With 2015 behind us, there’s no better time to give the movie business a little check-up and see how things are going. One of the simplest measures of sexism is called the Bechdel Test. Created by ...

‘I only go to a movie if it satisfies three basic requirements,’ one woman tells another in Alison Bechdel’s 1985 comic strip. In the wake of ‘Barbie,’ the Bechdel Test has hit the mainstream. WATCH: ...

After this year's Oscars, some are still celebrating historic victories for inclusion, as well as critiquing what and who are still missing from the silver screen. One test has become a convenient ...

Let’s say you’re heading to the movie theater to catch a quirky romantic comedy. Or you’re on Disney+ bingeing the latest Marvel superhero show after work. Or maybe you’re looking for a Netflix ...

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Only 49 percent of Oscar best-picture winners from 1929 to 2017 passed the test that many have embraced as one indicator of sexism in film. “I’m not really a movie person,” says Alison Bechdel, but ...

In 2013, audiences were more than happy to pay to see women play more than token characters on the big screen. Last week, entertainment site Vocativ crunched the numbers and found that of the 50 ...

A climate script consultancy has introduced a variation on the “Bechdel test,” a measure of women’s interactions in film, for climate change. The two-part test, created by the group Good Energy in ...

Part of being in an alternative environment in college as a woman is all of the interaction with film guys. The “film bro” is an exciting trope of a man who enjoys movies a little too much. Please ...

It’s no secret the gender disparities still exist, from boardrooms to Broadway stages. Sometimes theater folks try to nudge equality along, using something called the Bechdel Test. It’s named for ...