New Rules Yield Greater Diversity for AMPAS Board of Governors — Anne Thompson reports
Thanks to new rules, this year’s Academy Board of Governors race was more intense than usual. The Academy’s 17 branches
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Anne Thompson’s THE $11 BILLION YEAR (Exclusive Excerpt)
After reporting on everything movies for 25 years, Hollywood pundit Anne Thompson, an AWFJ member, has written her first book. It’s fascinating. We preview it here, with an exclusive excerpt from Chapter Seven: Women, Politics and Zero Dark Thirty. After reading AWFJ’s exclusive excerpt, you can purchase The $11 Billion Year in its entirety from HarperCollins Publishers or book sellers.
Read moreTop Ten 2012 – Anne Thompson
1. Life of Pi 2. Beasts of the Southern Wild 3. Zero Dark Thirty 4. Silver Linings Playbook 5. Lincoln
Read moreAWFJ Women On Film – “Cheri” – Anne Thompson reviews
It’s devilishly hard to get everything to go right on a movie. Many little things can turn a promising project
Read more“Fear of Flying: Confessions of a Free Women” – Anne Thompson comments
I watched the six episodes two at a time, three nights running. (I had admired Fox’s 80s doc Beirut: The
Read more“10,000 B.C.” – Anne Thompson reviews
Well, I’ve seen Roland Emmerich’s latest pixel-fest 10,000 B.C., and it’s no Quest for Fire. Would that it had been
Read moreSundance 2008: Fem-helmed Doc Sells – Anne Thompson reports
Finally, the long-in-the-works “American Teen” deal went down late Tuesday night, marking the fourth movie to sell at Sundance in
Read moreSundance 2008: Women Score “Polanski: Wanted and Desired” – Anne Thompson reports
Sheila Nevins’ HBO documentary unit has acquired North American rights to Marina Zenovich’s Polanski: Wanted and Desired, the hot buzz
Read more“Juno,” commentary by Anne Thompson
My class ate up Juno like it was strawberry ice cream. Read more
Read more“Gone Baby Gone,” commentary by Anne Thompson
Gone Baby Gone is a tough piece of gritty entertainment. What Miramax will be able to wring out of the
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