Tag Archives: Bechdel Test
Oscar Winner/ Bechdel Test Loser: Manbabies By the Sea
It was a week after the WOMEN’S MARCH in January of 2017 when I went to see Manchester By the Sea. By movie’s end, my optimism fueled by the March was replaced by a sense of doom. In case you haven’t seen it, and even if you have, please indulge me a moment as I […]
Not All Women are Alone Equally: The Women of the Film Roma
Alfonso Cuaron’s celebrated film ROMA is a visually beautiful and expertly shot film that has garnered great critical acclaim. It’s a poetic tribute to the women who raised him: his mother is represented by the character Sofia, and the family caretaker is an indigenous Mexican woman named CLEO. Cuaron sought to make a film which […]
A Bechdel Test Missed Opportunity in THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Among the many, many worthwhile films that do not pass the BECHDEL TEST lies the much beloved THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Adapted from the fabulous novel by William Goldman who likewise penned the screenplay, this is another film that does not, to me, feel like it lacks from an absence of women engaging in non-male-related subject […]