Our increasingly graphic culture has often made us expect, and sometimes uncomfortably desire, more explicit content in films, even those dealing with sexual harassment in the #MeToo era.

In 2017, when the #MeToo movement gained major traction after Harvey Weinstein’s decades of alleged abuse were revealed, it was only a matter of time before a feature film tackled the scandal. While ...

Kitty Green’s new film “The Assistant,” in theaters Jan. 31, examines the abuse—both physical and psychological—in Hollywood through the eyes of an office assistant. Former Entertainment Writer I ...

Jane (Julia Garner) is a low-pay, lower-prestige assistant to a powerful movie executive (we only hear him called “the chairman” in the office, and never see him). Like many entry-level workers, she ...

It's a coincidence that the film The Assistant, released today (January 31), is coming out while the trial against the former film mogul, Harvey Weinstein, is underway. The sexual assault accusations ...

Harvey Weinstein’s name isn’t uttered once in The Assistant, but his presence looms large over Kitty Green’s fictional feature debut. The story of a young woman, Jane (Ozark’s Julia Garner, in a ...

Greed and fear permeate the toxic culture of a New York film company in The Assistant, Kitty Green’s clear-eyed examination of an industry where repellent behaviour has been normalised Did you know ...

Bleecker Street has picked up the U.S. rights to 'The Assistant,' the feature inspired by revelations and reporting around disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment ...

Our increasingly graphic culture has often made us expect, and sometimes uncomfortably desire, more explicit content in films, even those dealing with sexual harassment in the #MeToo era.

Kitty Green imagines a day in the life of an entry-level film industry employee, raising aspects of #MeToo and the Harvey Weinstein scandal without going nearly deep enough. It’s a woefully familiar ...