/4/2011
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
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The first-ever Athena Film Festival chose some good films!
From February 10-13, 2011 in New York City, USA, they're screening Miss Representation (directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom) - the documentary about women in media that we're gushing about! The doc explores the media’s disparaging portrayals of women via interviews with Katie Couric, Nancy Pelosi, Rosario Dawson, Lisa Ling, Catherine Hardwicke and Geena Davis.
“The films we’ll screen exemplify our mission—to bring women’s unique and powerful voice to the forefront,” said Kathryn Kolbert, co-founder of the Festival and director of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College. “It is an honor for us to bring films with distinguished, creative and innovative visions and voices from all over the world, to our community,” said Melissa Silverstein, co-founder of the Festival and founder of Women and Hollywood.
They're also showing Margarethe Von Trotta's Vision,...
The first-ever Athena Film Festival chose some good films!
From February 10-13, 2011 in New York City, USA, they're screening Miss Representation (directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom) - the documentary about women in media that we're gushing about! The doc explores the media’s disparaging portrayals of women via interviews with Katie Couric, Nancy Pelosi, Rosario Dawson, Lisa Ling, Catherine Hardwicke and Geena Davis.
“The films we’ll screen exemplify our mission—to bring women’s unique and powerful voice to the forefront,” said Kathryn Kolbert, co-founder of the Festival and director of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College. “It is an honor for us to bring films with distinguished, creative and innovative visions and voices from all over the world, to our community,” said Melissa Silverstein, co-founder of the Festival and founder of Women and Hollywood.
They're also showing Margarethe Von Trotta's Vision,...
- 12/17/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
The Athena Film Festival has lined up its first program of narrative and documentary films, which will unspool February 10 to 13, 2011 on the Barnard Campus in New York City. In keeping with the fest's women in Hollywood focus, Sundance Film Festival doc entry Miss Representation explores the media’s disparaging portrayals of women via interviews with Katie Couric, Nancy Pelosi, Rosario Dawson, Lisa Ling, Catherine Hardwicke and Geena Davis. Biopic Desert Flower, based on the bestseller, narrates the life of Waris Dirie, from African refugee to supermodel. (Trailer below.) The festival will debut in the U.S. BBC Worldwide's Mo, starring Julie Walters as Mo Mowlam, the no-nonsense Brit politician who brokered the Good Friday Peace Agreement, and will present three shorts programs, including 12 ...
- 12/15/2010
- Thompson on Hollywood
<p><p>Jennifer Siebel Newsom's documentary about how the media treats women like shit is playing Sundance 2011, and we're more excited about it than any of the genre films.</p> <!--break--><!--break--><p><img src="http://www.fangirltastic.com/images/articles/2010/Dec/missrepresentation.jpg" hspace="5" align="right" vspace="5" alt=""><em>Miss Representation</em>, directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom and written by Newsom and Jessica Congdon, uncovers how American mainstream media’s limited and disparaging portrayals of women contribute to the under-representation of women in power positions – creating another generation of women defined by youth, beauty and sexuality, and not by their capacity as leaders.</p> <p>To quote Margaret Cho in the trailer (embedded below for your feminist enjoyment) "The media treats women like shit." And Newsom has some really awesome representations of women in her film (double whammy) to make up for it. Writer Gloria Steinem, Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House, United States Congress, you dummy), and Geena Davis (yes, That Geena Davis, founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media...
- 12/2/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
It has been another great year of film. I still have but seven movies left to watch before I complete my “Best of the Year List” but we are already looking towards 2011.
The 57 feature films selected for the four competition programs of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival were announced today, and the titles include some exciting works from returning filmmakers. While the lineup isn’t has loaded with big names it does feature the return of James Marsh whose documentary Man on Wire won the Grand Jury Prize at the fest in 2008. Some interesting movies we should mention that appear on the list are Mike Cahill’s Another Earth, Carlos Moreno’s All Our Dead One (Todos Tus Muertos), Anne Sewitsky’s sexual drama Happy, Happy (Sykt Lykkelig) Rashaad Ernesto Green‘s Gun Hill Road, Sean Durkin‘s Martha Marcy May Marlene, Andrew Okpeaha MacLean‘s On the Ice, Dee Rees...
The 57 feature films selected for the four competition programs of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival were announced today, and the titles include some exciting works from returning filmmakers. While the lineup isn’t has loaded with big names it does feature the return of James Marsh whose documentary Man on Wire won the Grand Jury Prize at the fest in 2008. Some interesting movies we should mention that appear on the list are Mike Cahill’s Another Earth, Carlos Moreno’s All Our Dead One (Todos Tus Muertos), Anne Sewitsky’s sexual drama Happy, Happy (Sykt Lykkelig) Rashaad Ernesto Green‘s Gun Hill Road, Sean Durkin‘s Martha Marcy May Marlene, Andrew Okpeaha MacLean‘s On the Ice, Dee Rees...
- 12/2/2010
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
It's the first day in December, and whether you want to recognize it or not, January isn't too far away. Today the awesome folks at the Sundance Film Festival unveiled their first list of films, international and domestic, which will be presented at the festival. Check it out, and yes there are more to come. Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition Categories, the Festival presents films in six out-of-competition sections to be announced on December 2. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.For the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, 115 feature-length films were selected, representing 28 countries by 40 first-time filmmakers, including 25 in competition. These films were selected from 3,812 feature-length film submissions composed of 1,943 U.S. and 1,869 international feature-length films.
- 12/1/2010
- LRMonline.com
As we’re getting ready to wrap up another great year of film, some are already looking to 2011 and what it will have to offer and what better way to look a head than with the first round of titles for the year’s first big festival: Sundance.
The list of festival titles isn’t as loaded with as many big name titles as have made the cut in previous years but there’s are definitely some interesting film in the competition line-up including Mike Cahill’s Another Earth which takes place on the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth (wicked!), Carlos Moreno’s All Our Dead One (Todos Tus Muertos) about a guy who finds a pile of dead bodies in the middle of his crops, Anne Sewitsky’s sexual drama Happy, Happy (Sykt Lykkelig) along with the Canadian/Japanese co-production Vampire.
Loads of great stuff on the line-up.
The list of festival titles isn’t as loaded with as many big name titles as have made the cut in previous years but there’s are definitely some interesting film in the competition line-up including Mike Cahill’s Another Earth which takes place on the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth (wicked!), Carlos Moreno’s All Our Dead One (Todos Tus Muertos) about a guy who finds a pile of dead bodies in the middle of his crops, Anne Sewitsky’s sexual drama Happy, Happy (Sykt Lykkelig) along with the Canadian/Japanese co-production Vampire.
Loads of great stuff on the line-up.
- 12/1/2010
- QuietEarth.us
The announcement of the movies playing the 2011 Sundance Film Festival is like looking into our film futures. It's December and most movie fans are looking back at the last 12 months, picking out award winners, writing top ten lists, and chances are we haven't even heard of the Sundance films. They're just titles, people, words on a computer screen. Then in January they unspool on screens across Park City, Utah and become something more. Finally, months later, these are the movies we discuss with our friends and choose on ballots at awards parties. Yet we get to read about them now, a year in advance. Last year at this time, who had heard of Four Lions, Catfish, Exit Through The Gift Shop, Blue Valentine, The Kids Are All Right, Winter's Bone, Restrepo or Animal Kingdom? Sundance, that's who. All those films screened at the 2010 festival and now many have become not only personal favorites,...
- 12/1/2010
- by Germain Lussier
- Slash Film
The Sundance Film Festival has announced the films in competition for the awesome and cold film festival running January 20th through January 30th 2011 in Park City, Utah.
This will be my third year attending the festival, and I'm really excited for it! There's a great line-up of films this year! Check out the list below!
From the press release:
Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition Categories, the Festival presents films in six out-of-competition sections to be announced on December 2. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
On Day One, the Festival will forego the convention of one opening night film and instead screen one narrative film and one documentary from both the U.
This will be my third year attending the festival, and I'm really excited for it! There's a great line-up of films this year! Check out the list below!
From the press release:
Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition Categories, the Festival presents films in six out-of-competition sections to be announced on December 2. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
On Day One, the Festival will forego the convention of one opening night film and instead screen one narrative film and one documentary from both the U.
- 12/1/2010
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Park City, Ut . Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition Categories, the Festival presents films in six out-of-competition sections to be announced on December 2. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The complete list of films is available at http://www.sundance.org/.
On Day One, the Festival will forego the convention of one opening night film and instead screen one narrative film and one documentary from both the U.S. and World Cinema competitions, as well as one shorts program.
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival said, .The Festival is a challenge to narrowly define. It is all at once exciting, fun, crazy, engaging, visceral, and sometimes even painful. We can explain storylines,...
On Day One, the Festival will forego the convention of one opening night film and instead screen one narrative film and one documentary from both the U.S. and World Cinema competitions, as well as one shorts program.
John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival said, .The Festival is a challenge to narrowly define. It is all at once exciting, fun, crazy, engaging, visceral, and sometimes even painful. We can explain storylines,...
- 12/1/2010
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Here's the first Sundance line-up announcement, of the fiction and nonfiction feature competitions, both U.S. and world. A few things of interest, on first scan: Vera Farmiga's directorial debut "Higher Ground," in which she also stars; "The Ledge," which sounds like this year's try for "Buried"; Iñupiaq Arctic thriller "On the Ice"; "Terri," the new film from "Momma's Man" director; Michael Rapaport's doc on A Tribe Called Quest "Beats, Rhymes and Life"; doc about the beloved Muppet "Being Elmo"; "If A Tree Falls," a new film from "Street Fight"'s Marshall Curry; Paddy Considine's feature directorial debut "Tyrannosaur"; and "Vampire," the new film from Japan's Shunji Iwai, a favorite of mine.
Descriptions courtesy of the festival:
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Another Earth (Director: Mike Cahill; Screenwriters: Mike Cahill and Brit Marling) - On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, a horrible tragedy...
Descriptions courtesy of the festival:
U.S. Dramatic Competition
Another Earth (Director: Mike Cahill; Screenwriters: Mike Cahill and Brit Marling) - On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, a horrible tragedy...
- 12/1/2010
- by Alison Willmore
- ifc.com
HollywoodNews.com: The 2011 Sundance Film Festival has just announced its lineup for January. John Cooper, director of Sundance Film Festival, said, “With more than 10,000 films submitted this year, we have had to make some very tough choices. Yet in the end, I’m excited about the way the program has come together. It’s an incredible honor to introduce these films and filmmaker…these are the stories that will define not only our Festival, but also the cultural year ahead.”
Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition Categories, the Festival presents films in six out-of-competition sections to be announced on December 2. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
On Day One, the Festival will...
Sundance Institute announced today the lineup of films selected to screen in the U.S. and World Cinema Dramatic and Documentary Competitions for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to the four Competition Categories, the Festival presents films in six out-of-competition sections to be announced on December 2. The 2011 Sundance Film Festival runs January 20-30 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.
On Day One, the Festival will...
- 12/1/2010
- by Linny Lum
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Film Stage is headed to Sundance this year and the festival has just announced its line-up. With over 10,00 entries here is what they narrowed it down to. Most initially notable is Vera Farmiga‘s directorial debut, Higher Ground (pictured above). There is a clear lack of stars as NYTimes notes, so the excitement of discovery is back in full swing. The fest will also announce 6 more out-of-competition categories tomorrow. Check out the full list below via the official site.
Us Dramatic
Another Earth (Director: Mike Cahill; Screenwriters: Mike Cahill and Brit Marling) – On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, a horrible tragedy irrevocably alters the lives of two strangers, who begin an unlikely love affair. Cast: William Mapother, Brit Marling, Jordan Baker, Robin Lord Taylor, Flint Beverage.
Benavides Born (Director: Amy Wendel; Screenwriters: Daniel Meisel and Amy Wendel) – A high school senior in a forgotten town...
Us Dramatic
Another Earth (Director: Mike Cahill; Screenwriters: Mike Cahill and Brit Marling) – On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth, a horrible tragedy irrevocably alters the lives of two strangers, who begin an unlikely love affair. Cast: William Mapother, Brit Marling, Jordan Baker, Robin Lord Taylor, Flint Beverage.
Benavides Born (Director: Amy Wendel; Screenwriters: Daniel Meisel and Amy Wendel) – A high school senior in a forgotten town...
- 12/1/2010
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Well, here they are – the Sundance Film Festival class of 2011, split up into 4 categories as indicated by the headers below. In future posts, I’ll be going over the complete list, highlighting titles that need to be, taking into consideration this blog’s specific interests.
Of note, some titles that I listed on my list of 2011 black films on our radar… Gun Hill Road, Rashaad Ernesto Green’s debut feature (which I actually saw a cut of over the weekend, and gave a thumbs up to; but I’ll talk more about it in detail when the time comes), Dee Rees’ Pariah, and Alrick Brown’s Kinyarwanda. Further, titles we’ve previously covered here… Beats, Rhymes and Life, Michael Rapaport’s documentary on hip-hop legends, A Tribe Called Quest, and The Redemption of General Butt Naked, a documentary on the Liberian warlord turned evangelist.
One film I’m surprised isn...
Of note, some titles that I listed on my list of 2011 black films on our radar… Gun Hill Road, Rashaad Ernesto Green’s debut feature (which I actually saw a cut of over the weekend, and gave a thumbs up to; but I’ll talk more about it in detail when the time comes), Dee Rees’ Pariah, and Alrick Brown’s Kinyarwanda. Further, titles we’ve previously covered here… Beats, Rhymes and Life, Michael Rapaport’s documentary on hip-hop legends, A Tribe Called Quest, and The Redemption of General Butt Naked, a documentary on the Liberian warlord turned evangelist.
One film I’m surprised isn...
- 12/1/2010
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
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