‘Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal’ Review: Chris Smith’s Highly Engrossing Netflix Doc Nails It All

Veteran filmmaker Woody Allen recently addressed the allegations of sexual assault made against him by his daughter Dylan Farrow in a 2020 interview with CBS Sunday Morning. The interview was originally recorded last July.

Woody Allen will speak in a rare interview, conducted last year, airing on Sunday on Paramount+. The network is exclusively streaming a CBS Sunday Morning special on the career and controversy surrounding the director, accused of molestation by Dylan Farrow.

A never-aired interview that “CBS Sunday Morning” conducted with Woody Allen will be featured on Paramount+, the new streaming service replacing what used to be CBS All Access.

Woody Allen again proclaimed his innocence today in a rare interview on CBS Sunday Morning, addressing allegations of sexual abuse dating back years ago by his daughter, Dylan Farrow.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFilmmaker Woody Allen, whose career has been marred by sexual abuse allegations made in 1992 by his daughter, Dylan Farrow, has granted a rare interview that will be streamed on Paramount Plus as part of a broader “CBS Sunday Morning” package.CBS News says the interview, recorded in July of last year, represents Allen’s first in-depth television interview in nearly three decades.

CBS News is debuting a special on Woody Allen that will feature an exclusive, never-before-aired interview with the filmmaker done last year, following the publication of his memoir, as well as the CBS This Morning interview with his daughter, Dylan Farrow, who has accused him of sexual abuse.

NEW YORK -- Chris Smith didn’t initially think the 2019 college bribery scandal made for a good documentary subject. He was editing “Fyre,” the hit Netflix documentary about the music-festival fiasco, when his longtime collaborator, Jon Karmen, suggested another real tale of fraud and spectacle be their next film.“I didn’t see it at all,” said Smith in a recent interview.

Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal takes a closer look at the nationwide bribery scam — and its mastermind, William “Rick” Singer.

Netflix debuted its documentary about the college admissions scandal, which seemingly refocused the conversation on scam mastermind William "Rick" Singer.

Olivia Jade Giannulli, would be guaranteed a spot at the University of Southern California.

Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin as well as ringleader William “Rick” Singer, were charged in a massive college admissions cheating scam in March 2019. The charges were the end result of an ongoing investigation dubbed “Operation Varsity Blues,” named after the 1999 teen film starring James Van Der Beek.

Woody Allen has never been charged with sexually abusing his adopted daughter, Dylan. That is a fact worth mentioning, because you won’t find many references to it in Allen v Farrow (Sky Documentaries).

A dutiful crime documentary that raises few hackles, “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal,” doesn’t waste breath on moralistic huffing and puffing about what a certain group of rich parents did to get their children into exclusive colleges. It also, delightfully, expends precious little screen time on the celebrities like Felicity Huffman and Lori Laughlin, whose faces and names featured in nearly all news stories about this story when it broke in early 2019.

From Fyre and Tiger King to Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (about Jim Carrey and his Andy Kaufman portrayal in Man on the Moon), director and producer Chris Smith has a knack for finding the most watchably weird projects. Smith's latest, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, blends narrative- and documentary-style filmmaking.

Watch Video: 'Operation Varsity Blues' Trailer: Watch Matthew Modine as College Admissions Scandal MastermindMatthew Modine plays Singer in the reenactments, and he captures the man as described by various interviewees — someone without much of a sense of humor, prone to exaggerated self-promotion, and skilled at salesmanship.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's attorney Elkan Abramowitz has made an appearance in HBO's "Allen v.

Mia Farrow took much convincing to appear in HBO's Allen v. Farrow.

Rick Singer — the ringleader of the bombshell 2019 college admissions scandal — used to exploit the system.Called “Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal” and set for a March 17 premiere, the 100-minute documentary film uses interviews and recreations of FBI-wiretapped conversations to show a glimpse of Singer’s shady operation.“We help the wealthiest families in the US get their kids into school,” said actor Matthew Modine, who stars as Singer in the film, in the first minute

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNetflix shines an unflattering light on the infamous college admissions scandal in the first trailer for the upcoming documentary “Operation Varsity Blues.”The film, using real conversations recreated from FBI wiretaps, delves deep into the 2019 nationwide scandal that gripped the country and saw rich and influential parents buy their kids’ ways into top schools.The trailer leans heavily into some dramatic irony.“Is there any risk that this thing blows up in

Netflix just dropped the new trailer for the upcoming documentary based on the infamous 2019 college admissions scandal, “Operation Varsity Blues”.