Lessons in Chemistry is a drama miniseries developed for television by Lee Eisenberg. Based on a novel of the same name by Bonnie Garmus, the Apple TV+ series is set in 1960s America and it revolves around Elizabeth Zott, who has always dreamed of being a scientist but because of the patriarchal society she is denied her dream. That’s when he accepts a job on a TV cooking show and teaches the housewives of the nation way more than recipes. Lessons in Chemistry stars Brie Larson in the lead role with Lewis Pullman, Stephanie Koenig, Kevin Bussman, Aja Naomi King, and Thomas Mann starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the Apple TV+ series here are some similar shows you could watch next.
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Synopsis: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from renowned creator Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls) and Executive Producer Daniel Palladino...
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime Video) Credit – Prime Video
Synopsis: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from renowned creator Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls) and Executive Producer Daniel Palladino...
- 10/14/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
The Better Angels Society, the Library of Congress and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation have set two winners of the fourth annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film: director Jeff L. Lieberman’s Bella! and Philly on Fire, directed by Ross Hockrow and Tommy Walker. This is the first time that the selection process for the coveted documentary award has resulted in a tie.
Bella! tells the story of former United States Representative Bella Abzug, a feminist and civil rights advocate, who took on a Washington establishment resistant to change and sacrificed her own political ambitions for future generations of female leadership.
Philly on Fire chronicles the 1985 Philadelphia police bombing of a row house, which burned down an entire neighborhood — killing 11 people, including five children, destroying 61 homes and rendering 250 people homeless.
Established in 2019, the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film recognizes late-stage documentaries...
Bella! tells the story of former United States Representative Bella Abzug, a feminist and civil rights advocate, who took on a Washington establishment resistant to change and sacrificed her own political ambitions for future generations of female leadership.
Philly on Fire chronicles the 1985 Philadelphia police bombing of a row house, which burned down an entire neighborhood — killing 11 people, including five children, destroying 61 homes and rendering 250 people homeless.
Established in 2019, the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film recognizes late-stage documentaries...
- 10/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Carl Samrock, the veteran Hollywood publicist who over the course of a 50-year career worked for Warner Bros. and headed his own firm, has died. He was 81.
Samrock died Saturday night of pancreatic cancer at his home in Encino, his wife of 44 years, Carol Andelman Samrock, announced.
Samrock was vice president of national publicity at Warner Bros. Pictures in Burbank under co-chairmen Bob Daly and Terry Semel. He joined the company in 1982 as West Coast publicity director and built and managed a 16-member staff responsible for publicity duties on some 30 films in production or release annually.
Samrock moved to Warner Home Video in 1997 as a consultant to help then-president Warren Lieberfarb introduce the new format.
A year later, he launched Carl Samrock Public Relations, a boutique firm that focused on publicity and promotion campaigns for DVD and Blu-ray releases. For the next nearly two decades,...
Carl Samrock, the veteran Hollywood publicist who over the course of a 50-year career worked for Warner Bros. and headed his own firm, has died. He was 81.
Samrock died Saturday night of pancreatic cancer at his home in Encino, his wife of 44 years, Carol Andelman Samrock, announced.
Samrock was vice president of national publicity at Warner Bros. Pictures in Burbank under co-chairmen Bob Daly and Terry Semel. He joined the company in 1982 as West Coast publicity director and built and managed a 16-member staff responsible for publicity duties on some 30 films in production or release annually.
Samrock moved to Warner Home Video in 1997 as a consultant to help then-president Warren Lieberfarb introduce the new format.
A year later, he launched Carl Samrock Public Relations, a boutique firm that focused on publicity and promotion campaigns for DVD and Blu-ray releases. For the next nearly two decades,...
- 10/3/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carl Samrock, a former VP National Publicity for Warner Bros Pictures and home video executive who also was a photojournalist for The New York Times, died October 1 of pancreatic cancer. He was 81.
His wife of 44 years, Carol Andelman Samrock, confirmed the news.
Samrock joined Warners in 1982 as West Coast Publicity Director and eventually built and managed a 16-member staff responsible for publicity duties on some 30 films in production or release annually. He rose to VP National Publicity at Warner Bros. Pictures in Burbank for most of the studio’s years under Chairmen Bob Daly and Terry Semel.
Related: Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery
After leaving Warner theatrical publicity in 1997, Samrock moved to Warner Home Video as a consultant to help then president Warren Lieberfarb, the acknowledged “Godfather of DVD,” introduce the new format that would revolutionize the home entertainment business model. Shortly after, in 1998, Samrock founded Carl Samrock Public Relations,...
His wife of 44 years, Carol Andelman Samrock, confirmed the news.
Samrock joined Warners in 1982 as West Coast Publicity Director and eventually built and managed a 16-member staff responsible for publicity duties on some 30 films in production or release annually. He rose to VP National Publicity at Warner Bros. Pictures in Burbank for most of the studio’s years under Chairmen Bob Daly and Terry Semel.
Related: Hollywood & Media Deaths 2022: A Photo Gallery
After leaving Warner theatrical publicity in 1997, Samrock moved to Warner Home Video as a consultant to help then president Warren Lieberfarb, the acknowledged “Godfather of DVD,” introduce the new format that would revolutionize the home entertainment business model. Shortly after, in 1998, Samrock founded Carl Samrock Public Relations,...
- 10/3/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Six finalists were announced today for the richest prize in documentary film—the 4th Annual Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
A grant of 200,000 will go to the winning film to support final production, distribution and marketing of the documentary. In addition, a runner-up will receive 50,000, and up to four finalists will earn a 25,000 grant. The Better Angels Society, the Library of Congress, and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation established the award in 2019 to recognize “one late-stage documentary that uses original research and compelling narrative to tell stories that bring American history to life using archival materials.”
Among the finalists are Bella, a film about the late New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug; Philly on Fire, a film about the infamous Move bombing in 1985, in which Philadelphia police dropped two explosive devices onto a row of buildings occupied by a controversial African American group, killing 11 people including six children,...
A grant of 200,000 will go to the winning film to support final production, distribution and marketing of the documentary. In addition, a runner-up will receive 50,000, and up to four finalists will earn a 25,000 grant. The Better Angels Society, the Library of Congress, and the Crimson Lion/Lavine Family Foundation established the award in 2019 to recognize “one late-stage documentary that uses original research and compelling narrative to tell stories that bring American history to life using archival materials.”
Among the finalists are Bella, a film about the late New York Congresswoman Bella Abzug; Philly on Fire, a film about the infamous Move bombing in 1985, in which Philadelphia police dropped two explosive devices onto a row of buildings occupied by a controversial African American group, killing 11 people including six children,...
- 7/26/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmy winner Margo Martindale (American Crime Story: Impeachment), Andy McQueen (Station Eleven) and Ben Chaplin (The Nevers) have been cast opposite Betty Gilpin and Jake McDorman in Mrs. Davis, Peacock’s new drama series written and executive produced by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof. Emmy-winning director Owen Harris will direct and executive produce multiple episodes, including the first episode, of the series, which comes from Warner Bros. Television, where both Hernandez and Lindelof are under overall deals.
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Mrs. Davis is described as an exploration of faith versus technology — an epic battle of biblical and binary proportions.
Gilpin plays a nun who goes to battle against an all-powerful Artificial Intelligence, and McDorman portrays Gilpin’s rebellious ex, who also has a personal vendetta against the Algorithm.
In addition to co-writing and executive producing Mrs. Davis with Lindelof,...
Plot details are being kept under wraps, but Mrs. Davis is described as an exploration of faith versus technology — an epic battle of biblical and binary proportions.
Gilpin plays a nun who goes to battle against an all-powerful Artificial Intelligence, and McDorman portrays Gilpin’s rebellious ex, who also has a personal vendetta against the Algorithm.
In addition to co-writing and executive producing Mrs. Davis with Lindelof,...
- 6/10/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“It has been a truly terrible week,” John Oliver said as he opened Last Week Tonight. “One that started with two Jared Letos at the Met Gala, and then somehow managed to get worse from there.”
He was referring, of course, to the leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s unhinged draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and possibly opening the door to the reversal of other decisions that hinge on the right to privacy. That basic right has been codified in countries around the world for many decades...
He was referring, of course, to the leak of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s unhinged draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade and possibly opening the door to the reversal of other decisions that hinge on the right to privacy. That basic right has been codified in countries around the world for many decades...
- 5/9/2022
- by Ky Henderson
- Rollingstone.com
News arrived September 21 that Kathryn Hahn is set to play Joan Rivers in an upcoming Showtime limited series. While fans rejoiced for the “WandaVision” Emmy nominee on social media, Sarah Silverman said on the most recent episode of her self-titled podcast (via Page Six) that Hahn’s casting is only the latest example of Hollywood’s “Jewface” problem. Silverman is referring to the practice of casting non-Jews in Jewish roles.
“There’s this long tradition of non-Jews playing Jews, and not just playing people who happen to be Jewish but people whose Jewishness is their whole being,” Silverman said. “One could argue, for instance, that a Gentile [a non-Jew] playing Joan Rivers correctly would be doing what is actually called ‘Jewface.’”
Silverman continued, “It’s defined as when a non-Jew portrays a Jew with the Jewishness front and center, often with makeup or changing of features, big fake nose, all the New York-y or Yiddish-y inflection.
“There’s this long tradition of non-Jews playing Jews, and not just playing people who happen to be Jewish but people whose Jewishness is their whole being,” Silverman said. “One could argue, for instance, that a Gentile [a non-Jew] playing Joan Rivers correctly would be doing what is actually called ‘Jewface.’”
Silverman continued, “It’s defined as when a non-Jew portrays a Jew with the Jewishness front and center, often with makeup or changing of features, big fake nose, all the New York-y or Yiddish-y inflection.
- 10/4/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) faces doubt and disdain from her male counterparts at every step of her journey to become a chess world champion, yet each time, without fail, she proves them wrong.
The protagonist of Netflix’s breakthrough hit “The Queen’s Gambit” is one of several central characters in this year’s crop of Golden Globes limited series contenders, including “Unorthodox,” “Normal People” and “Mrs. America,” who face an uphill fight against a patriarchal society or traditional forces to get what they want. Each one makes a fair share of mistakes, but ultimately achieves some degree of success in being heard and in changing their lives for the better.
Despite some help from her elderly chess teacher, her adoptive mother and a couple of chess friends here and there, Beth’s relentless drive to be the best propels her to the top. Her obsession and her passion are what...
The protagonist of Netflix’s breakthrough hit “The Queen’s Gambit” is one of several central characters in this year’s crop of Golden Globes limited series contenders, including “Unorthodox,” “Normal People” and “Mrs. America,” who face an uphill fight against a patriarchal society or traditional forces to get what they want. Each one makes a fair share of mistakes, but ultimately achieves some degree of success in being heard and in changing their lives for the better.
Despite some help from her elderly chess teacher, her adoptive mother and a couple of chess friends here and there, Beth’s relentless drive to be the best propels her to the top. Her obsession and her passion are what...
- 1/6/2021
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Four members of the most star-studded TV ensemble of the year — Cate Blanchett (as conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly), Uzo Aduba (Shirley Chisholm, the U.S.’ first Black female congresswoman and presidential candidate), Margo Martindale (Rep. Bella Abzug) and Sarah Paulson (Alice Macray, a fictional Schlafly supporter) — joined THR’s TV critic Inkoo Kang for the following conversation about the critically acclaimed limited series Mrs. America, which depicts the politically charged fight to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
What was it like to research your characters?
Margo Martindale I did two months of research to [understand] the relationships between Bella Abzug and the ...
What was it like to research your characters?
Margo Martindale I did two months of research to [understand] the relationships between Bella Abzug and the ...
Four members of the most star-studded TV ensemble of the year — Cate Blanchett (as conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly), Uzo Aduba (Shirley Chisholm, the U.S.’ first Black female congresswoman and presidential candidate), Margo Martindale (Rep. Bella Abzug) and Sarah Paulson (Alice Macray, a fictional Schlafly supporter) — joined THR’s TV critic Inkoo Kang for the following conversation about the critically acclaimed limited series Mrs. America, which depicts the politically charged fight to pass the Equal Rights Amendment.
What was it like to research your characters?
Margo Martindale I did two months of research to [understand] the relationships between Bella Abzug and the ...
What was it like to research your characters?
Margo Martindale I did two months of research to [understand] the relationships between Bella Abzug and the ...
When an accomplishment onscreen seems effortless, it reflects true mastery of a craft. For five costume designers of potential Oscar contenders, the weight of their undertaking — wrestling with ensemble casts and specific periods — remains undetectable on the screen.
Donna Berwick’s work on director Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” about four Vietnam veterans returning to the country, meant designing for a cast in the present day as well as the 1960s.
With only about a week of prep time in Los Angeles before flying to Thailand for filming, Berwick was provided with customary initial measurements and sizing for the cast ahead of any fittings. The information turned out to be completely outdated for multiple actors. When they tried on their custom-sewn military uniforms, “the pants were too small,” says Berwick. “We had to cut them open and add pieces.”
During the present-day scenes, a distinctive pop of color comes...
Donna Berwick’s work on director Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” about four Vietnam veterans returning to the country, meant designing for a cast in the present day as well as the 1960s.
With only about a week of prep time in Los Angeles before flying to Thailand for filming, Berwick was provided with customary initial measurements and sizing for the cast ahead of any fittings. The information turned out to be completely outdated for multiple actors. When they tried on their custom-sewn military uniforms, “the pants were too small,” says Berwick. “We had to cut them open and add pieces.”
During the present-day scenes, a distinctive pop of color comes...
- 11/5/2020
- by Zoe Hewitt
- Variety Film + TV
Julianne Moore as Gloria Steinem and Bette Midler as Bella Abzug in The Glorias. Courtesy of Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions
Three big names of the ’60s -’70s Second Wave feminism were Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique,” Germaine Greer, author of “The Female Eunuch,” and Gloria Steinem, journalist, activist and co-founder of Ms Magazine. While all were authors who helped launch that movement, it is Gloria Steinem, photogenic and with a journalist’s precision with words, who was a favorite of the media and has stuck in the public imagination. In The Glorias, Germaine Greer isn’t mentioned and Betty Friedan only in passing, but that is not surprising given that this is a biopic of Gloria Steinem, based on her autobiography “My Life On The Road.”
In fact, this drama from director/writer/producer is Julie Taymor has a lot of references to roads. Taymor was...
Three big names of the ’60s -’70s Second Wave feminism were Betty Friedan, author of “The Feminine Mystique,” Germaine Greer, author of “The Female Eunuch,” and Gloria Steinem, journalist, activist and co-founder of Ms Magazine. While all were authors who helped launch that movement, it is Gloria Steinem, photogenic and with a journalist’s precision with words, who was a favorite of the media and has stuck in the public imagination. In The Glorias, Germaine Greer isn’t mentioned and Betty Friedan only in passing, but that is not surprising given that this is a biopic of Gloria Steinem, based on her autobiography “My Life On The Road.”
In fact, this drama from director/writer/producer is Julie Taymor has a lot of references to roads. Taymor was...
- 10/8/2020
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Following Rose Byrne‘s portrayal of Gloria Steinem in the limited series “Mrs. America,” the feminist icon gets the full biopic treatment with “The Glorias.” The latest film from visionary director Julie Taymor finds Academy Award winners Alicia Vikander and Julianne Moore portraying Steinem at different ages as she founds “Ms.” magazine and rises in prominence as a leader in the women’s liberation movement. The film, which co-stars Bette Midler, Janelle Monae, Timothy Hutton and Lorraine Toussaint, is free on Amazon Prime Video. But is it worth the watch? Let’s look into some critic reviews.
Most reviews praise the performances, even if the structure of the film is divisive. As one reviewer notes, “While Taymor’s film overall lacks fluidity, their performances do fit with surprising neatness into a single, steadily evolving characterization.” Some laud Moore for playing the most recognizable version of Steinem while others believe that “Vikander is the highlight here,...
Most reviews praise the performances, even if the structure of the film is divisive. As one reviewer notes, “While Taymor’s film overall lacks fluidity, their performances do fit with surprising neatness into a single, steadily evolving characterization.” Some laud Moore for playing the most recognizable version of Steinem while others believe that “Vikander is the highlight here,...
- 10/1/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
“The Glorias,” now streaming on Amazon Prime, tells the story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem, her troubled home life as a child, her travels through the decades, and her rise to prominence as a leader in the women’s movement.
It fell to New York composer Elliot Goldenthal to musicalize that journey. The director, Julie Taymor, is his longtime partner, and he has scored all seven of her films, winning a 2002 Oscar for the Mexican-flavored music of “Frida.”
Surprisingly, electric guitars are featured throughout the score, although there are moments of jazz and orchestral textures as well. The composer was inspired by Taymor’s images of the bus carrying young Steinem out west. “The big sky, the stretched-out highway, and these really simple, major-chord guitar strums” felt to him like a modern-day version of Aaron Copland’s symphonic Americana of the mid-20th century.
Goldenthal turns to jazzier sounds, notably...
It fell to New York composer Elliot Goldenthal to musicalize that journey. The director, Julie Taymor, is his longtime partner, and he has scored all seven of her films, winning a 2002 Oscar for the Mexican-flavored music of “Frida.”
Surprisingly, electric guitars are featured throughout the score, although there are moments of jazz and orchestral textures as well. The composer was inspired by Taymor’s images of the bus carrying young Steinem out west. “The big sky, the stretched-out highway, and these really simple, major-chord guitar strums” felt to him like a modern-day version of Aaron Copland’s symphonic Americana of the mid-20th century.
Goldenthal turns to jazzier sounds, notably...
- 9/30/2020
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
As September comes to a close and October brings in autumnal vibes, the country (and the world for that matter) is focusing on two things: the forthcoming November election and the end of the world. Luckily, in this early edition of this week’s specialty preview, we have something that is relevant to both!
After making its world premiere at Sundance, Julie Taymor’s The Glorias is ready to disrupt the system. Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions will debut the civic-minded and socially aware film on Amazon Prime Video starting today — and it couldn’t be a more perfect time.
Ahead of the November election, The Glorias is based on feminist icon Gloria Steinem’s book Life on the Road. Co-written by Taymor and Sarah Ruhl the nontraditional biopic paints a portrait of one of the inspirational figures of modern history. Steinem became a prominent figure that defined era and a generation.
After making its world premiere at Sundance, Julie Taymor’s The Glorias is ready to disrupt the system. Ld Entertainment and Roadside Attractions will debut the civic-minded and socially aware film on Amazon Prime Video starting today — and it couldn’t be a more perfect time.
Ahead of the November election, The Glorias is based on feminist icon Gloria Steinem’s book Life on the Road. Co-written by Taymor and Sarah Ruhl the nontraditional biopic paints a portrait of one of the inspirational figures of modern history. Steinem became a prominent figure that defined era and a generation.
- 9/30/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
"We're here to make revolution, not just dinner." Roadside has revealed the full-length official trailer for the film The Glorias, made by acclaimed filmmaker Julie Taymor. This initially premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and will be launching on VOD + Amazon Prime at the end of this month. It tells the story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood's influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide. The title "The Glorias" refers to the four different actresses as Steinem at different stages of her life: Alicia Vikander, Julianne Moore, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and Lulu Wilson all play Gloria. The cast features a number of iconic women who've made profound contributions to the women's movement over the years, including Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monáe), Flo Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint), Bella Abzug (Bette Midler), Dolores Huerta (Monica Sanchez), and Wilma Mankiller (Kimberly Guerrero...
- 9/22/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Heavy is the heart for whom the crown remains just out of reach. Earlier this year, Mrs. America took viewers back in time to the tumultuous 1970s, when the feminist quest for equality took center stage and faced some major (and majorly disheartening) opposition. Now nominated for 10 Emmys, the FX on Hulu limited series chronicles the ultimately unsuccessful fight for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, a common cause that brought iconic activists Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm and Bella Abzug together, but which also exposed the schisms within the feminist movement—cracks that existed even before they ran up against conservative firebrand Phyllis Schlafly. ...
- 9/15/2020
- E! Online
'The Glorias' official teaser, featuring Oscar-winning Hollywood stars Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander as feminist icon Gloria Steinem, is finally here.
Roadside Attractions dropped the new footage for the highly anticipated biopic on Thursday.
Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida), 'The Glorias' is set to debut Sept. 30 on Amazon Prime Video. The movie premiered at the Sundance International Film Festival earlier this year.
'The Glorias' poster (Pic Courtesy: Roadside Attractions)
Taymor gives us her singular take on that rare genre- the Female Road Picture, one in which the female leads do not die in the end, and where the “narrative” is not driven by romance or a bad marriage, or unrequited love or, for that matter, men.
'The Glorias' traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence—from her time in India as a young woman to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York to her role in the rise of...
Roadside Attractions dropped the new footage for the highly anticipated biopic on Thursday.
Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida), 'The Glorias' is set to debut Sept. 30 on Amazon Prime Video. The movie premiered at the Sundance International Film Festival earlier this year.
'The Glorias' poster (Pic Courtesy: Roadside Attractions)
Taymor gives us her singular take on that rare genre- the Female Road Picture, one in which the female leads do not die in the end, and where the “narrative” is not driven by romance or a bad marriage, or unrequited love or, for that matter, men.
'The Glorias' traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence—from her time in India as a young woman to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York to her role in the rise of...
- 9/4/2020
- by Omkar Padte
- GlamSham
The first trailer for The Glorias — based on feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road — is out now. The film stars Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson and Ryan Keira Armstrong as Steinem during various stages of her life, with a supporting cast that includes Alicia Vikander, Bette Midler, Janelle Monáe, Lorraine Toussaint, Lulu Wilson, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kimberly Guerrero and Monica Sanchez.
Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida, the Broadway adaptation of The Lion King), The Glorias follows Steinem’s journey leading the women’s liberation...
Directed by Julie Taymor (Frida, the Broadway adaptation of The Lion King), The Glorias follows Steinem’s journey leading the women’s liberation...
- 9/3/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
"This is the year of Women's Liberation!" Roadside has finally unveiled the first teaser trailer for the film The Glorias, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Julie Taymor. This originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year to mixed reviews, along with some praise for the ambition. The film tells the story of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's itinerant childhood's influence on her life as a writer, activist and organizer for women's rights worldwide. The title is "The Glorias" (plural) because various actresses play Steinem at different stages of her life: Alicia Vikander, Julianne Moore, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, and Lulu Wilson as play Gloria. The cast also includes a number of iconic women who made profound contributions to the women's movement over the years, including Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monáe), Flo Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint), Bella Abzug (Bette Midler), Dolores Huerta (Monica Sanchez), and Wilma Mankiller (Kimberly Guerrero). The film will...
- 9/3/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
In “The Glorias,” Julie Taylor’s biographical film about the life of feminist leader Gloria Steinem, Steinem isn’t played by just one woman but by four different women, including Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander, as a way of demonstrating her many sides and how Steinem has had an impact on all women.
And in this first teaser trailer for “The Glorias,” we get a taste of how Gloria Steinem evolved throughout her career and of Taymor’s unique way of telling her story, with each of the four iterations of Steinem interacting together on a bus that stitches together the beats of the more traditional biopic.
“The Glorias” is based on Steinem’s autobiography “My Life on the Road” and follows her from India as a young woman to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York to her role in the to her role in the rise of...
And in this first teaser trailer for “The Glorias,” we get a taste of how Gloria Steinem evolved throughout her career and of Taymor’s unique way of telling her story, with each of the four iterations of Steinem interacting together on a bus that stitches together the beats of the more traditional biopic.
“The Glorias” is based on Steinem’s autobiography “My Life on the Road” and follows her from India as a young woman to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York to her role in the to her role in the rise of...
- 9/3/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Watch Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander as Gloria Steinem in the brand new trailer for The Glorias.
The film will be On Digital and Streaming Exclusively on Prime Video September 30.
Journalist, fighter, and feminist Gloria Steinem is an indelible icon known for her world-shaping activism, guidance of the revolutionary women’s movement, and writing that has impacted generations. In this nontraditional biopic, Julie Taymor crafts a complex tapestry of one of the most inspirational and legendary figures of modern history, based on Steinem’s own biographical book ‘My Life on the Road.’
The Glorias traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence—from her time in India as a young woman, to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York, to her role in the rise of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s, to the historic 1977 National Women’s Conference and beyond.
The Glorias includes a number of iconic...
The film will be On Digital and Streaming Exclusively on Prime Video September 30.
Journalist, fighter, and feminist Gloria Steinem is an indelible icon known for her world-shaping activism, guidance of the revolutionary women’s movement, and writing that has impacted generations. In this nontraditional biopic, Julie Taymor crafts a complex tapestry of one of the most inspirational and legendary figures of modern history, based on Steinem’s own biographical book ‘My Life on the Road.’
The Glorias traces Steinem’s influential journey to prominence—from her time in India as a young woman, to the founding of Ms. magazine in New York, to her role in the rise of the women’s rights movement in the 1960s, to the historic 1977 National Women’s Conference and beyond.
The Glorias includes a number of iconic...
- 9/3/2020
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Don’t let this first look fool you, Julie Taymor’s upcoming “The Glorias” isn’t your conventional biopic. That’s only fitting, considering its central subject: feminist firebrand and rulebreaker Gloria Steinem, who the film follows throughout many decades of her life, though not always approaching the material with much interest in delivering a linear story (and is all the better for it).
Based on Steinem’s bestselling 2015 book “My Life on the Road,” and adapted by Taymor and first-time scribe Sarah Ruhl, the film imagines four different Glorias (played mostly by Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander), following Steinem through some of her most important travels. The film’s various Glorias appear in conversation with each other, both literal and figurative, as they travel through “The Glorias” in a large Greyhound bus — again, both literally and figuratively.
The film premiered at Sundance earlier this year, where this writer hailed...
Based on Steinem’s bestselling 2015 book “My Life on the Road,” and adapted by Taymor and first-time scribe Sarah Ruhl, the film imagines four different Glorias (played mostly by Julianne Moore and Alicia Vikander), following Steinem through some of her most important travels. The film’s various Glorias appear in conversation with each other, both literal and figurative, as they travel through “The Glorias” in a large Greyhound bus — again, both literally and figuratively.
The film premiered at Sundance earlier this year, where this writer hailed...
- 9/3/2020
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Feminist icon Gloria Steinem is played by not one, not two, but four different actresses in Julie Taymor’s upcoming film “The Glorias.”
In a first-look that debuted on Thursday, the nontraditional biopic features Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson and Ryan Kiera Armstrong all portraying Steinem at different stages of her life.
Based on Steinem’s autobiography “My Life on the Road,” the film explores the many different hats the feminist wore: world traveler, journalist and fighter for women’s rights. Beginning during Steinem’s time in India as a young woman, “The Glorias” takes viewers through Steinem’s founding of Ms. magazine and her role in the women’s rights movement of the 1960s and ’70s.
Beyond Steinem, the movie also spotlights other important figures in the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment, including Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monáe), Bella Abzug (Bette Midler), Flo Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint), Dolores Huerta...
In a first-look that debuted on Thursday, the nontraditional biopic features Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Lulu Wilson and Ryan Kiera Armstrong all portraying Steinem at different stages of her life.
Based on Steinem’s autobiography “My Life on the Road,” the film explores the many different hats the feminist wore: world traveler, journalist and fighter for women’s rights. Beginning during Steinem’s time in India as a young woman, “The Glorias” takes viewers through Steinem’s founding of Ms. magazine and her role in the women’s rights movement of the 1960s and ’70s.
Beyond Steinem, the movie also spotlights other important figures in the fight for the Equal Rights Amendment, including Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monáe), Bella Abzug (Bette Midler), Flo Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint), Dolores Huerta...
- 9/3/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Whoa: This year’s Emmy nominees for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie are all former winners, with a total of 16 Emmys between them. But which one of them deserves to add to that total?
FX on Hulu’s Mrs. America dominates the category, with three of the six nominees coming from the 1970s political biopic. Uzo Aduba — a two-time Emmy winner from her years on Orange Is the New Black — is up for playing Black pioneer Shirley Chisholm. Margo Martindale scored her sixth career nod for playing feminist crusader Bella Abzug, and Tracey Ullman — whose comedy...
FX on Hulu’s Mrs. America dominates the category, with three of the six nominees coming from the 1970s political biopic. Uzo Aduba — a two-time Emmy winner from her years on Orange Is the New Black — is up for playing Black pioneer Shirley Chisholm. Margo Martindale scored her sixth career nod for playing feminist crusader Bella Abzug, and Tracey Ullman — whose comedy...
- 8/27/2020
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
When Jim Parsons was cast in Netflix’s limited series “Hollywood” as Henry Willson, the real-life agent best known for shepherding Rock Hudson to mega-stardom, the multiple Emmy-winning actor immediately turned to Google. While he couldn’t find any contemporaneous video of Willson, there were at least plenty of photographs. Looking at them, Parsons was struck with an immediate concern.
“My first thing was, could I look different at all?” he says.
Similar to several other supporting performers now nominated for taking on roles based on real people, however, Parsons’ transformation into Willson was ultimately a subtle one. He utilized understated false teeth, wore color contacts to change his eyes from blue to brown, and changed his hair just slightly to suggest that Willson was wearing a toupee.
“In several different shots, you can see his scalp from the back,” says Parsons. “That being said, a lot of it was...
“My first thing was, could I look different at all?” he says.
Similar to several other supporting performers now nominated for taking on roles based on real people, however, Parsons’ transformation into Willson was ultimately a subtle one. He utilized understated false teeth, wore color contacts to change his eyes from blue to brown, and changed his hair just slightly to suggest that Willson was wearing a toupee.
“In several different shots, you can see his scalp from the back,” says Parsons. “That being said, a lot of it was...
- 8/25/2020
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
While the Era battle lines were clearly drawn in “Mrs. America” between “the libbers and anti-libbers” for costume designer Bina Daigeler (“Mulan”), the contradictions inherent in Phyllis Schlafly’s (Emmy-nominated Cate Blanchett) conservative crusade made the FX limit series a lot more interesting. Schlafly was an unfulfilled Illinois housewife with political ambitions, who wielded her media power to fight second-wave feminists to preserve traditional family values.
“Phyllis Schlafly used her strong style in public to create a very strong image for herself and this movement,” Daigeler said. “And she had to be creative in unifying this movement. On her first TV appearance, she was simply dressed with a pale blue sweater, and, I think, she was self-conscious at that moment about how it is to be on television and how much power that is.”
“But she was [smart] enough after this appearance to dress up as a public person,” Daigeler said,...
“Phyllis Schlafly used her strong style in public to create a very strong image for herself and this movement,” Daigeler said. “And she had to be creative in unifying this movement. On her first TV appearance, she was simply dressed with a pale blue sweater, and, I think, she was self-conscious at that moment about how it is to be on television and how much power that is.”
“But she was [smart] enough after this appearance to dress up as a public person,” Daigeler said,...
- 8/24/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The cast and creators of the FX on Hulu limited series “Mrs. America” sought to bring the ’70s feminist movement and the fight surrounding the Equal Rights Amendment to the screen through exploring the personal motivations of its key players.
Now with 10 Emmy nominations, the show has struck a chord by revealing little-known truths about the women on both sides of the argument, including Phyllis Schlafly, Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, Jill Ruckelshaus, Brenda Feigen, Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan.
After a screening of the series’ third episode, “Shirley,” Variety‘s Kate Aurthur discussed the importance of portraying these figures with accuracy and empathy with executive producer Cate Blanchett, who played Schlafly; creator, showrunner and executive producer Dahvi Waller; producer Tanya Barfield, who wrote the episode; Margo Martindale, who played Abzug; Uzo Aduba, who played Chisholm and Tracey Ullman, who played Friedan. (All of whom have been nominated for Emmys.)
Blanchett...
Now with 10 Emmy nominations, the show has struck a chord by revealing little-known truths about the women on both sides of the argument, including Phyllis Schlafly, Gloria Steinem, Shirley Chisholm, Jill Ruckelshaus, Brenda Feigen, Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan.
After a screening of the series’ third episode, “Shirley,” Variety‘s Kate Aurthur discussed the importance of portraying these figures with accuracy and empathy with executive producer Cate Blanchett, who played Schlafly; creator, showrunner and executive producer Dahvi Waller; producer Tanya Barfield, who wrote the episode; Margo Martindale, who played Abzug; Uzo Aduba, who played Chisholm and Tracey Ullman, who played Friedan. (All of whom have been nominated for Emmys.)
Blanchett...
- 8/19/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
When Margo Martindale started preparing to play former Rep. Bella Abzug on “Mrs. America,” she easily found herself admiring certain qualities of who Abzug was. “She was extremely smart and extremely fast-thinking. I’m a very reflective thinker. She thinks on the word and she knows what she’s saying. Me, I could say the wrong thing,” explains Martindale in our recent webchat (watch the video above). Abzug was a figure that Martindale was familiar with from when she first moved to New York City but getting to play her gave her opened up an entirely new perspective to the congresswoman. She also feels that a lot of people might mistake the qualities she highlights in Abzug’s character for her own. “She was almost the opposite of me, even though people think of me that way. I’m so not.”
See‘Mrs. America’ Emmy interviews: Rose Byrne, Sarah Paulson,...
See‘Mrs. America’ Emmy interviews: Rose Byrne, Sarah Paulson,...
- 8/19/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Roadside Attractions is shifting Gloria Steinem biopic “The Glorias” from a theatrical launch to a streaming release on Amazon Prime Video on Sept. 30.
“The Glorias,” which stars Alicia Vikander and Julianne Moore, had been slotted for a Sept. 25 opening in theaters. But the distributor announced Tuesday that the film will stream on Prime Video in U.S. and Canada and be available for purchase on electronic sell-through platforms.
“The message of Gloria’s life and activism and spirit speak so strongly to the current moment, and we collectively decided to pivot from a theatrical release to this new, digital plan to give the film its widest audience, right away,” said Roadside co-presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff.
“The Glorias,” directed by Julie Taymor, debuted at Sundance in January. Vikander plays Steinem as a journalist in the 1960s and Moore portrays her as a key figure in the women’s liberation...
“The Glorias,” which stars Alicia Vikander and Julianne Moore, had been slotted for a Sept. 25 opening in theaters. But the distributor announced Tuesday that the film will stream on Prime Video in U.S. and Canada and be available for purchase on electronic sell-through platforms.
“The message of Gloria’s life and activism and spirit speak so strongly to the current moment, and we collectively decided to pivot from a theatrical release to this new, digital plan to give the film its widest audience, right away,” said Roadside co-presidents Howard Cohen and Eric d’Arbeloff.
“The Glorias,” directed by Julie Taymor, debuted at Sundance in January. Vikander plays Steinem as a journalist in the 1960s and Moore portrays her as a key figure in the women’s liberation...
- 8/19/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Julie Taymor’s ‘The Glorias’ Pivots From Theatrical Release, Sets Amazon Debut Prior To The Election
Exclusive: The Glorias is shifting from a theatrical release and heading straight to Amazon Prime Video. Directed by Julie Taymor, the non-traditional film chronicling the life of iconic activist Gloria Steinem is set to stream exclusively on Prime Video in U.S. and Canada and be available for purchase on all Electronic Sell-Through platforms starting September 30.
The Glorias debuted at Sundance earlier this year and was acquired by Roadside Attractions and Ld Entertainment shortly after its premiere. The pic was set for a September 25 theatrical release, but, as with all films, things remained up in the air due to the current landscape. Even so, Roadside & Ld shared Taymor and producers Lynn Hendee and Alex Saks’ passion for the film and felt that it should reach the widest possible audience prior to the election.
“The message of Gloria’s life and activism and spirit speak so strongly to the current moment,...
The Glorias debuted at Sundance earlier this year and was acquired by Roadside Attractions and Ld Entertainment shortly after its premiere. The pic was set for a September 25 theatrical release, but, as with all films, things remained up in the air due to the current landscape. Even so, Roadside & Ld shared Taymor and producers Lynn Hendee and Alex Saks’ passion for the film and felt that it should reach the widest possible audience prior to the election.
“The message of Gloria’s life and activism and spirit speak so strongly to the current moment,...
- 8/18/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The stars and team of Mrs. America said their time spent on the newly Emmy-nominated Hulu/FX show encouraged them to redefine what it means to be a feminist and activist.
“I used to think change was this march forward and that it was linear and we kept moving ahead. But learning about the anti-feminists and the stop the Era movement, I just realized how cyclical change is,” series creator Dahvi Waller said at PaleyFest Los Angeles on Friday.
Waller, Mrs. America stars Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba and Sarah Paulson, spoke with ABC’s Martha Raddatz about the long-enduring legacy of 1960s feminists and the behind-the-scenes work that helped the actresses nail down their characters. Also joining Friday’s panel were Margo Martindale, Ari Gaynor, John Slattery and executive producers Stacy Sher, Ryan Fleck and Coco Francini.
Sher and Waller kicked off the panel sharing how the show...
“I used to think change was this march forward and that it was linear and we kept moving ahead. But learning about the anti-feminists and the stop the Era movement, I just realized how cyclical change is,” series creator Dahvi Waller said at PaleyFest Los Angeles on Friday.
Waller, Mrs. America stars Cate Blanchett, Rose Byrne, Uzo Aduba and Sarah Paulson, spoke with ABC’s Martha Raddatz about the long-enduring legacy of 1960s feminists and the behind-the-scenes work that helped the actresses nail down their characters. Also joining Friday’s panel were Margo Martindale, Ari Gaynor, John Slattery and executive producers Stacy Sher, Ryan Fleck and Coco Francini.
Sher and Waller kicked off the panel sharing how the show...
- 8/7/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Hugh Jackman in ‘Bad Education’.
A raft of Aussies have been nominated for Emmy Awards this year, including Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Sarah Snook, Hannah Gadsby, writer Tony McNamara and cinematographer Greig Fraser.
For the second year running, Gadsby earned two nods, with her Netflix stand-up special Douglas nominated for Outstanding Variety Special and Writing for a Variety Special. Gadsby won the same writing category last year with her special Nanette.
Jackman has been recognised for his portrayal of corrupt school superintendent Frank Tassone in HBO film Bad Education, earning a nod for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He will compete against Jeremy Pope (Hollywood), Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True), Paul Mescal (Normal People) and Jeremy Irons (Watchman).
Blanchett has been nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance as Phyllis Schlafly in FX’s Mrs. America,...
A raft of Aussies have been nominated for Emmy Awards this year, including Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Sarah Snook, Hannah Gadsby, writer Tony McNamara and cinematographer Greig Fraser.
For the second year running, Gadsby earned two nods, with her Netflix stand-up special Douglas nominated for Outstanding Variety Special and Writing for a Variety Special. Gadsby won the same writing category last year with her special Nanette.
Jackman has been recognised for his portrayal of corrupt school superintendent Frank Tassone in HBO film Bad Education, earning a nod for Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He will compete against Jeremy Pope (Hollywood), Mark Ruffalo (I Know This Much Is True), Paul Mescal (Normal People) and Jeremy Irons (Watchman).
Blanchett has been nominated for Outstanding Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for her performance as Phyllis Schlafly in FX’s Mrs. America,...
- 7/29/2020
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The Paley Center for Media said that PaleyFest LA will go virtual for the first time because of the coronavirus pandemic, setting its 2020 edition for August with a guest lineup for 10 series that includes Cate Blanchett, Justin Bieber and Dolly Parton and moderators including Stacey Abrams and Martha Raddatz. The event was originally scheduled to take place in mid-March at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
The festival will be available to view by Citi cardmembers and Paley members beginning August 7, with panels available to the public August 10. All will be hosted on the Paley Center’s YouTube channel. Citi is an official sponsor of the event.
The lineup announced today featured changes from the one originally unveiled in January. Remaining are Netflix’s Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings and Ozark, Starz’s Outlander and Pop TV’s One Day at a Time and Schitt’s Creek. They are joined by YouTube’s Justin Bieber: Seasons,...
The festival will be available to view by Citi cardmembers and Paley members beginning August 7, with panels available to the public August 10. All will be hosted on the Paley Center’s YouTube channel. Citi is an official sponsor of the event.
The lineup announced today featured changes from the one originally unveiled in January. Remaining are Netflix’s Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings and Ozark, Starz’s Outlander and Pop TV’s One Day at a Time and Schitt’s Creek. They are joined by YouTube’s Justin Bieber: Seasons,...
- 7/27/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Mrs. America” tells a true story of feminist history from both sides of the political divide. The FX on Hulu limited series explores the fight over the Equal Rights Amendment from the point of view of Phyllis Schlafly (played by two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett), an anti-feminist Republican who helped to stop it from being ratified into the Us Constitution. But will it get the votes it needs to pass at the Emmys? Scroll down for our exclusive video interviews with top awards contenders from the show.
In addition to movie star Blanchett in a rare TV role, the series features a number of longtime awards favorites playing recognizable historical figures. Two-time Emmy champ Uzo Aduba plays feminist politician Shirley Chisholm. Emmy nominee Rose Byrne plays activist Gloria Steinem. Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks plays Republican feminist Jill Ruckelshaus. Three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale plays Us congresswoman Bella Abzug. And six-time...
In addition to movie star Blanchett in a rare TV role, the series features a number of longtime awards favorites playing recognizable historical figures. Two-time Emmy champ Uzo Aduba plays feminist politician Shirley Chisholm. Emmy nominee Rose Byrne plays activist Gloria Steinem. Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks plays Republican feminist Jill Ruckelshaus. Three-time Emmy winner Margo Martindale plays Us congresswoman Bella Abzug. And six-time...
- 7/10/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Sarah Paulson can’t think of enough nice things to say about her “Mrs. America” co-star Cate Blanchett, but she does like to describe a side of “The Great Cate” that many people may not know about her. “She is so much fun! She is so funny. She has this elegance and this real formidable presence, and that’s a part of her too, but she is a goon. She is such a goony-goon,” Paulson tells us in our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video above), co-hosted by Gold Derby editor Marcus Dixon. But Paulson, who’s also worked with Blanchett on “Ocean’s 8” and “Carol,” also described her generosity which she brought to “Mrs. America” as a producer: “It was just as important to her that Alice have a full breadth of story than it was to have Phyllis’s story be what it was. She felt very protective...
- 6/26/2020
- by Charles Bright and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
This story about “Mrs. America” directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck first appeared in the Limited Series & Movies issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. The FX miniseries “Mrs. America” is a history lesson rooted in the feminist politics of the 1960s and ’70s — both the women’s movement that gained power under the leadership of Gloria Steinem, Betty Freidan and others who were instrumental in the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment through Congress; and the anti-era activists who coalesced around Phyllis Schlafly and helped block the amendment from being ratified by the necessary 38 states. But to call it a “history lesson” is to downplay how wildly entertaining this cast of characters is, especially in the hands of a group of actors that includes Cate Blanchett as Schlafly, Rose Byrne as Steinem, Tracey Ullman as Friedan, Uzo Aduba as Shirley Chisholm, Margo Martindale as Bella Abzug and Elizabeth Banks as Jill Ruckelshaus.
- 6/25/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
In the biggest panel of all 44 shows in Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event, all seven key female stars of FX’s Mrs. America gathered in different locations to talk about the limited series, which centers on the fight for the Era as well as the women’s liberation movement centering on those who fought hard to make a change — and one woman in particular who rallied her own troops to defeat that movement.
Her name was Phyllis Schlafly, and she is played by Cate Blanchett in her first major TV project; she also serves as an executive producer of the nine-part show. The two-time Oscar winner joined the panel from London to tell why the series was important to her.
“For me I’m reeling like a lot of us from the 2016 election and trying to reverse engineer how women could vote for the man who currently sits in the White House,...
Her name was Phyllis Schlafly, and she is played by Cate Blanchett in her first major TV project; she also serves as an executive producer of the nine-part show. The two-time Oscar winner joined the panel from London to tell why the series was important to her.
“For me I’m reeling like a lot of us from the 2016 election and trying to reverse engineer how women could vote for the man who currently sits in the White House,...
- 6/20/2020
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
Both Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck both took great care in approaching the character of Phyllis Schlafly in the FX limited series, “Mrs. America.” For Boden, directing Cate Blanchett as Schlafly and showing her evolution into an anti-feminist crusader was something that she truly relished. “It’s really such a beautiful thing about making this as a limited series because you get to meet the Phyllis Schlafly that is not the person who we end the series with,” she tells us in our recent webchat (watch the video above). What Boden found just as intriguing was the idea that Schlafly could have gone down a very different road based on the events that are shown in the first episode: “In the pilot, how we approached it is this is the story of a woman and what happens to her over the course of the pilot could just as easily turned...
- 6/17/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
When Kris Bowers was drawing up the original score for the FX limited series “Mrs. America,” he found the task of composing music for Phyllis Schlafly (Cate Blanchett) and the Stop E.R.A. movement to be the most interesting aspect of the project. “In reading the scripts, I felt like I was so taken aback by how they approached her character in this very unbiased way and treated her very much like a human,” he tells us in our recent webchat (watch the video above). He likened it to having people in your life who you may not see eye-to-eye with on the issues of the day but that you have empathy for so that people will be able to see the other side in a different way. “Being able to approach Phyllis with the score in that way was a very unique challenge that I really embraced.”
“Mrs. America,...
“Mrs. America,...
- 6/10/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
OTTThe show, created by Dahvi Waller and streaming on Hotstar, follows two factions of women during the 1970s women’s liberation movement. Nikhita VenugopalFacebookAbout halfway through the nine-episode miniseries Mrs. America, there’s a callout to the late Nora Ephron. The journalist-turned-film director had written about the women’s liberation movement for Esquire in the 1970s, and naturally, I began searching for her famous essay, which follows the Democratic Convention and the storied figures connected to the National Women’s Political Caucus. There’s activist Gloria Steinam and former Congresswoman Bella Abzug, having their pictures taken at every turn, and Betty Friedan, who authored the seminal book The Feminine Mystique, her eyes “darting back and forth trying to catch someone’s attention, anyone’s attention. No use.” As Friedan says in the show, “Nora doesn’t need convincing to write something bitchy.” But it’s also a testament to show...
- 6/10/2020
- by Nikhita Venugopal
- The News Minute
Walter Murphy’s “A Fifth of Beethoven,” the disco-fied 1976 reinvention of the composer’s most famous symphony, seems like an unusual choice for the theme of “Mrs. America,” FX’s Cate Blanchett-starring series on the history of the 1970s women’s movement as seen from the perspective of its fervent opponent, arch-conservative Phyllis Schlafly. The song dates from late in the show’s chronology, its glitzy groove seems at odds with many of the characters, and most of all, it’s an instrumental.
But for the show’s music supervisor, Mary Ramos — who has worked on dozens of films and television shows, most prominently on several Quentin Tarantino films, including last year’s Oscar-winning “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” as well as Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere” — it’s a perfect choice.
“It represents both sides of the story,” she says. “Phyllis and her conservative friends listen to...
But for the show’s music supervisor, Mary Ramos — who has worked on dozens of films and television shows, most prominently on several Quentin Tarantino films, including last year’s Oscar-winning “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” as well as Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere” — it’s a perfect choice.
“It represents both sides of the story,” she says. “Phyllis and her conservative friends listen to...
- 5/27/2020
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
[This story contains spoilers from the finale of Mrs. America.]
The ending of FX on Hulu's star-studded miniseries Mrs. America shouldn't be a surprise for anyone who lived through the 1970s, nor to anyone who's read about the history of the Equal Rights Amendment. The movement to add language to the U.S. Constitution ensuring gender equality ended three states short of its goal, although in the past three years Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia have passed resolutions despite the fact that the deadline for ratification elapsed in 1982.
While Gloria Steinem (Rose Byrne), Shirley Chisholm (Uzo Aduba), Bella Abzug ...
The ending of FX on Hulu's star-studded miniseries Mrs. America shouldn't be a surprise for anyone who lived through the 1970s, nor to anyone who's read about the history of the Equal Rights Amendment. The movement to add language to the U.S. Constitution ensuring gender equality ended three states short of its goal, although in the past three years Nevada, Illinois, and Virginia have passed resolutions despite the fact that the deadline for ratification elapsed in 1982.
While Gloria Steinem (Rose Byrne), Shirley Chisholm (Uzo Aduba), Bella Abzug ...
- 5/27/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
This spring, FX’s “Mrs. America” has depicted the fiery intellectual battles among the modern feminist movement, with Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, and Bella Abzug ricocheting against one another and against a conservative backlash led by Phyllis Schlafly. These women are relentlessly articulate, strategic, with crystalline points of view about what they want to achieve for themselves and for all women. They comprise a group in which “Jane Roe” — at the center of perhaps the most crucial of victories for the 20th-century feminist movement — would have no place.
Norma McCorvey, the subject of the new documentary “Aka Jane Roe,” is a canny observer of her own experiences — which mainly consist of having been moved around the gameboard of American politics as a pawn. Speaking to director Nick Sweeney’s camera from her nursing home in the months before her 2017 death, McCorvey describes the experience of being drawn in...
Norma McCorvey, the subject of the new documentary “Aka Jane Roe,” is a canny observer of her own experiences — which mainly consist of having been moved around the gameboard of American politics as a pawn. Speaking to director Nick Sweeney’s camera from her nursing home in the months before her 2017 death, McCorvey describes the experience of being drawn in...
- 5/20/2020
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Signing on to be in “Mrs. America” was eye-opening for Rose Byrne in many ways, including her understanding the history of feminism in America. “Well, I thought I was familiar with it and then once I signed on, I was like, ‘I don’t know half of this story,’” she tells us in our recent webchat (watch the video above). But what made doing this project so interesting to her, in addition to learning about the struggles for gender equality in America, was having the story told from the viewpoint of Phyllis Schlafly, who was leading the fight against it. “What’s so clever about the show is that the entry point for the audience is really through Phyllis Schlafly. She really is a female anti-hero in the true sense of the word in that she’s written by a woman and she’s also fighting for… homemaker’s rights...
- 5/18/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Things are heating up on Mrs. America Season 1 Episode 7, as the show approaches its climax.
Mrs. America subtly planted seeds among some of the characters, in the hopes of a vast explosion by the series finale.
The show boldly embraced creative liberty on "Bella," and had us on the edge of our seats.
The National Women's Conference was re-established, with Bella Abzug running the operation. And while the actual convention has yet to occur, the episode still gave us a little taste.
"Bella" was thrilling from start to finish. To the point where it was getting scary, too, especially since the show decided to take several creative liberties throughout the episode.
Of course, Mrs. America reminds us on every single episode that some plot choices and characters were altered or made up for creative vision. But the fact that it was more noticeable on "Bella" made it all the more...
Mrs. America subtly planted seeds among some of the characters, in the hopes of a vast explosion by the series finale.
The show boldly embraced creative liberty on "Bella," and had us on the edge of our seats.
The National Women's Conference was re-established, with Bella Abzug running the operation. And while the actual convention has yet to occur, the episode still gave us a little taste.
"Bella" was thrilling from start to finish. To the point where it was getting scary, too, especially since the show decided to take several creative liberties throughout the episode.
Of course, Mrs. America reminds us on every single episode that some plot choices and characters were altered or made up for creative vision. But the fact that it was more noticeable on "Bella" made it all the more...
- 5/13/2020
- by Sarah Novack
- TVfanatic
Don't let the Texas accent fool you — Margo Martindale has lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan since 1974. So when it came time to step into her role as congresswoman and activist Bella Abzug in FX on Hulu's miniseries Mrs. America, about the movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s, Martindale had plenty of experience.
"I was in the heat of it" as a 20-something in New York City (by way of Texas, the University of Michigan and Harvard), Martindale tells The Hollywood Reporter. But as a single-minded, ambitious young woman,...
"I was in the heat of it" as a 20-something in New York City (by way of Texas, the University of Michigan and Harvard), Martindale tells The Hollywood Reporter. But as a single-minded, ambitious young woman,...
- 5/13/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“Mrs. America” tells the story of some of the most influential women in modern Us political history. They’re played by an A-list cast led by Cate Blanchett as anti-feminist activist Phyllis Schlafly. Now they could pull off an unprecedented sweep at the Emmys, where as many as five of them could storm the race for Best Movie/Limited Supporting Actress.
See‘Mrs. America’ reviews: Cate Blanchett is ‘masterful’ in a limited series that will leave you ‘questing for a revolution’
As of this writing “Mrs. America” holds five of the top 10 slots in our Emmy odds, which are based on the combined predictions of about 2,000 Gold Derby users as of this writing. Rose Byrne ranks third with 7/1 odds for playing Gloria Steinem. Margo Martindale is fourth with 15/2 odds in the role of Bella Abzug. On the bubble are Sarah Paulson as fictional character Alice Macray with 16/1 odds, Tracey Ullman...
See‘Mrs. America’ reviews: Cate Blanchett is ‘masterful’ in a limited series that will leave you ‘questing for a revolution’
As of this writing “Mrs. America” holds five of the top 10 slots in our Emmy odds, which are based on the combined predictions of about 2,000 Gold Derby users as of this writing. Rose Byrne ranks third with 7/1 odds for playing Gloria Steinem. Margo Martindale is fourth with 15/2 odds in the role of Bella Abzug. On the bubble are Sarah Paulson as fictional character Alice Macray with 16/1 odds, Tracey Ullman...
- 5/12/2020
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Amma Asante’s task in directing two episodes of the FX limited series, “Mrs. America,” was a monumental one. Directing the third episode, “Shirley,” was a challenge in having to recreate the 1972 Democratic National Convention but the following episode, where Phyllis Schlafly and Betty Friedan debate each other, was just as challenging. “It was so important to convey the dynamic between Betty and Phyllis but also Betty, Phyllis and the audience of students that were there at the time and their reaction to each of the women,” she tells us in our recent webchat (watch the video above). Both Asante and showrunner, Dahvi Waller, discussed how to frame it and decided to use sports as a frame of reference. “Dahvi and I talked and this idea of it being like a tennis match and who was going to win each round and at what point the whole balance kind of changes and things turn around.
- 5/11/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
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