'Promising Young Woman',' 'The Assistant' and 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' Writer-Directors on Their Socially Relevant Heroines

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFrom the onset, “Promising Young Woman” director Emerald Fennell and production designer Michael Perry had decided that bright candy colors would be the foundation for the film.Carey Mulligan plays Cassie, a young woman wounded by events from her medical school years who decides to take revenge on the men who caused her best friend unimaginable pain.Blues and pinks were key. For the coffee shop where Cassie holds a day job, Perry was inspired by French bakeries.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Mia Galuppo sat down with director Regina King, screenwriter Kemp Powers and stars Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge and Leslie Odom Jr. to discuss their Amazon Studios film,One Night in Miami, in aTHRPresents Q&A powered by Vision Media.

While a number of films and performers that received fewer than expected Golden Globe Awards nominations earned more love from SAG-AFTRA with the announcement of the 2021 SAG Awards nominations, other Hollywood Foreign Press favorites were less celebrated by the actors union, and a handful of film and TV titles didn't fare well with either group.

recognized a record number of women in one of its most coveted brackets.The announcement was made on Wednesday morning, when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed their nominations for Best Director. Regina King received a nod for One Night in Miami, Chloé Zhao for Nomadland, and Emerald Fennell was nominated for Promising Young Woman.

For the first time in the history of the Golden Globe awards, more than one woman has been nominated in the best director category in any one year. Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) and Regina King (One Night in Miami) were all nominated in the category.

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

The teen abortion drama “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” landed a leading seven nominations, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously nominated and women dominated the best director category in the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations announced Tuesday.

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

Film Independent has unveiled its nominations for the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards, a major stop on this year's virtual awards season. Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always scored a leading seven nominations, including for best feature, with Lee Isaac Chung's Minari landing six nods and George C.

Carey Mulligan is reacting to a review.

EXCLUSIVE: Never Rarely Sometimes Always writer-director Eliza Hittman said she found inspiration for the Focus Features film in 2012, when she read about a woman who died after being denied a life-saving abortion.

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.

The 2021 Spirit Awards were announced by the collective starpower of Barry Jenkins, Olivia Wilde and Laverne Cox on Tuesday morning, but it was Eliza Hittman’s “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” that stole the show. The Focus Features release took seven Spirit Award nominations including Best Feature, Best Director and Female Lead for Sidney Flanigan.

Also Read: 'Nomadland' Named Best Film at Gotham AwardsThough the awards are generally held the Saturday afternoon before the Oscars ceremony, the show has been moved up to a primetime slot on Thursday, April 22 and will air on IFC that will also be simulcast on AMC+ and made available on AMC+ and on demand the next day.The newly added TV categories this year included Best New Scripted Series, Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series, Best Male Performance, Best Female Performance and Best

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.

Starring newcomer Sidney Flanigan, Eliza Hittman’s film Never Rarely Sometimes Always tells the harrowing story of a young woman who must travel from Pennsylvania to New York City in order to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.

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.