Getty Image It’s become a cliché — a very tired cliché — for journalists to ask esteemed auteurs whether or not they like the dominant (almost the only) kind of movie big Hollywood studios make these days: the superhero movie. Guess what? Unless they’ve been hired to make one of them, like Oscar-winner Chloe Zhao, …
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Jane Campion Apologizes To Venus And Serena Williams
“The last thing I would ever want to do is minimize remarkable women.” The Power of the Dog has been cleaning up during awards season — and it looks like it could win a ton of Oscars, too. Netflix / courtesy Everett Collection Jane Campion’s film is nominated for 12 Academy Awards this year. At …
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‘Power Of The Dog’ Director Jane Campion Apologized After Making Bizarre Comments About Venus And Serena Williams
Getty Image All good things come to an end, and so it is for Jane Campion. The acclaimed filmmaker has had it good for months. Her latest film, the revisionist Western The Power of the Dog, has been scooping up one award after another. It even got a bump when actor Sam Elliott inexplicably trashed …
‘She landed a good one on Sam Elliot and then, like Icarus before her…’: Jane Campion criticized for putting down Venus and Serena Williams in acceptance speech
Director Jane Campion has had a roller coaster of a weekend. She won three big awards in two days for directing The Power of the Dog—the DGA, the BAFTA, and the Critics Choice—and became a viral sensation with her response to Sam Elliott’s criticism of the film Saturday night, but by Sunday, the memes and …
‘The Power Of The Dog’ Director Jane Campion Called Sam Elliott A Certain Word Over His Comments About Her Film
Netflix For the first time in his life, Sam Elliott has pissed off a lot of people. The legendary actor recently appeared on WTF with Marc Maron, during which he took some time to slam The Power of the Dog, the revisionist Western that’s been Hoovering up one award after another. His comments have in …