Marjorie Rosen

Marjorie Rosen is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, and professor best known for her 1973 book Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies and the American Dream. Rosen currently teaches Journalism at Lehman College in New York. Rosen's next book is Mia & Woody: Love and Betrayal, which was written about Mia Farrow and Woody Allen's relationship, with the help of Mia Farrow's past nanny, Kristi Groteké. In Rosen's own words, Popcorn Venus is the "first major retrospective on women in films". The book is comprehensive coverage of films from the early to later 20th century, focusing primarily on women's problematic characterization on-screen. Despite some criticism of Rosen's lack of emphasis on diverse women in film, Rosen laid much of the groundwork for feminist film analysis with her book.