The New York Times and The Upshot polled 500 individuals in the film industry to determine the 100 best movies of the 21st century. Of those 1200, eleven were directed by women.
July 2025 Newsletter – A New Oscar Category is Announced – Stunt Design
Since movies began, women have been performing stunts to make the action and storytelling more exciting. They eventually earned the title of Stunt Designer, also called Stunt Coordinator, when they were the ones planning the daredevil acts for themselves or other stunt performers in the movie.
June 2025 Newsletter – Murder on the Orient Express
Both Jill and Barbara traveled to Europe this spring and Barbara spent a night on the train, the Orient Express. That, of course, evoked for us the Agatha Christie novel, Murder on the Orient Express, which was adapted into movie versions in 1974 and 2017.
May 2025 Newsletter – May Flowers
In the spirit “April showers bring May flowers,” we focus in this month’s newsletter on three movies where flowers are prominent in the title: Cactus Flower, Flower Drum Song, and Driving Miss Daisy.
April 2025 Newsletter – Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame Inductees
Congratulations to Barbara Bridges on her induction into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.
March 2025 Newsletter – The 2025 Oscar Results are In!
The 97th Academy Awards ceremony was held on Sunday, March 2, 2025. Out of a possible twenty-one categories, women were nominated in eighteen of them.
February 2025 Newsletter – 2025 Oscar Nominations
Because of the devastating wildfires in California, and particularly in Los Angeles County, the Academy Award nominations were twice delayed.
January 2025 Newsletter – 2024 National Film Registry Entrants
The twenty-five 2024 entrants into the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress have been announced.
December 2024 Newsletter – Early Movers and Shakers of the Screen Writers Guild
Professionals often gather with people within their occupation for networking and professional development and screenwriters for the film industry are no different.
November 2024 Newsletter – 2024 Donations to the Academy Collection
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has an Academy Collection – a vast trove of more than 52 million film-related items.