Using Creation and The Last Station as examples, a USA Today feature says more filmmakers are paying attention to the women behind, or alongside, great men. If so, why?

James McAvoy, we're happy to report, is just as charming as you'd hope — yesterday Times Carpetbagger Melena Ryzik talked to him about his acting career, "the destructive force that is the backpacker," and the politics of silly accents.