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   5 of Hollywood's Female Directors to Know

   11:54 am 12/8/2011

   • by Pamela McClintock

   Vera Farmiga, Dee Rees and three other top women directing in the industry on why studios so often exclude women, the wider range of stories they love, and how it feels to find success.Read more

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   5 of Hollywood's Female Directors to Know

   11:42 am 12/8/2011

   • by Pamela McClintock

   In the <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/angelina-jolie-kung-fu-panda-land-blood-honey-270225">Dec. 16 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine</a>, THR senior film writer Pamela McClintock sat down with Angelina Jolie and her Kung Fu Panda Jennifer Yuh Nelson for a frank discussion on the lack of female directors in Hollywood, their own directorial mentors, feelings on awards nominations (Panda 2 leads the Annie noms with 12 and Blood and Honey could get a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign language film) and the status of a Kung Fu Panda 3. Jolie also opens up about being a first-time director, explaining how she got a "famously unsuccessful" topic (war) funded, when she found the time to write and what really happened to shut down the Bosnia set of Blood and Honey, which opens in limited release Dec. 23. Their interview ran as a part of THR's larger female directors package, highlighting Vera Farmiga (Higher Ground), Dee Rees (Pariah), Phyllida Lloyd (The Iron Lady), Lorene Scafaria (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) and Patty Jenkins (Monster).Read more

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   THR Awards Expert Scott Feinberg's Top 10 Films of 2011

   10:26 am 12/7/2011

   • by Scott Feinberg

   Feinberg's personal favorites include a black-and-white silent, an old-school epic, an NC-17 character study, a Spanish-language thriller, and an unscripted love story.Read more

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   New Movie Reviews: 'Colombiana,' 'Don't Be Afraid of the Dark,' 'Our Idiot Brother' Hitting Theaters

   3:21 pm 8/25/2011

   • by Paula Zulian

   What is THR's critical take on the new films hitting the cinemas Friday? Read more

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5. Higher Ground: Sundance Review

   8:35 pm 1/23/2011

   • by Kirk Honeycutt

   Vera Farmiga debuts as a director in this graceful story of a woman's quest to find her own identity and a spiritual sanctuary that will give her life hope and meaning. Read more

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   SUNDANCE Q&A: John Hawkes Praises Vera Farmiga for Directing with 'Grace and Skill'

   1:52 pm 1/23/2011

   • by Stacey Wilson

   Character actor talks about hitchhiking as he promotes "Higher Ground" and "Martha Marcy May Marlene."Read more

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