Lancelot Link: Herstory

Lancelot Link Monday! In addition to the Nicholl Fellowship Finalists announcement, this week we have two great interviews with screenwriters who just happen to be women and a look at women's roles in post WW2 cinema. If you are a woman and want to make movies, don't let some old white dude tell you no or wait for permission: look at what guys like Kevin Smith did, and JUST GO DO IT! Make your film! Those old white dudes are not going to give you permission. So start an Old Girls Club and take control of the business by making a bunch of great movies! While you're thinking about that, here are this week's links to some great screenwriting and film articles, plus some fun stuff that may be of interest to you. Brought to you by that suave and sophisticated secret agent...




Here are a dozen links plus this week's car chase...


1) Weekend Box Office Estimates:
1 Equalizer....................... $35,000,000
2 Maze Runner..................... $17,500,000
3 Box Trolls...................... $17,250,000
4 Where I Leave.................... $7,010,000
5 Dolphin 2........................ $4,835,000
6 No Good.......................... $4,600,000
7 Walk Tombstones.................. $4,234,000
8 Guard Galaxy..................... $3,789,000
9 Let's Be Cops.................... $1,515,000
10 Ninja Turts...................... $1,450,000


2) Diablo Cody On Writing Screenplays.

3) Emma Thompson On Writing Scripts & Failure.

4) MILDRED PIERCE And The Post WW2 Role Of Women On Screen.

5) Screenwriters To Watch (Because, You Know, Screenwriters Are Often Trouble.)

6) Making FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD.

7) How 14 New Fall TV Shows Were Pitched.

8) Completely Wrong List Of Best & Worst Of Hitchcock.

9) Your Nicholl Fellowship Finalists!

10) John Ridley Talks Career Longevity.

11) John Carpenter Talks Directing HALLOWEEN.

12) Raindance Film Festival's Opening Night Film I ORIGINS Director on making the film.

And The Car Chase Of The Week!



Okay, foot chase and shoot out from BLUE STEEL directed by the awesome Kathryn Bigelow.

Bill