Comments for Alliance of Women Film Journalists http://awfj.org Sat, 10 May 2008 21:37:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on AWFJ Opinion Poll: What Caused 2008’s Oscars Slump? by Sheila Carrington http://awfj.org/2008/04/06/awfj-opinion-poll-what-caused-2008s-oscars-slump/#comment-5997 Sheila Carrington Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:22:27 +0000 http://awfj.org/?p=1180#comment-5997 The network, ABC is also to blame for the slump on "Oscar night". They could start the show at 7:00 if they would dump the Barbara Waters Special. Also why have a half-hour Red Carpet preview show when E-channel and TV Guide channel has covered the same thing for 2-3 hours. The network, ABC is also to blame for the slump on “Oscar night”. They could start the show at 7:00 if they would dump the Barbara Waters Special. Also why have a half-hour Red Carpet preview show when E-channel and TV Guide channel has covered the same thing for 2-3 hours.

]]> Comment on Releasing March 28, 2008 by Media Districts Entertainment Blog » Releasing March 28, 2008 http://awfj.org/2008/03/23/releasing-march-28-2008/#comment-5975 Media Districts Entertainment Blog » Releasing March 28, 2008 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:13:03 +0000 http://awfj.org/2008/03/23/releasing-march-28-2008/#comment-5975 [...] AWFJ added an interesting post today on Releasing March 28, 2008Here’s a small reading [...] […] AWFJ added an interesting post today on Releasing March 28, 2008Here’s a small reading […]

]]> Comment on Nell Minow Responds to Gary Susman: Do We Need More Female Critics? by The Chutry Experiment » Blogger Critics Revisited (Again) http://awfj.org/2008/03/21/nell-minow-responds-to-gary-susman-do-we-need-more-female-critics/#comment-5973 The Chutry Experiment » Blogger Critics Revisited (Again) Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:29:51 +0000 http://awfj.org/2008/03/21/nell-minow-responds-to-gary-susman-do-we-need-more-female-critics/#comment-5973 [...] have the effect of diminishing that diversity, at least in widely-circulated print publications, as Nell Minow asserts in her AWFJ column. At the same time, as A.J. and others have noted, it is quite often independent [...] […] have the effect of diminishing that diversity, at least in widely-circulated print publications, as Nell Minow asserts in her AWFJ column. At the same time, as A.J. and others have noted, it is quite often independent […]

]]> Comment on Eleanor Ringel on Women and Oscar by Meg Ryan Actress http://awfj.org/2008/01/09/eleanor-ringel-on-women-and-oscar/#comment-5969 Meg Ryan Actress Sun, 23 Mar 2008 01:43:35 +0000 http://awfj.org/2008/01/09/eleanor-ringel-on-women-and-oscar/#comment-5969 <strong>Meg Ryan Actress...</strong> I Googled for something completely different, but found your page?and have to say thanks. nice read?... Meg Ryan Actress…

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]]> Comment on “Rendition,” review by Carrie Rickey by bill nighy christmas http://awfj.org/2007/10/18/rendition-review-by-carrie-rickey/#comment-5960 bill nighy christmas Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:59:51 +0000 http://awfj.org/2007/10/18/rendition-review-by-carrie-rickey/#comment-5960 <strong>bill nighy christmas...</strong> Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !... bill nighy christmas…

Man i love reading your blog, interesting posts !…

]]> Comment on AWFJ Announces 2007 EDA Awards Categories by Awards, Cinematical Indie | 1st-movies.com http://awfj.org/2007/10/24/awfj-announces-2007-eda-awards-categories/#comment-5956 Awards, Cinematical Indie | 1st-movies.com Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:58:29 +0000 http://awfj.org/2007/10/24/awfj-announces-2007-eda-awards-categories/#comment-5956 [...] announced the nominees for the Gotham Awards, honoring the best of indie films in 2007. And now the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has announced their awards categories. AWFJ has two types of categories: the traditional [...] […] announced the nominees for the Gotham Awards, honoring the best of indie films in 2007. And now the Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) has announced their awards categories. AWFJ has two types of categories: the traditional […]

]]> Comment on Films For A Less Than Sunny Day - Eleanor Ringel’s List by Media Districts Entertainment Blog » Films For A Less Than Sunny Day - Eleanor Ringel’s List http://awfj.org/2008/03/20/films-for-a-less-than-sunny-day-eleanor-ringels-list/#comment-5946 Media Districts Entertainment Blog » Films For A Less Than Sunny Day - Eleanor Ringel’s List Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:45:17 +0000 http://awfj.org/2008/03/20/films-for-a-less-than-sunny-day-eleanor-ringels-list/#comment-5946 [...] Eleanor Ringel Cater put an intriguing blog post on Films For A Less Than Sunny Day - Eleanor Ringelâ??s ListHere’s a quick excerpt [...] […] Eleanor Ringel Cater put an intriguing blog post on Films For A Less Than Sunny Day - Eleanor Ringelâ??s ListHere’s a quick excerpt […]

]]> Comment on Sundance 2008: Cornering the All-Male Critic’s Panel - Kim Voynar comments for AWFJ by Lisa Jones http://awfj.org/2008/02/03/sundance-2008-cornering-the-all-male-critics-panel-kim-voynar-comments-for-awfj/#comment-5795 Lisa Jones Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:14:02 +0000 http://awfj.org/2008/02/03/sundance-2008-cornering-the-all-male-critics-panel-kim-voynar-comments-for-awfj/#comment-5795 I agree with this article. I am glad someone stood up and said something about this. Were women purposely left out? No--just forgotten. This happens with all Blacks as well--no one's purposely leaving us out anymore, they just forget us because we just don't register on the scale. But this is still sexism and racism. I noticed that the tone of the article was extremely polite--and many women wrote in saying that they were upset too, but surely this wasn't done on purpose. We are quick to add the good things about Sundance. Why are we so polite? We are allowed to be angry. Can you imagine a time when women make half the films, get half the Oscar nominations for directing and writing/Best picture? We are more than half the population of the country. As for Sundance, they do support women in film but many of the films played there continue to be sexist, downright misogynistic even.... We need to stand up. PS--I love this site, keep doing the great work you do. I agree with this article. I am glad someone stood up and said something about this. Were women purposely left out? No–just forgotten. This happens with all Blacks as well–no one’s purposely leaving us out anymore, they just forget us because we just don’t register on the scale. But this is still sexism and racism.

I noticed that the tone of the article was extremely polite–and many women wrote in saying that they were upset too, but surely this wasn’t done on purpose. We are quick to add the good things about Sundance. Why are we so polite? We are allowed to be angry.

Can you imagine a time when women make half the films, get half the Oscar nominations for directing and writing/Best picture? We are more than half the population of the country.

As for Sundance, they do support women in film but many of the films played there continue to be sexist, downright misogynistic even…. We need to stand up.

PS–I love this site, keep doing the great work you do.

]]> Comment on Sundance 2008: Cornering the All-Male Critic’s Panel - Kim Voynar comments for AWFJ by eleanor Ringel Cater http://awfj.org/2008/02/03/sundance-2008-cornering-the-all-male-critics-panel-kim-voynar-comments-for-awfj/#comment-5766 eleanor Ringel Cater Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:33:14 +0000 http://awfj.org/2008/02/03/sundance-2008-cornering-the-all-male-critics-panel-kim-voynar-comments-for-awfj/#comment-5766 The Sundancers have, I think, rightfully gotten themselves off the hook by having approached two women. But I do agree there was a lot of high-altitude-estrogen available at the festival and someone female could've been found for at least one of the slots. What excites me, however, is that this discussion is even taking place (thanks Sean). Having written about movies for a very long time (still do, actually), I'm used to being ignored since I'm from the South (well, not entirely ignored, but sort of). BUt I also noticed how often distaff critics were passed over. Famous ones, who'd been around a long time, at big publications. I don't see it as an evil plot as much as a kind of unconscious Boys Club kinda thing. And now the issue has been raised, I think more thought will be put into these kind of choices I also tend to prefer a mixed panel because I want to hear male critics, too, and not be ghetto-ized, so to speak,always talking about female troubles. The Sundancers have, I think, rightfully gotten themselves off the hook by having approached two women. But I do agree there was a lot of high-altitude-estrogen available at the festival and someone female could’ve been found for at least one of the slots.
What excites me, however, is that this discussion is even taking place (thanks Sean). Having written about movies for a very long time (still do, actually), I’m used to being ignored since I’m from the South (well, not entirely ignored, but sort of). BUt I also noticed how often distaff critics were passed over. Famous ones, who’d been around a long time, at big publications. I don’t see it as an evil plot as much as a kind of unconscious Boys Club kinda thing.
And now the issue has been raised, I think more thought will be put into these kind of choices
I also tend to prefer a mixed panel because I want to hear male critics, too, and not be ghetto-ized, so to speak,always talking about female troubles.

]]> Comment on Sundance 2008: Cornering the All-Male Critic’s Panel - Kim Voynar comments for AWFJ by Marjorie Baumgarten http://awfj.org/2008/02/03/sundance-2008-cornering-the-all-male-critics-panel-kim-voynar-comments-for-awfj/#comment-5751 Marjorie Baumgarten Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:55:43 +0000 http://awfj.org/2008/02/03/sundance-2008-cornering-the-all-male-critics-panel-kim-voynar-comments-for-awfj/#comment-5751 It should go without saying that organizers should always be diligent about issues of representation. Being turned town by 2 women critics is daunting, sure, but is not cause for dropping due diligence. That said, the scheduling of the panel late in the festival (on the final Friday) clearly reduced the pool of candidates for impaneling. One undebatable fact, however, is that this Sundance panel was terrifically insightful, full of some really choice discussion about the values and purposes of film criticism. I know this not because I (another female film critic at Sundance) was there. That, too was my travel day home. Still, I recently listened to a podcast of the panel on the festival website – http://www.sundance.org/festival/video/ – and I'd feel badly if it wasn't said that the things these guys talked about are worth listening to by anyone interested in the state and practice of film criticism today. It should go without saying that organizers should always be diligent about issues of representation. Being turned town by 2 women critics is daunting, sure, but is not cause for dropping due diligence. That said, the scheduling of the panel late in the festival (on the final Friday) clearly reduced the pool of candidates for impaneling. One undebatable fact, however, is that this Sundance panel was terrifically insightful, full of some really choice discussion about the values and purposes of film criticism. I know this not because I (another female film critic at Sundance) was there. That, too was my travel day home. Still, I recently listened to a podcast of the panel on the festival website – http://www.sundance.org/festival/video/ – and I’d feel badly if it wasn’t said that the things these guys talked about are worth listening to by anyone interested in the state and practice of film criticism today.

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