Latest articles by Monika Bartyzel
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Girls on Film: Before Midnight and the evolution of one of cinema's most dynamic women
feature Over three films and nearly two decades, Celine is not only allowed to appear and intrigue us, but also to reappear and challenge us
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Girls on Film: Her is a beautiful exploration of love — but a flawed exploration of women
feature Spike Jonze's critically acclaimed romance has fascinating things to say, but we never quite get to know "her"
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Girls on Film: How sexism is destroying the comic book industry
feature Even as superheroes thrive at the box office, comics creators continue to employ sexist and misogynistic depictions of women
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Girls on Film: Maleficent is less progressive than 1959's Sleeping Beauty
feature Disney frustratingly undermined the truly revisionist story it should have been telling
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Girls on Film: Why it's time to retire the term 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl'
feature This once-useful piece of critical shorthand has devolved into laziness and sexism
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Girls on Film: Frances Ha and the art of living
feature The acclaimed film, which is available on both DVD and Netflix Instant this week, is a celebration of "the dance of life"
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Girls on Film: 10 lesbian filmmakers you should know about
feature In honor of WorldPride, a look at some of filmdom's most talented lesbian filmmakers
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Girls on Film: Girlfriends, the most influential film about female friendship you've never heard of
feature Modern hits like Ghost World, Girls, and Frances Ha can be traced back to Claudia Weill's groundbreaking 1978 film
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Girls on Film: 11 female athletes who deserve their own sports biopic
feature Hollywood's obsession with real-life sports stories rarely extends to women — but it should
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Girls on Film: The true cultural legacy of Sex, Lies, and Videotape
feature Twenty-five years after its release, the film that sparked the indie film boom still has plenty to say about gender dynamics
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Girls on Film: How The Thin Man's Nora Charles became Hollywood's 'perfect wife'
feature By diverging from the norms of the 1930s, The Thin Man introduced a female icon that has lost none of her power
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Girls on Film: There is no 'true' version of Gone Girl
feature Gillian Flynn's novel is built on subjective truths — and David Fincher's new film is just another layer of the story
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Girls on Film: Belle is one of the most groundbreaking, joyous movies of the summer
feature The indie hit, which arrived on DVD this week, broke the status quo by bringing a little-known true story into the light
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Girls on Film: Parker Posey, powerhouse
feature On her 45th birthday, a tribute to the eclectic career of the woman once dubbed "Queen of the Indies"
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Girls on Film: 10 horror movies you probably didn't know were directed by women
feature The horror genre has a reputation for sexism — but plenty of female filmmakers have left their indelible stamps on it
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Girls on Film: Why the Bechdel Test is still so valuable
feature 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: Insights from history's greatest female filmmakers
feature Words of wisdom from Kathryn Bigelow, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, and more
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Girls on Film: Why no teen film compares to Heathers
feature It's been 25 years since the cult classic's release, but it's still the darkest, smartest take on being a teenager
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Girls on Film: The troubling reason Hollywood keeps failing female filmmakers
feature "Let's just really make a change or never, ever speak of it again," Punisher: War Zone director Lexi Alexander tells TheWeek.com.
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Girls on Film: The darkly sexual lessons of Nymphomaniac
feature Provocation is not consent — even though many men think it is
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Girls on Film: The wonderful, overlooked early films of Judi Dench
feature As the 50th anniversary of her first movie role approaches, a look back at the beginning of Dench's remarkable career
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Girls on Film: How women were written out of film history
feature Influential filmmakers like Alice Guy-Blaché were essential to the development of cinema — but modern filmmakers and historians still overlook their accomplishments
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Girls on Film: 4 female filmmakers who pioneered horror movies
feature Despite popular misconceptions, women have been on the cutting edge of the genre since its earliest days
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Girls on Film: Hollywood keeps stranding women at the Edge of Tomorrow
feature Badass characters like Edge of Tomorrow's Vrataski seem to push Hollywood forward — but when will a woman be more than a "Female Yoda"?
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