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Five Nights In Maine
''Five Nights in Maine'' is a 2015 American drama film written and directed by Maris Curran. It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Plot After his dearest wife Fiona is suddenly killed in a car accident due to a traffic jam, Sherwin Owens goes to Maine to stay with his terminally ill mother-in-law, Lucinda, so they can grieve together. However, Lucinda is resentful and distant and Sherwin later discovers that she herself feels confronting guilt and grief over her daughter's death. Cast * David Oyelowo as Sherwin Owens * Teyonah Parris as Penelope * Dianne Wiest as Lucinda * Rosie Perez as Ann * Bill Raymond as George * Hani Furstenberg as Fiona Owens Reception ''The A V Club'' says it is "admirable in its avoidance of easy sentiment", but concludes "the less-is-more approach doesn’t entirely work here". ''Observer'' calls ''Five Nights in Maine'' "inconsequential" and "disappointing". ''The Wrap'' notes the detachment in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maris Curran
Maris Curran is an American filmmaker. She is best known for directing the films ''Five Nights in Maine'' and ''Jeannette''. Career Maris earned her BA from Smith College and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art and won a Fulbright Scholarship to Mexico City. In 2015, she directed her debut feature film, ''Five Nights in Maine'', starring David Oyelowo, Teyonah Parris, Rosie Perez and Dianne Wiest, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was released theatrically. In 2016, she directed the documentary short, ''The Man Is the Music'', about the artist and musician Lonnie Holley. In 2018, her short documentary film, ''While I Yet Live'', about five quilters and freedom fighters from Gee's Bend, Alabama premiered at the Berlinale. In 2022, Maris directed the feature documentary, ''Jeannette'', about Jeannette Feliciano, a survivor of the Orlando P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Oyelowo
David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo ( ; born 1 April 1976) is a British actor, director and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award and two NAACP Image Awards as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama. Oyelowo rose to prominence for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the biographical drama film ''Selma'' (2014) and Peter Snowdin in the HBO film ''Nightingale'' (2014), both of which garnered him critical acclaim. He also achieved praise for his roles as Louis Gaines in ''The Butler'' (2013), Seretse Khama in ''A United Kingdom'' (2016) and Robert Katende in ''Queen of Katwe'' (2016). He has also played supporting roles in the films ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011), ''The Help'' (2011), ''Lincoln'' (2012), ''Red Tails'' (2012) and ''Jack Reacher'' (2012). On television, Oyelow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FilmRise
FilmRise is a New York City–based film and television studio and streaming network, which has become one of the largest independent providers of content to ad-supported streaming (AVOD) platforms, in addition to providing the largest free direct to consumer service with its 22-owned and operated streaming channels, the "FilmRise Streaming Network". Currently, the FilmRise Streaming Network has reported more than 31.5 million downloads in the U.S. and can be seen on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Comcast, iOS, Android and Apple, among other platforms. FilmRise also syndicates its own digital linear channels (aka "FAST" or "Free Ad-Supported Television"") to platforms including The Roku Channel, Samsung TV Plus, Amazon's Freevee and Vizio. FilmRise has created a proprietary data analytics algorithm methodology that predicts consumer demand of content irrespective of perceived industry demand. This content is either under the radar or significantly underestimated by the industry. The comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Toronto International Film Festival
The 40th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from 10 to 20 September 2015. On 28 July 2015 the first wave of films to be screened at the Festival was announced. Jean-Marc Vallée's ''Demolition'' starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts was the opening night film; '' Mr. Right'' by Paco Cabezas was the closing night film. The year's edition included two new sections called Platform and Primetime. At Platform, twelve films will be screened in front of a jury, with the best film of the program winning the C$25,000 Platform Prize. Film directors Claire Denis, Jia Zhangke, and Agnieszka Holland were selected as the jurors for this section. At Primetime, six high-quality television programs will be presented at public screenings with Question and Answer sessions with show creators. The lineups for the TIFF Docs, Vanguard, Midnight Madness, and Masters sections were announced on 11 August 2015. More than 100 films were added to the festival's programme on 18 August. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama Film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent ( mimesis) characters. In this broader sense, drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine
Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and northwest, respectively. The largest state by total area in New England, Maine is the 12th-smallest by area, the 9th-least populous, the 13th-least densely populated, and the most rural of the 50 U.S. states. It is also the northeasternmost among the contiguous United States, the northernmost state east of the Great Lakes, the only state whose name consists of a single syllable, and the only state to border exactly one other U.S. state. Approximately half the area of Maine lies on each side of the 45th parallel north in latitude. The most populous city in Maine is Portland, while its capital is Augusta. Maine has traditionally been known for its jagged, rocky Atlantic Ocean and bayshore coastlines; smoothly contoured mountains; heavily f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teyonah Parris
Teyonah Parris ( ) is an American actress. Her first prominent career role was playing secretary Dawn Chambers in the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'' (2012–2015) and starring in the 2014 independent film ''Dear White People''. Since that, Parris starred in Spike Lee's film ''Chi-Raq,'' in US soap opera ''Empire'' and in Academy-nominated film ''If Beale Street Could Talk''. In 2021, Parris portrayed an adult Monica Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series ''WandaVision.'' She will reprise the role in ''The Marvels'', scheduled to be released in 2023. Parris has won two Black Reel Awards and received nominations at Screen Actors Guild Awards and NAACP Image Awards. Early life and education Parris was born on September 22, 1987 and raised in Hopkins, South Carolina. She was accepted into the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities where she finished 11th and 12th grade, before attending and graduating from the Juilliard School. Career She made her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dianne Wiest
Dianne Evelyn Wiest (; born March 28, 1948) is an American actress. She has won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for 1986’s ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' and 1994’s ''Bullets over Broadway'' (both of which were directed by Woody Allen), one Golden Globe Award for ''Bullets over Broadway'', the 1997 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for ''Road to Avonlea'', and the 2008 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for ''In Treatment''. In addition, she was nominated for an Academy Award for 1989’s '' Parenthood''. Other film appearances by Wiest include ''Footloose'' (1984); Woody Allen's ''The Purple Rose of Cairo'' (1985), ''Radio Days'' (1987), and ''September'' (1987); ''The Lost Boys'' (1987), '' Bright Lights, Big City'' (1988), ''Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), ''Little Man Tate'' (1991), ''The Birdcage'' (1996), ''Practical Magic'' (1998), ''Dan in Real Life'' (2007), ''Synecdoche, New York'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosie Perez
Rosa Perez (born September 6, 1964) is an American actress, choreographer, dancer, and activist. Her breakthrough came with her portrayal of Tina in the film ''Do the Right Thing'' (1989), followed by ''White Men Can't Jump'' (1992). Perez's performance in ''Fearless'' (1993) earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, among other accolades. Her starring film roles since include '' It Could Happen to You'' (1994), ''The Road to El Dorado'' (2000), ''Pineapple Express'' (2008), and ''Birds of Prey'' (2020). Perez earned three Primetime Emmy Award nominations for ''In Living Color'' (1990–1994) and another Emmy nomination for her work in ''The Flight Attendant'' (2020–present). She has performed in stage plays on Broadway such as '' The Ritz'', ''Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune'', and '' Fish in the Dark''. She was also a co-host on the ABC talk show '' The View'' during the series' 18th season. Early life Perez was born on September 6, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Raymond
William Joseph Raymond (born September 9, 1938) is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, theater and radio drama since the 1960s. Career He is featured in the second and fifth seasons of the HBO drama ''The Wire'' as "The Greek", the mysterious head of an international criminal organization. Other TV appearances include ''Miami Vice'', ''Law & Order'', ''Third Watch'', '' Ed'' and ''As the World Turns''. Raymond co-stars as Dr. Carroll on ''The Cobblestone Corridor'', premiering on October 16 on CPTV. In 2015, Raymond played Grand Albert in the kids TV show, ''Super Wings''. Film His film credits include ''Eight Men Out'', ''Michael Clayton'', ''C.H.U.D.'', ''The Crow'', ''Quick Change'', ''How I Got into College'', ''My New Gun'', ''12 Monkeys'', and ''Dogville''. Raymond played Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Schuyler Colfax in Steven Spielberg's ''Lincoln''. in 2014, he played the lead role in the ghost film ''Foreclosure'', opposite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hani Furstenberg
Hani Furstenberg ( he, חני פירסטנברג; born September 14) is an Israeli, American actress and singer, perhaps best known in Israel for her work in the films ''Yossi & Jagger'' and ''Campfire,'' and internationally for her role in '' The Loneliest Planet''. Early life Furstenberg was born in Israel to a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. She moved to New York City when she was six weeks old and lived there until her family returned to Israel when she was 16. Career In Israel, Furstenberg first gained notoriety for her role as Lilach in the TV drama ''The Bourgeoisie'' (''HaBurganim)'' and has since starred in numerous Israeli plays and television series, including the second season of ''False Flag'' and in the second season of ''American Gods'' as the loa, Maman Brigitte, the wife of Baron Samedi from Haitian Vodou. She made her Broadway debut in December 2014 playing Fraulein Kost in ''Cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Films
2015 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, and a list of films released and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of ''The New Yorker'' described 2015 as, "one of Hollywood's worst years" but also stated that it was also "a terrific year for movies over all". He emphasized that, "The anticipated Oscarizables have mainly ranged from the blandly enjoyable to the droningly disastrous. Partly, the problem is merely one of scheduling: most of Hollywood's inspired directors, the ones whose images have a natural musical sublimity and complexity, weren't on call this year. My list reflects the unfortunate accident of a calendar year with no release by many of the best American directors working in or out of the Hollywood system, such as Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson, Miranda July, Terrence Malick, James Gray, David Fincher, Steven Soderbergh, and Paul Thomas Anderson." Highest-grossing films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
