The Assistant is a drama film that follows a day in the life of Jane, a young woman working as an assistant to a high-powered executive in a New York City company. As she struggles with the demands of her job, she starts to uncover the toxic workplace culture and the abuse of power that exists within the company. The film explores themes of workplace harassment, sexism, and the Me Too movement.
Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
The first definitive feature documentary to lend new and compelling perspectives on the partnership, both professional and personal, of director James Ivory, producer Ismail Merchant, and their primary associates, writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and composer Richard Robbins. Footage from more than fifty interviews, clips, and archival material gives voice to the family of actors and technicians who helped define Merchant Ivory’s Academy Award-winning work of consummate quality and intelligence. With six Oscar winners among the notable artists participating, these close and often long-term collaborators intimately detail the transformational cinematic creativity and personal and professional drama of the wandering company that left an indelible impact on film culture.
Abandoned by his father, he was a reform school kid with nothing going for him and a giant chip on his shoulder. He joined the Marines but never stayed far from trouble. Then he discovered acting — and the woman who would be with him for most of his meteoric career. He was Steve McQueen, one of Hollywood's highest paid stars — and one of its most difficult, most rebellious and, when he wished, most charming.
A struggling independent filmmaker finds himself in debt and desperate for a comeback. He comes up with a plan to make a satirical comedy film about a war monger and a pacifist conjoined twins who are forced to work together. As he navigates through the challenges of making the film and dealing with his own personal issues, he learns valuable lessons about loyalty, father-daughter relationships, and the complexities of the film industry.
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