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Screaming Match: “Marriage Story” Doesn’t Reckon with the Misogyny of Its Male Protagonist

a white couple lays in bed with a small, white child between them in Marriage Story

January 17, 2020 at 12:47pm

What’s most disheartening about Marriage Story is that Noah Baumbach clearly believes Charlie and Nicole deserve the same happy ending.

Ginger, an animated chicken wearing a beanie, in Chicken Run

Flewed Out: After 20 Years, “Chicken Run” Remains a Lesson in Ethical Labor

by Dejan Jotanovic

January 16, 2020 at 10:42am

Ginger and her chooks taught us that collective action, coalition building, consciousness-raising, and plucky persistence are necessary ingredients for a revolution. Read more »

Tiffany Haddish and Rose Byrne sit next to each other at a table, Haddish wears a t-shirt and leather jacket with a high ponytail, while Byrne wears her hair short and bleach blond and holds a coffee cup. They are speaking to each other animatedly.

“Like a Boss” Takes Down a Girlboss, But Loses Its Sense of Humor

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

January 15, 2020 at 8:55am

Like a Boss has a message that’s both confusing and unfunny. Read more »

John Cho and Issa Rae, an Asian man and a Black woman, respectively, sit next to each other at the Oscars.

The 2020 Oscars Noms Aren’t Just White—They’re Boring: A Point/Counterpoint

by Evette Dionne

January 13, 2020 at 3:05pm

Once again, the Oscars are snow white and it’s become so predictable that it’s boring. Read more »

four white women dressed in mid-century dresses in Little Women

Forever Your Girls: “Little Women” Is a Film in Conversation with Its Own History

by Jourdain Searles

January 10, 2020 at 3:25pm

Greta Gerwig offers a meditation on the novel’s biggest themes, rather than a familiar narrative trajectory. Read more »

Awkwafina, an Asian woman with jet black hair, holds a Golden Globe statuette while she smiles

Does Representation Still Matter at the Golden Globes?: A Point/Counterpoint

by Evette Dionne

January 6, 2020 at 5:10pm

Though the Golden Globes made progress around inclusion in 2019, it still has major issues with diversity. Read more »

Janelle Monáe as Veronica, a Black woman, who hugs a young Black girl. She has a long ponytail and a striped headband.

BitchWatch: The Most Anticipated Movies of 2020

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

January 3, 2020 at 4:41pm

From a strong start with Little Women to Janelle Monáe in Antebellum. Read more »

Cynthia Erivo, a Black British woman, portrays Harriet Tubman, a darkskinned Black woman dressed in a brown outfit and holding a gun in her land with a Black child in her right arm

End All, Be All: A Roundtable About “Harriet” and the State of Black Film Criticism

by Gloria Oladipo

December 20, 2019 at 5:32pm

We need to give critics space to ply their craft without pitting them against the films, the audiences, and/or each other. Read more »

A collage of Letitia Wright, a Black woman, the characters from Steven Universe, including Steven Universe, a young, chubby white boy, and June/Offred in The Handmaid's Tale, who wears red and has her hair covered.

The Most Impactful Pop Culture Phenomenons of the 2010s

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

December 18, 2019 at 5:39pm

As we speedily approach 2020, we reflect on some of the most memorable moments in pop culture of the last decade. Read more »

Kaitlyn Dever as Amy Antsler, a white teen girl with reddish brown hair. She wears a denim jacket with a patch that says "sisters" and drives a car.

The Role of Disgust in Contemporary Queer Female Films

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

December 18, 2019 at 5:21pm

Lesbian films focusing on “grossness” is a misguided attempt to combat hypersexualization. Read more »

Illustration of a long-limbed blue body with black stripes, red circle breasts, and long hair with flowers and botanicals in the back drop.

Under Armor: Sex Work, Style, and Survival

by Jourdain Searles

December 17, 2019 at 9:12am

Cinema still frames sex workers as troublesome sirens whose sole purpose is to disarm men and leave them broken. Read more »

Best of Bitch

One-Sentence Reviews of the Lesbian Netflix Canon

by Sara Century

November 13, 2014 at 10:52am

Lez face it: when you’re a ladygay like myself, cruising the internet for something to watch, you realize very quickly that there are a whole... Read more »

Films and TV Portray Abortion as More Dangerous Than It Is

by Erica Thomas

February 19, 2014 at 3:47pm

Films and television shows tend to present a skewed portrayal of abortion—when fictional movies and TV shows include a plotline about abortion... Read more »