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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBarbie director Greta Gerwig has responded to the backlash the film has faced from right-wing commentators.The movie, which stars Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as living versions of the popular Mattel dolls Barbie and Ken, was released in cinemas last Friday (21 July).While the film has been positively received by critics, a number of conservative pundits, including Piers Morgan and…

Barbie director Greta Gerwig has responded to the onslaught of criticism from rightwingers in the US by saying it’s “an invitation for everybody to be part of the party”.In an interview with the New York Times, Gerwig was asked if she had anticipated “the degree to which rightwing pundits are bashing the movie as being ‘woke’ and burning their Barbies”. Gerwig, who co-wrote the movie as well as directing it said: “Certainly, there’s a lot of passion. My hope for the movie is that it’s an invitation for everybody to be…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGreta Gerwig has revealed there was a particular Barbie scene she refused to cut from the film.The movie’s director and co-writer is currently basking in its huge success after what has been a record-breaking opening weekend; Gerwig has broken the domestic box office record for a female director, with a debut of $155m in North America and $337m globally.Barbie is receiving acclaim from…

The 'Barbie' director gave her take on the right-wing backlash to the blockbuster film during an interview with the New York Times Greta Gerwig’s Barbie grossed a record-breaking $155 million domestically — and $377 million internationally — in its first weekend. The blockbuster film also crushed right-wing efforts to boycott the film for its “man-hating” and “woke feminism,” and Barbie has since driven her pink Corvette over the delicate egos of outraged conservatives to score the…

Half a week on, and the world still can’t get enough of Barbie; as the film approaches a $400 million box office milestone, its true victory is the one it’s carved into the hearts of moviegoers around the world. Indeed, at once a touching ode to feminism and firmly incisive examination of the many faces of the patriarchy, the impression left by Greta Gerwig and company will be a tough one to shake. And as Barbie continues to dominate the realm of ticket sales, it’s no big jump to start musing on if a sequel could be on…

Barbenheimer wasn’t a thing yet when Greta Gerwig spoke to Rolling Stone about her Barbie movie back in early June, but she was already trying to will it into existence. “I am such a huge Christopher Nolan fan,” she said. “My hope would be everybody goes to both. I guess we can guarantee that there will be incredibly different experiences. And I feel honored to be in the same sort of weekend company as Christopher Nolan.” Here’s more from her in-depth interview — and if you haven’t seen Barbie yet, beware of…

Barbie cast turn London Eye pink to celebrate film premiereGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGreta Gerwig has broken the domestic box office record for a female director, with Barbie debuting at $155m in North America and $337m globally. The film surpassed the $103.3m domestic opening of Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman and the $153m weekend opening of 2019’s Captain Marvel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Cinemas…

With Barbenheimer weekend all wrapped up, it seems the prophecy has come true; indeed, not only did Greta Gerwig‘s laugh-out-loud feminist fantasy feature out-perform its more gritty opponent by quite a fair amount, but it’s also comfortably overtaken most all other high-performing summer blockbusters, and has since taken the record for the highest-grossing weekend for a film by a female director. Indeed, Barbie reigns supreme. It never could have been anything less, of course; giving Gerwig the keys to such an iconic…

Warning: this article contains some spoilers for Barbie One of the criticisms leveled at director Greta Gerwig before Barbie had even been released was that she’d sold out to Mattel, the toy behemoth behind the iconic doll. Although the indie darling rejected this out of hand, it was a relatively commonly repeated sentiment. Much like how the vast majority of war films made in the States need to go through Pentagon approval before they can be released, the company were thought to be keeping a tight leash on the Lady Bird…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeGreta Gerwig has explained Barbie’s “mic drop” ending, revealing that its one-liner took inspiration from her personal experience as a teenage girl.The director’s much-hyped movie, which has already broken box office records during its opening weekend, stars Margot Robbie as the iconic Mattel doll. In the film Robbie’s Barbie ventures out of Barbieland into the real world to repair a…