Movie

Women Writers Week has been an outstanding success in every respect. I am so proud of all the amazing female writers who have contributed their voices to our site over the past five days. For this special edition...

Do you know the name of the high school the characters attended in John Hughes’ movies? Did you play “Pitfall!” on the Atari 2600 when you were a kid? And are you aware of what lurks...

Taraji P. Henson deserves better. She’s more than proved herself worthy for award-winning roles by playing the hero in “Hidden Figures” and the anti-hero on “Empire.” But in this Tyler Perry movie, she’s playing a mad...

Written and directed by Michael Mason, “God’s Not Dead: A Light in Darkness” is the third installment in the “God’s Not Dead” franchise, and it features all of the familiar elements from the two previous films:...

For me, the #MeToo era isn’t just an acknowledgement of the near-ubiquity of sexual harassment and assault in far too many industries. It’s also given me a sort of retroactive lens that I can’t help but...

Editing this piece started out for me as a compelling intellectual exercise: is it possible to trace the overarching moments of a woman’s life using only clips of films directed by women? What would that look...

This week, all of our content on the site is written by women. We’ll update this table of contents page with links to new pieces as they go up. ESSAYS  Welcome to Women Writers Week 2018 by...

“I want you flat on your back. Helpless, tender, open with only me to help. And then I want you strong again. You’re not going to die. You might wish you’re going to die, but you’re...

A man line-dances his way through a bar, surrounded by smiling friends, colleagues, and strangers. His posture is relaxed—we can tell he’s done this before. He watches the dancers around him, not because he’s uncertain of...

Remember the last childbirth scene you saw in an American movie? Was it a C-section? They are very common in this country, accounting for 33% of births, a percentage considered either too high (compared to Finland’s...