Maud Watts used to walk into work unnoticed. Now, everybody stares. The newspaper features her photo and labels her a Suffragette. The word is a contextual insult, synonymous with the type of ...

An icy cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Landslide” scores the theatrical trailer for “Suffragette,” the new film by BAFTA-winning director Sarah Gavron. Aside from the obvious metaphorical implications — ...

Those expecting a proper period piece will be sorely disappointed by Suffragette, a restless and angry drama that sometimes plays out like a violent political thriller. The film is set in London, ...

First the bad news: “Suffragette” isn’t a Meryl Streep movie, despite what you may have seen in the trailer. She has but a few moments of screen time. And now the good news: It’s a Carey Mulligan ...

Mulligan’s character, Maud Watts, is a composite of women at the time that received an unexpected call to action to fight for women’s suffrage. Toiling during the working hours as a laundress while ...

Feminism has been having a bit of a moment lately. With everyone from Emma Watson to Malala Yousafzei to Hillary Clinton weighing in – offering personal definitions, declaring the degree to which they ...

Suffragette is a historical movie set in early 20th-century Britain. It follows the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and their struggle for women’s suffrage. The movement was led by British ...

The Great Gatsby star plays women's rights campaigner Maud Watts in the film, which charts the fight for females to be given the right to vote in 20th Century Britain. She was so impressed by the ...

Respectable cast, worthy topic, period setting: you might mistake Suffragette for a feel-good Oscar botherer. But this is not another King's Speech or Chariots of Fire - this is a fiery, fierce and ...

First the bad news: “Suffragette” isn’t a Meryl Streep movie, despite what you may have seen in the trailer. She has but a few moments of screen time. And now the good news: It’s a Carey Mulligan ...