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Saorise Ronan in "Little Women", & Constance Wu in "Hustlers" (Columbia Pictures/Annapurna Pictures)

Women-led films predicted own snubs

Amanda Marcotte
Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Eliza Scanlen and Florence Pugh in LITTLE WOMEN. (Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures/Wilson Webb)

Joy to the world "Little Women" has come

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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Similar classics to "Little Women"

Sheila Cordner - The Conversation
Claire Danes as Elizabeth "Beth" March in "Little Women" (Columbia Pictures)

What really killed Beth in Little Women?

Anne Boyd Rioux
Kathryn Newton as Amy, Willa Fitzgerald as Meg, Maya Hawke as Jo, and Annes Elwy as Beth on "Little Women" Little Women has been commissioned by Piers Wenger and Charlotte Moore at the BBC, and is produced by Playground (Wolf Hall, Howards End) for BBC One. The series is a co-production with MASTERPIECE on PBS. The producer is Susie Liggat. Executive producers are Colin Callender and Sophie Gardiner for Playground, Heidi Thomas, Lucy Richer for the BBC and Rebecca Eaton for Masterpiece. Lionsgate will manage worldwide distribution excluding US and UK. Photo courtesy of MASTERPIECE on PBS, BBC and Playground. (Courtesy of Masterpiece on PBS, BBC and Playground)

Little Women: Out of fashion

Melanie McFarland
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