Browsing: Primetime

Primetime wants you uncomfortable, and it gets there fast. I have no problem with a film asking me to sit with something ugly. My problem is walking out of that discomfort feeling like the movie backed away from its own best questions. Making an audience squirm is easy. Giving that squirm somewhere meaningful to go…

Pattinson says ‘Primetime’ plot is ‘most terrifying’ thing that can happen to a parent

From a wild-eyed performance by Robert Pattinson to an Elon Musk documentary and a short film about Marilyn Monroe at 100, here are the Venice films attracting Oscars buzz.

The Chris Hansen biopic Primetime just premiered at the Venice Film Festival, and the first reviews are now online. Robert Pattinson portrays the journalist and TV host during his time on the controversial program To Catch a Predator, and the performance is generating a lot of Oscar buzz. Phoebe Bridgers is also earning notice for…