
The Female Gaze in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
The Bechdel Test, named after its creator Alison Bechdel, aims to measure female representation in film via three criteria: the film must have two named female characters (1), who have a conversation with each other (2) about something other than a man (3). The fact that 60% of films surveyed in 2021 passed the test is hardly cause for celebration — the other 40% (a … Continue reading The Female Gaze in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)