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We Are the 40%!
Posted by Jennine Lanouette on Tuesday, June 25th, 2013
Last week, a chart appeared on the popular screenwriting website Go Into the Story analyzing gender inequity among spec script sales in the American entertainment business. The figures not only show a stark disparity between the sexes but also a steady decline in spec sales among women from 14% in the 1990’s to 9% for… read the full article.
On Waking Up In a Strange Place 20 Years Later
Posted by Jennine Lanouette on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
Just got back from Sundance. I decided to go in early December to give myself a deadline for finishing this website. I figured it would be a good place to start letting people know about it. When I saw all the trumpeting about half the competition films being by women, that seemed like even more… read the full article.
Hurricane Sandy: A View From the Distance
Posted by Jennine Lanouette on Friday, November 2nd, 2012
It was mid-day Saturday, the 27th, before I realized that the San Francisco to New York flight I had booked for Monday night would be flying straight into a hurricane. I was going to see my mother, possibly the last time, as her six years of advancing Alzheimer’s now appears to be finally doing… read the full article.
Thank you, Professor Sarris (1928-2012)
Posted by Jennine Lanouette on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
Film critic and film history professor Andrew Sarris died this morning. I had the privilege of taking a couple of classes with him while in graduate school in the Columbia Film Division. My recollected impressions of Professor Sarris range from the avuncular professor with stains on his jacket and billowing shirttails to the captivating storyteller… read the full article.
The Eclipse: A Story in Pictures
Posted by Jennine Lanouette on Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012
Last Saturday night, my friend Judy said to me, “I want to watch the eclipse tomorrow.” “Why don’t you come over,” I said, “and we can climb to the top of the ridge above my house.” “Great,” she said. But I woke the next morning wondering just how we were going to do this. So… read the full article.