Latest articles by Monika Bartyzel
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Girls on Film: The immortal Mike Nichols
feature The legendary director, who died this week at 83, leaves one of Hollywood's most powerful and enduring legacies behind
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Girls on Film: Hollywood should stop pretending it's hard to make a female superhero movie
feature The Golden Age of Cinematic Superheroes has relegated women to underwritten supporting roles
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Girls on Film: Why the Toronto International Film Festival is the best platform for female filmmakers
feature This year's festival offered 58 chances to see the latest in femme-centric filmmaking
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Girls on Film: Hollywood will try anything for a superhero movie — except a female director
feature The film industry is full of super-talented female auteurs. But when it comes time to pick a director for big-budget blockbusters, producers prefer untested men
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Girls on Film: How Wild's Reese Witherspoon finally got a film worthy of her talents
feature The adaptation of Cheryl Strayed's bestselling memoir is Witherspoon's juiciest role in 15 years
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Girls on Film: Lucy is the shot in the arm the superhero genre needs
feature By questioning the very humanity of its protagonist, Lucy shows the limitations of Hollywood's favorite genre — and points to a new direction going forward.
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Girls on Film: Aspiring female filmmakers need male mentors, too
feature Hollywood's creative elite have relied on established mentors for decades — but women have rarely been a part of the equation
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Girls on Film: How They Came Together saved the romantic comedy by blowing it up
feature David Wain's satire of the romantic comedy shows just how far charm can get you
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How Shonda Rhimes can become TV's most important creative mind
feature Ignore the luridness of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and you'll find something truly groundbreaking
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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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Girls on Film: Why it's time for Hollywood to revive the femme fatale
feature The important and challenging cinematic archetype has fallen out of vogue over the past decade. It's not too late for a comeback
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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: It's time to push back against 'sexy' costumes for girls
feature In recent years, the Halloween costume industry has pushed 'sexy' costumes that hurt boys and girls alike. Enough is enough.
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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: 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: 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: Not every movie with a female lead is a 'romantic comedy'
feature Lake Bell's In a World... is a comedy, full stop
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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: 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: 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: The hidden feminism of Audrey Hepburn
feature Hepburn's legacy as a fashion icon has overshadowed the feminist messages of her films
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Girls on Film: The complicated legacy of Working Girl
feature On its 25th anniversary, a look back at Mike Nichols' Working Girl, which is notable for both its feminism and its many problems
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