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There must be something in the water because over the last week there have been several substantive pieces and one panel (which I will blog about later) discussing women and film. These discussions are not new, they happen all the time, but having two p...[Read on]

Theatre Watch: Life pretty much sucked for women on Broadway this year

Even though women buy the lion’s share of theatre tickets, it still seems that it is virtually impossible for women playwrights to get their shows mounted on Broadway. Usually there are great roles from women in male written shows, but this year there...[Read on]

The Post Oscar Debate on Kathyn Bigelow and Gender

This past week there have been a lot of stories looking at Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar win from a variety of perspectives. The fact that we are even having these conversations at all is in itself a huge and gigantic (and every other adjective I can throw ...[Read on]

New hosts for At the Movies- Another couple of guys

Fired critics Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz What’s wrong with these pictures? One of the remaining movie review shows which peaked years ago when it starred Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert is At the Movies. Before last season they replaced Ebert and Sisk...[Read on]

The Sex and the City aftermath — Misogyny unleashed

No matter whether or not you liked or even saw Sex and the City 2 what you can’t have missed is the cultural conversation that film has caused in all quarters. We’ve been talking about women aging onscreen, we’ve been talking about women’s rig...[Read on]

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