Molly Haskell is an American film critic and writer. Her work as a cinema journalist has contributed to the development of the debate about how women are portrayed in movies. Haskell, who is renowned for her thought-provoking and incisive essays like From Reverence to Rape (1974), tackled questions of gender and sexuality in film with insight and fervor, setting the stage for a fresh interpretation of the cultural impact of cinematic images.