Emma Stone is joining a chorus of Hollywood actresses and speaking out about the gender pay gap in the film industry.
Stone, 28, opened up about the issue in a new interview with Out Magazine, explaining that the Hollywood “quote” system is in part to blame.
“At our best right now we’re making 80 cents to the dollar,” Stone said.
The Oscar-winning actress said actors are often paid based on how much they made in a previous production.
“It’s a difficult system because it depends on the kinds of films you’re a part of, the size of your role,...
Stone, 28, opened up about the issue in a new interview with Out Magazine, explaining that the Hollywood “quote” system is in part to blame.
“At our best right now we’re making 80 cents to the dollar,” Stone said.
The Oscar-winning actress said actors are often paid based on how much they made in a previous production.
“It’s a difficult system because it depends on the kinds of films you’re a part of, the size of your role,...
- 7/7/2017
- by Alexis Chestnov
- PEOPLE.com
“Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry,” Laura Dunn’s vivid, poignant look at the life of seminal American writer Wendell Berry — and, by extension, the country he’s lovingly written about for so long — comes complete with one heck of a pedigree to recommend it.
Produced by Robert Redford, Terrence Malick, and Nick Offerman, Dunn’s documentary is billed as “a beautiful and poignant portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture, as seen through the eye of American novelist, poet, and activist, Wendell Berry.”
And one look at the film’s debut trailer is enough to make that vision and artistry very clear indeed.
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The film is the first one about Berry and it takes viewers inside his unique life...
Produced by Robert Redford, Terrence Malick, and Nick Offerman, Dunn’s documentary is billed as “a beautiful and poignant portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture, as seen through the eye of American novelist, poet, and activist, Wendell Berry.”
And one look at the film’s debut trailer is enough to make that vision and artistry very clear indeed.
Read More: Terrance Malick Vows to Return to More Structured Filmmaking: ‘I’m Backing Away From That Style Now’
The film is the first one about Berry and it takes viewers inside his unique life...
- 5/31/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Thirteen years after she says she was sexually assaulted after a college party, D.C. Attorney Laura Dunn is demanding support and justice for other assault survivors.
“One fifth to one quarter of women are sexually assaulted by the time they graduate from college,” says Dunn, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when she says two fellow students dragged her into an apartment after a frat party and assaulted her.
“Most of the assaults happen freshman and sophomore year, right at the start of school when (women) are vulnerable, new to campus, trying to figure out,...
“One fifth to one quarter of women are sexually assaulted by the time they graduate from college,” says Dunn, who was an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison when she says two fellow students dragged her into an apartment after a frat party and assaulted her.
“Most of the assaults happen freshman and sophomore year, right at the start of school when (women) are vulnerable, new to campus, trying to figure out,...
- 5/24/2017
- by Natasha Stoynoff
- PEOPLE.com
This week People is launching a new series—in print and on video—called “Women Speak Out.” It will be a series of interviews and profiles with women who have survived sexual assault and have come forward to seek justice—for their own sake, and for the sake of other women.
We are especially proud of the series because it comes from Natasha Stoynoff, who became world famous during the election when she wrote in People about being physically attacked by Donald Trump back in 2005. At the time, she was a writer at People, assigned to interview Trump (and his then-pregnant wife,...
We are especially proud of the series because it comes from Natasha Stoynoff, who became world famous during the election when she wrote in People about being physically attacked by Donald Trump back in 2005. At the time, she was a writer at People, assigned to interview Trump (and his then-pregnant wife,...
- 5/24/2017
- by Jess Cagle
- PEOPLE.com
“I don’t have religion, but if I did it would be probably be the Sundance labs,” said “Patti Cake$”writer/director Geremy Jasper.
“Patti Cake$” is one 20 films premiering this week at the Sundance Film Festival that got their start, at least in part, at the Sundance Institute. (In Jasper’s case, he participated in both the Feature Film Screenwriting and Directing labs.)
The labs are the highest-profile aspect of the Institute. Filmmakers find it invaluable to be in Utah for two to three weeks, removed from their day to day concerns and immersed in their films while getting advice from some of the most talented instructors and filmmakers in the world. In Jasper’s case, the first person he sat down with to discuss the problems in his script’s second act was none other than his hero Quentin Tarantino, who workshopped “Reservoir Dogs” at the Sundance Labs 25 years ago.
“Patti Cake$” is one 20 films premiering this week at the Sundance Film Festival that got their start, at least in part, at the Sundance Institute. (In Jasper’s case, he participated in both the Feature Film Screenwriting and Directing labs.)
The labs are the highest-profile aspect of the Institute. Filmmakers find it invaluable to be in Utah for two to three weeks, removed from their day to day concerns and immersed in their films while getting advice from some of the most talented instructors and filmmakers in the world. In Jasper’s case, the first person he sat down with to discuss the problems in his script’s second act was none other than his hero Quentin Tarantino, who workshopped “Reservoir Dogs” at the Sundance Labs 25 years ago.
- 1/22/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
To follow up on her Independent Spirit Award-winning documentary “The Unforeseen,” Laura Dunn decided to explore the life and work of poet, farmer and activist Wendell Berry. In “Look and See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry,” she uses Berry (and his Johnny Cash-like lilt of a voice) to document the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America in the era of industrial agriculture. The film, which screens this week in the Spotlight section of the Sundance Film Festival after premiering at SXSW last year (under the title “The Seer”), was shot in and around the rolling hills of Berry’s native.
- 1/17/2017
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
While screenings continue throughout the week, 2016 SXSW Film Festival had its official awards ceremony last night, with director and comedian Mike Birbiglia — whose Don’t Think Twice was well received at the festival — hosting. Awards went to features about a famous mass shooting, a misfit romance and the Kkk while, as always, the festival gave prizes as well to shorts, music videos and poster designs. In addition, Austin favorite Lee Daniels, well known for his work with Rick Linklater, received a special cinematography award for his lensing of Laura Dunn’s The Seer. Our friends at Keyframe have assembled […]...
- 3/16/2016
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Top brass at the festival announced on Tuesday several sections of the features line-up for the 23rd edition, set to run from March 11-19, 2016 in Austin, Texas.
SXSW will screen 139 features of which 89 are world premieres, 13 are North American Premieres and 8 are Us premieres selected from 2,456 feature submissions (1,467 Us and 990 international). Fifty-two films hail from debutants.
Narrative Feature Competition selections are: The Arbalest by Adam Pinney; Before The Sun Explodes by Debra Eisenstadt; Claire In Motion by Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell; collective:unconscious by collective:unconscious (Lily Baldwin, Frances Bodomo, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Josephine Decker, Lauren Wolkstein); Donald Cried by Kris Avedisian; Hunter Gatherer by Josh Locy; Miss Stevens by Julia Hart; The Other Half by Joey Klein; A Stray by Musa Syeed; and Transpecos by Greg Kwedar.
Documentary Feature Competition entries are: Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America by Matt Ornstein; Alive And Kicking by Susan Glatzer; Best And Most Beautiful Things directed by Garrett Zevgetis; Goodnight...
SXSW will screen 139 features of which 89 are world premieres, 13 are North American Premieres and 8 are Us premieres selected from 2,456 feature submissions (1,467 Us and 990 international). Fifty-two films hail from debutants.
Narrative Feature Competition selections are: The Arbalest by Adam Pinney; Before The Sun Explodes by Debra Eisenstadt; Claire In Motion by Lisa Robinson and Annie J. Howell; collective:unconscious by collective:unconscious (Lily Baldwin, Frances Bodomo, Daniel Patrick Carbone, Josephine Decker, Lauren Wolkstein); Donald Cried by Kris Avedisian; Hunter Gatherer by Josh Locy; Miss Stevens by Julia Hart; The Other Half by Joey Klein; A Stray by Musa Syeed; and Transpecos by Greg Kwedar.
Documentary Feature Competition entries are: Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America by Matt Ornstein; Alive And Kicking by Susan Glatzer; Best And Most Beautiful Things directed by Garrett Zevgetis; Goodnight...
- 2/2/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The San Francisco Film Society has announced the 11 contenders for its $75,000-plus 2015 Sffs Documentary Film Fund supporting feature documentaries in post-production.
Organisers selected the finallists from more than 300 applications and the winners will be announced in early April.
Previous fund winners include Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie And The Boxer, which won the Sundance directing award for documentary and Shaul Schwarz’s Narco Cultura, which also premiered in Park City in 2013.
The fund finallists are:
The Bad Kids – Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe, co-directors;
Forever Pure – Maya Zinshtein, director; Geoff Arbourne, producer;
Forty Panes – Laura Dunn, director;
Infanity – Ramona Diaz, director;
The Island And The Whales – Mike Day, director;
Learning To Forget – Kaspar Astrup Schröder, director; Katherine Sahlstrom, producer;
Liyana – Aaron Kopp and Amanda Kopp, co-directors;
The Oakland Police Project – Peter Nicks, director;
Selling Our Daughters – Dave Adams and Josie Swantek, co-directors; Susan MacLaury, producer;
Uncertain – Ewan McNichol and Anna Sandilands, co-directors; and[p...
Organisers selected the finallists from more than 300 applications and the winners will be announced in early April.
Previous fund winners include Zachary Heinzerling’s Cutie And The Boxer, which won the Sundance directing award for documentary and Shaul Schwarz’s Narco Cultura, which also premiered in Park City in 2013.
The fund finallists are:
The Bad Kids – Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe, co-directors;
Forever Pure – Maya Zinshtein, director; Geoff Arbourne, producer;
Forty Panes – Laura Dunn, director;
Infanity – Ramona Diaz, director;
The Island And The Whales – Mike Day, director;
Learning To Forget – Kaspar Astrup Schröder, director; Katherine Sahlstrom, producer;
Liyana – Aaron Kopp and Amanda Kopp, co-directors;
The Oakland Police Project – Peter Nicks, director;
Selling Our Daughters – Dave Adams and Josie Swantek, co-directors; Susan MacLaury, producer;
Uncertain – Ewan McNichol and Anna Sandilands, co-directors; and[p...
- 2/19/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
She may not have Obama's star wattage, but Dr. Jill Biden has become a style sensation. Isabel Wilkinson on how the second lady dresses "sexy," the economics of "The Biden Bump," and how Jill borrows her family's clothes.
When Dr. Jill Biden appeared on Larry King Live alongside her husband, Vice President Joe Biden, in November, she discussed education, the economy, and the military. But before the cameras started rolling, Biden's aides were busy helping the second lady select a dress that would be best for the appearance. They held up multiple options under the light in the studio, until Biden eventually ruled that a blue Diane von Furstenberg dress with a silk sachet and capped sleeves would do the trick. She had worn the dress multiple times on the campaign trail-but it was no problem to recycle a dress for Larry King.
Related story on The Daily Beast: How...
When Dr. Jill Biden appeared on Larry King Live alongside her husband, Vice President Joe Biden, in November, she discussed education, the economy, and the military. But before the cameras started rolling, Biden's aides were busy helping the second lady select a dress that would be best for the appearance. They held up multiple options under the light in the studio, until Biden eventually ruled that a blue Diane von Furstenberg dress with a silk sachet and capped sleeves would do the trick. She had worn the dress multiple times on the campaign trail-but it was no problem to recycle a dress for Larry King.
Related story on The Daily Beast: How...
- 12/14/2010
- by Isabel Wilkinson
- The Daily Beast
By Michael Atkinson
The British have a thing about underage sociopathy -- we in the U.S. will puzzle and wonder as a culture about the latest school shooter or the very occasional death-metal bogus-ritual killing, but in tabloid-crazy England a news story of a child murdering a child pinches very powerful nerve endings, and the social wound of it is felt universally and lasts for years, if not indefinitely. While the American character, often amnesiac and marinated in ideas of personal freedom and frontier independence, tends to take these things in stride (does anyone even off-handedly remember the name of that Virginia Tech psycho?), the convention-loving Brits are commonly, in contrast, traumatized for good. (There's a reason England is the most surveillance-saturated nation in the world.) This is the underlying dynamic of John Crowley's adroit and heartfelt "Boy A" (2007), which is inspired at least in part by the 1993 abduction and killing,...
The British have a thing about underage sociopathy -- we in the U.S. will puzzle and wonder as a culture about the latest school shooter or the very occasional death-metal bogus-ritual killing, but in tabloid-crazy England a news story of a child murdering a child pinches very powerful nerve endings, and the social wound of it is felt universally and lasts for years, if not indefinitely. While the American character, often amnesiac and marinated in ideas of personal freedom and frontier independence, tends to take these things in stride (does anyone even off-handedly remember the name of that Virginia Tech psycho?), the convention-loving Brits are commonly, in contrast, traumatized for good. (There's a reason England is the most surveillance-saturated nation in the world.) This is the underlying dynamic of John Crowley's adroit and heartfelt "Boy A" (2007), which is inspired at least in part by the 1993 abduction and killing,...
- 10/7/2008
- by Michael Atkinson
- ifc.com
- Thursday Feb 28th:. NYC: Two more ops to catch a Q&A with Ramin Bahrani for Chop Shop. Click here for showtimes. Friday Feb 29th:. Claude Lelouch will kick off the 13th Rendez-Vous with French Cinema (Feb. 29 – March 9) at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater and IFC Center. See Roman de Gare at the Walter Reade Theater, at 6:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. Saturday March 1st:. The Cinema Guild releases as of yesterday, Laura Dunn's excellent Sundance docu The Unforeseen in limited theater run. Sunday March 2nd:. Check your local listings for Oscar-winning documentary film by Alex Gibney Taxi to the Dark Side. Monday March 3rd:. Day Off. Tuesday March 4th:. DVD: Into the Wild (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition): includes features entitled: The Story, The Characters and The Experience. Wednesday March 5th:. NYC: David Gordon Green talks Snow Angels at the Apple Store - SoHo,
- 2/28/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- The toast of the town is Diablo Cody and the gift she gave to Jason Reitman. Juno picks up a trio of awards and trailing with two awards each is another Fox Searchlight flick The Savages and the Cannes Julian Schnabel and his cinematographer were well rewarded for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly's aesthetic brilliance. Here is the complete list of noms and winners below. Best Feature: Juno Best Director: Julian Schnabel Best First Feature: The Lookout Best Documentary: Crazy Love Best Foreign Film: Once Best Female Lead: Ellen Page Best Male Lead: Philip Seymour Hoffman Best Supporting Female: Cate Blanchett Best Supporting Male: Chiwetel Ejiofor Best Screenplay: The Savages Best First Screenplay: Juno Best Cinematography: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly John Cassavetes Award: August Evening August Evening Writer/Director: Chris Eska Producers: Connie Hill, Jason Wehling Owl and the Sparrow Writer/Director: Stephane Gauger Producers: Nguyen Van Quan,
- 2/23/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- In recent years I've often criticized the Academy Awards for not having the foresight and fortitude to include docu films that have not only completely reinvigorated the genre, but have pushed the medium to new possible artistic and narrative terrains. This year's short list of 15 titles only further confirms that the Academy has tremendous difficulty in acknowledging the wider scope of films that merit year-end salutations. The formula for the docu-filmmaking and docu movie-going experience has significantly changed since Y2K, yet the most prestigious award film ceremony seems to come up short when it comes to new trends in storytelling and filmmaking. Today IndieWIRE reports Aj Schnack will collaborate with online independent film distributor IndiePix to launch a new nonfiction filmmaking awards event, set for March 18, 2008 at IFC Center in New York City. Below you find a Top 15 list of films that will be nominated for eight categories,
- 1/7/2008
- IONCINEMA.com
- Underrated, overlooked, and mostly unknown, I’ve decided to highlight my four favorite award sections separately from today’s lengthy list of Indie Spirit noms. Why? because a). I haven’t heard of half these films and want to further research them, b). I want to add the missing titles to the Ioncinema.com database and c). I think it’s in the best interests of indie film lovers to familiarize themselves with the budding/future talent. Commencing with the John Cassavetes award noms (the name of this section says it all) which is given to the best feature made for under $500,000; and followed by the noms for my favorite category the Someone to Watch Award and the listings for the Truer Than Fiction Award the Producers Award.August Evening is a two-time nominee thanks to the votes going to actor Pedro Castaneda. Owl and the Sparrow was actually
- 11/28/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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