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Catching Fire*AND smoking hot at the box office!

Sweden has mandated the Bechdel test and a USC study found that 70 percent of the speaking roles in 2012’s 100 highest-grossing movies … More

Amanda Plummer, Bechdel test, Catching Fire, Hunger Game, Jena Malone, Jennifer Lawrence, New York Film Academy, Sundance Film Festival, Twilight Saga

How I Live Now~another young woman on a hero’s journey

Saoirse Ronan gives another amazing performance as a  young woman, Daisy, rebelling against society but trapped by her own rules.  Directed … More

Bechdel test, England, George MacKay, How I Live Now, Kevin Macdonald, Saoirse Ronan

Wadja~or, how to to not take riding a bike for granted

Wadja tells the story of a young girl in Saudia Arabia that yearns for a bicylce to race her friend, shown … More

Bechdel test, Haifaa Al-Mansour, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Wadja, woman director, woman writer

Women-centric films — Do we need the Bechdel Test Rating?

Have you heard of the Bechdel Test? Here’s a definition from Wikipedia: The Bechdel test (/ˈbɛkdəl/ BEK-dəl) asks whether a work … More

Alison Bechdel, Bechdel test, Hollywood, Hurt Locker

In A World*where women make movies AND do voice-overs!

Oh, Lake Bell, you are so awesome!  To write and direct a film this good and not only star in … More

Bechdel test, Geena Davis, In A World, Ken Marino, Lake Bell, Michaela Watkins, Nathan Fillion, Rob Corddry, Voice acting

Enough Said–Sex for Real People

Rarely do American audiences get treated to sex scenes that depict what it might be like for a middle-aged couple … More

Bechdel test, Enough Said, James Gandolfini, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nicole Holofcener, Sex in film

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