B. Ruby Rich
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B. Ruby Rich is an American film critic and scholar known for her influential writing on feminist and queer cinema, particularly for identifying and championing the New Queer Cinema movement.
All labels observed (1)
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| B. Ruby Rich canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13434859 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B. Ruby Rich Context triple: [New Queer Cinema, coinedBy, B. Ruby Rich]
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A.
Candy Del Mar
Candy Del Mar is a bassist best known for her work with the American psychobilly/garage rock band The Cramps.
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B.
Rosalie Boca
Rosalie Boca is a central comedic character in the dark comedy film "I Love You to Death," known for her involvement in a chaotic murder plot against her unfaithful husband.
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C.
Pearl Woods
Pearl Woods was an American songwriter best known for co-writing the classic Etta James hit "Something’s Got a Hold on Me."
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D.
Ruby Rossi
Ruby Rossi is the teenage daughter of a deaf family and the musically gifted protagonist of the film "CODA," who struggles to balance her responsibilities at home with her aspirations to become a singer.
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E.
Beverly Kane
Beverly Kane is known as the wife of Bob Kane, the American comic book artist and co-creator of Batman.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: B. Ruby Rich Target entity description: B. Ruby Rich is an American film critic and scholar known for her influential writing on feminist and queer cinema, particularly for identifying and championing the New Queer Cinema movement.
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A.
Candy Del Mar
Candy Del Mar is a bassist best known for her work with the American psychobilly/garage rock band The Cramps.
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B.
Rosalie Boca
Rosalie Boca is a central comedic character in the dark comedy film "I Love You to Death," known for her involvement in a chaotic murder plot against her unfaithful husband.
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C.
Pearl Woods
Pearl Woods was an American songwriter best known for co-writing the classic Etta James hit "Something’s Got a Hold on Me."
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D.
Ruby Rossi
Ruby Rossi is the teenage daughter of a deaf family and the musically gifted protagonist of the film "CODA," who struggles to balance her responsibilities at home with her aspirations to become a singer.
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E.
Beverly Kane
Beverly Kane is known as the wife of Bob Kane, the American comic book artist and co-creator of Batman.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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film critic ⓘ film scholar ⓘ person ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| authorOf |
"Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement"
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"New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut" ⓘ
linked to:
New Queer Cinema
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| citizenship |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| editorOf | Film Quarterly ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Brandeis University
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University of Rochester ⓘ |
| employer | University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
LGBT studies
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feminist film theory ⓘ film criticism ⓘ film studies ⓘ queer cinema ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAcademicPosition | University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
feminist cinema
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independent film ⓘ queer cinema ⓘ |
| hasWrittenFor |
Film Quarterly
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Sight & Sound ⓘ
linked to:
Sight & Sound magazine
The Guardian ⓘ The Nation ⓘ The Village Voice ⓘ |
| influenced |
LGBT cinema discourse
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feminist film scholarship ⓘ queer film studies ⓘ |
| knownFor |
coining the term "New Queer Cinema"
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feminist film criticism ⓘ queer film criticism ⓘ writing about New Queer Cinema ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement |
feminism
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queer theory ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableConcept | New Queer Cinema ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement"
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"New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut" ⓘ
linked to:
New Queer Cinema
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| occupation |
author
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editor ⓘ film critic ⓘ professor ⓘ |
| placeOfResidence |
California
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linked to:
California (state)
|
| positionHeld |
Director of the Social Documentation Program at UC Santa Cruz
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Editor-in-chief of Film Quarterly ⓘ Professor in the Film and Digital Media Department at UC Santa Cruz ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: B. Ruby Rich Description of subject: B. Ruby Rich is an American film critic and scholar known for her influential writing on feminist and queer cinema, particularly for identifying and championing the New Queer Cinema movement.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.