‘Fatale’, ‘Promising Young Woman’ And ‘Pinocchio’ Among Titles Holding Steady At Specialty Box Office

Harry Macqueen’s drama Supernova is one of many films this weekend that will open in theaters before hitting a digital platform — this seems to be a new trend.

Variety for their “sexist” review of her new film Promising Young Woman.In a new interview with Zendaya for the publication’s Actors on Actors series, Mulligan addressed Variety‘s apology after she called out the language of the review in a New York Times profile last year.“It made me concerned that in such a big publication, an actress’ appearance could be criticised and that could be accepted as completely reasonable criticism,” Mulligan told Zendaya.“It stuck with me, because I think it’s

Variety‘s “Actors On Actors” issue is here and it features the year’s brightest stars.

Carey Mulligan is reacting to a review.

Kate Aurthur editorIn a profile in the New York Times in December, Carey Mulligan was asked about the initial reactions to her movie “Promising Young Woman” during its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January of last year. After Mulligan “winced” at the question, she answered.“I read the Variety review, because I’m a weak person,’” she told the Times.

Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) and Zendaya (“Malcolm & Marie”) sat down for a virtual chat for Variety’s Actors on Actors, presented by Amazon Studios. For more, click here. In “Promising Young Woman,” Carey Mulligan’s Cassie has been knocked off track by the rape of her best friend, Nina.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorA key scene in Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” has audiences falling in love with Paris Hilton’s underrated 2006 single, “Stars are Blind.” The film’s Stars Carey Mulligan and Bo Burnham dance to the song affectionately while in a local pharmacy. The tango soundtracks the two characters’ budding relationship, before — spoiler alert — it all goes south.Released on Warner Bros.

This season's many awards possibilities directed by women are as different as Nomadland, Chloé Zhao's expansive view of itinerant Americans today, and One Night in Miami, Regina King's tightly focused drama about soon-to-be Black icons in the 1960s. But within that range, one especially eye-opening trend has emerged.

The specialty box office found some shine this weekend with four new titles starting with the Gravitas Ventures pic Our Friend starring Jason Segel, Casey Affleck and Dakota Johnson.

The idea for Emerald Fennell’s debut movie Promising Young Woman came to her in a single image: while a seemingly drunk woman is being bothered by a man, she turns the tables by suddenly sitting up, stone-cold sober, and asking, “What are you doing?” This happens quite a few times in her film, which sees college dropout Cassie (Carey Mulligan) taking revenge on the kind of men that sexually abused her best friend in college, leading to her suicide.

Carey Mulligan can tick one big life goal off her bucket list, thanks to her new movie “Promising Young Woman”.

Weaponizing feminine wiles for acts of revenge takes the phrase "power dressing" to a new level in Promising Young Woman. Carey Mulligan's vigilante avenger Cassie is a study in contrasts, where costumes serve as a facade, armor and a symbol of seduction.

Emerald Fennell knows the ending of will be polarizing. The film as a whole — a revenge movie about a rape culture vigilante — is primed for discourse, but it's the final act that will be the most talked about.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterAfter reading the script for Emerald Fennell’s revenge thriller “Promising Young Woman,” costume designer Nancy Steiner pictured a leading lady who was “disheveled” or in gentler terms, “less-than put together.”After all, Cassie — the film’s main character portrayed by Carey Mulligan — is depressed.

If there are any milestones worth noting this week, it’s that the Focus Features thriller Promising Young Woman crossed the $3 million in its fourth week in theaters. This weekend the Emerald Fennell-directed pic starring Carey Mulligan played in 1,333 theaters and added an estimated $430K to its box office till this weekend and is on track to earn $518K for the four-day Martin Luther King Jr.

SPOILER ALERT – This post contains major spoilers for the movie Promising Young Woman, so beware of reading any further!

First of all, for the love of God, do not read this story or watch the video unless you’ve seen Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman.” Just stop now — unless, of course, you love spoilers, in which case… go forth.In “Promising Young Woman,” Carey Mulligan plays Cassie, whose childhood best friend, Nina, was raped during a raucous party in medical school.

Promising Young Woman (★★★★★), appears a hot mess. She arouses pity for her vulnerable state, and perhaps even scorn for leaving herself so defenseless.

Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut Promising Young Woman could have easily been your classic revenge fantasy thriller, with its tale of Cassie, a grief-stricken, silently enraged woman on a mission to expose every last sexual predator in town. Only it’s so much more.

“Emerald [Fennell] wanted Cassie to look much more cheerful than she actually was. A character like that, that’s kind of depressed, and doesn’t have much of a life, and is kind of living in the past, you might think they would just not care about the way they look, or just dress darkly, or not be as perky—pastels, and colors, and flowers, and feminine. And I loved that Emerald wanted to twist it up that way.” — Nancy Steiner