Oppenheimer and Barbie may be best friends at the box office—thanks to the Barbenheimer double features that led to both films surpassing financial expectations—but online, fans of the two films are ...

In film and other media, three things are required to pass the Bechdel Test: two of the characters must be women, these women must converse with each other, and the topic of conversation must be ...

‘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: ...

In 1985, graphic novelist Alison Bechdel came up with criteria for whether she'd watch a movie. It's become known as the Bechdel test, and it's surprisingly hard for films to pass these days. After ...

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 ...