After the Hunt

"After the Hunt" (2025, dir. Luca Guadagnino) features a white tenured professor (Julia Roberts) whose life unravels after a Black student (Ayo Edebiri) reveals a predatory secret about her boyfriend, exploring MeToo dynamics, cancel culture, privilege, and power imbalances in academia. Diverse casting (including Edebiri, Theo James) and themes of identity, class, and accusation prioritize social justice messaging over pure thriller elements, though Guadagnino's arthouse style adds nuance rather than heavy preaching. Moderate woke content via progressive university politics. (87 words)