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    • Review: ‘Quicksand’ Looks for the Truth Behind Acts of Desperation

      May 10, 2019
    • Review: ‘Vita and Virginia’ Adds Modern Flare to a Classic Literary Love Affair

      May 2, 2019
    • Review: ‘Giant Little Ones’ Considers the Contradictions of Coming-of-Age with Tenderness

      April 18, 2019
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    • The Wolf and the Lamb: On Romance, Transformation, and the Moon in ‘Moonstruck’

      June 22, 2019
    • How ‘Paddington’ Helped Me Get My Shit Together

      June 21, 2019
    • ‘Booksmart’: Am I Failing or Am I Misdefining Success?

      June 19, 2019
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    • Coping with Catcalling: An Interview with ‘Street Series’ Co-Creator Brittany Rae Robinson

      June 3, 2019
    • “Weirdos have got to stick together”: A Conversation with Spooky B Films Co-Founders Emily Gagne and Josh Korngut

      May 30, 2019
    • Robin Swicord on 1994’s ‘Little Women,’ Greta Gerwig’s Remake, and her Upcoming Event at TIFF

      May 3, 2019
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    • 8 Female Characters Who’ve Changed My Definition of Strength

      December 10, 2018
    • 7 Women-Directed Films to Distract You from the Cold This Winter

      December 3, 2018
    • 5 Lessons I Learned Covering My First Film Festival

      November 14, 2018
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    • Review: Warriors of Love in ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

      March 24, 2018
    • ‘Black Mirror’ Tells A Cautionary Tale About the Role of Technology in Our Relationships

      March 22, 2018
    • Hearts In Their Eyes: Fear of Feminism in ‘Riverdale’

      March 20, 2018
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The Wolf and the Lamb: On Romance, Transformation, and the Moon in ‘Moonstruck’

Liz HewJune 22, 2019

How ‘Paddington’ Helped Me Get My Shit Together

Sara ClementsJune 21, 2019

‘Booksmart’: Am I Failing or Am I Misdefining Success?

Ramna SafeerJune 19, 2019

Review: ‘The Favourite’ is a Disgustingly Beautiful Look at Love, Rivalry, and Gout

Mary Beth McAndrewsDecember 16, 2018
2018 has been a year full of complex women. From Toni Collette in Hereditary, to Charlize Theron in Tully, to Glenn Close in The Wife, this year has shown that ...
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Blink and You Miss It: A Close Reading of the Slap Scenes in ‘Widows’

RoeDecember 16, 2018
Set in Chicago, director Steve McQueen’s all-woman heist flick, Widows, never shies away from race. Case in point: the brilliant scene where the white alderman ...
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“We must be strong, and we must be brave”: Power and Young Women in ‘She-Ra and the Princesses of Power’

Ellie BerryDecember 15, 2018
“When did you get so weak?” snarls Catra, punching She-Ra in the gut. She-Ra falters, trembling as she struggles to fix the crumbling, magical sea gate – under ...
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“It’s All Frightfully Romantic”: ‘Heavenly Creatures’ and the Dark Power of Imagination

Laura VenningDecember 11, 2018
Like most teenage girls, Pauline Parker (Melanie Lynskey) feels powerless. Suffocated by the tedium of her prim and proper girls' school, all she wants to do is...
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8 Female Characters Who’ve Changed My Definition of Strength

Jenna KalishmanDecember 10, 2018
"Strong Female Character" is a term used quite often when people, especially men, refer to female characters who seem to have an especially large amount of guts...
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Review: Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’ is an Ode to Susie Bannion

Marina VuottoDecember 9, 2018
Susie Bannion, in both Dario Argento’s Suspiria and Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the film, is an innocent, wide-eyed girl from a small town in the US. “Susie Ban...
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Power in Subtlety: Exploring the Queer Life-World of ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’

Emily BartonDecember 9, 2018
Marielle Heller’s 2018 film, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, chronicles a short time in the life of best-selling literary biographer, Lee Israel, as she adopts and em...
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Review: ‘Colette’ is a Tale of a Woman Finding and Claiming Her Voice

Lauren LaMagnaDecember 7, 2018
Many great things have come out of the most recent wave of feminism. For starters, women are finally having their voices heard, especially in government. Second...
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“To Whom It May Concern, I Am a Ghost”: Conquering the Self in ‘The Double’

Brianna ZiglerDecember 6, 2018
“You’re in my place,” asserts the faceless man looming over Simon James. Simon stares up at him, submissive and shadowed beneath the man’s towering presence and...
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What Role Can Satire Play in Our Political Climate?

Shivani GonzalezDecember 5, 2018
It’s safe to say that the last three years in politics have been a whirlwind. There have been moments of triumph and joy, like the US midterm elections where mo...
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