Tag: She Said
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As Hollywood’s #MeToo Reckoning Turns Six, New Survey Shows Improvement in Toxic Work Environments — but Misconduct Continues
The impact of Hollywood’s #MeToo reckoning may be continuing to pay off, according to a new survey conducted by Women in Film (Wif). On the sixth anniversary of the groundbreaking New York Times exposé outing mega-producer Harvey Weinstein as a serial abuser, Wif unveiled its 2023 survey results involving workplace harassment and assault. The Weinstein…
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How Soon Is Too Soon? The Fastest Turnaround Times for Movies Based on True Stories
These days, it seems like TV and film alike can’t get enough of the past; specifically, the very, very recent past. Shows based on true crime cases and extremely buzzy scandals flood streaming services; you only need to look at 2022, when “WeCrashed” and “Super Pumped” dramatized boardroom dramas at WeWork and Uber three years…
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Brendan Fraser’s ‘The Whale’ Passes 10 Million at Domestic Box Office
A24’s drama “The Whale” surpassed 10 million at the domestic box office, a notable milestone for an indie movie in the pandemic era.In pre-covid times, those ticket sales wouldn’t be particularly impressive. But the arthouse sector has struggled to rebound as adult audiences remain selective as ever about movie choices.Turnout for prestige dramas, like “Tár”…
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How To Watch She Said At Home
On Oct 5, 2017, New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor published a scorching exposé titled “Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades,” which encouraged legions of women to come forward and share their own stories of abuse at the hands of one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. Considering…
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See the 33 Best Film and TV Posters of 2022
Before a trailer, the very first glimpse at a new film or upcoming TV show is its poster. The lush artwork or posed character portrait immediately gives a taste of what’s to come, and teases plot elements that may not fully come into focus until audiences watch the finished product.From spotting Ana de Armas’ transformation…
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From ‘Bones and All’ to ‘Rrr,’ It’s Time for the Academy to Get Off Its High Horse
It’s a strange Oscar year. There are fewer usual suspects: critically hailed festival breakouts of serious quality like Todd Field’s “Tar” (Focus Features), Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” (Universal), Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight), and Sarah Polley’s “Women Talking” (United Artists Releasing). These four films are likely to nab multiple nominations, including Best Picture.Other…
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‘She Said’ Review: A Reckoning Gets the Incendiary and Artful Film It Requires
When eventual Pulitzer Prize winners Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published their first New York Times investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual abuse and harassment in October 2017, the journalists had only a handful of accusers willing to go on the record. In the months and years that followed, more than 80 different women…
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Danielle Deadwyler in ‘Till’ Joins the Mountain of 2023 Best Actress Oscar Contenders
Saturday night saw the world premiere of “Till” at the 60th New York Film Festival, with the audience filling up Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall to watch the harrowing new film from writer-director Chinonye Chukwu about Mamie Till-Mobley’s journey from grief to action in wake of her 14-year-old son, Emmett Till, being lynched while on…
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‘The Inspection’ Trailer: Gabrielle Union & Jeremy Pope Star In A24’s Fall Fest Surprise
A24 has several highly anticipated new films on their fall slate, including Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” and Joanna Hogg’s “The Eternal Daughter.” The third world premiere you should be paying attention to is Elegance Bratton‘s narrative directorial debut, “The Inspection.” And not just because the autobiographical elements from Bratton’s life it features on screen.Read More:…
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High-Profile Harvey Weinstein Movie ‘She Said’ Lands Thanksgiving 2022 Release in Theaters
Universal’s high-profile Harvey Weinstein movie She Said will open in theaters on Nov. 18, 2022, the beginning of the lucrative Thanksgiving corridor and in the hearts of awards season, the studio announced Thursday.The movie stars Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, whose landmark 2017 exposé helped…