Radiant, luminous, glowing, deeply moving-the critics could not rave enough about her performance after the film, partly funded by a Kickstarter campaign and directed, edited and co-written by 30-something director Brett Haley, received a standing ovation at Sundance this year. That includes a romantic interlude with a cigar-chomping retiree in the form of Sam Elliott (best known nowadays for FX’s “Justified”), a round of medical marijuana toking with pals Mary Kay Place (“ The Big Chill”), June Squib (“ Nebraska”) and Rhea Perlman (“Cheers”), plus an unusual friendship with her pool boy played by Judd Apatow regular Martin Starr ("Knocked Up," HBO’s “Silicon Valley”). On a smaller but no less important scale, Blythe Danner is making her own statement on behalf of 51 percent of the population.Īt age 72 and with 50 years of acting under her belt, she is doing a rare starring turn in “I’ll See You in My Dreams” as Carol, an elegant, vital and determinedly independent Southern California widow whose serene routine for the past 20 years is disrupted after a tragic loss while new opportunities present themselves. Of course, not every attempt to chip away at the glass ceiling has to be earth-shattering. Add to that the report that Marvel might be courting “ Selma” director Ava DuVernay to direct a diverse superhero film.Īnd the real topper? The American Civil Liberties Union is requesting an investigation into whether the film industry routinely engages in discriminatory hiring practices based on gender-not an unreasonable demand, considering only 4 percent of the top-grossing titles over the past dozen or so years were directed by women.
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