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America's journey in Real Women Have Curves
Wessley Edmonds says goodbye to Barbie summer with an ode to America Ferrera's leading moment.
America's journey in Real Women Have Curves
Wessley Edmonds says goodbye to Barbie summer with an ode to America Ferrera's leading moment.
The dinosaurs of Iran's male gaze
Sarah Dean writes on Mania Akbari's searing documentary – and dinosaurs
The dinosaurs of Iran's male gaze
Sarah Dean writes on Mania Akbari's searing documentary – and dinosaurs
On orgasmic cake and The Matrix Reloaded at 20
Lillian Crawford writes of the sexual legacy of The Matrix Reloaded 20 years on.
On orgasmic cake and The Matrix Reloaded at 20
Lillian Crawford writes of the sexual legacy of The Matrix Reloaded 20 years on.
Ariela Barer has something to tell you
Anahit Behrooz interviews Ariela Barer on How To Blow Up A Pipeline.
Ariela Barer has something to tell you
Anahit Behrooz interviews Ariela Barer on How To Blow Up A Pipeline.
One Fine Mourning: Mia Hansen-Løve's Grief and ...
Savina Petkova writes on grief and mourning in Mia Hansen-Løve's new film.
One Fine Mourning: Mia Hansen-Løve's Grief and ...
Savina Petkova writes on grief and mourning in Mia Hansen-Løve's new film.
Dream Life: Politics of Desire in Quebec's Firs...
Greta Rainbow speaks to Mireille Dansereau about desire and Dream Life.
Dream Life: Politics of Desire in Quebec's Firs...
Greta Rainbow speaks to Mireille Dansereau about desire and Dream Life.
Black Girl Magic: How Angela Bassett Paved The Way
The impact of Angela Bassett is immeasurable, Oscars or not. But it all begins with Black girl magic, breaking down stereotypes and paving the way for girls like Wessley Edmonds,...
Black Girl Magic: How Angela Bassett Paved The Way
The impact of Angela Bassett is immeasurable, Oscars or not. But it all begins with Black girl magic, breaking down...
Heavy Relationships: On BFFs, Girlfriends and B...
This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the platonic lovers of Claudia Weill’s Girlfriends, and our very own Contributing Writer Anahit Behrooz – her first book, BFFs: The Radical Potential of...
Heavy Relationships: On BFFs, Girlfriends and B...
This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating the platonic lovers of Claudia Weill’s Girlfriends, and our very own Contributing Writer Anahit...
Time Is The Thing: Lydia Tár’s Suspension of Re...
El Hunt goes down the rabbit hole with Lydia Tár.
Time Is The Thing: Lydia Tár’s Suspension of Re...
El Hunt goes down the rabbit hole with Lydia Tár.
A Tragic Age: The Radical Power Of Lady Chatter...
Carly Mattox traces the radical history of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
A Tragic Age: The Radical Power Of Lady Chatter...
Carly Mattox traces the radical history of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.
Justice and Medea: Alice Diop on Saint Omer
Anahit Behrooz interviews Saint Omer filmmaker Alice Diop.
Justice and Medea: Alice Diop on Saint Omer
Anahit Behrooz interviews Saint Omer filmmaker Alice Diop.
Intimately Political: Laura Poitras On All The ...
Anahit Behrooz interviews Laura Poitras on All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
Intimately Political: Laura Poitras On All The ...
Anahit Behrooz interviews Laura Poitras on All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
I Don’t Recall: Finding the African in African-...
Sabrina Jones writes on her British African-American identity in Daughters of the Dust.
I Don’t Recall: Finding the African in African-...
Sabrina Jones writes on her British African-American identity in Daughters of the Dust.
Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean
A period piece furiously relevant to the present, Blue Jean frames a lesbian PE teacher living in Thatcher’s Britain trying to exist and thrive without having to fly a flag....
Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean
A period piece furiously relevant to the present, Blue Jean frames a lesbian PE teacher living in Thatcher’s Britain trying...
She Saved Christmas: Life Before Death In Morve...
Savina Petkova writes on Christmas grief in Morvern Callar.
She Saved Christmas: Life Before Death In Morve...
Savina Petkova writes on Christmas grief in Morvern Callar.
Beyond the Goomah: Italian-American Femininity ...
Katy D’Avella writes on Italian-American identity in Moonstruck.
Beyond the Goomah: Italian-American Femininity ...
Katy D’Avella writes on Italian-American identity in Moonstruck.
Mountains and Playgrounds: Rebecca Hall on Resu...
Ella Kemp interviews Rebecca Hall about Resurrection.
Mountains and Playgrounds: Rebecca Hall on Resu...
Ella Kemp interviews Rebecca Hall about Resurrection.
Beauty, Pain, Choice: Feminism in Corsage
Alexandria Slater writes on beauty and sacrifice in Corsage.
Beauty, Pain, Choice: Feminism in Corsage
Alexandria Slater writes on beauty and sacrifice in Corsage.
No Attacks: How The Women Of She Said Got It Done
Nicole Davis speaks to Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Maria Schrader on the making of She Said.
No Attacks: How The Women Of She Said Got It Done
Nicole Davis speaks to Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Maria Schrader on the making of She Said.
Your Name: Aladdin's Jasmine, 30 Years On
Yasmine Kandil pays tribute to her namesake on Aladdin’s 30th anniversary.
Your Name: Aladdin's Jasmine, 30 Years On
Yasmine Kandil pays tribute to her namesake on Aladdin’s 30th anniversary.
Aftersun: Charlotte Wells On The Poetry of Memory
Xuanlin Tham interviews Aftersun writer-director Charlotte Wells.
Aftersun: Charlotte Wells On The Poetry of Memory
Xuanlin Tham interviews Aftersun writer-director Charlotte Wells.
How To Live: In Conversation With Composer Emil...
Ella Kemp interviews Living composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch.
How To Live: In Conversation With Composer Emil...
Ella Kemp interviews Living composer Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch.
Love And Power: Dolly De Leon On Triangle Of Sa...
Iana Murray interviews Triangle Of Sadness standout Dolly De Leon.
Love And Power: Dolly De Leon On Triangle Of Sa...
Iana Murray interviews Triangle Of Sadness standout Dolly De Leon.
Man Was In The Forest: Bambi At 80
Eleanor Brady writes on the humanity and environmentalism of Bambi at 80.
Man Was In The Forest: Bambi At 80
Eleanor Brady writes on the humanity and environmentalism of Bambi at 80.
Room for Possibility: On Women Talking’s Striki...
Tia Glista writes on the empty spaces of Women Talking.
Room for Possibility: On Women Talking’s Striki...
Tia Glista writes on the empty spaces of Women Talking.
Le Vertige Adjani: Marilyn Monroe, Liminal Star...
Olympia Kiriakou writes on Isabelle Adjani’s portrayal of Marilyn Monroe.
Le Vertige Adjani: Marilyn Monroe, Liminal Star...
Olympia Kiriakou writes on Isabelle Adjani’s portrayal of Marilyn Monroe.
And Man Created Woman: Don’t Worry Darling's Fl...
Lillian Crawford writes on the backwards feminism of Don’t Worry Darling.
And Man Created Woman: Don’t Worry Darling's Fl...
Lillian Crawford writes on the backwards feminism of Don’t Worry Darling.