(five! - Lana Wachowski, Anne Fletcher, Dana Nachman, Nancy Meyers, Patricia Riggen) Universal (three - Sam Taylor Johnson, Elizabeth Banks, Angelina Jolie) Disney (one - Niki Caro) Paramount (0) Fox (0) and Sony (0). On the Other Hand Here is an estimate of the movies directed by women that were released by major studios this year: Warner Bros. Even Better In October, The Los Angeles Times reported that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was investigating gender discrimination in the industry, just as the American Civil Liberties Union requested state and federal agencies do after it conducted its own inquiry.ġ4. “I didn’t want to seem ‘difficult’ or ‘spoiled,’” she wrote in the newsletter Lenny, speaking for many, including those with far more modest paychecks.ġ3. Viola Davis spoke out, as did Jennifer Lawrence, who went public about making less than her male co-stars.
to talk about discrimination in the industry not just openly but also loudly. Most Hopeful Sign At one point, you could feel the status quo shift as it became O.K.
“’71,” “Amy,” “Anomalisa,” “Blackhat,” “Chi-Raq,” “Ex Machina,” “Experimenter,” “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem,” “The Good Dinosaur,” “The Great Man,” “Inside Out,” “Joy,” “ Lost Landscapes of Los Angeles,” “Magic Mike XXL,” “ Office,” “ Results,” “The Revenant,” “Seymour: An Introduction,” “Shaun the Sheep Movie,” “Spy,” “Straight Outta Compton,” “Tangerine,” “Timbuktu,” “Trainwreck,” “White God” and “The Wolfpack.”ġ2. Another 26 Favorites - because why not? Many of these could have made my top 10 on another day. But his work shows up in cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, too, so if you’re in the neighborhood, look for his next show. “Sixty Six” Lewis Klahr’s beautiful compilation of digital short works, which refashion pop culture in a heroic key, played for only one night at the Museum of Modern Art. “ The Big Short ” Adam McKay plays it for comedy, but as he carpet-bombs the screen with laughs, he makes it clear that his take on the 2008 economic meltdown is a staggering American tragedy.ġ0.