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jennifer yuh nelson The Smurf Ghetto: Hollywoods New Glass Ceiling for Women Directors
What’s the top-grossing film directed by a woman? (Hint: It’s not ‘Big’ or ‘You’ve Got Mail’ or ‘It’s Complicated,’ and it’s certainly not ‘The Hurt Locker.’)

Give up? It’s ‘Kung Fu Panda 2.’ As Entertainment Weekly’s Inside Movies blog notes, Jennifer Yuh Nelson’s summer 2011 cartoon hit has grossed $ 637.6 million worldwide, beating the record set by Phyllida Lloyd’s ‘Mamma Mia!’ ($… Continue reading The Smurf Ghetto: Hollywood's New Glass Ceiling for Women Directors

Review in a Hurry: It’s a Smurfs movie. What did you expect? If your answer is “a kid-friendly adaptation of the Peyo comics,” you’re not thinking enough like a Hollywood executive. There’s more character and expressiveness in the cartoon drawings over the film’s end credits than is shown… Continue reading Movie Review: The Smurfs Is a Giant Smurfing Pile of Smurf

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