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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s love affair has been a long talked about one in the entire entertainment industry — both the way the pair tied the knot and the way they decided to part ways. Decades ago, in the early 2000s, this power couple went on to date, marry, and welcome four children before realizing they weren’t really each other’s forever.

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When this epiphany came, of course, this power couple went their separate ways as well, but it feels like the reality TV princess hasn’t been having the best time of her life since then. If anything, as per the details the exclusive reports have about it, Kardashian is reportedly weeping as a single mother after her split from the rapper cum record producer.

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Supersex is here to tell the story behind one of the biggest male pornstars this world has ever seen. The Netflix series follows the life story of popular pornstar Rocco Siffredi, from his childhood in Ortona, Italy to becoming a sexual sensation. Alessandro Borghi stars in the leading role of Siffredi, and he puts everything into his performance to portray a complex and damaged character. If you loved the character-based drama, themes of deep-seated psychological issues, and sex in Supersex then you should check out these similar shows next.

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It’s Supersex but Japanese and much more comedic and raunchy. Yes, we are talking about The Naked Director. Based on a novel titled Zenra Kantoku Muranishi Toru Den by Nobuhiro Motohashi, the semi-biographical Netflix series follows the life of Toru Muranishi, a very important figure in the Japanese porn industry. The series delves into...

“Ultimately, this is a mystery show, grounded on characters in a world that we could believe in,” declares “Silo” creator and showrunner Graham Yost. For our recent webchat he adds, “What is real and what isn’t? Who controls the knowledge? And then the big thing for me is, why is this happening? Why are they living underground? That kept me going through the three books,” he says, adding with a knowing smile, “buy the books, but don’t read them until the entire television series is over, because we’re going to veer in some ways and stay close in others. But mostly we want to get the fun of revealing the answers to the mysteries!” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

SEEMorten Tyldum interview: ‘Silo’ director and producer

In “Silo,” the last 10,000 people on Earth are living in a gargantuan concrete silo a mile underground, supposedly keeping them...

“If you see the opening title, you see just echoes of people,” explains Morten Tyldum about the mystery that imbues every level of the behemoth silo structure that sustains thousands of human beings in a post-apocalyptic world. For our recent webchat he adds, “you see these are ghostly people walking around, and that is the idea that humanity doesn’t really matter, it is the silo that endures.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

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In “Silo,” the last 10,000 people on Earth are living in a gargantuan concrete silo a mile underground, supposedly keeping them safe from the destroyed and dangerous post-apocalyptic world outside. No one knows when or why the silo was built and anyone who asks too many questions gets in serious trouble. When engineer Juliette (Rebecca Ferguson) begins investigating the murder of a loved one, she uncovers a...

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Abigail Disney’s Fork Films, the production company and funder that has backed titles including The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales, Crip Camp and The Tale, has closed its doors, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

A handful of staff positions (fewer than 10) at the company, which put an emphasis on impact-driven documentary projects, have been terminated as a result of the closure. Disney first informed the staff of her decision in February, with the intention of shutting down entirely by September. Variety was the first to report the news.

“After much reflection, Abigail decided to close Fork Films,” a representative said in a statement. “Several Fork Films’ staff members will continue working on ‘The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales,’ its release and impact campaign in the coming months. She plans to continue making films.”

Founded in 2007 by Disney, the granddaughter of...

Jennifer Rainsford’s documentary looks at the human resilience of the planet.

UK-based company Taskovski Films has acquired world sales rights to Jennifer Rainsford’s documentary All Of Our Heartbeats Are Connected Through Exploding Stars, which has its world premiere at Visions du Reel in Switzerland next week.

In the context of the March 2011 tsunami which devastated the Japanese coastline, the film looks at how people, plants and animals continue to coexist in the aftermath of this tragedy.

All Of Our Heartbeats… is produced by Michael Krotkiewski, Mirjam Gelhorn and David Herdies for Sweden’s Momento Film, in association with...

BET has launched BET Studios, a first-of-its-kind venture that offers equity ownership for Black content creators. BET Studios, buoyed by the monetary backing of BET and ViacomCBS, will provide premium television and film content for internal buyers, including Paramount Plus, Showtime, CBS, Nickelodeon, BET Plus and BET. BET Studios debuted Wednesday with principal partners Kenya Barris (“Black-ish”), Rashida Jones (“Hot Girls Wanted”) and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas (“S.W.A.T.”).

“The demand for premium content from Black creators has accelerated dramatically as a result of both the rapidly changing media and social landscapes,” said BET president Scott Mills in a statement. “BET, with our 40-year legacy of celebrating Black culture, and the full power of the ViacomCBS ecosystem — is uniquely positioned to service this demand. As a company with its origin in Black entrepreneurship, we are incredibly excited to create the first major studio to provide Black creators with ownership, creative freedom and...

ViacomCBS Wednesday announced the launch of BET Studios led by Aisha Summers-Burke with partners including Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas. The studio venture provides equity ownership to Black creators across premium TV and film content.

Deadline had reported in March that the longtime Warner Bros. Television development executive Summers was leaving the studio to join the ViacomCBS venture.

Propelled by the infrastructure and financing of BET and ViacomCBS, BET Studios will create premium television series and films for an array of internal buyers, including Paramount+, Showtime, CBS, Nickelodeon, BET+ and BET in addition to select third-party platforms that it said “seek best-in-class content from both leading and rising Black creatives.”

Burke will be responsible for working collaboratively with the Studio’s creative partners and key internal constituencies. She will overseeing day-to-day creative affairs, oversee the BET Studios content slate and focus on growing its production output...

Emmy Award-winning “Schitt’s Creek” star Annie Murphy is a little less Alexis in her latest lead role for AMC and a little more generic sitcom wife gone off-script (and sanguinary). During its Television Critics’ Association Winter Press Tour, the network released a trailer for the genre-busting dark dramedy “Kevin Can F**k Himself,” premiering sometime this summer.

As evidenced in the trailer, the series breaks television conventions by probing the secret life of the sitcom housewife archetype and asking what the world would look like through her eyes when she snaps and takes the lead in her own life. Alternating between single-camera realism and multi-camera comedy, the formats will inform one another as we see Annie Murphy’s character (Allison) realize that what she really wants is to stop playing perfect and to start killing her husband.

“Kevin Can F**k Himself” hails from ‘Parks and Recreation” regular and “Hot Girls Wanted” producer Rashida Jones,...

Earlier this week, a press release went out for the upcoming production of Sell/Buy/Date, a film adaptation of playwright Sarah Jones’ one-woman show about the sexual exploitation of women, produced by such luminaries as Meryl Streep, Rashida Jones, and Laverne Cox. Following outrage among sex workers on social media, however, who felt that Jones had co-opted their stories and that Jones and Streep had a history of espousing anti-sex worker causes, Cox abruptly dropped out of the production on Thursday, stating on Twitter, “I am no longer involved...

Rashida Jones shines in “On the Rocks.” In this A24/Apple TV+ release, she plays Laura, a woman who suspects her husband (Marlon Wayans) might be having an affair. She enlists the help of her father (Bill Murray) to get to the bottom of things. She’s an awards contender for this role, but it’s surprising she hasn’t been acknowledged more for her acting by awards groups since that’s what she’s best known for. She has actually been recognized more often for her work behind the camera.

She was part of the cast of the David E. Kelley series “Boston Public,” which earned her an NAACP Image Award nomination in 2002. She joined the Emmy-winning “The Office” in 2006, playing Karen, and shared in our Gold Derby Award for Best Comedy Ensemble in 2007.

SEESofia Coppola on reuniting with Bill Murray and Rashida Jones for ‘On the Rocks’

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Musician and producer extraordinaire Quincy Jones has won 27 Grammys over the course of his career, which ties him with country singer Alison Krauss as the second most awarded person in the awards’ history. This year he could add to that total, and he would be joined by his daughter Rashida Jones. They’re nominated together for Best Music Film for “Quincy,” the Netflix documentary about his life.

Quincy Jones has won Grammys for some of the most famous recordings in music history, including Album of the Year for Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller” (1984) and his own “Back on the Block” (1991), plus Record of the Year for Jackson’s “Beat It” and the USA for Africa collaboration “We Are the World.” But this is his first nomination in 17 years. He was last nominated in 2002, when he picked up a bid for Best Instrumental Arrangement for “Soul Bossa Nova” and won Best Spoken...

In Netflix’s 2015 documentary, Hot Girls Wanted, Riley Reynolds, now 29, was portrayed as a clean cut, business-minded alternative to the sleazy porn agent stereotype, taking young amateur hopefuls under his wing, moving them into South Florida “model apartments” and guiding their careers through his talent agency, Hussie Models LLC. Sure, Reynolds had a preference for young-looking “teeny boppers,” and predicted the talent pool would never dry up, since “everyday another girl turns 18”; but overall, he came across in the movie as a likeable entrepreneur working hard on behalf of his clients.

Not too many people can count Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, and Paul McCartney among their admirers. All three make appearances in the new trailer for the Netflix documentary “Quincy,” praising the life and work of the inimitable Quincy Jones. A fully authorized portrait of the music icon, “Quincy” is directed by Jones’s daughter, the actress Rashida Jones, in collaboration with Alan Hicks. Weaving archival footage with intimate moments of daily life, the film is sure to be a revealing and fitting tribute.

Per the official synopsis: “A unique force of nature in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended musical and racial boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of Black America. Beyond his own acclaim as a trumpeter, producer, conductor, composer and arranger, Jones’s inimitable gift to discover the biggest talents of the past half of the century is unprecedented. He has mentored...

As you might have expected, the porn industry isn’t especially pleased with Netflix’s new series “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On.” The co-creators have responded to the criticism they’ve received, with Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus telling Variety that “the narrative has kind of become hijacked, that we exposed sex workers and that we put them in danger by telling the world that they were sex workers, when in fact we never ever did that.”

Read More: ‘Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On’ Review: Rashida Jones Brings Us The Ultimate Feminist Porn (Minus the Porn)

A follow-up to Bauer and Gradus’ documentary “Hot Girls Wanted,” the new series was, like the movie, co-executive produced by Rashida Jones. A number of performers have claimed that they were included in “Turned On” without their consent, a notion the filmmakers dispute.

“They saw themselves, and then on Twitter, as themselves, using their own handles,...

2017-04-24T05:03:45-07:00Is Feminist Porn a Thing?For many, the term “feminist porn” may seem like an oxymoron. However, for Holly Randall and Erika Lust, it’s a very real passion as well as a sub-industry that’s disappearing. It’s this world of reclaimed sexuality that Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On focuses on in its first episode, the cheekily titled “Women on Top.” Turned On is the series adaptation of another Netflix documentary, Hot Girls Wanted. Directed by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus and executive produced by Rashida Jones, the original documentary explores the dark corners and disturbing trends of the amateur porn industry. It’s a simultaneously eye-opening and compassionate look into the horrors of one of the world’s most profitable but least discussed jobs. Read the rest of this article at Decider. Rashida Jones is best known for her role in the sitcom Parks and Recreation.

Netflix's new series Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On opens with legendary female porn director, Suze Randall, now silver-haired at 70 years-old, tackling a question that has divided feminists for decades: can pornography be female friendly? Can the women be treated well? Are they sexually empowered?

Producers Rashida Jones, Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus spend the series – which is a follow-up to their 2015 documentary about amateur pornography in Florida, called Hot Girls Wanted – trying to answer those questions. Although many viewers found the documentary captured an accurate slice of a very specific experience,...

We’ve seen it a bunch of times before: A film acquired by Netflix performs well, and the streaming service commissions a series based vaguely on the concept. “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” led to David Gelb heading up “Chef’s Table.” “Wet Hot American Summer” begat “First Day of Camp.” And the 2015 documentary “Hot Girls Wanted” now brings us “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On.”

Created by Ronna Gradus, Jill Bauer, and Rashida Jones, this documentary series is (despite the title) not all that explicit. It is, however, deeply embedded in the idea that human beings like to have sex, and thus exploring the ways in which technology and commerce have become embedded in that basic biological urge.

Read More: Sundance Live: Shooting ‘Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On’ in 4k — Watch

Four of the first season’s six episodes focus on sex as an act with a transactional element (y’know,...

Stars: Brittany Andrews, Lisa Ann, Aubrey Gold, Darren James, Johnnie Keyes, Chasey Lain, Bud Lee, Janine Lindemulder, Ginger Lynn, Georgina Spelvin | Directed by Bryce Wagoner

As you can probably tell by some of the reviews I have here on Nerdly, I am a fan of classic pornography. Between the early 70′s and mid 80′s, there were many classics not just being churned out, but being released with as much care and attention as some of the biggest “legitimate” films of the era. Performers who could genuinely act, directors with actual artistic vision, script writers and talented individuals behind the scenes. These were actual films. Fast forward to today and although there is still some genuine talent, one can’t help but feel that the industry has lost some of its artistry and craftsmanship. Instead of performers who can deliver lines, we now have a pretty face with a shelf life...

“Hot Girls Wanted” was just the start.

Netflix is releasing “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On,” which is a six-part anthology series based on the acclaimed feature documentary. Produced by Rashida Jones, Jill Bauer and Roma Gradus, this unflinchingly candid series goes inside six true and personal stories about those affected by the explosion of the Internet, and how it can promise sex and intimacy with just a click.

Read More: 7 Big Reveals From the Directors of ‘Hot Girls Wanted’

One story will follow a young woman who works for Hussie Models, a pro-amateur porn agency out of North Miami Beach. Another story explores the fantasy role playing aspect of the business. One young woman is a cam girl who feels that she fulfills the role of a psychiatrist: “I’m making a difference.” We’ll also meet some of the men who consume this online fantasy, including one guy who...

It’s Ezra Koenig’s first time at the Sundance Film Festival, but the Vampire Weekend singer has a pro by his side — his girlfriend (and Park City vet!) Rashida Jones.

The cute couple — who have kept their relationship largely under wraps — stopped by the Variety Studio (sponsored by Orville Redenbacher’s) on Saturday and didn’t shy away from showing off some Pda.

“She was calling him ‘baby,’ and after her interview at the studio, she walked up to him and was hugging him,” an onlooker tells People. “They were very comfortable together.”

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Rashida Jones said she feels under siege addressing women’s issues in her Netflix docuseries “Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On” in the era of President Donald Trump. “It’s more important than it’s ever been before to tell these kinds of stories because we’re at war,” Jones told TheWrap CEO Sharon Waxman at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday. “We’ve blatantly voted in a man who brags about sexual assault and who normalized it,” said Jones, who returned to Sundance with fellow executive producer Ronna Gradus and the follow-up to their 2015 debut film “Hot Girls Wanted,” a feature documentary about the effects.

Netflix has a new crop of docuseries set for 2017. This week, the streaming service announced the premiere dates for their upcoming series Abstract: The Art of Design and Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On.Earlier this week, Netflix chief Ted Sarandos revealed the platform plans on doubling their original content for the year 2017. So far, the streaming service has 20 new original series planned for next year.Read More…...

The Sundance Film Festival continues to embrace the diversity of great content being made today, with a full roster of special events programming that features established festival favorites like Jill Soloway, Rashida Jones and Gina Prince-Bythewood.

Read More: Sundance 2017 Announces New Frontier Lineup, Including 22 Vr Experiences and 11 New Installations

Making its world premiere at the fest is “I Love Dick,” Soloway’s Amazon comedy featuring Kevin Bacon as the titular Dick, a “charismatic artist” who upends the marriage of Kathryn Hanh and Griffith Dunne. In addition, the Netflix documentary “Hot Girls Wanted” gets a sequel directed by Rashida Jones; “Turned On” explores “the intersection of sex and technology,” per the official release.

Broadcast networks find themselves surprisingly well-represented in the line-up, with the ABC comedy “Downward Dog” (featuring Allison Tolman as a young woman with a special relationship with her dog) as well as the Fox limited series “Shots Fired,...

Two years after Robert Redford’s last Sundance Film Festival onscreen appearance with Nick Nolte in A Walk In The Woods, the founder of the Utah gathering is back with The Discovery, it was revealed today as the Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Midnight, Spotlight, Kids and Special Events programs were unveiled.

Co-starring past Sundancer Jason Segel and Rooney Mara, the Charlie McDowell-helmed and co-written pic is one of 18 dramas making their world debut at the festival, set for January 19-29. Additionally, Sundance 2017 sees performances by Cate Blanchett, Kevin Spacey, Holly Hunter, Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige, Salma Hayek, another trip to Park City for Adam Scott and Alison Brie, Toni Colette, Game Of Thrones’ Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, another film with the deceased Anton Yelchin, Shirley MacLaine, plus the return of 2016 Sff alums Armie Hammer and Riley Keough, among others. Empire co-creator Danny Strong’s directorial debut portrait of J.D. Salinger,...

Subverting the Unexpected

At the end of the 20th century, Bobcat Goldthwait’s legacy read like a cheap joke: He was a screaming comedian from the eighties best known as Zed in the “Police Academy” franchise who once tried at his hand at directing a movie (“Shakes the Clown”). Those achievements barely skimmed the surface of Goldthwait’s ability, as the ensuing years made clear, when Goldthwait completely transformed his career into one of the most provocative American filmmakers working today. With the microbudget “Sleeping Dogs Lie” (aka “Stay”), Goldthwait showed his potential to funnel taboo subject matters into oddly touching, relatable human dramas, a proclivity he kicked up to a whole new level with the subversive black comedy “World’s Greatest Dad,” which features Robin Williams in one of his all-time great roles.

Goldthwait has kept innovating, with each new movie offering a fresh perspective on the naive assumptions...

What a difference a year makes. Last January, Amazon didn't buy a single film at the Sundance Film Festival. This year, the streaming giant bought six, including the second-biggest deal of the festival, Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea for a whopping $10 million. Similarly, Netflix — which bought just one small documentary at Sundance 2015, the porn world expose Hot Girls Wanted — swooped in and snatched up six titles, including the Paul Rudd road trip film The Fundamentals of Caring for nearly $7 million. As the annual indie festival officially wrapped Sunday, there was no mistaking the

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Read More: 10 Must-See Documentaries at Doc NYC 2015 At the opening address for Doc NYC's "Show Me The Money" day, filmmaker Abigail Disney discussed what it's like getting funding for documentaries today, and provided a few tips on how to find money for your projects. Disney is a founder of Fork Films, has produced several documentaries, including "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" and "Hot Girls Wanted" and entered the directorial fray with this year's "The Armor of Light." During the chat, Disney spoke extensively about her experiences with documentary film and her tips on how to find funding for them. Her Goals with Documentary and How She Approaches the Medium"I learned a lot from my first film, which was about Liberian women who call themselves 'Peace builders.' That’s a thing. You build peace. Peace doesn’t just lie there waiting for you to arrive at it, it’s something you build toward.

The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out in Los Angeles last night (September 12), just a week ahead of the Andy Samberg-hosted Primetime Emmy Awards event.

HBO scooped the highest number of awards, with Game of Thrones and Queen Latifah's Bessie among the major winners.

Digital Spy presents a full list of all the winners and nominees below:

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series

American Masters

Cancer: The Emperor Of All Maladies

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst - Winner

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

The Sixties

Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special

The Case Against 8

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief - Winner

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck

Sinatra: All or Nothing At All

Virunga

Outstanding Variety Special

Bill Maher: Live From D.C.

The Kennedy Centre Honors

Mel Brooks Live At The Geffen

The Saturday Night Live 40th Anniversary Special...

It seems like documentaries are reaching a wider audience than ever before, and part of that has to be because of Netflix. The streaming-video giant has placed an emphasis on acquiring high-profile non-fiction movies like the Oscar-nominated “The Square” and “Virunga,” and twenty documentaries, including “The Battered Bastards Of Baseball” and “Hot Girls Wanted,” have premiered as such. The next, and one of the most notable to date, is “Keith Richards: Under The Influence.” The doc from Morgan Neville, the Oscar-winning director of “20 Feet From Stardom” and “Best Of Enemies” is a portrait of the legendarily hellraising Rolling Stones guitarist as he records his first solo record in nearly 25 years and looks back on his love of music and, as the title might suggest, his strong blues orientation. Read More: Review: The Rolling Stones Under Review 1975-1983, A Compelling Examination Of An Overlooked Era Netflix have just debuted a trailer for the new movie,...

Netflix this morning held a TCA panel in which several of its trophied documentary filmmakers talked about their experience having projects distributed by the streaming service. Not surprisingly, they raved about it. Jill Bauer, director-producer of Hot Girls Wanted, told TV critics that the last time she was on her way to Los Angeles, when the driver of her car found out she had a docu on Netflix, “he went into this whole thing about never watching documentaries before…...

Netflix this morning held a TCA panel in which several of its trophied documentary filmmakers talked about their experience having projects distributed by the streaming service. Not surprisingly, they raved about it. Jill Bauer, director-producer of Hot Girls Wanted, told TV critics that the last time she was on her way to Los Angeles, when the driver of her car found out she had a docu on Netflix, “he went into this whole thing about never watching documentaries before…...

Netflix gave 45 minutes to producers and directors of some of its top documentaries during Tuesday’s Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour, touting one of the true standout genres for the streaming giant. “Chef’s Table” director David Gelb (pictured above, second from the right) told the ballroom of reporters at the Beverly Hilton that he is “optimistic” for a second season of his culinary-centric series. Likewise, “Hot Girls Wanted” director and producer Jill Bauer (pictured, far left) said she was “hopeful” for a Netflix follow-up on her amateur porn doc. Neither sound like they are done deals at the moment.

Read More: 7 Big Reveals From the Directors of 'Hot Girls Wanted' The Sundance-sensation "Hot Girls Wanted" continues to gain momentum long after its festival run thanks to its May premiere on Netflix, which has ignited conversations surrounding the lucrative porn industry and the increasingly-accepting culture around it. The film enters the world of "amateur" porn in Miami where girls enter the industry at barely-legal ages, and it raises difficult questions in terms of how porn should be treated and where it exists in the context of modern day feminism. Rashida Jones ("Parks and Recreation") served as the documentary's producer, and she continues her nuanced, albeit controversial, discussion of "this conflation of pop culture and porn that’s happening right now" with "Vice Meets" host Gianna Toboni. The two of them candidly discuss the violent acts against women in pornography and where consent, intention and...

Worth sharing interview with Rashida Jones, discussing, at length, her new feature documentary, "Hot Girls Wanted," which Netflix is releasing. Described as a first-ever look at the realities of the professional “amateur” porn industry, and the steady stream of 18-to-19-year old girls entering into it, the film is directed by Jill Bauer & Ronna Gradus. Jones, who produced the documentary, talked to Vice host Gianna Toboni, in the below video-taped chat, in which she not only talks about the film, but also shares her opinions on "the pornification of everything," as she puts it, the dangers of this trend, plus commentary on influential...

Read More: Watch: Trailer for Rashida Jones-Produced 'Hot Girls Wanted' Examines Amateur Porn Industry After taking Sundance by storm, "Hot Girls Wanted," Ronna Gradus and Jill Bauer's intimate exposition of young pornography performers, has been attracting audiences nationwide via its release on Netflix. The documentary, which has been playing on the streaming site since May, won strong reviews from publications such as Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, and it has drawn attention for its frank profiling of the current pornography industry and its (very) young participants. Back in April, Gradus and Bauer participated in a roundtable panel where they discussed the making of the film and what they hope it achieves. It's an illuminating, fascinating conversation about the technological age and, more broadly, the world we live in today. Read on below to see 7 of the discussion's biggest reveals: They were surprised by the backgrounds of their.

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]

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Hot Girls Wanted, the new documentary on Netflix, displays a difficult relationship between fantasy and reality.

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Over the years more and more regulations on the methods of the porn industry have resulted in a decline in production. But, the demand for pornography doesn.t stop. And so the industry has seen a dramatic increase in amateur production where it is much more simple and affordable to promote directly to an audience. While we may look at amateur porn like Kevin Smith.s Zack and Miri Make A Porno, there.s a much darker, disturbing side to the industry. Rashida Jones. documentary, Hot Girls Wanted reveals the reality of amateur porn, and it may not be what you expected. Take a look at the trailer. Hot Girls Wanted documents the frightening reality of the amateur porn industry. As you can tell from the trailer, many of these newly made porn stars are simply young teenagers who clicked an ad that promised them fame. Though it is legal...

This Rashida Jones-produced documentary looks at the amateur porn industry and the young women it attracts as performers. Directed by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus, Hot Girls Wanted looks at the lives of several 18- and 19-year-olds and how they were recruited — plus how reality stacks up against their expectations as they decided to pursue this line of work. The picture debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it was picked up by Netflix. Bauer, Gradus and…...

This Rashida Jones-produced documentary looks at the amateur porn industry and the young women it attracts as performers. Directed by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus, Hot Girls Wanted looks at the lives of several 18- and 19-year-olds and how they were recruited — plus how reality stacks up against their expectations as they decided to pursue this line of work. The picture debuted at this year’s Sundance Film Festival where it was picked up by Netflix. Bauer, Gradus and…...

Every day, more and more films are added to the various streaming services out there, ranging from Netflix to YouTube, and are hitting the airwaves via movie-centric networks like TCM. Therefore, sifting through all of these pictures can be a tedious and often times confounding or difficult ordeal. But, that’s why we’re here. Every week, Joshua brings you five films to put at the top of your queue, add to your playlist, or grab off of VOD to make your weekend a little more eventful. Here is this week’s top five, in this week’s Armchair Vacation.

5. Forbidden Empire (VOD)

While fantasy narratives, period costuming and CGI effects are often left for either the studio Oscar bait season or the occasional Hollywood blockbuster, lower and lower budget indie releases are getting access to higher and higher quality below-the-line craft work. Take Oleg Stepchenko’s Forbidden Empire for example.

“Every day, a new girl turns 18,” says talent agent Riley in the trailer for “Hot Girls Wanted.” The “talent” Riley scouts are 18-to-21-year-old “teenyboppers,” whom he introduces to the amateur porn industry. The stunning documentary reveals the dark side of the subgenre, detailing how barely-legal women are recruited into uncomfortable and compromising situations. These women, lured by fast money and the promise of freedom through Craig’s List ads, are groomed into performers who very recently had been high school cheerleaders or were considered Daddy’s little girl. As stated in the trailer, the shelf life of an amateur...

Read More: How the Porn Industry Set the Stage for Micro-Budget FilmmakingOver the past decade and a half, the porn industry has been impacted by the same shifts in production and distribution methods as its mainstream counterpart. And the effect has been similar, resulting in a massive increase in amateur production, due to the affordability of equipment that enables virtually anyone to create and promote media products directly to an audience. Well-received by critics following its premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, "Hot Girls Wanted" is a documentary that studies the relationship dynamics between amateur porn producers and performers. Based on the trailer, which you can watch above, the film surfaces a wide range of issues, including but not limited to misogyny, agency and mental healthcare. "Hot Girls Wanted" is not the first time co-directors Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus have tackled the porn industry. Back in 2012, the duo made "Sexy.

"Parks & Recreation" star Rashida Jones has been critical about what she sees as an increasingly sexualized culture, and it's a position that has seen her take a fair share of heat. And that likely won't stop with her upcoming documentary "Hot Girls Wanted," produced by Jones, and directed by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January, and acquired by Netflix, the film takes a look at the amateur porn industry, and how it trades on the aspirations of teenagers and young women, and exploits them in an industry that is only getting bigger and more mainstream each year. "...very often the women in this type of porn are just starting out, so they can't negotiate the conditions of their employment. They show up thinking they'll be in control and are often asked to do a particularly brutal scene—and the only way to get paid is to do it.

Netflix has set a release date for its upcoming docu-series project. Chef’s Table, from filmmaker David Gelb, will debut on the streaming platform on April 26, 2015.

Announced back in September 2014, Chef’s Table is a six-part series which takes a look at the lives and culinary techniques of six of the world’s greatest chefs. Each one hails from a different location: Massimo Bottura is from Italy, Niki Nakayama from Los Angeles, Francis Mallmann from Argentina, Magnus Nilsson from Sweden, Dan Barber from New York, and Ben Shewry from Australia.

Gelb, who previously directed the sushi chef profile documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi, is an executive producer for Chef’s Table alongside Andrew Fried, Brian McGinn, and Matt Weaver. Dane Lillegard will co-executive produce for the series’ production company Boardwalk Pictures.

Chef’s Table joins a growing list of documentary-style projects Netflix is adding to its library over the next few years.

Netflix made some small ripples at the Sundance Film Festival when it snagged Rashida Jones-produced documentary Hot Girls Wanted, about the amateur adult film industry, and now the streaming giant is leaving its mark on Berlin as well. Jadotville, a war thriller starring Fifty Shades of Grey actor Jamie Dornan, has been acquired by Netflix for release sometime in 2016, it was announced today.

The Richie Smyth-directed flick, which co-stars Guillaume Canet, is based on the 1961 siege of an Irish Un battalion by 3,000 Congolese troops, led by French and Belgian mercenaries carrying out the orders of powerful mining companies. Dornan plays Irish commander Patrick Quinlan, while Canet plays a French commander.

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos stated:

“The story of how Pat Quinlan led his troops against an overwhelming force without losing a single man is one of the great stories of the 20th century, and we are proud...

Netflix came into Park City this year with all the bearings of a big spender, but the streaming giant never made the massive purchases that many analysts had expected it to. Instead, the company has picked up documentary Hot Girls Wanted as its first Sundance acquisition.

The film, directed by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus in collaboration with the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research, looks at the modern world of pornography and focuses on the young women who make a living in the lucrative industry. It critically examines how amateur performers are routinely exploited by their employers. Netflix will premiere the doc sometime this year.

Rashida Jones (TV’s Parks & Recreation, Celeste and Jesse Forever), who produced the pic, expressed support for the deal in an official statement:

“Netflix is the ideal partner for us; not only do they understand this film but they’re the perfect platform to reach...

Netflix is adding a new non-fiction title to its ever-growing library of streaming content. The video-on-demand subscription service has purchased the documentary Hot Girls Wanted from producer Rashida Jones.

Hot Girls Wanted explores the world of the amateur porn industry and how the women who choose to enter that career are exploited. Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus directed the documentary with support from the Kinsey Institute for Sex Research. Deadline originally reported the story and noted Hot Girls Wanted debuted at Sundance on January 24, 2015.

“Netflix is the ideal partner for us; not only do they understand this film but they’re the perfect platform to reach the many people who need to see it,” said Jones in a statement.

“Jill and Ronna have exposed a shocking world of hope and heartbreak,” added Netflix’s VP of Global Independent Content Erik Barmack. “The filmmakers gained unprecedented access into a world never documented until now,...

Fresh off its premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Ronna Gradus and Jill Bauer's provocative documentary "Hot Girls Wanted" has been acquired by Netflix. The non-fiction feature explores the world of professional amateur porn and the steady stream of 18+ young girls who cycle through it.  "Jill and Ronna have exposed a shocking world of hope and heartbreak," said Erik Barmack, Netflix VP of Global Independent Content. "The filmmakers gained unprecedented access into a world never documented until now, and we are proud to bring their unflinching work to a global audience." The documentary duo's previous film, "Sexy Baby," is now available on the online streaming website. "Hot Girls Wanted" is co-produced by Rashida Jones ("Parks and Recreation") and will be released on Netflix sometime in 2015. Read More: All the Sundance 2015 Acquisitions As They Come In...