Nora Garrett’s original screenplay for “After the Hunt” netted big Hollywood names such as Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri and Andrew Garfield — by any standard a coup for a first-time screenwriter.

But the R-rated film, which premieres in Denver theaters Oct. 17, also finds itself in the middle of radioactive debates about sexual assault, academic freedom, race and gender. That #MeToo bent is intentional, but “After the Hunt” offers no easy answers in its tale of ambition, shame and forgiveness.

Movies about these topics often get stuck in circular arguments and sermons to the choir. But Denver native Garrett trades simplistic politics for provocative psychological drama. It’s got all the markings of an Oscar contender, both in Roberts’ commanding, nuanced performance and in Garrett’s origi

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