The Bechdel Test

The Bechdel Test
A simple way to gauge the active presence of female characters in Hollywood films and just how well rounded and complete those roles are. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the United States. Tomorrow is also one of the biggest film-going days of the year in the US, since many families have traveled to be with their loved ones and need to get out of the house for a few hours. What better place to go …
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Four Minutes of Racy Film ‘A Serbian Film’ Are Cut
Before it heads to theaters in U.K. next month, British Board of Film Classification has requested for a censorship of the horror movie about washed-up porn star.
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Lost 10 of 2010 – #8: John Grant Queen of Denmark
Ah, foresight, if only we knew Mojo would make this their album of the year, we perhaps wouldn’t so much have considered it a lost album. Then again, we didn’t review it, so here’s to making up for that and let’s dedicate this to anyone this record passed by…
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