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One woman claims that Knowles "touched my ass, my thighs… a little grab, as I was walking by," on multiple occasions including at a Halloween party, and once offered to put her name on a list for a Captain America screening at an Alamo Drafthouse theater "if I gave him a kiss."https://twitter.com/qloriaisfake/status/912101598364610566A second woman, an[...]
As Ain't It Cool News founder Harry Knowles steps back from the website in the wake of multiple sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations, who will step up to defend him? The Toxic Avenger will! No, wait, sorry, it's Lloyd Kaufman!The Troma co-founder and director of films such as The Toxic Avenger and Tromeo and[...]
As the nonstop @#$% show of sexual assault and harassment allegations surrounding this year's Fantastic Fest continues, festival co-founder Harry Knowles has stepped away from the website he founded, Ain't It Cool News.Knowles's sister Dannie will take over running the site in Knowles absence, he announced on Twitter:https://twitter.com/headgeek666/status/912845069144743938Fantastic Fest has been embroiled in scandal this year,[...]
Lisa Petrucci runs Something Weird Video, the film distributor specializing in old exploitation films that hosted a secret screening at Fantastic Fest of Ed Wood's lost 1970 softcore pornographic comedy, Take It Out In Trade The screening has been criticized for not letting people know about the content of the film before the event, potentially[...]
Another woman has made allegations of sexual harassment at Alamo Drafthouse and failure by management to take appropriate action to prevent it.Fantastic Fest has been embroiled in scandal this year, following a series of revelations about festival co-founder and Alamo Drafthouse owner Tim League, Ain’t It Cool News founder and Fantastic Fest co-founder Harry Knowles, and former Alamo Drafthouse employee Devin Faraci.Faraci parted ways with[...]
The CEO of Alamo Drafthouse and co-founder of Fantastic Fest, has responded to the multiple claims of sexual assault and sexual harassment that have plagued this year's festival.Fantastic Fest has been embroiled in scandal this year, following a series of revelations about festival co-founder and Alamo Drafthouse owner Tim League, Ain’t It Cool News founder and Fantastic Fest co-founder Harry Knowles, and former Alamo[...]
Following earlier reports of a secret screening of Ed Wood's once-lost pornographic comedy Take It Out In Trade which disturbed viewers who say they weren't warned about the film's content beforehand, another screening at Fantastic Fest has once again disturbed its audience And this time, video was published on Fantastic Fest's own Facebook page.The Square[...]
The fallout from the various scandals surrounding Fantastic Fest continues.Following allegations of sexual assault against Ain't It Cool News founder and Fantastic Fest co-founder Harry Knowles, longtime contributor Eric "Quint" Vespe has announced his departure from the site, along with fellow contributors Steve "Capone" Prokopy and "Horrorella." Vespe announced the news in a statement posted to[...]
A Fantastic Fest screening of Ed Wood's Take It Out In Trade, a softcore pornographic comedy filmed in 1970 that was believed lost until 2014, sparked negative reactions after some attendees say they weren't adequately warned about the film's content.Advertised as a secret screening and organized by Lisa Petrucci, Something Weird, and the American Genre[...]
