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I have to tell you that all this talk lately about reaching out to women in film, creating special programs, help, etc rankles a bit. Maybe because it sounds just a bit patronizing and self-congratulatory....like helping disadvantaged children. (Or maybe I'm just having one of those mornings) In any case, women have been heavily involved in producing, directing, writing, and editing films since films were first invented as an art form. Every week their work hits the theaters; it just doesn't get the marketing it deserves typically. Kind of like The Hurt Locker (6 Oscars: Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Editing, Sound/mixing and editing) vs. Avatar (3 Oscars: Cinematography, Visual Effects, Art Direction). Here's what women filmmakers have opening this week in theaters: The Red Pill , directed and co-produced by Cassie Jaye ; 13th , directed and co-written by Ava DuVernay ; Newtown , directed by Kim A. Snyder and produced by Maria Cuomo Cole ; and 37 , written and direct...

My schedule has been jammed lately - a trip to lovely New York for the Columbia University Film Festival, an audition coming up in 10 days, a movie role that didn't work out - but I have time for a quick post. From time to time I need a scene from a film or a movie script for reference. The sites below have movie scripts, monologues, and/or sides that can be downloaded. Daily Script Simply Scripts IMSDB Why Insanity - Movie Monologues Actors Pages - Audition Sides Script-o-Rama Screenplays Online  My Zen Stage Monologue Archive John Pallotta Studio New York-Sides Database Beverly Hills Playhouse Audition Scenes Database The Monologue Database Actor Point