{"id":1337,"date":"2025-10-07T20:53:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bensemanoff.com\/wordpress\/?p=1337"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T20:53:42","slug":"yellowjackets-news-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensemanoff.com\/wordpress\/?p=1337","title":{"rendered":"Yellowjackets  |  News &#038; Press"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-13 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:15%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Yellowjackets  |  News &amp; Press<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-medium-gray-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-medium-gray-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-4 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"61\" src=\"https:\/\/bensemanoff.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Indiewire_transparent.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1245\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>2025 . 04 . 07     |     by Proma Khosla<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/features\/interviews\/yellowjackets-309-melanie-lynskey-ben-semanoff-1235113733\/\">&#8216;Yellowjackets&#8217; 309: Melanie Lynskey, Ben Semanoff<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u2018I Don\u2019t Think She\u2019s Unraveled. 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