Tag: Makenzie Leigh
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Review: ‘The Assistant’, Julia Garner Endures A Weinstein-esque Boss In Kitty Green’s Stuffy Workplace Drama
Some have referred to filmmaker Kitty Green’s The Assistant as the Harvey Weinstein movie, a first shot at dramatizing the fury that sparked the #MeToo movement. But to actually watch the film, a muted drama as much about crappy bosses and shitty workplaces than any specific abuses committed by Weinstein, it’s hard not to be…
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‘The Assistant’ Trailer: Julia Garner Faces Workplace Abuse From A Weinstein-esque Boss
Issues of workplace discrimination and abuses of power by powerful media moguls won’t only be covered by Bombshell, but by a host of other films in the coming months. The Assistant will cover much of the same territory and draws inspiration from the downfall of Harvey Weinstein, once among the most powerful men in Hollywood…