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Pondering the Bigelow Nomination in Larger Context

2/8/10 9:35am by melsil
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It's been over a week since the DGA win, and almost a week since Kathryn Bigelow got her best director Oscar nomination and it turns out that since then, she has been nominated for a second Oscar as one of the producers for her film The Hurt Locker.  (When the nominations were announced last week, the credit were still pending.)  So, if she wins best director and The Hurt Locker wins best picture -- both are conceivable -- she will win two Oscars in one night.  Read more >

Does Having a Vagina Make You a Female Director?

1/8/10 10:00am by melsil
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Yesterday, Kathryn Bigelow earned her first DGA nomination for directing The Hurt Locker.  She’s not the one who made history yesterday.  Seven women — Lina Wertmuller (“Seven Beauties”), Randa Haines (“Children of a Lesser God”), Barbra Streisand (“The Prince of Tides”), Jane Campion (“The Piano”), Sofia Coppola (“Lost in Translation”) and Valerie Faris (who was nominated with Jonathan Dayton for “Little Miss Sunshine” — came before her but keep in mind NONE have won.  Lee Daniels was the surprise nominee for Precious making hi  Read more >

Women & Misogyny - The Ugly Truth

7/22/09 8:46am by melsil
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It will come as no shock to anyone that women can be as sexist and misogynistic as men.  That's a fact most of us have figured out.  But it's so much more depressing  when women get kicked in the teeth by other women on a great big movie screen.  Read more >

When Going to a Movie Makes You Stupid

2/9/09 12:46pm by melsil
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So here's the news.  Women across the country really wanted to see He's Just Not That Into You even though it got rotten reviews across the board.  80% of the audience was women, and 60% of the audience was over 25.  As someone who thinks about women's films and the women's market the success of a movie like this (which I did not see and am not very interested in seeing) gives me pause.  Read more >

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melsil
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November 2007
About Me: 

Melissa Silverstein is a writer, blogger and marketing consultant.  She is an expert in the area of social media regarding women and Hollywood.  She is the founder and editor of Women & Hollywood one of the most respected sites for issues related to women and film as well as other areas of pop culture.  She has been featured on CNN as well as in Newsweek, Salon, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, NY Times, and many other publications.  In 2010, Melissa was named one of 10 film critics to follow on twitter by Flavorwire.  In 2008, it was named by More Magazine as one of the “blogs to watch,” and in 2009, it was named “Best Hollywood blog” by totalfilm.com.

She is currently producing and creating the Athena Film Festival at Barnard College in NYC which will celebrate women’s leadership.  The Festival will launch in February 2011.

Over the last several years, Melissa has created social media marketing campaigns and events for a variety of films.  Recent films include: Dancing Across Borders, Bright Star, The Boys are Back, Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, Cheri, Sunshine Cleaning, Last Chance Harvey, Revolutionary Road, Hounddog, The Duchess, A Previous Engagement, Then She Found Me, The Business of Being Born, Becoming Jane, Bend it Like Beckham, The Hours.

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