Month: January 2016

  • Filming for Top of the Lake S2 Begins This Spring

    Filming for Top of the Lake S2 Begins This Spring

    Top of the Lake season 2 begins filming in March, according to a statement by star Elisabeth Moss at Sundance to a Deadline reporter. Top of the Lake season 1 aired in 2013 – a long wait between seasons, but worth it. The dark drama series is from filmmaker Jane Campion. It features Detective Robin…

  • Women Led Media Dominate the GLAAD Awards Nominations

    Women Led Media Dominate the GLAAD Awards Nominations

    The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives. This year the major nominations feature many women led films and series with either lesbian or female transgender characters helming the lead roles.

  • Watch This: Trailer for Gaycation with Ellen Page and Ian Daniel

    Watch This: Trailer for Gaycation with Ellen Page and Ian Daniel

    Friends Ellen Page and Ian Daniel went all around the world filming Gaycation. They talked with LGBT individuals from Japan to Brazil, Jamaica and here in America about their lives. The film they took will be a documentary series on a new A&E channel called VICE starting on February 29.

  • Q&A with Siobhan Finneran for Happy Valley Season 2

    Q&A with Siobhan Finneran for Happy Valley Season 2

    BBC One released some Q&A press releases for the new series of Happy Valley coming up in February. This interview is with Siobhan Finneran, who plays Clare Cawood, the sister of lead character Sargeant Catherine Cawood.

  • Q&A with Sally Wainwright for Happy Valley Series 2

    Q&A with Sally Wainwright for Happy Valley Series 2

    BBC One and Red Production Company released a Q&A session with writer and director Sally Wainwright as publicity for season 2 of Happy Valley. The new series begins in February on BBC One. Sally Wainwright is writer, director and executive producer of Happy Valley. She directs 4 of the 6 episodes. Neasa Hardiman directs the…

  • Q&A with Sarah Lancashire for Happy Valley Series 2

    Q&A with Sarah Lancashire for Happy Valley Series 2

    The BBC and Red Production Company released a Q&A session with Sarah Lancashire about season 2 of Happy Valley. According to this new press release, Happy Valley begins on BBC One in February. Finally an almost definitive date for the start of series 2!

  • Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda Talk about Female Friendship

    Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda Talk about Female Friendship

    “Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin: A hilarious celebration of lifelong female friendship” is a TED Talk with Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin discussing friendship with Pat Mitchell. Since so many of my top 10 picks for the year 2015 explore the power of female friendship, this conversation between them is especially relevant.

  • Welcome to Litchfield: OITNB Releases First Season 4 Trailer

    Welcome to Litchfield: OITNB Releases First Season 4 Trailer

    Orange is the New Black season begins June 17 on Netflix. There may be some crazy surprises in store. According to information released at the Television Critics Association press tour, the new season will deal with race, politics and prison overcrowding.

  • Previews and Teasers for Happy Valley Season 2

    Previews and Teasers for Happy Valley Season 2

    Happy Valley season 2 previews and publicity teasers are coming our way. Here’s a preview, if you can call 10 seconds of video a preview, of what’s to come. Here’s everything I know about the second series.

  • Review: Room

    Review: Room

    Hearing about Room, even knowing that it garnered big awards and nominations, doesn’t prepare you for the exhausting impact of Room. It’s a stirring, emotional ride. Both Brie Larson as Ma and Jacob Tremblay as 5 year old Jack deliver inspired performances. In the first half of the film, we are in the room with…