Christian Science Monitor staffer Gloria Goodall points out that 2007’s fem helmed films–Away From Her, Waitress, Jane Austen Book, The Namesake, among others–have cracked Hollywood’s glass ceiling–a little. Read more

Exclusives from Susan Wloszczyna, Eleanor Ringel, Maitland McDonagh, Jennifer Merin and others: Read more

With sincerest appreciation of all the great work that’s been done in film this year, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists is pleased to announce the winners of the 2007 EDA Awards. Read more

In producing “The Orphanage,” director Guillermo del Toro is giving to Jose Antonio Bayona, the Spanish first-time director the kind of opportunity that was several years ago given to him by Pedro Almodovar, the Spanish master filmmaker. Del Toro talks with Jennifer Merin about a belief the three men have in common–that the female force is that of creativity and transformation. Read more

In this haunting, supernatural Spanish drama, a devoted mother discovers the dark secrets hidden within her childhood refuge, situated on a lonely stretch of coastline near an abandoned lighthouse. Read more

Francis Ford Coppola’s first film in ten years is a welcome change from the journeyman work he did in the 1990s, which reached its nadir with the Robin Williams comedy JACK (1996). But it’s far from a return to form: Coppola’s eye for vividly composed images is undiminished, but the story is an unfocussed hodge-podge of mystical musings and Twilight Zone-ish occurances. Read more

On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, “There Will Be Blood” gushes to an astonishing, enthralling 10. Read more

Adam Rifkin’s high-concept tale of bad behavior in the age of surveillance is shot as though every moment were captured by hidden cameras, from videophones to dashboard-mounted police surveillance lenses. Read more

It’s time to rejoice – the darkly comic “The Bucket List” is a gift for moviegoers. Read more

Thankfully, the film is mostly light and harmless, not one of the year’s best but nothing too hazardous to your health. Read more