The Australian literary phenomenon Women of Letters is bringing their incredible cultural salon to New York for the very first time, with two events next week! John at SXSW with Marieke Hardy, co-founder of Women Of Letters. You might remember that John was part of the People of Letters event last year at SXSW in Austin, where the theme was “To the Thing I Wish I’d Written.”  John presented a letter to the Star-Spangled Banner.  Co-curated by Michaela McGuire and Marieke Hard

Check out this seriously cool animation from a research scientist — good filmmaking can happen anywhere. The filmmaker/scientist, Sophia Tintori, is the daughter of Mary Cybulski, who shot stills on AMIGO and has been John’s script supervisor on a lot of other movies.  Her Creature Cast series (click here for more) was recently mentioned in the NY Times Science section: A Brown University scientist, Dr. Dunn has added animation director to his list of titles over the last fou

video via Austin360.com “A run for the border as gripping and complex as his 1996 Lone Star… The hunt is fraught with tension, though Sayles – as always, keeping the action at street level and vividly filling the screen with a culture’s sights, sounds, and rich, distinctive characters – makes us as concerned for the fate of two women’s friendship as for a man’s life.” — Robert Faires, The Austin Chronicle “John Sayles’ working-class obsessions are put to good use in borderlan

Go For Sisters, the 18th feature film by writer/director John Sayles, is set to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in just two days! To celebrate, here are the official movie stills from the film (© John Castillo and © Kevin J. Long), as well as the official trailer and poster! To learn more, visit www.goforsistersmovie.com. #writing #screening #GoforSisters #women #JohnSayles #filmmaking #writer #desert #moviemaking #moviemaking #travels #movie #movies #travel #opening #dire

We want to share with you our enthusiasm for the One Billion Rising movement, a progressive organization taking a stand against rape and assault on women workers from the Philippines and around the world. Workers are the Philippines’ biggest export, and they must be protected.  The One Billion Rising movement is  a campaign by V-Day, culminating on Feb. 14, 2013 with a billion people striking and dancing in the streets to oppose violence against women. ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLA

Friends in Manila, Arthur Acuña ( the assassin LOCSIN) with our great PR Maritina Romulo. We miss them! Here they are at a gala for a movie Maritina had a cameo in, MGA MUMUNTING LIHIM (“Those Little Secrets”) by Director Jose Javier Reyes. Arthur Acuña with Maritina Romulo #women #Philippines #MgaMumuntingLihim #movies #travel #pinoy #friends #Manila

Here I am with our Half Moon Yoga Barn teacher Nancy Causey. We are lucky to have a smart woman to vote for in this special election for State Assembly. Visit www.didibarrett.com to learn more. Don’t forget to vote! UPDATE! All the absentee ballots have been counted, and Didi has officially WON the March 20th special election! Thanks to all our friends who heeded the call to vote!  You can find out more about what Didi plans to do for the Hudson Valley by clicking on her webs

Sarah Green’s Sundance Keynote: “Be as generous as you can be.” “The Tree of Life” and “Take Shelter” producer Sarah Green Sarah Green has earned a long-held reputation as a tenacious producer, with credits that include last year’s “The Tree of Life” and “Take Shelter;” she’s currently in post on Terrence Malick’s new film starring Rachel McAdams and Ben Affleck. Today, she delivered the keynote at Sundance’s annual Producers Lunch, an honor that’s previously gone to “Beginne