Stories by Melissa Silverstein
Melissa Silverstein is the writer and editor of Women & Hollywood.
Founders Nancy Gerstman and Emily Russo talk about how to thrive in the indie film world.
Posted on Jun 27, 2008
Brick Lane tells a story rarely heard or seen in popular culture: an immigrant woman's experience in an arranged marriage.
Posted on Jun 24, 2008
Female documentary filmmakers have achieved a level of success that has eluded women in the fiction film business.
Posted on Jun 20, 2008
Sex and the City killed at the box office. Maybe now Hollywood will stop only making movies geared at teen boys.
Posted on Jun 3, 2008
Less than a fifth of Hollywood's screenwriters are women, and the reasons behind this disparity are less than encouraging.
Posted on Jun 4, 2007
As an alternative the teen-targeted summer blockbusters, look beyond the multiplex for films that highlight women's stories.
Posted on May 5, 2007
A new film asks whether the Dixie Chicks paid a higher price for speaking out against Bush because they're women.
Posted on Nov 3, 2006
Why are there not more women directing movies? Because gender disparity runs rampant throughout the Hollywood studio system.
Posted on Aug 3, 2006
A new documentary highlights a growing issue for women's sports: What happens when a player gets pregnant?
Posted on Jun 13, 2006
Showtime’s new series "The L Word" is supposed to be a groundbreaking show that reflects the lives of lesbians. Sadly, it’s not.
Posted on Jan 30, 2004
