Feminism is defined as the belief that men and women deserve equal rights in everything—personally, socially, economically, and politically. Seems like a no-brainer, right? Yet even in 2021, we are ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If the massive success of Barbie taught us anything, it’s not that we need more franchises about toys, ...

If you were at all engaged with popular culture in 2023, you’ll recognize these words as the start to a speech America Ferrera’s character gives in Barbie. It’s a rallying cry about the unfair ...

I recently accomplished a rare feat — I watched an entire movie from beginning to end. In one sitting. It wasn’t a kid's movie, either, and it was over two hours long. OK, I was on an airplane, which ...

Movies and TV have been powerful platforms for telling stories that resonate with audiences, and in recent years, they have ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Let's face it: every year should be the Year of the Woman. But the past couple years in particular ...

This flawed but endearing film stars Emma Corrin as a protective maid and features Charli XCX as a sister with a secret.

When I read back in the spring that Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance was the most divisive movie at Cannes—it got the festival’s longest standing ovation (11 minutes) and the award for best screenplay, ...

In the most recent Sight and Sound Top 100 List, a 201-minute avant-garde Belgian film from 1975, “Jeanne Dielman 23 quai du commerce 1080 Bruxelles,” shockingly upstaged the classic top two “Vertigo” ...

Director Jennifer Reeder has a multi-pronged theory for why there seem to be more women making horror movies than ever. For one thing, there’s a woman at the genre’s foundation (Mary Shelley, author ...

I went to see Wonder Woman in a quaint, small town cinema built in 1912, 30 years before Wonder Woman first appeared in her own comic book. The theater’s long history is analogous to Wonder Woman’s ...

The actress stars in 'Witches Hunt', by Luca Guadagnino, with the intention, she says, of provoking, encouraging conversation, and "making the viewer think." So far, and in the midst of a reactionary ...