‘Promising Young Woman’ to Offer Free Screenings for College Students

Promising Young Woman the Oscars organisers chose to showcase the film. Emerald Fennell’s revenge thriller starring Carey Mulligan was nominated for five awards at yesterday night’s Oscars ceremony (25 April).

Related: ‘It’s wild!’ Carey Mulligan and Emerald Fennell on making Oscars history “He’s so heavy and so cold,” said Fennell as she accepted the Oscar from Regina King. In an emotional speech, Fennell apologised to Oscars producer Steven Soderbergh for not having written a speech, saying the only one she had written was when she was 10 and much of it was no longer relevant.

Emerald Fennell kicked off Sunday night’s festivities, winning the best original screenplay honor at at the 93rd annual Academy Awards for her Carey Mulligan-starrer Promising Young Woman. The award marked the first Oscar win for Fennell.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Promising Young Woman” writer and director Emerald Fennell won best original screenplay at the 93rd Academy Awards, while “The Father’s” Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller earned a best adapted screenplay prize. The annual salute to Hollywood kicked off Sunday as a global pandemic continued to upend cultural life — a change of circumstances that was reflected in the way that the 2021 edition of the Oscars unfolded.

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionWhat initially lures you into thinking it’s a typical revenge thriller veers off into unexpected territory and will even challenge your beliefs and morals.The colourful palette Fennell (Killing Eve) opted to use wouldn’t look out of place in a Harley Quinn movie and, at times, Cassandra acts like she could easily partner up with the DC antiheroine.However, Fennell gets more under

Carey Mulligan is paying tribute to the late Helen McCrory. The 35-year-old actress won the Best Female Lead award at Thursday's Independent Spirt Awards, and dedicated the trophy to McCrory, who died earlier this month after a battle with cancer.«I just want to dedicate this award to a true independent spirit and actress that I have looked up to, and will continue to look up to for the rest of my career, Helen McCrory,» Mulligan said in her acceptance speech.

Promising Young Woman on this year's awards circuit, with the actress dedicating her latest achievement to the late Helen McCrory. Carey, who won best female lead at yesterday's (April 22) Independent Spirit Awards, paid tribute to the Peaky Blinders star following her tragic death last week.

On Thursday night, Carey Mulligan won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female lead for her ‘Promising Young Woman’ performance. But her acceptance speech during the virtual show ended on a poignant and heartfelt note, as she dedicated her award to the recently passed actress Helen McCrory.

Without giving away any spoilers, Fennell recalled shooting the climactic scene of the film, in which Carey Mulligan’s character exacts her revenge.

[Editor’s note: This article contains minimal spoilers for Promising Young Woman.]Everyone should see Promising Young Woman, the captivating, destabilizing , which has been nominated for . The movie is riddled with flaws.

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Promising Young Woman star Alfred Molina has recalled his experience reading the script for the first time.The actor, who makes a cameo appearance in Emerald Fennell’s debut feature as a lawyer called Jordan, said he was “shocked and intrigued” when first reading.“When I read the script, I was shocked and intrigued, and it made me laugh — it scared me! But the scene itself struck me very hard,” Molina said in an interview with Variety.In his scene of the film, Cassie (Carey Mulligan) visits

Alison Brie has got Carey Mulligan’s back.

Kate Aurthur editorEmerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” — starring Carey Mulligan as Cassie, a woman whose life has been derailed by the rape and subsequent suicide of her best friend, Nina — has been nominated for five Academy Awards, including three for Fennell (picture, director and screenplay) and a best actress nomination for Mulligan’s intricate portrayal of Cassie, who is hell-bent on avenging Nina to the point of her own destruction.In Variety’s December cover story about the film,

Another day in April means another virtual awards show keeping zoom cameras busy. Monday evening was left for the Costume Designer Guild who, as expected, brought the looks for their ceremony even if it was in their own living rooms.

Also Read: Why 'Mank' Costume Designer's Phone Was a Secret Weapon on Set (Exclusive Video)In the television categories, “Westworld” won the award for sci-fi/fantasy TV, “The Queen’s Gambit” won for period TV and “Schitt’s Creek” won for contemporary TV.

Promising Young Woman this week.The new film follows medical school dropout Cassie (Carrie Mulligan) who aims to avenge the death of her best friend, who was raped.The screenings, set to be held this week (April 15), come as part of a collaboration between the film’s creators, Focus Features, anti-sexual violence organisation RAINN, raising awareness for violence on college campuses.Following the screenings will be a conversation between actress and activist Laverne Cox and the film’s star,