Film
The Assistant (tbc)
Dir. Kitty Green, US, 2019, 87 mins. Cast. Julia Garner, Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh.
Fresh from rave Sundance Festival reviews is this searing look at the day in the life of an assistant to a powerful film industry executive. Jane, a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, just landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. Her day is spent making coffee, ordering lunch, arranging travel accommodations and taking phone messages. But she grows increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colours every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which she decides to take a stand. This is a horribly insidious tale and is an important film that deserves to be widely seen.
Fresh from rave Sundance Festival reviews is this searing look at the day in the life of an assistant to a powerful film industry executive. Jane, a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, just landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. Her day is spent making coffee, ordering lunch, arranging travel accommodations and taking phone messages. But she grows increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colours every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which she decides to take a stand. This is a horribly insidious tale and is an important film that deserves to be widely seen.
