If you want to know why blockbuster movies don’t win awards like Oscars, Avengers: Endgame director Joe Russo blames former Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein. Russo recently spoke to The Sunday Times,

The director claims that before the 1990s, blockbuster movies were more regularly recognized by major awards bodies.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Joe Russo, one-half of the sibling powerhouse producing/directing team known as the Russo Brothers, posited that today’s blockbuster versus indie discourse is in large part to Harvey Weinstein’s Oscars campaign playbook.

Harvey Weinstein responded to Julia Stiles recently saying that she “felt so slimy” filming a specific scene at the now-disgraced filmmaker’s behest for the 2000 rom-com “Down to You.” On Brett Goldstein’s “Films To Be Buried With” podcast last week,

Julia Stiles is recalling working with Harvey Weinstein on a movie she says was “executed very poorly.” The actress appeared on a recent episode of the Films To Be Buried with Brett Goldstein podcast, where she opened up about feeling “so slimy” during reshoots for her 2000 teen rom-com Down to You .