‘Barbie’ Broke Records, but Studios Employed Fewer Female Directors on 2023’s Top Films

Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” wasn’t just the year’s biggest box office winner. It also made history as the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman. Despite the film’s outsized success, major studios gave most of their biggest gigs to male filmmakers. That’s the conclusion of a new study by the Center for the Study of Women in […]
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