Monika Bartyzel
Monika Bartyzel is a freelance writer and creator of Girls on Film, a weekly look at femme-centric film news and concerns, now appearing at TheWeek.com. Her work has been published on sites including The Atlantic, Movies.com, Moviefone, Collider, and the now-defunct Cinematical, where she was a lead writer and assignment editor.
Latest articles by Monika Bartyzel
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Girls on Film: 9 forgotten rom-coms worth watching this Valentine's Day
feature A trip through cinematic history reminds us that there's more to the genre than Love Actually
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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: 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: 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: 5 ways movies can be as diverse as television
feature The success of shows like Orange of the New Black proves that diversity isn't just important — it's profitable
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Girls on Film: 5 things that need to happen before Hollywood will ever truly change
feature If these changes happen, then we'll know Hollywood is finally moving in the right direction
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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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