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America's journey in Real Women Have Curves

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.

We owe our girlhood to Catherine Hardwicke

We owe our girlhood to Catherine Hardwicke

Carly Mattox writes on Thirteen at 20.

We owe our girlhood to Catherine Hardwicke

Carly Mattox writes on Thirteen at 20.

The dinosaurs of Iran's male gaze

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

Tracing the mythos in Barbie

Tracing the mythos in Barbie

Isabella Vega explores the mythos of Barbie.

Tracing the mythos in Barbie

Isabella Vega explores the mythos of Barbie.

How Greta Gerwig left home

How Greta Gerwig left home

Vika Mujumdar writes on Barbie and how Greta Gerwig leaves home. 

How Greta Gerwig left home

Vika Mujumdar writes on Barbie and how Greta Gerwig leaves home. 

A holiday from the Hays Code

A holiday from the Hays Code

Sarah Clearly celebrates 85 years of a subversive classic.

A holiday from the Hays Code

Sarah Clearly celebrates 85 years of a subversive classic.

Judy Blume's cinematic appeal

Judy Blume's cinematic appeal

Ally Johnson writes on the cinematic appeal of Judy Blume.

Judy Blume's cinematic appeal

Ally Johnson writes on the cinematic appeal of Judy Blume.

On Flashdance at 40

On Flashdance at 40

Hollie Geraghty writes on Flashdance at 40.

On Flashdance at 40

Hollie Geraghty writes on Flashdance at 40.

On orgasmic cake and The Matrix Reloaded at 20

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.

Pianos, power and pain

Pianos, power and pain

Annabel Jackson writes on Jane Campion's The Piano.

Pianos, power and pain

Annabel Jackson writes on Jane Campion's The Piano.

Moroccan Blues

Moroccan Blues

Anahit Behrooz speaks to Maryam Touzani about The Blue Caftan.

Moroccan Blues

Anahit Behrooz speaks to Maryam Touzani about The Blue Caftan.

The quiet radicalism of Muriel Box

The quiet radicalism of Muriel Box

Meg Walters reflects on the subtle feminism of Muriel Box.

The quiet radicalism of Muriel Box

Meg Walters reflects on the subtle feminism of Muriel Box.

The eye of Thelma Schoonmaker

The eye of Thelma Schoonmaker

Christina Newland writes on the genius of Thelma Schoonmaker

The eye of Thelma Schoonmaker

Christina Newland writes on the genius of Thelma Schoonmaker

Ariela Barer has something to tell you

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 Happiness

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.

Mia Hansen-Løve is Found

Mia Hansen-Løve is Found

Lillian Crawford interviews Mia Hansen-Løve ahead of One Fine Morning.

Mia Hansen-Løve is Found

Lillian Crawford interviews Mia Hansen-Løve ahead of One Fine Morning.

Dream Life: Politics of Desire in Quebec's First Woman-Directed 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

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...

Michelle Yeoh: My Mother, My Queen

Michelle Yeoh: My Mother, My Queen

Cressa Maeve Beer writes a love letter to Michelle Yeoh.

Michelle Yeoh: My Mother, My Queen

Cressa Maeve Beer writes a love letter to Michelle Yeoh.

Heavy Relationships: On BFFs, Girlfriends and Breakups

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 Reality

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.

Overstimulated Times: Female Pleasure and Male Dominance in Videodrome

Overstimulated Times: Female Pleasure and Male ...

Erin M. Brady writes on Videodrome at 40.

Overstimulated Times: Female Pleasure and Male ...

Erin M. Brady writes on Videodrome at 40.

A Tragic Age: The Radical Power 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.

A Tragic Age: The Radical Power Of Lady Chatter...

Carly Mattox traces the radical history of Lady Chatterley’s Lover.

Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean

Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean

Xuanlin Tham speaks to Georgia Oakley about Blue Jean.

Freeway Energy: Georgia Oakley on Blue Jean

Xuanlin Tham speaks to Georgia Oakley about Blue Jean.

Justice and Medea: Alice Diop on Saint Omer

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 Beauty And The Bloodshed

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

Sweet Peaches: Carla Simón on Alcarràs

Sweet Peaches: Carla Simón on Alcarràs

Ella Kemp interviews Carla Simón on Alcarràs.

Sweet Peaches: Carla Simón on Alcarràs

Ella Kemp interviews Carla Simón on Alcarràs.

I Don’t Recall: Finding the African in African-American 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.

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

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 Morvern Callar

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 in Moonstruck

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 Resurrection

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

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

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

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

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 Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch

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 Sadness

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

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 Striking Emptiness

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 Stardom And Legacy

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 Flawed Feminism

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.