Pick your movie of the week: The Bechdel Test (May 14-20, 2023)

It is a very simple test. It requires a movie to have 1) at least two women characters, 2) who talk to each other, 3) about something other than a man. Today there are more that pass than ever before, but the fact that it’s such a low bar and that most of any movie that comes to your mind right now would fail, makes one realize just how unequal things can be in Hollywood movies. The following titles do pass, and they were selected because they seem surprising to be in this category. Comment with which one you want to be our movie of the week:

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)

No Country for Old Men (2007)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)