Latest articles by Monika Bartyzel
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TV needs to stop treating black characters as expendable
feature 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 romances
feature 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 Hollywood
feature 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 womanhood
feature When monotony speaks louder than words
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How Song One rises above lazy cliches
feature The indie drama connects by finding the joys in an individual moment
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Why female filmmakers need powerful allies
feature 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 Shell
feature Hollywood continues to whitewash its movies, with troubling implications both creatively and financially
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Why Agatha Christie is ready for a Hollywood revival
feature 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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Girls on Film: The danger of the 'female filmmaker' label
feature Calling on Hollywood to improve the roles of women carries a significant risk for female filmmakers. But someone must step up and do it.
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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: 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: How the new Carrie fails to tell the story it should be telling
feature Bullying among teenage girls has never been more relevant — but Kimberly Peirce's Carrie misses the chance to tell the real story
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Girls on Film: The real lesson of Gravity
feature It's not about visual spectacle or edge-of-your-seat excitement. It's about rebirth.
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Girls on Film: How Pam Grier revolutionized cinema
feature 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: How Lovelace fails to tell the real story
feature The new biopic, which stars Amanda Seyfried as the legendary Deep Throat star, fails to capture the tragedy and complexity of the real Linda Lovelace
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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: Ginger & Rosa's rare insight into teenage girlhood
feature British period pieces are teaching us lessons that Hollywood so often ignores
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Goodbye, Bunheads
feature The tragically short-lived ABC Family series, which was canceled this week, offered a raft of smart, compelling female perspectives
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Girls on Film: Stephenie Meyer, of The Host and Twilight fame, is not anti-women
feature Meyer has repeatedly been attacked for the problematic messages of her novels — but the truth is far more complicated
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Girls on Film: Can the Veronica Mars movie make up for the show's mistakes?
feature Veronica Mars started strong, then stumbled. An upcoming film has the chance to make things right
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Toronto International Film Festival: 7 more movies you should know about
feature Reviews from the second half of the annual film festival, including 12 Years a Slave, Gravity, and more
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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: Hollywood should embrace women — just as TV has
feature The small screen has long surpassed film in the opportunities it offers for women both in front of and behind the camera
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Girls on Film: Concussion isn't really about lesbian prostitution
feature Stacie Passon's new film, which follows a woman who turns to the sex trade after a head injury, is far more relatable than its premise might sound
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