In one of the first scenes of the recent Oscar-nominated British film Promising Young Woman, Cassandra (Carey Mulligan) appears drunk to the point of incapacitation. Slumped in her seat in the corner of a nightclub, her head drooping, she is bundled into a taxi by an apparently concerned male stranger. He takes her to his flat, lies her on the bed, and begins assaulting her
Since its release last Christmas,
Promising Young Woman has both divided and intrigued viewers. Earning five Academy Award nominations, the movie follows Cassandra (Carey Mulligan), a medical school dropout who avenges her best friend’s rape by tracking down men that take advantage of inebriated women. Written, produced, and directed by Emerald Fennell (who plays Camilla in
The Crown) in her feature film debut,
Promising Young Woman asks timely questions about sexual assault, consent, and revenge. I wanted to write a movie that reflected this thing that we all grew up with, which was that getting girls drunk in order to ‘seduce them’ seduce in inverted commas was kind of normal. It was in every comedy and girls’ bodies were something to be won, almost by any means necessary,” Fennell told
Behind the Scenes of the 2021 Best Picture Nominees
I spoke with directors of the films competing for the top prize at the Oscars. Here are my takeaways.
Frances McDormand working with Chloé Zhao on “Nomadland.”Credit.Searchlight Pictures
April 23, 2021Updated 3:37 p.m. ET
In a year when theaters were largely closed, it has been a strange path to the Oscars on Sunday. Along the way, I spoke to the directors of the season’s most acclaimed films about key moments from their work. Below are clips and commentary from all but one of this year’s best picture nominees (David Fincher, the director of the Netflix feature “Mank,” declined to be interviewed for the series).
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This year’s Academy Awards ceremony is only a few days away and for once there is not only a fair amount of uncertainty around who will win, a rarity in itself, but also curiosity about the staging of the show.
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