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I was lucky enough to be among the very first people, particularly among journalists, to see The Assistant, even before its world premiere at the 2019 Telluride Film Festival which was before it had been sold to a distributor. I did the first interview with its writer and director Kitty Green, previously best known…

There is no question that Julia Garner is on a roll right now. In a conversation for this week’s edition of my Deadline video series The Actor’s Side, Ozark’s “bad” girl Ruth talks about why the Netflix series has become instant water-cooler conversation and one of TV’s most watched shows, how the current pandemic may…

Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment is shifting a raft of theatrical releases online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has shuttered cinemas across the region. It’s rare for MENA distributors to forego theatrical releases on decent-sized movies given strict windowing rules. But the current climate…

Fresh off a screening at the Sundance Film Festival, Kitty Green’s The Assistant premiered this weekend in four theaters, setting a solid debut. Overall, the Time’s Up-era drama thrilled audiences, generating an estimated $84,702 at the box office. It’s a strong start for the Bleecker Street film — which is opening in…

4th Update Sunday AM Final w/chart: Sony’s Bad Boys for Life easily arrested the Super Bowl weekend box office with $17.9M, according to industry estimates, -47% in early AM estimates. Sony is reporting $17.7M for weekend 3. As expected, the new stuff — Orion/UAR’s Gretel & Hansel at $6.05M and Paramount/IM Global/Eon…

In the era of #MeToo and Time’s Up, The Assistant couldn’t arrive at a more relevant time — and the fact that it takes place in Hollywood makes the story even more pointed. Written and directed by Kitty Green and starring an indelible Julie Garner, the drama follows one day in the life of Jane (Garner), a recent…

Without flash or melodramatic tendencies, documentarian Kitty Green makes an impressive narrative debut with The Assistant, a quietly effective roman à clef clearly inspired by the scandals surrounding Harvey Weinstein. First seen at the Telluride Film Festival over Labor Day and screened last week at the Sundance…

With the real-life Harvey Weinstein sitting in a New York City courtroom, a new look at Kitty Green’s The Assistant, an upcoming fictionalized film inspired by the ex-mogul’s alleged criminal behavior, was released today by Bleecker Street. In the clip (watch it above), Jane, the producer’s assistant of the title…

“Entry-level jobs in this industry are tough, right?” the HR director says to the semi-new hire. “Long hours — first one in, last one out. It’s a tough job, but I can see you’ve got what it takes.” Here is the first trailer for The Assistant, the Harvey Weinstein-inspired fictional thriller that follows one day in the…

Bleecker Street has acquired U.S. distribution rights to The Assistant, director Kitty Green's drama that has taken as its inspiration the Harvey Weinstein scandal. The pic, which stars Ozark‘s Julia Garner and had its world premiere at Telluride, will now hit theaters on January 31, 2020. The plot follows one day in…

EXCLUSIVE: This does not promise to be a very good holiday weekend for Harvey Weinstein.  Ursula MacFarlane’s scathing documentary on the Weinstein scandal, Untouchable, debuts on Hulu on September 2, while on Friday a new movie, The Assistant, a fictional narrative film clearly inspired by the revelation of Weinstein…

The 46th annual Telluride Film Festival, often a harbinger of Oscar hopefuls, announced its full schedule Thursday morning, and as usual it includes an eclectic variety of films meant to put cineastes in hog heaven over the Labor Day weekend. Among the Oscar-buzzed world premieres, perhaps the buzziest is James…