The End Run

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas is an Australian film critic and academic who has written five books on cult, horror and exploitation film with an emphasis on gender politics and representations of violence. Her research has recently focused on women's filmmaking, co-curating the 2017 "Pioneering Women" program at the Melbourne International Film Festival, and co-editing a forthcoming book on Elaine May. Her sixth book, 1000 WOMEN IN HORROR, is due for a 2019 release.

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Myths of Gender and Screen Culture: Part 5

The Myth of Equality
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Myths of Gender and Screen Culture: Part 4

The Myth of Collaboration II
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Myths of Gender and Screen Culture: Part 3

The Myth of Collaboration
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Myths of Gender and Screen Culture: Part 2

The Myth of the F-word
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Myths of Gender and Screen Culture: Part 1

The myth of gender as a genre
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Myths of Gender and Screen Culture: An Introduction

What does it mean to be an exception to the rule?