“Not everything is supposed to make you comfortable,” says Julia Roberts in Luca Guadagnino’s After The Hunt. Roberts plays a beloved college professor who finds her loyalties torn between her colleague (Andrew Garfield) and her star student (Ayo Edebiri) after the latter accuses the former of having “crossed the line.” After The Hunt‘s marketing played up its nervy provocations, willingness …
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Julia Roberts stars as Alma in After the Hunt. Yannis Drakoulidis/Amazon MGM Studios hide caption toggle caption Yannis Drakoulidis/Amazon MGM Studios There’s a brief moment in the high-toned academic potboiler After the Hunt when Julia Roberts lets out her signature laugh — that glorious, full-throated cackle that harks back at least to Pretty Woman. It’s wonderful to hear it again, …
Read More »Julia Roberts’ #MeToo Drama Is 100% #OhHellNo
You do not need to have attended Yale, or indeed any Ivy League university in any East Coast state, to recognize the archetype that is Hank Gibson. He’s handsome, bearded, and young, though not nearly as young as the students who eagerly congregate around him, hanging on his every word. A philosophy professor at the esteemed institution of higher learning …
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Julia Roberts landed at the Venice Film Festival wrapped up in her director. As she flashed her famous smile, the iconic star donned a custom white cardigan with Luca Guadagnino’s face emblazoned all over it. The garment fit in more ways than one. Guadagnino, the prolific Italian auteur behind “Call Me by Your Name,” “Challengers” and “Queer,” thrives on making …
Read More »Ayo Edebiri Says #MeToo, BLM Work ‘Not Finished’ in Viral Interview
Ayo Edebiri‘s response to a question about the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements, posed to her After the Hunt colleagues, Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield, in a recent interview, has gone viral, as the reporter behind the inquiry is defending her line of questioning. Federica Polidoro asked Roberts and Garfield, in an on-camera interview where they were joined by …
Read More »Ayo Edebiri Says MeToo, Black Lives Matter Not Dead in Tense Interview
Ayo Edebiri is being praised on social media for how she handled an uncomfortable interview moment while promoting her new movie, “After the Hunt,” at the Venice Film Festival. “The Bear” Emmy winner was joined by co-stars Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield for a chat with ArtsLife TV, but the interviewer only asked Roberts and Garfield to weigh in on …
Read More »Julia Roberts Defends After the Hunt Against #MeToo Questions at Venice
Julia Roberts defended her new film “After the Hunt” at a heated Venice Film Festival press conference, where the star was questioned about the movie’s statements surrounding the #MeToo movement and cancel culture. In the thriller, set in the world of higher education, Roberts as a beloved college professor who finds herself at a personal and professional crossroads when her …
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