Morgan Davies

PODCAST: Discussing this year's Oscar nominations

Julia Alekseyeva, Daniel D'Addario, and Morgan Davies discuss the recent Oscar nominations and condense the ten best picture nominees to the three you must see before the ceremony.

The truth about ‘Twilight’ and teen girls

With teenage girls flocking to the theaters to see the "Twilight" movies, Hollywood may be forced to reconsider the importance of female audiences.

By Morgan Davies | Dec 9 07:30 pm ET

Young women on screen learn to teach themselves

Two new films—"Precious" and "An Education"—portray young women who come to know themselves through education.

By Morgan Davies | Nov 19 12:06 am ET

“No girls allowed” in buddy films

Though independent cinema often features women in complex leading roles, the majority of parts available for female actors in mainstream Hollywood movies are supporting roles, often accessories to strong male counterparts. In such films, female characters are designed based on the assumption that, in order to profit at the box office, films must engage male viewers sexually.

By Morgan Davies | Nov 4 06:53 pm ET

'The Piano' finds strength in silence

“The Piano” is an intensely, cerebrally feminine film not only because of its female protagonist, but also as a result of Campion’s nontraditional approach to romance. If there exist films that could only have been made by women, “The Piano” is one.

By Morgan Davies | Oct 14 09:57 pm ET

Film depicts free verse love in England

Female auteur Jane Campion's new film "Bright Star" is about great romantic poet John Keats' lover Fanny Brawne, a heroine and poet in her own right who proves stereotypes wrong with her enduring individuality and strength.

By Morgan Davies | Sep 30 06:23 pm ET

Turning the cameras on women in film

Despite the female population’s consistent and enthusiastic participation in the culture of film, there is perhaps no other national industry in which women are so consistently ignored. A male bias is clear in popular blockbusters as much as in their award-wining independent counterparts. Historically, films are nearly always stories imbued with a male perspective.

By Morgan Davies | Sep 16 08:08 pm ET

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