Theater Thursday: Broadcast News (1987)
The film revolves around three characters who work in television news. Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) is a talented producer who tries to conceal how important it is for her to be found sexually attractive by a handsome man (William Hurt) who epitomizes everything about television news that appalls her. Jane’s best friend and frequent collaborator, Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks), is a gifted writer and reporter ambitious for on-camera exposure, who is secretly in love with Jane, and embittered by her rejection of him. Tom Grunick … Continue reading →