The Assistant (2019)
First screened in February 2020
Director: Kitty Green. Cast: Julia Garner, Jon Orsini, Noah Robbins, Matthew Macfadyen, Makenzie Leigh, Juliana Canfield, Kristine Froseth, Alexander Chaplin, Dagmara Dominczyk, Patrick Wilson, Stéphanye Dussud, Jay O. Sanders. Screenplay: Kitty Green. Twitter Capsule:
Taut, sobering handle on material that could have tilted into sensationalism in so many ways. Your skin will crawl.
VOR:④
Rare modern film to comment on the immediate cultural moment, with no metaphoric filter. Grim portrait of demeaning labor, specific and general.
