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Barbie's Greta Gerwig Made History For Women Directors, It's Fantastic

Greta Gerwig's Barbie is the highest opening weekend box office of all time for a woman director.

'Jagged Mind' Trailer Is Serving Spooky Lesbian Chaos

Hulu is celebrating Pride month with a new must-see Sapphic horror film.

Women Directors the Oscars Ignored this Year - Video

Just in time for the 84th Annual Academy Awards, some enterprising feminist number crunchers have come up with some cold hard facts: in all that time, only four women have been nominated for a best directing Oscar and only one, The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow, has won it. Dee Rees (who directed the award-winning lesbian film Pariah), Miranda July (director of the indie The Future), Angelina Jolie (who directed the American foreign film, In the Land of Blood and Honey), Maryan Keshavarz (director of the acclaimed Iranian lesbian film, Circumstance), and Lynne Ramsey (who directed the Tilda Swinton vehicle, We Need to Talk About Kevin).

Women Directors Honored with Gotham Film Fest Nominations

It’s been a relatively great year for women in film, beginning with The Hurt Locker director Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first woman to nab a best director Academy Award! Now, the Gotham Independent Film Awards, celebrating its 20th Anniversary, have honored female-helmed films with several nominations, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Next up, for better or worse depending on what you thought of the film, Lisa Cholodenko’s lesbian family drama starring Annette Bening and Julianne Moore, The Kids are All Right, landed two nominations as did  Lena Dunham’s Tiny Furniture. Black Swan starring Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis is also nominated. 

In the Spotlight: 'Pariah' Director Dee Rees

Lesbian filmmaker Dee Rees is poised to enter a small club of prominent queer women of color directors with Pariah, her stunning Spike Lee-produced movie about an urban teen coming of age.

Op-ed: Make 2015 the Last Year of the White Guy Oscars

I am not alone in my simmering rage about how male the Oscars are this year. And every year.

Op-ed: Oscars 2014 Broke Ground Sans Controversy

It was a pretty staid Oscar ceremony that still managed to break a lot of necessary ground!

Who the F Is … Director Dorothy Arzner?

Meet one of Hollywood's first female directors.

This Year's Michigan Womyn's Music Festival Will Be the Last

The 40-year-old festival, the subject of controversy in recent years, 'is coming to a time of closure,' says its founder and organizer.

Op-Ed: A Feminist's Defense of Seth MacFarlane

I always watch the Oscars. As a devotee of the movies, I like to guess the winners, see the awards given out, hear the acceptance speeches, see what kind of politics are in play.

Women's Studies Professor and Pioneer Sharon L. Sievers Dies

Sharon L. Sievers, a professor who helped start the women's studies program at California State University, Long Beach, and fought a legal battle to preserve it, has died at age 71. She helped develop the university's women's studies program over the objections of some colleagues, who thought the topic not worthy of academic inquiry. Then in 1982 a student complained that the recommended reading for one course encouraged lesbianism.

'Orange Is The New Black' Could Be The Greatest Lesbian TV Series Ever

This new women’s prison comedy-drama from famed Weeds creator Jenji Kohan, which debuts July 11, is not just a fantastic female-centric series that could shift the cultural landscape of television — it could turn out to be TV’s best lesbian series ever. (Yeah, that’s right, I said it, L Word fans.)

WATCH: Trailer for Ground Breaking Feminist Doc. She's Beautiful When She's Angry

From the hat and glove wearing founders of NOW to the hat and glove wearing women of street theatrics of WITCH (Women's International Conspiracy from Hell), the film is full of dramatic flare.

​Greta Gerwig Responds To Ridiculous Right-Wing Backlash Over 'Barbie'

"My hope for the movie is that it's an invitation for everybody to be part of the party," Gerwig said.

7 Great Queer Girl Films You Won't See at The Golden Globes Tonight

From the unsung heroes to the latest releases, here are a seven cool films that are either literally, subtextually, or metaphorically about the ladies to love ladies. To be fair, some of these haven't been released and are therefore not eligible for The Globes, but we thought we'd put them on your radar just the same!

Who the F Is … Yvonne Welbon?

Yvonne Welbon is someone you should know!

10 lesbian-themed movies every gay guy should see

As a gay guy you might not want to rewatch Blue Is the Warmest Color's neverending sex scenes on repeat like some of your queer lady friends, but all of these movies are totally important to the LGBTQ+ experience.

Hollywood Still Has a Straight White Male Problem

An in-depth USC Annenberg study found that 99 percent of the characters in 2017's top films were straight and cisgender. 

5 Ways An Olivia Cruise Will Change Your Life

Looking for a life-altering experience? Board a ship by Olivia.