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Greta Gerwig: from mumblecore indie darling to record-breaking Barbie director

The awkward It Girl of 2000s indie films has become a writing-directing powerhouse, with this weekend’s Barbie release charting as the biggest opening weekend of any female director in history. Here’s how Greta Gerwig went from “intense child” to master of the box office

Evening Standard

Greta Gerwig explains Barbie’s ‘mic-drop’ ending: ‘I knew I wanted to end on a joke’

Director’s much-hyped movie is out in cinemas now

The Independent UK

Why Barbenheimer double feature works

It's the closest any of us may come to passing through a black hole and emerging into a cheerier existence

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We're sobbing over these Barbie reactions—what viewers are saying about the critique on the female experience, Ken's evolution and THAT ending

These 'Barbie' reactions are *Kenough* to tell you if this movie is everything we all hoped it would be...

My Imperfect Life

I went to see Barbie in the cinema – and now I wish I’d waited to watch it at home

Barbie is a certified blockbuster, but a cinema audio glitch serves as a reminder that good movies need good sound.

What Hi-Fi?

Top-grossing films directed by women as Greta Gerwig breaks records with Barbie

Barbie’s early success has given Greta Gerwig the biggest first weekend return at the box office for a female director in film history.

Evening Standard

‘So beautiful I cried!’: Barbie obsessives give their verdicts on the movie

From the collector with 12,000 dolls to an actual ‘human Barbie’, via some of the seven-year-olds the toys are actually marketed at, we canvas the opinions of people for whom pink is a way of life

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The Existential Ending of 'Barbie,' Explained

Spoilers ahead, obviously.

Marie Claire

Margot Robbie reveals her friends made fun of her for not kissing Ryan Gosling in Barbie movie

‘That didn’t feel like a win for me,’ the Aussie native said

Evening Standard

Barbie: the patriarchy, the existentialism, the capitalism – discuss with spoilers

Greta Gerwig’s smash hit ode to women delves deeper than many would have expected from a film based on a problematic doll

The Guardian - US

Justice for Ken: why Ryan Gosling deserves an Oscar for Barbie

OPINION | Ryan Gosling's performance is more than Kenough

Total Film

Greta Gerwig gets emotional while explaining Barbie's most poignant scene

"I’m going to cry"

Total Film

Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 30-Aug. 5

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of July 30-Aug. 5 include actor-turned-princess Meghan Markle, actor-director Greta Gerwig and singer Charli XCX

The Independent UK

Barbie's Greta Gerwig had to fight for one of the movie's most heartfelt scenes

"The part that I can't believe that is still in the movie is this little cul-de-sac"

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Total Film

Barbie earns Greta Gerwig the biggest box office weekend of any female director

This Barbie is making a shedload of money in the US

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: conservatives in Spain fail to secure expected majority

Weeks of negotiations likely after snap election leaves left and right almost neck and neck. Plus, Twitter gets a rebranding

Total Film

Barbie and Oppenheimer smash the box office in fourth biggest weekend ever

It was the biggest box office weekend since Avengers: Endgame

The Independent UK

Pavement react to surprise reference during Ken’s ‘mansplaining’ scene in Barbie

Fans of the band were delighted at the seemingly random reference from one of the Kens

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WhatToWatch

America Ferrera didn't want to 'eff up' her epic Barbie monologue

Barbie star America Ferrera has revealed the pressure she felt to deliver her epic speech at the heart of the movie and how she prepared for her big moment.

The Independent UK

The story behind Greta Gerwig’s doomed How I Met Your Mother spin-off

Gerwig takes full responsibility for the project’s failure

The Guardian - UK

Paunch-free zone: why the Barbie movie’s body diversity message shortchanges Ken

Greta Gerwig’s empowerment movie is unarguably righteous. But when Barbie being lifted up seems to depend on Ken being pushed down, it rings a little hollow

The Independent UK

Mission: Impossible struggles at box office against record-breaking might of Barbenheimer

Greta Gerwig has broken the record for the biggest ever opening weekend for a female director with ‘Barbie’

The Guardian - AU

‘The Barbenheimer effect’: Barbie and Oppenheimer smash Australian box office records

Both blockbusters broke a variety of opening weekend records, in a double feature that’s enticing film lovers back to cinemas

The Guardian - AU

Greta Gerwig makes history as Barbie has biggest opening weekend for film directed by a woman

Barbie made $356m while Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer took home $180m, making ‘Barbenheimer’ biggest box office weekend of 2023 so far

Cinemablend

Barbie And Oppenheimer Arrive As A Brilliant Bombshell At The Weekend Box Office, Setting New Records For 2023

The Barbenheimer phenomenon is very, very real, as both Greta Gerwig's Barbie and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer had spectacular opening weekends at the box office.

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