At the Golden Globes, Oprah Winfrey assured girls that the harassment scandals of 2017 will eventually lead to a brighter future. But deep workplace issues will have to be addressed first.
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Kevin Spacey’s star has fallen, and his role erased from a new film. Could he challenge this?
A new campaign seeks to support all women affected by sexism, whether famous or not.
Charlie Chaplin changed the worlds of film and comedy forever. He deserves a lasting tribute and London’s Cinema Museum – the UK’s only Chaplin museum – must be rescued.
The important lessons from one of the most notorious cases of sexual manipulation took place not off-screen but right in front of the camera.
An analysis of more than 800 top-grossing films suggests diverse movies struggle in front of international audiences.
In their novels, Nathanael West and Bret Easton Ellis depict a world few want to admit exists, a place where ‘Unless you’re willing to do some pretty awful things, it’s hard getting a job.’
The biggest name in the era of silent movies was also a serial sexual predator.
Geostorm is the newest addition to the Hollywood climate doom canon. It is terrible, which is why you should think about this genre but under no circumstances actually watch this movie.
Women’s voices have been seen as unwanted or untruthful, but the snowballing sexual assault revelations from the #MeToo campaign show that women must find their voices.
Public-facing feminism can often be a superficial distraction from systemic sexism.
Offering money as a form of atonement is easier for the movie mogul than finding someone who will accept it.
In the wake of recent horror stories about men in power who abuse women - like Harvey Weinstein - a professor at Lakehead breaks down rape culture and makes a few suggestions for men to make change.
The movie business has co-opted many into it’s own dark narrative.
Men like Harvey Weinstein have been able to abuse with relative impunity, despite many in the entertainment industry appearing to know or have suspicion of their behaviour.
Charlie Chaplin was a comedy great but it’s Stan Laurel who still gets ‘em rolling in the aisles.
Why whiteness became the ‘norm’.
An expert who has spent 15 years researching the gender pay gap among actors explains.
Chaplin’s 1940 film ‘The Great Dictator’ mocks Hitler’s absurdity and overweening vanity, while highlighting Germany’s psychological captivity to a political fraud.
New film has broken China’s box office record while projecting soft power for Beijing.
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