Monika Bartyzel

feature Projecting the arc of the 12 Years a Slave star's career by looking at Hollywood's other favorite leading lady

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature Casting your next big Oscar contender? Call up one of these typecast actresses.

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature British period pieces are teaching us lessons that Hollywood so often ignores

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature The massive success of the franchise has made its core lessons about media and celebrity all the more valuable. Some of us aren't paying attention.

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature On this column's five-year anniversary, a look at the ongoing evolution of femme-centric film in culture and Hollywood

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature Director Gina Prince-Bythewood has spent her career making movies that push beyond Hollywood's typical definition of "diversity"

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature The legendary director, who died this week at 83, leaves one of Hollywood's most powerful and enduring legacies behind

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature This year, a criminally low 4 percent of movies are going to be directed by women. It's time for the industry to fix this.

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature Oliver Assayas answered Juliette Binoche's call for a "deep and complex female role" with this rumination on celebrity

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature The film's successful Kickstarter campaign allowed him to make exactly the film he wanted to make: Garden State 2.0

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature Big Hollywood blockbusters treat women as an afterthought. Independent film is a totally different story.

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature Not sure what to buy for the cinephile in your life this holiday season? Check out our comprehensive guide to brilliant movies by female filmmakers.

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature The success of shows like Orange of the New Black proves that diversity isn't just important — it's profitable

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature The small screen has long surpassed film in the opportunities it offers for women both in front of and behind the camera

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature Good riddance

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature Despite popular misconceptions, women have been on the cutting edge of the genre since its earliest days

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

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"?

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature The Blaxploitation actress rose above the sexism of the genre to become an unmatched cinematic icon of black femininity

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature Shana Feste's re-imaging of the 1981 melodrama swaps out a dangerous obsession for a sympathetic young romance

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

feature The important and challenging cinematic archetype has fallen out of vogue over the past decade. It's not too late for a comeback

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15

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

By Monika Bartyzel Last updated 8 January 15