Latest articles by Monika Bartyzel
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Girls on Film: The Heat breaks new ground by not being groundbreaking
feature Critics have attacked the film for failing to rise above the conventions of a buddy-cop comedy — even though that's exactly the point
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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: The confounding problems of fan fiction
feature 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: 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: Of course we need more female directors!
feature By banking on more female filmmakers, Hollywood can introduce stories and viewpoints that are all but unseen on the silver screen
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Girls on Film: Helen Mirren could be one of Hollywood's great action heroes
feature Forget about Bruce Willis. Red 2 shows the value of letting a strong actress loose in an action franchise
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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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Toronto International Film Festival: 9 movies you should know about
feature 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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Girls on Film: 8 femme-centric movies from the Toronto International Film Festival
feature Our roundup of the most notable movies by and about women from this year's festival
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Girls on Film: Blue Is the Warmest Color is a sexed-up failure
feature 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: 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: 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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Wish I Was Here is Zach Braff's latest exercise in painful self-indugence
feature The film's successful Kickstarter campaign allowed him to make exactly the film he wanted to make: Garden State 2.0
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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: Why audiences are responsible for the future of cinema
feature It's easy to succumb to Hollywood's multimillion marketing campaigns — but cinephiles need to resist
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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: 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: 5 TV actresses who deserve much better movie roles
feature Casting your next big Oscar contender? Call up one of these typecast actresses.
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Girls on Film: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay isn't an action movie. It's a war movie.
feature In its third installment, The Hunger Games moves beyond the glitz of the first two movies to offer a hard-hitting look at the impact of war
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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: Wonder Woman's powerful feminist roots
feature With a Wonder Woman movie on the horizon, Hollywood has finally learned to embrace the best qualities of the superhero
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Toronto International Film Festival: 6 movies you should know about
feature 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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Toronto International Film Festival: 6 more movies you should know about
feature Reviews of the biggest and buzziest films from the annual festival, including Love & Mercy, While We Were Young, and Welcome to Me
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Girls on Film: Clouds of Sils Maria is a beautiful look into fame and womanhood
feature Oliver Assayas answered Juliette Binoche's call for a "deep and complex female role" with this rumination on celebrity
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