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Margot Robbie
July 20, 2023
Grace Segers
Can Barbie Have It All?
Greta Gerwig’s movie attempts to combine the magic of Barbie Land with a critique of the patriarchy.
December 20, 2019
Sarah Jones
The Tangled Politics of Bombshell
When the women of Fox News rise up against Roger Ailes, who are they fighting for?
December 12, 2018
Jo Livingstone
Mary Queen of Scots in the Age of Brexit
Why is Hollywood so intent on using this period in British history as a blank canvas?
December 6, 2017
Jo Livingstone
I, Tonya Can’t Compete With the Real Thing
A new biopic of Tonya Harding is both helped and hindered by the Shakespearean stakes of its real-life plot.

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