Latest articles by Monika Bartyzel
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TV needs to stop treating black characters as expendablefeature Primetime television has a nasty habit of killing off its black supporting characters — and it's bad for creators and audiences alike
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10 unjustly overlooked movie romancesfeature Searching for a Valentine's Day movie that's a little off the beaten path? Look no further.
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It will take a village to diversify Hollywoodfeature The New Yorker's Richard Brody recently argued that critics have failed female filmmakers — but he's only identified a part of a much greater problem
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Jeanne Dielman at 40: A still-unmatched film about the realities of womanhoodfeature When monotony speaks louder than words
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How Song One rises above lazy clichesfeature The indie drama connects by finding the joys in an individual moment
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Why female filmmakers need powerful alliesfeature Hollywood has always relied on mentorship and collaboration
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Girls on Film: Why Scarlett Johansson — or any white actress — shouldn't star in Ghost in the Shellfeature Hollywood continues to whitewash its movies, with troubling implications both creatively and financially
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Girls on Film: 5 things that need to happen before Hollywood will ever truly changefeature If these changes happen, then we'll know Hollywood is finally moving in the right direction
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Toronto International Film Festival: 7 more movies you should know aboutfeature Reviews from the second half of the annual film festival, including 12 Years a Slave, Gravity, and more
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Toronto International Film Festival: 9 movies you should know aboutfeature Reviews from the first week of the annual film festival, including movies starring Hugh Jackman, Tilda Swinton, Daniel Radcliffe, and more
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Toronto International Film Festival: 6 movies you should know aboutfeature Reviews of the biggest and buzziest movies from the annual festival, including Nightcrawler, The Imitation Game, and The Last 5 Years
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Girls on Film: How Hollywood changed for the better in 2014feature New feminist discourse and new African-American talent are a hopeful sign for a more inclusive, diverse Hollywood in the years to come
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Girls on Film: The 4 percent problem for female directors continues in 2015feature The new year extends a sad pattern
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Girls on Film: Stephen Frears' pioneering platform for older actressesfeature Philomena sees the director mounting another highly acclaimed film starring an actress outside of Hollywood's usual type
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Girls on Film: Stories We Tell is one of the year's must-see moviesfeature Sarah Polley's intimate, powerful documentary questions the very nature of "truth." And you have to see it to believe it.
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Girls on Film: The confounding problems of fan fictionfeature The disappointing new film The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones was derived from a piece of Harry Potter fan fiction. That's not a good thing.
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Girls on Film: Blue Is the Warmest Color is a sexed-up failurefeature The Palme d'Or winner takes an emotional graphic novel about a lesbian relationship and turns it into yet another sexualized, voyeuristic lesbian love story
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Girls on Film: Forget When Harry Met Sally. Men and women can be friends.feature Twenty-five years after its release, the beloved rom-com's guiding principle remains annoyingly pervasive in Hollywood
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Girls on Film: The real problem with the Disney Princess brandfeature The company's wildly profitable Disney Princess line sends a dangerous and regressive message to young girls. It's not too late to fix it.
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Girls on Film: Why the Bechdel Test is still so valuablefeature Those who attack cartoonist Alison Bechdel's now-famous criteria for evaluating films have misunderstood its very purpose
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Girls on Film: How Pam Grier revolutionized cinemafeature The Blaxploitation actress rose above the sexism of the genre to become an unmatched cinematic icon of black femininity
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Girls on Film: Will Enough Said finally earn Nicole Holofcener the recognition she deserves?feature The talented writer-director, whose films have routinely been dismissed as "chick flicks," is a must-see for fans of Woody Allen or Jim Jarmusch
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Girls on Film: Laggies embraces a new era of self-discoveryfeature Lynn Shelton's latest presents a woman who seems like she can't grow up — then pivots to challenge the very definition of adulthood
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Why Agatha Christie is ready for a Hollywood revivalfeature A new deal is poised to bring the bestselling mystery author's work to film and TV again — and the timing couldn't be better
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