“One can’t depend on time. One doesn’t know. So, ultimately, that time has to be worth it even if it’s just existing. Even if it’s just being alive, breathing, if you can under these circumstances.”
–Martin Scorsese (from Martin Scorsese’s Quarantine Short Film for the BBC) Continue reading “Madelyn Land’s Top 10 Films of 2020”
There seem to be two different definitions of what an ‘assistant’ is. The one that most of us understand is that of someone who acts as a companion and aid in handling business and financial matters. To the unnamed film executive portrayed in The Assistant, an assistant is someone who acts as a personal punching bag and micro-manages the life of their incompetent employer. Continue reading “Review: ‘The Assistant’ Paints a Bleak Picture of the Place of Women in the Workplace”