Short subjects willing to tackle tough subjects made the final cut with the Academy this year. That means audiences buying tickets to the “2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation” program should brace for poetic treatments of uncomfortable topics, ranging from incest to the Holocaust. Since the toon shorts tend to run short (just an hour to get through the noms), ShortsTV’s theatrical roster includes two additional “highly commended” titles, ending on a musical up note with “The Little Mermaid” co-director John Musker’s “I’m Hip.”
Hailing from Iran, Yegane Moghaddam’s “Our Uniform” finds a fitting style for a sartorial commentary: Using clothing as her canvas, the young director recalls how it felt to grow up in a country where girls were required to wear the hijab, or headscarf. She creatively experiments with various techniques, manipulating garments to suggest motion and drawing directly onto different fabrics (as when...
Hailing from Iran, Yegane Moghaddam’s “Our Uniform” finds a fitting style for a sartorial commentary: Using clothing as her canvas, the young director recalls how it felt to grow up in a country where girls were required to wear the hijab, or headscarf. She creatively experiments with various techniques, manipulating garments to suggest motion and drawing directly onto different fabrics (as when...
- 3/4/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Memories can be as fickle as they can be honest. They can shift and alter themselves as we begin to fixate on certain emotional responses garnered from specific impactful encounters. This malleable nature is at the heart of Oscar nominated animated short Letter to a Pig from Dn alum director Tal Kantor. The story of a young schoolgirl who finds herself transported into an internal world when a Holocaust survivor visiting her school tells the story of his trauma. Kantor visualises this psychological journey with a distinct brushstroked style and monochrome palette that shifts and folds, evoking the same fading and malleable form that memories can take. During the run up to this year’s Academy Awards Dn joined Kantor once again for a conversation about the making of Letter to a Pig, the thought processes that went into its haunting visual aesthetic, and the reasons she believes it’s...
- 2/9/2024
- by James Maitre
- Directors Notes
When director Tal Kantor was a child, an old man came to her school to talk about his memories of the Holocaust and a letter he had written to a pig who saved his life. That night, Kantor had a dream so vivid that it stayed with her for 17 years. Eventually she had to get it out of her system, if only so that she might have a better hope of understanding its symbology, and so she created this short film, now shortlisted for an Oscar.
There’s an understanding amongst human rights workers that if people have not experienced a particular kind of abuse themselves, they will empathise more strongly if they are shown only a moderate amount of it. Showing them the worst means they’re less likely to believe it and even when they do, they can’t relate to it. This makes talking about the Holocaust more and more.
There’s an understanding amongst human rights workers that if people have not experienced a particular kind of abuse themselves, they will empathise more strongly if they are shown only a moderate amount of it. Showing them the worst means they’re less likely to believe it and even when they do, they can’t relate to it. This makes talking about the Holocaust more and more.
- 12/31/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
At some point in our culture, we began to see male comedians as philosophers. Invoking the legacies of George Carlin, Richard Pryor and Bill Hicks, comedy fans have labeled funny men as paternalistic truth tellers that we all must revere. Never mind the fact that these men are no longer alive and thus have no opportunity to challenge the way their work has been framed and which living comics they are compared to.
Louis C.K. is one such comedian who has often been spoken of in the same breath as these men, despite lacking the often political edge of their work. C.K. and comics like Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle are the confirmed gold standard of comedy, standing at the top of the mountain looking down at the rest of us. There’s no denying their talent and insight, but they are very much still human, despite the prevailing...
Louis C.K. is one such comedian who has often been spoken of in the same breath as these men, despite lacking the often political edge of their work. C.K. and comics like Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle are the confirmed gold standard of comedy, standing at the top of the mountain looking down at the rest of us. There’s no denying their talent and insight, but they are very much still human, despite the prevailing...
- 9/11/2023
- by Jourdain Searles
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Rebecca Lenkiewicz will be this year’s recipient of the WGA West’s Paul Selvin Award in recognition of her adapted screenplay for She Said, the Universal film about the New York Times reporters who broke the story that exposed disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein. The guild said Thursday that she will be honored at the WGA Awards’ Los Angeles ceremony March 5 at the Fairmont Century Plaza.
Lenkiewicz is also nominated this year for a WGA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She Said is based on the investigation by Times reporters Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett, and the book by Kantor and Twohey that helped propel the #MeToo movement by uncovering the system that had enabled years of sexual assault by some of the most powerful men in Hollywood.
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Lenkiewicz is also nominated this year for a WGA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. She Said is based on the investigation by Times reporters Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett, and the book by Kantor and Twohey that helped propel the #MeToo movement by uncovering the system that had enabled years of sexual assault by some of the most powerful men in Hollywood.
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- 2/23/2023
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Greenwich Entertainment has picked up all rights excluding TV to the documentary Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV, directed and produced by Amanda Kim, which world premiered in U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
The film will launch its U.S. theatrical release at New York’s Film Form on March 24, being distributed in Canada by Films We Like starting on the same date, ahead of its U.S. broadcast premiere on PBS’ American Masters. Dogwoof acquired UK distribution rights and international sales rights outside of Korea in early January, with a distribution deal and streaming partner for the latter territory to be announced shortly.
The doc tells the story of Nam June Paik, a pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century, widely regarded as “The George Washington of Video Art,” who coined the phrase “Electronic Superhighway,” and is arguably the most famous Korean artist in modern history.
The film will launch its U.S. theatrical release at New York’s Film Form on March 24, being distributed in Canada by Films We Like starting on the same date, ahead of its U.S. broadcast premiere on PBS’ American Masters. Dogwoof acquired UK distribution rights and international sales rights outside of Korea in early January, with a distribution deal and streaming partner for the latter territory to be announced shortly.
The doc tells the story of Nam June Paik, a pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century, widely regarded as “The George Washington of Video Art,” who coined the phrase “Electronic Superhighway,” and is arguably the most famous Korean artist in modern history.
- 1/27/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Don’t look for four of the 10 Oscar nominees for screenplay (the original scripts for “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Triangle of Sadness” plus the adaptations of “All Quiet on the Western Front” and “Living” ) on the list of 2023 Writers Guild of America Awards nominations announced January 25. They didn’t qualify for consideration under the guild’s guidelines or those of its international partners.
The Original Screenplay frontrunner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is in contention for this guild award as are two of its Oscar rivals: “The Fabelmans” and “Tar.” The WGA race is rounded out by the scripts for “The Menu” and “Nope.”
Likewise our predicted winner for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars — “Women Talking” — is vying for this award too. It faces off against a pair of Oscar nominees — “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” and “Top Gun: Maverick” — plus “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “She Said....
The Original Screenplay frontrunner “Everything Everywhere All at Once” is in contention for this guild award as are two of its Oscar rivals: “The Fabelmans” and “Tar.” The WGA race is rounded out by the scripts for “The Menu” and “Nope.”
Likewise our predicted winner for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Oscars — “Women Talking” — is vying for this award too. It faces off against a pair of Oscar nominees — “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” and “Top Gun: Maverick” — plus “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “She Said....
- 1/25/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Maria Schrader's 2022 film "She Said" is a terse and damning look into the depths of Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes. The film's main characters are the real-life New York Times investigative reporters Megan Twohy (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) who struggle endlessly trying to get some of Weinstein's many, many victims on the record with stories of their abuse and assault at his hands. In her film, Schrader plays an actual audio recording of Weinstein's crimes, and visits the hotel rooms where they took place. One of Weinstein's victims, Ashley Judd, even appears as herself. "She Said" not only relates Weinstein's mob-like intimidation tactics -- he threatens violence and legal action to keep victims from coming forward -- but exposes a complex structure of non-disclosure agreements and legal doublespeak to prevent any mention of his crimes. It's an intense drama, and one that will spark outrage for...
- 1/13/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series debuts and celebrates the scripts of films that will factor in this year’s movie awards races.
With her Universal Pictures drama She Said, director Maria Schrader tackles one of the great stories of the new century: recounting, step by step, how New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey took on Harvey Weinstein and won.
The film starring Carey Mulligan as Twohey and Zoe Kazan as Kantor is based on the original reporting of the Nyt duo and their subsequent bestseller She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. The film’s script was adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, the Spirit Award nominee behind such films as Ida and Colette.
She Said’s plot is set in motion in 2017, when Kantor gets a tip about actress Rose McGowan and an alleged sexual assault at the hands of...
With her Universal Pictures drama She Said, director Maria Schrader tackles one of the great stories of the new century: recounting, step by step, how New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey took on Harvey Weinstein and won.
The film starring Carey Mulligan as Twohey and Zoe Kazan as Kantor is based on the original reporting of the Nyt duo and their subsequent bestseller She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement. The film’s script was adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, the Spirit Award nominee behind such films as Ida and Colette.
She Said’s plot is set in motion in 2017, when Kantor gets a tip about actress Rose McGowan and an alleged sexual assault at the hands of...
- 1/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Ever since I had the pleasure of seeing the film “She Said” in October, I find that I’ve been something of a one-man band extolling its Oscar virtues. And it’s been puzzling. No one seems to think it has a prayer of breaking through to the land of Academy Awards nomination on January 24 – as a film, for its direction, for its acting – and I’ve wondered why. My theory is that it has nothing to do with its quality, which is stellar. In telling the story of how two incredibly enterprising New York Times reporters helped take down Harvey Weinstein and inspire the launch of the #MeToo movement, “She Said” is every bit as good as “Spotlight,” a similarly-themed biographical drama that won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Original Screenplay in 2016 – a mere seven years ago.
And maybe that’s part of the issue here. The driving...
And maybe that’s part of the issue here. The driving...
- 1/10/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
On Oct 5, 2017, New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor published a scorching exposé titled "Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades," which encouraged legions of women to come forward and share their own stories of abuse at the hands of one of the most powerful men in Hollywood. Considering the story's connection to the moviemaking industry, it was only a matter of time before the story was given the similar dramatization treatment that was done for Fox News CEO Roger Ailes in "Bombshell." The result was Emmy Award-winning director Maria Schrader's "She Said," from a script by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. Two-time Academy Award-nominee Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as Twohey and Kantor, delivering phenomenal performances in this film highlighting just how intense the process was to bring Weinstein to justice and call him out publicly.
Unfortunately, "She Said" did not perform well at the box office.
Unfortunately, "She Said" did not perform well at the box office.
- 12/31/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Peacock is going on the record: She Said will be available exclusively on the streamer beginning Friday, Jan. 6.
The Universal Pictures movie stars Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) and Zoe Kazan (The Plot Against America) as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, “who together broke one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and altered American culture forever,” per the official synopsis The film is based on Twohey and Kantor’s New York Times bestseller She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment...
The Universal Pictures movie stars Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) and Zoe Kazan (The Plot Against America) as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, “who together broke one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and altered American culture forever,” per the official synopsis The film is based on Twohey and Kantor’s New York Times bestseller She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment...
- 12/30/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
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In Universal’s She Said, Andre Braugher plays real-life journalist Dean Baquet, the former executive editor of The New York Times who helped spearhead the paper’s investigation into Harvey Weinstein. While this is the first time the actor has played a historical figure who is still alive (he previously portrayed Jackie Robinson and labor unionist A. Philip Randolph, for example), Braugher didn’t feel he had to meet Baquet to capture the spirit of the editor.
“Sometimes when you’re playing real people, there’s a tendency to get stuck on their real mannerisms, and what you imagine their real attitudes are as opposed to the script, and I think my highest loyalty goes to the playwright [Rebecca Lenkiewicz, who penned the screenplay] in collaboration with the director to find out what it is that we want to try to play,” Braugher tells THR.
In Universal’s She Said, Andre Braugher plays real-life journalist Dean Baquet, the former executive editor of The New York Times who helped spearhead the paper’s investigation into Harvey Weinstein. While this is the first time the actor has played a historical figure who is still alive (he previously portrayed Jackie Robinson and labor unionist A. Philip Randolph, for example), Braugher didn’t feel he had to meet Baquet to capture the spirit of the editor.
“Sometimes when you’re playing real people, there’s a tendency to get stuck on their real mannerisms, and what you imagine their real attitudes are as opposed to the script, and I think my highest loyalty goes to the playwright [Rebecca Lenkiewicz, who penned the screenplay] in collaboration with the director to find out what it is that we want to try to play,” Braugher tells THR.
- 12/21/2022
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Based on New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s account of their harpooning of the powerhouse producer and loathsome sexual predator Harvey Weinstein, Maria Schrader’s She Said had a lot going for it: two congenial performers (Carey Mulligan as Twohey and Zoe Kazan as Kantor); a narrative fixation on the target of opportunity; and the cathartic satisfactions of justice served, eventually.
Yet She Said was also — not to bury the lede — a bit pedantic and procedural. Journalism here is serious business — akin to a sacred vocation, actually — and its practitioners are straitlaced and earnest.
This is not the way Hollywood traditionally portrayed members of the Fourth Estate. The ink-stained progenitors of today’s digital crusaders were crude, irreverent, and often inebriated. They didn’t want to change the world or give voice to the voiceless; they wanted to crush the competition by any sneaky,...
Based on New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s account of their harpooning of the powerhouse producer and loathsome sexual predator Harvey Weinstein, Maria Schrader’s She Said had a lot going for it: two congenial performers (Carey Mulligan as Twohey and Zoe Kazan as Kantor); a narrative fixation on the target of opportunity; and the cathartic satisfactions of justice served, eventually.
Yet She Said was also — not to bury the lede — a bit pedantic and procedural. Journalism here is serious business — akin to a sacred vocation, actually — and its practitioners are straitlaced and earnest.
This is not the way Hollywood traditionally portrayed members of the Fourth Estate. The ink-stained progenitors of today’s digital crusaders were crude, irreverent, and often inebriated. They didn’t want to change the world or give voice to the voiceless; they wanted to crush the competition by any sneaky,...
- 12/17/2022
- by Thomas Doherty
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There was a full circle moment at the Power Women Summit today, as TheWrap CEO and co-founder Sharon Waxman welcomed “She Said” producer Dede Gardner and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz to talk about a pivotal scene from their film.
As Waxman pointed out in her introduction, the Power Women Summit was founded in the wake of the #MeToo movement, and “She Said” happens to be a powerful retelling of the New York Times’ investigation into allegations against Harvey Weinstein, reporting that would ultimately lead to the beginnings of the #MeToo movement.
Watch Anatomy of a Scene: “She Said” in the video above.
The sequence that Gardner and Lenkiewicz chose involves reporter Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) as she travels overseas to interview Zelda Perkins (Samantha Morton), a former Weinstein colleague who spoke out against the disgraced film producer during the Times investigation.
What’s really incredible about the scene is that Waxman,...
As Waxman pointed out in her introduction, the Power Women Summit was founded in the wake of the #MeToo movement, and “She Said” happens to be a powerful retelling of the New York Times’ investigation into allegations against Harvey Weinstein, reporting that would ultimately lead to the beginnings of the #MeToo movement.
Watch Anatomy of a Scene: “She Said” in the video above.
The sequence that Gardner and Lenkiewicz chose involves reporter Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) as she travels overseas to interview Zelda Perkins (Samantha Morton), a former Weinstein colleague who spoke out against the disgraced film producer during the Times investigation.
What’s really incredible about the scene is that Waxman,...
- 12/13/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
One of the biggest stories in journalism this century, the Harvey Weinstein scandal has been crying out for cinematic treatment on the scale of Spotlight or The Post. With a strong cast and no shortage of ambition, Maria Schrader’s film, based on the book by Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor about their investigation, is undeniably important, but slow pacing and leaden dialogue keep it from achieving its potential. It lacks the energy and precision vital to any journalistic investigation, and especially to one taking place under this kind of pressure.
Twohey is played here by Carey Mulligan; viewers won’t need the scene set in an almost identical nightclub to get flashbacks to Promising Young Woman, her previous self-sabotaging tale of a woman taking on abusers. Zoe Kazan, veteran of two investigation-focused TV series, takes the role of Kantor. She is positioned as the newcomer, self-conscious and a little.
Twohey is played here by Carey Mulligan; viewers won’t need the scene set in an almost identical nightclub to get flashbacks to Promising Young Woman, her previous self-sabotaging tale of a woman taking on abusers. Zoe Kazan, veteran of two investigation-focused TV series, takes the role of Kantor. She is positioned as the newcomer, self-conscious and a little.
- 12/11/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Setting out with an assignment to interview five women directors who are also awards season contenders meant beginning with emails to everyone’s publicists. The very first response came with a bite: “Why just ‘female’ directors? She’s just a filmmaker.”
And then there were four.
Indeed, why aren’t they filmmakers first and foremost? It was a question to ponder throughout screenings and interview prep. In the same vein as the colorblind teachings of the ’80s and ’90s, which are now widely criticized for not taking a full-person experience into account, it seems that stripping the gender from these filmmakers also detracts from their art.
Gender (and race and so many other factors) certainly shape everyone in ways large and small, regardless of where one falls on the spectrum. The experiences of these filmmakers speaks directly to why and how they create art; it’s no different than if...
And then there were four.
Indeed, why aren’t they filmmakers first and foremost? It was a question to ponder throughout screenings and interview prep. In the same vein as the colorblind teachings of the ’80s and ’90s, which are now widely criticized for not taking a full-person experience into account, it seems that stripping the gender from these filmmakers also detracts from their art.
Gender (and race and so many other factors) certainly shape everyone in ways large and small, regardless of where one falls on the spectrum. The experiences of these filmmakers speaks directly to why and how they create art; it’s no different than if...
- 12/9/2022
- by Zoe Hewitt
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Jennifer Ehle | Written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz | Directed by Maria Schrader
The New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor publish a report that exposes sexual abuse allegations against powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The shocking story also serves as a launching pad for the #MeToo movement, shattering decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault and harassment…
Maria Schrader‘s She Said is undoubtedly one of the most uncomfortable and disturbing films in years, but it’s also one that absolutely needed to be told, and Schrader more than rose to the occasion to tell the disgusting story of film producer Harvey Weinstein and his history of abuse and sexual misconduct against women.
This is one of those movies that will either hook you right from the beginning and leave you curious to see how it all plays out,...
The New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor publish a report that exposes sexual abuse allegations against powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The shocking story also serves as a launching pad for the #MeToo movement, shattering decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault and harassment…
Maria Schrader‘s She Said is undoubtedly one of the most uncomfortable and disturbing films in years, but it’s also one that absolutely needed to be told, and Schrader more than rose to the occasion to tell the disgusting story of film producer Harvey Weinstein and his history of abuse and sexual misconduct against women.
This is one of those movies that will either hook you right from the beginning and leave you curious to see how it all plays out,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Nerdly
In She Said, Maria Schrader’s telling of the Harvey Weinstein take-down by New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, we see the birth of a historic moment: The turning of #MeToo from a movement into an unstoppable train of change. Based on Kantor and Twohey’s book, and from a screenplay by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, the reporters painstakingly gather evidence from silenced survivors, many of whom consulted on, and in some cases starred in, the film. For Zoe Kazan, alongside Carey Mulligan as Twohey, playing Kantor meant understanding her humanity, the practical nuts and bolts of reporting life, and the weight of what it is to bring others’ devastating personal truths to light. In conversation with Antonia Blyth, Kazan and Kantor discuss the portrayal of women at work to change the world.
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- 12/8/2022
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
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The Hollywood Reporter‘s Women in Entertainment event, presented by Lifetime, returned to the Fairmont Century Plaza on Wednesday for the annual celebration of Hollywood’s leading ladies.
This year, the star-studded event — which coincided with the publication of THR’s annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 — honored Charlize Theron with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, highlighting a woman who is a pioneer in her field. Issa Rae was also recognized with the Equity in Entertainment Award, given to an individual who amplifies the voices of underrepresented communities in the entertainment industry.
Ahead of the ceremony, A-listers mixed and mingled, as Margot Robbie walked the red carpet, Theron fangirled over RuPaul’s Drag Race star Shangela, Jamie Lee Curtis posed with Jennifer Grey, and Jurnee Smollett, Addison Rae and Heidi Klum waited their turn in the photo line. Connie Britton, Geena Davis and Diane Warren also made appearances,...
The Hollywood Reporter‘s Women in Entertainment event, presented by Lifetime, returned to the Fairmont Century Plaza on Wednesday for the annual celebration of Hollywood’s leading ladies.
This year, the star-studded event — which coincided with the publication of THR’s annual Women in Entertainment Power 100 — honored Charlize Theron with the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award, highlighting a woman who is a pioneer in her field. Issa Rae was also recognized with the Equity in Entertainment Award, given to an individual who amplifies the voices of underrepresented communities in the entertainment industry.
Ahead of the ceremony, A-listers mixed and mingled, as Margot Robbie walked the red carpet, Theron fangirled over RuPaul’s Drag Race star Shangela, Jamie Lee Curtis posed with Jennifer Grey, and Jurnee Smollett, Addison Rae and Heidi Klum waited their turn in the photo line. Connie Britton, Geena Davis and Diane Warren also made appearances,...
- 12/8/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Click here to read the full article.
When New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began reporting on Harvey Weinstein, they had very few connections in Hollywood.
“Full disclosure: I barely knew who Harvey Weinstein was,” Twohey noted Wednesday during the pair’s keynote address at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast gala, presented by Lifetime.
They developed those sources, however, and their reporting on a litany of sexual assault and harassment allegations against Weinstein, spanning several decades, first published in 2017, helped lead to the former movie mogul’s downfall (he was convicted on sexual assault and third-degree rape charges in New York and is currently on trial in Los Angeles for alleged crimes that took place there). They won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 (shared with Ronan Farrow of The New Yorker) and later expanded their stories into the book She Said — which was adapted for...
When New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began reporting on Harvey Weinstein, they had very few connections in Hollywood.
“Full disclosure: I barely knew who Harvey Weinstein was,” Twohey noted Wednesday during the pair’s keynote address at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast gala, presented by Lifetime.
They developed those sources, however, and their reporting on a litany of sexual assault and harassment allegations against Weinstein, spanning several decades, first published in 2017, helped lead to the former movie mogul’s downfall (he was convicted on sexual assault and third-degree rape charges in New York and is currently on trial in Los Angeles for alleged crimes that took place there). They won a Pulitzer Prize in 2018 (shared with Ronan Farrow of The New Yorker) and later expanded their stories into the book She Said — which was adapted for...
- 12/7/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In “She Said,” New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) wonder if their tireless work in reporting Harvey Weinstein‘s decades of sexual abuse and harassment will change anything — if anyone will care. Maria Schrader had a similar thought when she read their article on Oct. 5, 2017. “It was shocking. It was at the same time not really surprising. I was wondering what would follow, if there would be something following,” the director tells Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video interview above). “And then it did.”
The exposé sparked the #MeToo movement and led to the downfall of the now imprisoned mogul as more and more survivors of his systemic abuse spoke out. Kantor and Twohey won the Pulitzer Prize and wrote a book, “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” about their investigation, which was being adapted into a...
The exposé sparked the #MeToo movement and led to the downfall of the now imprisoned mogul as more and more survivors of his systemic abuse spoke out. Kantor and Twohey won the Pulitzer Prize and wrote a book, “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” about their investigation, which was being adapted into a...
- 12/6/2022
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan in ‘She Said’ (Photo © Universal Studios)
On October 5, 2017, journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published an article in the New York Times that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s lengthy history of sexual assaults and catapulted the #MeToo movement into the mainstream lexicon. Kantor and Twohey’s incredible work is brought to life on the screen in She Said, a powerful drama adapted by Independent Spirit Award nominee Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Colette) and directed by Emmy Award winner Maria Schrader (Unorthodox).
She Said delves into Kantor and Twohey’s research process and how their award-winning exposé rocked Hollywood and heightened public awareness of the prevalence of sexual harassment in workplaces in the entertainment industry and beyond.
In 2022, the #MeToo movement’s widely accepted and embraced as pivotal in spurring changes in behavior both inside and outside the workplace. As for Weinstein, the disgraced media mogul and sexual predator...
On October 5, 2017, journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published an article in the New York Times that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s lengthy history of sexual assaults and catapulted the #MeToo movement into the mainstream lexicon. Kantor and Twohey’s incredible work is brought to life on the screen in She Said, a powerful drama adapted by Independent Spirit Award nominee Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Colette) and directed by Emmy Award winner Maria Schrader (Unorthodox).
She Said delves into Kantor and Twohey’s research process and how their award-winning exposé rocked Hollywood and heightened public awareness of the prevalence of sexual harassment in workplaces in the entertainment industry and beyond.
In 2022, the #MeToo movement’s widely accepted and embraced as pivotal in spurring changes in behavior both inside and outside the workplace. As for Weinstein, the disgraced media mogul and sexual predator...
- 11/28/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
On October 5, 2017, journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey from The New York Times revealed damning allegations of sexual misconduct by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. He was accused of sexually harassing actresses, female production assistants, temps and other employees at Miramax and The Weinstein Company. The allegations helped propel the #MeToo movement and would eventually lead to Weinstein being sentenced to 23 years in prison.
See Oscar Experts Typing: Can ‘She Said’s’ Carey Mulligan take advantage of the unsettled supporting actress race?
In 2019, Kanto and Twohey published “She Said,” a book detailing how the story unraveled and their worldwide search for victims of the Oscar-winning movie mogul. Now, a film of the same name from director Maria Schrader is making waves after premiering at the New York Film Festival in October and nationwide on November 18.
Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan star as Kantor and Twohey, delivering explosive, dramatic performances as the...
See Oscar Experts Typing: Can ‘She Said’s’ Carey Mulligan take advantage of the unsettled supporting actress race?
In 2019, Kanto and Twohey published “She Said,” a book detailing how the story unraveled and their worldwide search for victims of the Oscar-winning movie mogul. Now, a film of the same name from director Maria Schrader is making waves after premiering at the New York Film Festival in October and nationwide on November 18.
Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan star as Kantor and Twohey, delivering explosive, dramatic performances as the...
- 11/27/2022
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Some of the finest acting ever nominated for an Oscar constitutes no more than five percent of the movie it’s in. Over the past 20 years, Alan Arkin (“Argo”) and Sam Elliott (“A Star is Born”) have both gotten into Best Supporting Actor for roles that, combined, barely exceed 15 minutes of screen-time. Viola Davis(“Doubt”) and William Hurt (“A History of Violence”) were also recognized for the even trickier task of condensing their work to a one-scene cameo. It may not be glamorous, but credibly fleshing a character out against the clock is a craft unto itself.
Thankfully, the art of the single-scene performance is alive and well. A year after Bradley Cooper likely just missed an Academy Award nomination for stealing the show in “Licorice Pizza” with only about 10 minutes of screen-time, Judd Hirsch is poised to make the Supporting Actor shortlist. Gold Derby’s currrent odds rank him...
Thankfully, the art of the single-scene performance is alive and well. A year after Bradley Cooper likely just missed an Academy Award nomination for stealing the show in “Licorice Pizza” with only about 10 minutes of screen-time, Judd Hirsch is poised to make the Supporting Actor shortlist. Gold Derby’s currrent odds rank him...
- 11/25/2022
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Admirably straightforward drama follows two of the reporters who cut through the defences around the apparently invulnerable producer
The title takes the second half of the famous phrase habitually used to dismiss rape allegations as hearsay – “he said, she said” – and in doing so restores the importance of women’s testimony. This is the story of the two New York Times reporters, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, and their battle to write the story about the now disgraced and imprisoned movie producer Harvey Weinstein and his decades-long practice of intimidation, harassment and rape of young female actors and junior staff, hushing them up with threats and NDA payoffs, enabled by a vast male superstructure of silence. It is adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from the journalists’ book of the same title and directed by Maria Schrader.
The journalists’ plan was to try for a number of accusers going public at once – or failing that,...
The title takes the second half of the famous phrase habitually used to dismiss rape allegations as hearsay – “he said, she said” – and in doing so restores the importance of women’s testimony. This is the story of the two New York Times reporters, Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, and their battle to write the story about the now disgraced and imprisoned movie producer Harvey Weinstein and his decades-long practice of intimidation, harassment and rape of young female actors and junior staff, hushing them up with threats and NDA payoffs, enabled by a vast male superstructure of silence. It is adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz from the journalists’ book of the same title and directed by Maria Schrader.
The journalists’ plan was to try for a number of accusers going public at once – or failing that,...
- 11/24/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Halfway through the film She Said, the New York Times journalist Megan Twohey, played by Carey Mulligan, screams in a man’s face. She is in a bar with her reporting partner, Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan), and editor, Rebecca Corbett (Patricia Clarkson); the trio have congregated to discuss their investigation into Harvey Weinstein. The confrontation happens after the man, who is drunk, hits on Megan.
“I have never done that,” says Twohey, smiling. “But I have had outbursts of that kind over the years, stretching back to when I was a kid and beat up a neighborhood bully for taunting me and my friends.” She pauses. “It would be naive for people to think that we, as journalists, could immerse ourselves in the outrageous prevalence of sexual abuse and not feel anger. I just don’t think that’s realistic.”
By now, the story of Twohey and Kantor’s reporting is well known.
“I have never done that,” says Twohey, smiling. “But I have had outbursts of that kind over the years, stretching back to when I was a kid and beat up a neighborhood bully for taunting me and my friends.” She pauses. “It would be naive for people to think that we, as journalists, could immerse ourselves in the outrageous prevalence of sexual abuse and not feel anger. I just don’t think that’s realistic.”
By now, the story of Twohey and Kantor’s reporting is well known.
- 11/24/2022
- by Olivia Petter
- The Independent - Film
For director Maria Schrader, “She Said” was more than a truthful and thrilling recreation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, #MeToo-bolstering New York Times report that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual abuse and harassment. It was also about the personal stories of New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan). This made it a more complex and emotionally resonant film about female empowerment and the “crucible of motherhood,” which Schrader’s go-to editor, Hansjörg Weißbrich, leaned into.
“This was an investigative thriller and a more important aspect — their private life and how they got to know each other as a result of the collaboration,” Weißbrich told IndieWire. “This was an additional storyline that wasn’t in the book.”
But that first required Schrader and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz to gain the trust of Kantor and Twohey, to let them include their struggle with parenting along with...
“This was an investigative thriller and a more important aspect — their private life and how they got to know each other as a result of the collaboration,” Weißbrich told IndieWire. “This was an additional storyline that wasn’t in the book.”
But that first required Schrader and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz to gain the trust of Kantor and Twohey, to let them include their struggle with parenting along with...
- 11/23/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
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While it’s no secret that adult-skewing movies are having a hard time on the big screen, that alone can’t explain why She Said — about The New York Times‘ seminal exposé of Harvey Weinstein — opened to an estimated 2.25 million from 2,022 theaters.
That’s one of the worst starts in modern times for a major Hollywood studio release going out in more than 2,000 theaters, including one of the lowest for Universal, despite strong reviews. Its current critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes is 88 percent, and it earned an A CinemaScore from those moviegoers who did show up.
The filmmakers were aiming for at least 4 million to 6 million heading into the weekend. The hope now is that She Said, which had a budget of around 32 million, will gain momentum over the year-end holidays and as awards season heats up.
She Said is based on the...
While it’s no secret that adult-skewing movies are having a hard time on the big screen, that alone can’t explain why She Said — about The New York Times‘ seminal exposé of Harvey Weinstein — opened to an estimated 2.25 million from 2,022 theaters.
That’s one of the worst starts in modern times for a major Hollywood studio release going out in more than 2,000 theaters, including one of the lowest for Universal, despite strong reviews. Its current critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes is 88 percent, and it earned an A CinemaScore from those moviegoers who did show up.
The filmmakers were aiming for at least 4 million to 6 million heading into the weekend. The hope now is that She Said, which had a budget of around 32 million, will gain momentum over the year-end holidays and as awards season heats up.
She Said is based on the...
- 11/21/2022
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
By Ben Miller
There are plenty of things to like about Maria Schrader’s She Said, but one of the most impressive things is the relationships of the main characters. So many heavy, important things happen in the film, the marriages of Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) gets lost in the shuffle. It’s so rare, it’s almost revolutionary. It shouldn’t be ignored
Over a number of months, Kantor and Twohey investigate Harvey Weinstein’s numerous instances of sexual harassment of his female employees. This consists of business trips, long hours, and calls in the middle of the night or weekends. The film goes out of its way to show both women continuing to be mothers to their children and wives to their husbands. Here’s the refreshing part: it’s no big deal...
There are plenty of things to like about Maria Schrader’s She Said, but one of the most impressive things is the relationships of the main characters. So many heavy, important things happen in the film, the marriages of Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) gets lost in the shuffle. It’s so rare, it’s almost revolutionary. It shouldn’t be ignored
Over a number of months, Kantor and Twohey investigate Harvey Weinstein’s numerous instances of sexual harassment of his female employees. This consists of business trips, long hours, and calls in the middle of the night or weekends. The film goes out of its way to show both women continuing to be mothers to their children and wives to their husbands. Here’s the refreshing part: it’s no big deal...
- 11/19/2022
- by Ben Miller
- FilmExperience
On Oct. 5, 2017, The New York Times shared shocking accounts of Harvey Weinstein's alleged acts of sexual assault and harassment, which later led to the Hollywood mogul's demise and launched the worldwide #MeToo movement. Now, a film by the name of "She Said" about the quest to break that story has arrived. The Maria Schrader-directed film, starring Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan as the two journalists who brought the disturbing revelations to life, hit theaters on Nov. 18, and viewers are already wondering when they'll be able to stream it from home. Read on for everything we know about "She Said"'s streaming status, as well as the movie's plot.
Related: How "She Said" Re-Creates the Voices of Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, and Rose McGowan
What Is "She Said" About?
"She Said" follows New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor (Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Mulligan) on their journey to publish a...
Related: How "She Said" Re-Creates the Voices of Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, and Rose McGowan
What Is "She Said" About?
"She Said" follows New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor (Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Mulligan) on their journey to publish a...
- 11/18/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
As the Harvey Weinstein trial continues in Los Angeles, “She Said” transports viewers back to New York when New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor published an investigative piece whose reverberations would be felt for years to come.
Centering both the reporters and the survivors who came forward to bravely share their accusations against the producer, the drama spotlights the #MeToo movement as voices across the country and the globe demanded a cultural shift.
Here’s how to watch “She Said” when it hits the big screen.
When Does “She Said” Come Out?
The drama premieres Friday, Nov. 18.
Is “She Said” Streaming or in Theaters?
If you want to watch “She Said” before the holidays, you’ll likely need to head to a movie theater to see it as the film is not currently available to stream on a major streaming platform. The only way to see it...
Centering both the reporters and the survivors who came forward to bravely share their accusations against the producer, the drama spotlights the #MeToo movement as voices across the country and the globe demanded a cultural shift.
Here’s how to watch “She Said” when it hits the big screen.
When Does “She Said” Come Out?
The drama premieres Friday, Nov. 18.
Is “She Said” Streaming or in Theaters?
If you want to watch “She Said” before the holidays, you’ll likely need to head to a movie theater to see it as the film is not currently available to stream on a major streaming platform. The only way to see it...
- 11/18/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Plot: New York Times journalists Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) try to break the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault story but are met with opposition from the vast network of silence and intimidation that protected the former Miramax head.
Review: Long before #MeToo, there had been rumblings about what kind of predator Harvey Weinstein was, even far outside Hollywood circles. Yet, even though he was infamous in this regard, he was still celebrated and while people may look back now and say they didn’t know – that’s been proven not to be the case over and over. All this leaves She Said in a tricky position, as it’s a movie about breaking the Harvey Weinstein story produced by a major studio (Universal) inside this system that protected him. To that extent, She Said smartly focuses on the excellent investigative work done by Twohey and Kantor,...
Review: Long before #MeToo, there had been rumblings about what kind of predator Harvey Weinstein was, even far outside Hollywood circles. Yet, even though he was infamous in this regard, he was still celebrated and while people may look back now and say they didn’t know – that’s been proven not to be the case over and over. All this leaves She Said in a tricky position, as it’s a movie about breaking the Harvey Weinstein story produced by a major studio (Universal) inside this system that protected him. To that extent, She Said smartly focuses on the excellent investigative work done by Twohey and Kantor,...
- 11/18/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Investigative journalism isn't exactly a traditional 9-to-5 job. This is reflected in the fact that so many films in the newspaper thriller subgenre feature male protagonists: hard-boiled reporters who can chase down leads until the wee hours of the morning rather than women who, we assume, have to be home to tuck their children in at night.
That "She Said" subverts these genre tropes is an obvious adherence to reality -- both of the reporters who were responsible for writing an expose on Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct were women in real life. But where this film could have easily gone into "girlboss" territory very quickly, there's a richness and subtlety to its depiction of its female leads, and a respect for the stories that each of Weinstein's victims has struggled to be able to tell. The way that director Maria Schrader approaches the material is so empathetic and thoughtful...
That "She Said" subverts these genre tropes is an obvious adherence to reality -- both of the reporters who were responsible for writing an expose on Harvey Weinstein's sexual misconduct were women in real life. But where this film could have easily gone into "girlboss" territory very quickly, there's a richness and subtlety to its depiction of its female leads, and a respect for the stories that each of Weinstein's victims has struggled to be able to tell. The way that director Maria Schrader approaches the material is so empathetic and thoughtful...
- 11/18/2022
- by Audrey Fox
- Slash Film
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There’s a photo of the moment right before The New York Times published its very first story about Harvey Weinstein’s systemic sexual harassment. Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor are there, along with their editors at the newspaper. They’re gathered around a computer, giving the story one last read and waiting to press the button that would change not just Hollywood, but the world, sparking a movement that would leap from country to country. The second that She Said screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz saw the picture, with a composition that’s sort of Washington Crossing the Delaware meets The Last Supper, she knew it had to be a pivotal moment in the movie. “It became this iconic image to me,” she says. The film that she would go on to write, about the now-famous journalists whose Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation kicked off the...
There’s a photo of the moment right before The New York Times published its very first story about Harvey Weinstein’s systemic sexual harassment. Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor are there, along with their editors at the newspaper. They’re gathered around a computer, giving the story one last read and waiting to press the button that would change not just Hollywood, but the world, sparking a movement that would leap from country to country. The second that She Said screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz saw the picture, with a composition that’s sort of Washington Crossing the Delaware meets The Last Supper, she knew it had to be a pivotal moment in the movie. “It became this iconic image to me,” she says. The film that she would go on to write, about the now-famous journalists whose Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation kicked off the...
- 11/18/2022
- by Seija Rankin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Harvey Weinstein’s face is never shown in She Said. He is heard—frequently and insidiously, such as when the movie plays a voice recording of the disgraced Hollywood mogul harassing and pressuring Ambra Battilana Gutierrez to stay in his hotel suite. But during this harrowing moment from recent history, director Maria Schrader’s camera only tracks the empty, gilded hotel hallway where the maliciousness took place. The convicted rapist’s demons still haunt this space, as well as our collective consciousness, like malignant spirits. We don’t see them, however. We simply know they’re there.
Also, it must be said, we’ve seen more than enough of Harvey. As the title promises, She Said is a film driven and told by the women of its story, including the array of voices whose accounts were collected by the New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor. And the...
Also, it must be said, we’ve seen more than enough of Harvey. As the title promises, She Said is a film driven and told by the women of its story, including the array of voices whose accounts were collected by the New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor. And the...
- 11/18/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
(from left) Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) in She Said, directed by Maria Schrader. Courtesy of Universal.
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star in the engrossing true-story drama She Said, which throws a spotlight on the two New York Times women journalists whose investigation helped spark the “Me Too” movement.
She Said evokes the classic All The Presidents Men but this surprisingly kinetic, compellingly watchable investigative journalism drama at times feels a bit like a tense mystery-thriller. The film keeps the two investigative journalists, Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan), at the center of the story but it also gives a remarkably realistic picture of how journalism is done. She Said’s storytelling highlights the importance of investigative journalism itself, the kind of reporting that uncovers wrongdoing and starts the process to hold the guilty responsible, the kind of vitally-important journalism in a...
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star in the engrossing true-story drama She Said, which throws a spotlight on the two New York Times women journalists whose investigation helped spark the “Me Too” movement.
She Said evokes the classic All The Presidents Men but this surprisingly kinetic, compellingly watchable investigative journalism drama at times feels a bit like a tense mystery-thriller. The film keeps the two investigative journalists, Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan), at the center of the story but it also gives a remarkably realistic picture of how journalism is done. She Said’s storytelling highlights the importance of investigative journalism itself, the kind of reporting that uncovers wrongdoing and starts the process to hold the guilty responsible, the kind of vitally-important journalism in a...
- 11/18/2022
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The new movie "She Said" chronicles the investigation by New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor (played by Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (played by Carey Mulligan) into sexual harassment and assault allegations against former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The article they eventually published on Oct. 5, 2017, was groundbreaking, and their reporting (along with New Yorker journalist Ronan Farrow's) eventually led to dozens of women coming out with allegations about Weinstein. It also helped spark the #MeToo movement.
The story central to "She Said" involves a lot of famous people, but the movie takes a mixed approach in how it portrays them on film. On screen, the writers talk to Gwyneth Paltrow (just like they did in real life), but the movie doesn't show their conversation, just that they went to her house. Meanwhile, Ashley Judd, who went on the record in Twohey and Kantor's first story, plays herself in the film in multiple scenes.
The story central to "She Said" involves a lot of famous people, but the movie takes a mixed approach in how it portrays them on film. On screen, the writers talk to Gwyneth Paltrow (just like they did in real life), but the movie doesn't show their conversation, just that they went to her house. Meanwhile, Ashley Judd, who went on the record in Twohey and Kantor's first story, plays herself in the film in multiple scenes.
- 11/18/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
Talk to any investigative reporter, and they will fill your ears with tales about the combination of excitement and pure existential dread that occurs right before an editor hits the Publish button. So much legwork leads up to that moment; so much shoe-leather, metaphorical or otherwise, gets sanded away in the name of bringing something to light, or someone to justice. Then, with a click — and in the age of digital journalism, it’s usually a click — they pass the point of no return (and/or enter the realm of...
- 11/17/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
This review originally ran October 13, 2022, in conjunction with the film’s world premiere at the New York Film Festival.
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s explosive New York Times report on Harvey Weinstein’s decades-long abuse behind the scenes at Miramax and his own company broke Hollywood open, exposing a new generation of workplace tyrants and sex pests, and creating, hopefully, some social shifts for good.
Five years after the rise of the #MeToo hashtag and three years after the publication of Kantor and Twohey’s book, Hollywood seeks to tell the tale of its own reckoning in a film of the same, succinct title: “She Said.”
Director Maria Schrader offers a film that certainly represents a “Hollywoodization” of the otherwise tedious and tiresome events that occurred in order for Kantor and Twohey to get their witnesses to go on the record, complete with dramatic phone calls, door slams, screaming arguments.
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s explosive New York Times report on Harvey Weinstein’s decades-long abuse behind the scenes at Miramax and his own company broke Hollywood open, exposing a new generation of workplace tyrants and sex pests, and creating, hopefully, some social shifts for good.
Five years after the rise of the #MeToo hashtag and three years after the publication of Kantor and Twohey’s book, Hollywood seeks to tell the tale of its own reckoning in a film of the same, succinct title: “She Said.”
Director Maria Schrader offers a film that certainly represents a “Hollywoodization” of the otherwise tedious and tiresome events that occurred in order for Kantor and Twohey to get their witnesses to go on the record, complete with dramatic phone calls, door slams, screaming arguments.
- 11/17/2022
- by Fran Hoepfner
- The Wrap
Five years after allegations surfaced against Harvey Weinstein, the bombshell investigation that exposed the movie titan to be a serial sexual abuser is getting the Hollywood treatment — and his victims are helping filmmakers tell the story. “She Said,” based on the book by New York Times investigative journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who first reported on Weinstein’s history of sexual harassment and assault in depth, hits theaters this weekend. The film doesn’t just center on the two reporters. It’s also about the women who came forward to expose Weinstein’s abuse across decades, igniting the hashtag #MeToo, blazing a cultural and societal fire of truth-telling and knocking down systemic abuses of power in the workplace. The Universal-distributed movie includes an unprecedented level of participation from these same women, many of whom advised the filmmakers and some of whom act on-screen.
When “She Said” premieres Nov.
When “She Said” premieres Nov.
- 11/17/2022
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
When journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published their first bombshell report on Harvey Weinstein in The New York Times in October 2017, the eventual Pulitzer Prize-winning expose included eight different accusers. Some of them were named (like actress Ashley Judd or former Miramax employee Lauren Madden), while others opted to tell their stories but to remain anonymous.
Navigating the comfort levels of each accuser when it came time to share their stories was key to Kantor and Twohey’s process. Five years later, as the story behind their investigation makes its way to the big screen in the form of Maria Schrader’s incendiary “She Said,” that same care and attention remains front and center.
So does the continued search for the truth. Like the women who inspired her film, the German director’s first English-language feature is rooted in a desire for veracity, done with the kind of thoughtfulness...
Navigating the comfort levels of each accuser when it came time to share their stories was key to Kantor and Twohey’s process. Five years later, as the story behind their investigation makes its way to the big screen in the form of Maria Schrader’s incendiary “She Said,” that same care and attention remains front and center.
So does the continued search for the truth. Like the women who inspired her film, the German director’s first English-language feature is rooted in a desire for veracity, done with the kind of thoughtfulness...
- 11/16/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Zoe Kazan as Jodi Kantor in She Said, directed by Maria Schrader. The film She Said is based on the book of the same name, which Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey wrote about their New York Times investigation into sexual misconduct at Harvey Weinstein’s film company. Zoe Kazan, who stars as Kantor in the movie, told us it was very important to her that the focus of the film wasn’t just on the article, but the stories of the authors. (Click on the media bar below to hear Zoe Kazan) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Zoe_Kazan_Telling_Story_as_movie_.mp3
She Said opens in theaters on Friday.
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She Said opens in theaters on Friday.
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- 11/16/2022
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
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Jamie Lee Curtis, Kim Kardashian, Janelle Monáe, Carey Mulligan, Margot Robbie, Seth Rogen and Yvonne Orji are set to present at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast gala. In addition, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey will keynote the event, taking place Dec. 7 in Los Angeles.
Rogen will present the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award to close friend and collaborator Charlize Theron. The award, which was established in honor of the former CEO of Paramount Pictures, recognizes trailblazers and philanthropists.
Orji, meanwhile, will present the Equity in Entertainment Award to her friend and Insecure co-star, Issa Rae. The Equity in Entertainment award recognizes individuals who amplify the voices of underrepresented communities in the entertainment industry.
Additionally, two-time Academy Award nominee Mulligan will introduce keynote speakers Kantor and Twohey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalists who authored the investigation into allegations of decades...
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kim Kardashian, Janelle Monáe, Carey Mulligan, Margot Robbie, Seth Rogen and Yvonne Orji are set to present at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment breakfast gala. In addition, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey will keynote the event, taking place Dec. 7 in Los Angeles.
Rogen will present the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award to close friend and collaborator Charlize Theron. The award, which was established in honor of the former CEO of Paramount Pictures, recognizes trailblazers and philanthropists.
Orji, meanwhile, will present the Equity in Entertainment Award to her friend and Insecure co-star, Issa Rae. The Equity in Entertainment award recognizes individuals who amplify the voices of underrepresented communities in the entertainment industry.
Additionally, two-time Academy Award nominee Mulligan will introduce keynote speakers Kantor and Twohey, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalists who authored the investigation into allegations of decades...
- 11/15/2022
- by THR staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carey Mulligan opened up about what it was like to take on the role of a real-life pivotal figure involved in one of Hollywood’s most explosive scandals.
In the upcoming biographical drama “She Said”, the actress portrays Megan Twohey, one of the New York Times journalists who exposed the sexual abuse allegations against powerful film producer, Harvey Weinstein.
“I think we felt that weight of responsibility, and I felt that on other jobs,” the actress told People at the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Friday during the 2022 AFI Fest. “I think particularly when you play a real person, you have that, but the stories that we were telling are so real and so recent, and not just to the people that were involved in the film, but to viewers, to an audience.
Read More: Carey Mulligan And Zoe Kazan Uncover Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault Scandal In First Trailer...
In the upcoming biographical drama “She Said”, the actress portrays Megan Twohey, one of the New York Times journalists who exposed the sexual abuse allegations against powerful film producer, Harvey Weinstein.
“I think we felt that weight of responsibility, and I felt that on other jobs,” the actress told People at the film’s Los Angeles premiere on Friday during the 2022 AFI Fest. “I think particularly when you play a real person, you have that, but the stories that we were telling are so real and so recent, and not just to the people that were involved in the film, but to viewers, to an audience.
Read More: Carey Mulligan And Zoe Kazan Uncover Harvey Weinstein Sexual Assault Scandal In First Trailer...
- 11/6/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Zoe Kazan recalls her research for playing New York Times journalist Jodi Kantor in the film She Said taking on a “mimetic quality” as the real-life similarities accumulated.
At Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York event, Kazan described feeling “in communion” with Kantor, one-half of the duo who broke the Harvey Weinstein story. “Our kids went to the same preschool. We’re taking the same subway to work. The New York Times building is down the street from all the theaters I’ve worked at,” she said. “I felt like, ‘Oh, I know Jodi — we wear the same backpack to work!’ There’s some sense in which, she’s a Brooklyn mom, I’m a Brooklyn mom.”
Related: Contenders New York 2022: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
An additional “deep tie with Jodi,” she said, was their shared experience of having their parents provide child care for their toddlers. Given the...
At Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York event, Kazan described feeling “in communion” with Kantor, one-half of the duo who broke the Harvey Weinstein story. “Our kids went to the same preschool. We’re taking the same subway to work. The New York Times building is down the street from all the theaters I’ve worked at,” she said. “I felt like, ‘Oh, I know Jodi — we wear the same backpack to work!’ There’s some sense in which, she’s a Brooklyn mom, I’m a Brooklyn mom.”
Related: Contenders New York 2022: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
An additional “deep tie with Jodi,” she said, was their shared experience of having their parents provide child care for their toddlers. Given the...
- 11/5/2022
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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Five years after New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor released their bombshell report alleging decades of sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein, the film version of their journey to the story has arrived.
In She Said, Carey Mulligan stars as Twohey with Zoe Kazan as Kantor, illustrating the months of reporting and conversations with survivors that would go on to launch the #MeToo movement. After debuting at the New York Film Festival last month, the Universal film screened at Los Angeles’ AFI Fest on Friday.
“I’m so interested in the psyche of someone who can ring someone up in the middle of the day and ask them the worst thing that’s ever happened to them, that they can gain that person’s trust and then relay that to the world,” Mulligan told The Hollywood Reporter of getting into the mind of a reporter.
Five years after New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor released their bombshell report alleging decades of sexual abuse by Harvey Weinstein, the film version of their journey to the story has arrived.
In She Said, Carey Mulligan stars as Twohey with Zoe Kazan as Kantor, illustrating the months of reporting and conversations with survivors that would go on to launch the #MeToo movement. After debuting at the New York Film Festival last month, the Universal film screened at Los Angeles’ AFI Fest on Friday.
“I’m so interested in the psyche of someone who can ring someone up in the middle of the day and ask them the worst thing that’s ever happened to them, that they can gain that person’s trust and then relay that to the world,” Mulligan told The Hollywood Reporter of getting into the mind of a reporter.
- 11/5/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It’s that time again, when Deadline decamps to New York City to bring you the latest installment of our Contenders Film series, with the lowdown on some of our favorite Oscar-season possibilities.
Today’s installment, live and in-person at The Times Center in Manhattan, offers some show-stopping talent (see the full lineup and schedule of panels below).
Related: Contenders New York 2022: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
One of the juiciest much-awaited stories this season is Universal Pictures’ She Said, the Maria Schrader-directed telling of the investigation behind New York Times’ 2017 exposé of Harvey Weinstein that launched the #MeToo movement in Hollywood. Based on the 2019 book by the story-breaking journalists Jodi Kantor and Meghan Twohey, Zoe Kazan will be here to talk about her role as Kantor, starring opposite Carey Mulligan as Twohey.
As with She Said, stories based on truth tend to rank high among Oscar contenders, and this year is no exception.
Today’s installment, live and in-person at The Times Center in Manhattan, offers some show-stopping talent (see the full lineup and schedule of panels below).
Related: Contenders New York 2022: Deadline’s Complete Coverage
One of the juiciest much-awaited stories this season is Universal Pictures’ She Said, the Maria Schrader-directed telling of the investigation behind New York Times’ 2017 exposé of Harvey Weinstein that launched the #MeToo movement in Hollywood. Based on the 2019 book by the story-breaking journalists Jodi Kantor and Meghan Twohey, Zoe Kazan will be here to talk about her role as Kantor, starring opposite Carey Mulligan as Twohey.
As with She Said, stories based on truth tend to rank high among Oscar contenders, and this year is no exception.
- 11/5/2022
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Painful pasts and the path forward were central to the 2022 Wif Honors last Thursday. Held at a ballroom bathed in magenta at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, the annual event honors the accomplishments of women in the entertainment industry. This year, honorees included "Abbott Elementary" creator Quinta Brunson, "The Woman King" director Gina Prince-Bythewood, and "Don't Worry Darling" director Olivia Wilde.
The ceremony began how all ceremonies should: with Jane Fonda. The veteran actor, who last month disclosed her cancer diagnosis, was met with a standing ovation. Fonda was there to present the second-ever Humanitarian Award, named in her honor, to Michaela Coel, whom she described as a "boundary-pushing" artist who "makes us think about hard stuff in new ways." Fonda personally picked Coel and was an early champion of her seminal show "I May Destroy You."
Coel is currently on a marathon "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" press tour...
The ceremony began how all ceremonies should: with Jane Fonda. The veteran actor, who last month disclosed her cancer diagnosis, was met with a standing ovation. Fonda was there to present the second-ever Humanitarian Award, named in her honor, to Michaela Coel, whom she described as a "boundary-pushing" artist who "makes us think about hard stuff in new ways." Fonda personally picked Coel and was an early champion of her seminal show "I May Destroy You."
Coel is currently on a marathon "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" press tour...
- 11/1/2022
- by Kelsey Garcia
- Popsugar.com
When the jury is dismissed each day in Harvey Weinstein’s trial, before they exit the courtroom, the judge reminds the jurors not to consume any media or read any news reports surrounding the high-profile case.
On Friday, Judge Lisa B. Lench added one extra reminder to her parting words, instructing the jury not to watch the trailer for “She Said,” Universal’s upcoming film about the journalists who broke the story that ignited Weinstein’s downfall and the #MeToo movement.
“She Said,” which hits theaters on Nov. 18, is based on the book by New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, about their bombshell investigation into Weinstein’s alleged pattern of sexual harassment and assault. Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan play the two journalists in the movie that is getting strong reviews and even early Oscars buzz.
This is not the first time “She Said” has come up in Weinstein’s case.
On Friday, Judge Lisa B. Lench added one extra reminder to her parting words, instructing the jury not to watch the trailer for “She Said,” Universal’s upcoming film about the journalists who broke the story that ignited Weinstein’s downfall and the #MeToo movement.
“She Said,” which hits theaters on Nov. 18, is based on the book by New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, about their bombshell investigation into Weinstein’s alleged pattern of sexual harassment and assault. Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan play the two journalists in the movie that is getting strong reviews and even early Oscars buzz.
This is not the first time “She Said” has come up in Weinstein’s case.
- 10/29/2022
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
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