First appearing in 1985, cartoonist and writer Alison Bechdel and her friend Liz Wallace devised the Bechdel Test as a straightforward evaluation method used to explore the representation of gender in ...

Rebecca Pahle at the Mary Sue explains that cartoonist Alison Bechdel’s famous test for whether a movie features any meaningful female characters is catching on in a more official way: When deciding ...

Kelly put her life-long love of movies, TV and books to greater use when she joined CinemaBlend as a freelance TV news writer in 2006, and went on to serve as the site’s TV Editor before joining the ...

Almost anything can be considered a prop in a movie. The average stapler, an unassuming apple, a dirty broom… You name it, and it’s probably been in front of a movie camera. But this quiz is not about ...

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