For a second time, the US Supreme Court has declined President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn a federal civil jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E Jean Carroll. In June, the top court had already denied a prior attempt by Trump to review the civil case. The president has
We all have souls. That sentiment sits at the heart of “Pretty Babies,” Tyler-Marie Evans‘ feature debut, which world premieres Friday in competition at the Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival. The project attracted Jordan Wagner from Wagner Entertainment and also independent film icon Christine Vachon‘s Killer Films, who alongside star Ashley Benson took on producer roles.
Hannah Einbinder is optimistic about the future of queer cinema after starring in writer/director Jane Schoenbrun‘s latest film, “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma.” “I hope that with the hopeful success of films like this, that [Hollywood] is able to trust queer filmmakers and showrunners more,” Einbinder told Variety at the U.S. premiere of
When “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” director Jane Schoenbrun described their vision for the bloody one-take sequence in which Little Death (Jack Haven) massacres an entire summer camp — all set to Counting Crows’ 1996 rock ballad “A Long December” — they said it should feel like a Michael Bay movie. “That’s the one
“One Night Only” director Will Gluck doesn’t want you to overthink it. The filmmaker has been fielding a lot of inquiries about the premise, logic and loopholes of his new movie, a raucous romantic comedy about the one night a year where premarital sex is legal. (Think “The Purge,” but for banging instead of murder.)
From the omnipresent One Night Only trailer, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the movie glosses over its terrifying and absurd premise — in otherwise normal modern New York, single people can only have sex one night a year — to deliver an entirely traditional romantic comedy. I’m here to report that it does not