Latest articles by Monika Bartyzel
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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: 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: 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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Girls on Film: The darkly sexual lessons of Nymphomaniac
feature Provocation is not consent — even though many men think it is
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Girls on Film: Movies can help defeat society's female body problem
feature Cinema has the unique ability to destroy long-held misconceptions and prejudices about women — if the right people are behind the camera
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Girls on Film: How Divergent breaks new ground in the YA genre
feature Unlike Twilight or The Hunger Games, Divergent centers its narrative on the growth of a distinctly human girl
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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: 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: The real problem with the Disney Princess brand
feature The company's wildly profitable Disney Princess line sends a dangerous and regressive message to young girls. It's not too late to fix it.
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Girls on Film: Before Midnight and the evolution of one of cinema's most dynamic women
feature Over three films and nearly two decades, Celine is not only allowed to appear and intrigue us, but also to reappear and challenge us
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Girls on Film: Stories We Tell is one of the year's must-see movies
feature Sarah Polley's intimate, powerful documentary questions the very nature of "truth." And you have to see it to believe it.
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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: 6 Oscar hosts who would be better than Seth MacFarlane
feature The controversial host won't be back for next year's ceremony. That's a good thing.
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Girls on Film: The forgotten legacy of Sex and the City
feature Ten years ago, we said goodbye. A lot has changed since.
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Girls on Film: The sanitization of Endless Love
feature Shana Feste's re-imaging of the 1981 melodrama swaps out a dangerous obsession for a sympathetic young romance
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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: Frances Ha and the art of living
feature The acclaimed film, which is available on both DVD and Netflix Instant this week, is a celebration of "the dance of life"
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Girls on Film: The wonderful, overlooked early films of Judi Dench
feature As the 50th anniversary of her first movie role approaches, a look back at the beginning of Dench's remarkable career
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Girls on Film: The best and worst for femme-centric film in 2013
feature As 2013 comes to an end, a look back at a tumultuous year for female directors and femme-centric films
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Girls on Film: Hollywood's 4 percent problem
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.
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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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Girls on Film: The Bling Ring is about all of us
feature As Sofia Coppola's new film shows, we no longer care about having experiences. It's all about documenting them so obsessively we don't realize we're having them
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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: The Hunger Games may be turning you into an idiot villain
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.
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