The Alliance of Women Film Journalists is pleased to announce its 2011 slate of new members, invited from among the top news media covering the content and business of film. The additions bring the number of leading women journalists on the organization’s roster to 70.

Listed in alphabetical order, the AWFJ welcomes: Read more

Of the thousands of items writen about the 2010 EDA Awards, these are some of our favorites. Read more>>

Black Swan, The Kids Are All Right, The Social Network and Winter’s Bone score multiple 2010 EDA Awards, and there are top honors for Annette Bening, Helen Mirren, Claire Denis, Noomi Rapace, Hailee Steinfeld and Joan Rivers, and for some mighty memorable men.

Then, too, we present AWFJ’s unique awards for Most Memorable Moment, Best Nudity and Actress Most In Need of A New Agent! And more. Read the list…

Think of the January movie release calendar as Hollywood’s post-holiday diet menu. The annual seasonal film feast is over, and whatever is put up on the screens is generally less appealing. It’s not that that there aren’t new releases. Hollywood still wants its fat box office. read more>>

There is a down-home comfort saturating “Country Strong,” in that “somebody done somebody wrong song” way, that almost carries you through when its music-drenched melodrama gets predictable. Which is pretty much as soon as the fragile, still-in-rehab country superstar played by Gwyneth Paltrow starts talking about the baby bird she’s found and is trying to save. So like, Scene 2. Read more>>

Memo to Gwyneth Paltrow on how to diva. Read more

What’s good about Country Strong is Gwyneth Paltrow, Garrett Hedlund and Leighton Meester. Each one could have a sing-off and draw a crowd. Fortunately, the engaging cast in Country Strong helps us almost forget about Shana Feste’s disappointing script and irrational ending. Read more>>

About this time last year, audiences were impressed by Jeff Bridges’ portrayal of a troubled, alcoholic country music singer in “Crazy Heart,” but Gwyneth Paltrow doesn’t pack much of a wallop in what seems to be a female twist on a similar story. Read more

The first words we hear out of 15-year-old Mia (Jarvis) are, characteristically, four-lettered and snarling. “Ring me back, you bitch,” she spits into her phone, ostensibly to a friend. We never see the friend – we never see any friends, in fact. Mia, a self-taught dancer who likes to watch Web videos of dance crews showing off their moves, has no crew of her own. Read more>>

Charles Ferguson’s Inside Job presents a comprehensive and convincing analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. The film is a warning alarm. We are still at risk. Read more>>