Geena Davis thinks Hollywood needs to ‘get over’ its fear of female characters

Geena Davis has starred in plenty of movies written and directed by women in which she plays complex, idiosyncratic female characters. And with her Bentonville Film Festival — which she tells me she likes to refer to as BFF, for “best friends forever” — she founded a festival designed to promote work by women and “diverse voices,” and to get their movies the distribution that will put them in front of audiences. Read More..