November 2015

Transparent season 2 teaser

Watch This: Teaser for Season 2 of Transparent

“Did he call me sir?” Yes, it’s almost time for Transparent season 2 on Amazon. Amazon released a tiny clip to let you know that the characters you learned to love in season 1, are going to remain true to […]

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Broad Focus women directors

Broad Focus: It Works

Several months ago, Lifetime TV announced Broad Focus, an effort to put more women in all sorts of positions behind the camera as directors, producers, writers, and content developers. Lifetime recently announced how well it’s working. Five of those Lifetime

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Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette

Review: Miss You Already

Miss You Already is about two friends. One of them dies. True, it’s sad. It’s also funny and beautiful and bursting with love and joy. Don’t let the sad realities of life hold you back from enjoying the other parts

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Review: Dark Places

Dark Places is a haunting tale about recovering from childhood trauma and the lingering seduction of evil. I give it high marks. The acting was brilliant from all the cast, particularly Charlize Theron and Christina Hendricks. The plotting and story

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Last Tango in Halifax cast

Last Tango in Halifax Lands 4th Series: 6 Things I Hope to See

Straight from the mouth of the BBC. We’re delighted to confirm that #LastTangoInHalifax will return for another series. pic.twitter.com/79xxSM5oWD — BBC One (@BBCOne) February 1, 2015 Let’s talk about what we want to see in season 4 of Last Tango

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Teyonah Parris in Chi-Raq

Watch This: Trailer for Chi-Raq

Amazon Studios first effort at a movie released to theaters is Chi-Raq, an adaptation of the ancient Greek play Lysistrata by Aristophanes. It’s one of the oldest female-power stories in our culture, this time set against the backdrop of gang

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a scene from Quantico

Brain Dump: The Women of the New Fall TV Series

A brain dump is a series of short thoughts on a variety of subjects. Today’s topic is the women of the new TV series for fall 2015. Supergirl I’m happy to see a short hair cut on Chyler Leigh in

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The Lady in the Van

Watch This: Trailer for The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van stars Maggie Smith as a homeless woman, Mary Shepherd, who parks her van in a man’s driveway and leaves it there for 15 years. Alex Jennings plays writer Alan Bennett, the man whose driveway is

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nicola walker

Nicola Walker in Two British Dramas Airing Now

There’s a great article in The Daily Mail titled “Why the stars of our best TV dramas are suddenly all middle-aged women: At long last, this is grown-up television” that talks about many of my favorite actresses and shows –

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