Violent Female Film Characters on the Increase

Posted Tuesday 17 May 2011

A recent New York Times article suggests that there's a new trend for female film characters packing murderous intent, shooting and not just clawing their way into macho territory. The chief film critics of The New York Times, Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott, discuss the new 'pow, crash and splat', asking "Is this empowerment or exploitation? Feminism or fetishism?"'