Oppenheimer is once again trending on social media, but this time it’s because it fails the Bechdel Test. Here’s how the record-breaking movie fails the Bechdel Test. Also known as the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...