A shockingly low number of African-Americans thrive in the movie business. Here's one statistic: Of the 150 highest-grossing films last year, nine of them had black directors ( Read more... )

At first it seems like possible good news. Disney/ Pixar announces: no more fairy tales, code for princess movies. Great! No more damsels in distress who end the movie by landing a man. Now we’re going to have a slew of new movies with cool girl heroes who bravely rescue boys from peril, exuding power and beauty by performing all kinds of risk- ( Read more... )

The Weinstein Brothers are appealing two ratings handed down by the MPAA, for The King's Speech, and Blue Valentine. Blue Valentine has been given an NC-17 rating, (which is extremely rare and pretty much a death sentence for a film's box-office chances) based off a single consensual sex scene (in contrast, both Hostel films are rated R ( Read more... )

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 New World, Same Old Gender Roles


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Bosnia revokes filming permission for Jolie film
SARAJEVO (AFP) - Bosnian authorities on Wednesday revoked permission for US star Angelina Jolie to shoot part of her directorial debut film there after complaints from a women war victims group, Bosnian radio reported ( Read more... )

If I take off my feminist hat, I am here to report that The Social Network is a very good movie. It will be at the top of the Oscar heap and might go all the way to the finish line. One reason is because it taps perfectly into the current zeitgeist of our culture ( Read more... )

(A little more, since its 100% score at Rotten Tomatoes is making my head pop off. And since I saw it on September 8th, I don’t think this counts as “backlash”.)

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If your experience is the same as mine, and you do not garner your cultural criticism solely from the pages of O: The Oprah Magazine, you've heard of Eat, Pray, Love largely through negative press coverage. A veritable battalion of sudden class warriors have emerged in recent weeks to bash Eat, Pray, Love for its portrayal of cluelessness in rich ( Read more... )