If you’re going to make an American Girl movie for theaters, you want an actress with a big-screen presence, and Abigail Breslin certainly fits that bill. Read more>>

With Kit Kittredge: An American Girl finally opening in limited release on Wednesday, it seemed like a good time to take a look at other films girls in the same age demographic might also enjoy. As a mother of three daughters, I like to seek out films that have strong female characters. Read more>>

Although I sometimes have a bit of what Laura Linney referred to at this year’s Telluride Film Festival as an “allergic reaction” to film festival panels that focus on women in filmmaking, I also understand the need to have such panels. The point has been made, not inaccurately, that so long as women continue to be marginalized in Hollywood, the need for panels that highlight women’s accomplishments in film will still exist. Unfortunately, that marginalization exists across the board in our industry, extending also to women who work as film journalists. Read the rest of this entry »

2008 was a great year both for films helmed by women and films about women at the Sundance film festival. There were more first-time filmmakers at Sundance this year than at any time since the fest’s inception, and women were well-represented in that group. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the coolest cateogories at the annual Independent Feature Project’s (IFP) annual Gotham Awards (November 27) is “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You,” offering a prize recognizing films that have had solid play on the fest circuit but have not yet had major theatrical runs. Read more

Kim Voynar, who has attended a number of film festivals this year, provides a list of her favorites: Read the rest of this entry »

Some day, in the misty, egalitarian future I dream of, no one will care if a director has boobs or balls, and I’ll go to film fests and the only panels will have female and male filmmakers equally represented, side by side, talking about their films and not how their gender impacted the making of them. Until that day happens, though, I guess I’ll have to content myself with cheering on my sisters in the filmmaking world to that utopian finish line with a hearty, “You go, girl!” Read more

In response to Rickey’s stats, Voynar looks at what women audiences buy into. “Women need to speak out with their bank accounts and stop supporting dreck,” writes Voynar on Cinematical.com.

Kim Voynar highlights women’s achievements at Sundance: Read the rest of this entry »

“Dakota Fanning’s performance in “Hounddog” is mature, powerful, and everything it should be,” write’s Cinemarical.com’s Kim Voynar. But the film could be better.

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