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Hamilton (2006 Film)
''Hamilton'' is a 2006 independent drama film directed by Matthew Porterfield, set and shot in Baltimore, Maryland. The film was screened at several international film festivals, including the Maryland Film Festival. It was released on DVD by The Cinema Guild as part of a two-disc set with Porterfield's second feature, ''Putty Hill'', on November 8, 2011. Plot The film's plot deals with two accidental parents and how they manage to work their lives around being premature parents. Cast * Christopher H. Myers as Joe * Stephanie Vizzi as Lena * Sarah Siepp-Williams as Candace * Gina Christine Mooers as Linda * Jasmine Bazinet-Phillips as Courtney * Megan Clark as April * Madeleine Saar Reeser as Adeline * Tiffany Boone as Briana * Marie Collins as Marie * Sarah Jane Gerrish as Vicky Production Principal photography mostly took place in Baltimore, Maryland. Release The film was released at the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 2, 2006. Home Media The film was released on DVD on No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Porterfield
Matthew "Matt" Porterfield (born October 6, 1977) is an American independent filmmaker. He has made four feature films to date, ''Hamilton'' (2006), ''Putty Hill'' (2011), ''I Used to Be Darker'' (2013) and ''Sollers Point'' (2017). ''Putty Hill'' and ''I Used to Be Darker'' had their international premieres at the Berlin International Film Festival. All of his features have had their local premieres at the Maryland Film Festival. Life and career Porterfield was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and had formal training at the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. He teaches screenwriting and production in the Film and Media Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University. His low-budget debut feature, ''Hamilton'', made on 16 mm film with a cast of non-professional actors from Baltimore, proved a "minor miracle", wrote Richard Brody in The New Yorker. The magazine went on to tag the film as "the most original, moving and an accomplished American independent film in recent ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Saulnier
Jeremy Saulnier (; born June 10, 1976) is an American film director, cinematographer and screenwriter. Career In 2007, he released his first feature film, ''Murder Party'' which he wrote and directed starring his childhood friend, Macon Blair. In 2013, he released ''Blue Ruin'' which was met with critical acclaim. It holds a 96% on Rotten Tomatoes and 77/100 in Metacritic. He was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards and made a run at Cannes. In 2015, Saulnier directed his third feature film, the horror-thriller ''Green Room'', which stars Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, and Imogen Poots. The movie was distributed by A24 and was certified fresh with a 90% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Saulnier's latest film is an adaptation of William Giraldi's 2014 thriller novel ''Hold the Dark'' for Netflix, from a screenplay by Macon Blair. Filmography Short films Feature films Cinematographer only * ''Hamilton'' (2006) * Tis Autumn: The Sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltimore
Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic, and the 30th most populous city in the United States with a population of 585,708 in 2020. Baltimore was designated an independent city by the Constitution of Maryland in 1851, and today is the most populous independent city in the United States. As of 2021, the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be 2,838,327, making it the 20th largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore is located about north northeast of Washington, D.C., making it a principal city in the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area (CSA), the third-largest CSA in the nation, with a 2021 estimated population of 9,946,526. Prior to European colonization, the Baltimore region was used as hunting grounds by the Susquehannock Native Americans, who were primarily settled further northwest than where the city was later built. Colonist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. Baltimore is the largest city in the state, and the capital is Annapolis. Among its occasional nicknames are '' Old Line State'', the ''Free State'', and the '' Chesapeake Bay State''. It is named after Henrietta Maria, the French-born queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, who was known then in England as Mary. Before its coastline was explored by Europeans in the 16th century, Maryland was inhabited by several groups of Native Americans – mostly by Algonquian peoples and, to a lesser degree, Iroquoian and Siouan. As one of the original Thirteen Colonies of England, Maryland was founded by George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, a Catholic convert"George Calvert and Cecilius Calvert, Barons Baltimore" William Hand Browne, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang. Although the name "Rotten Tomatoes" connects to the practice of audiences throwing rotten tomatoes in disapproval of a poor stage performance, the original inspiration comes from a scene featuring tomatoes in the Canadian film ''Léolo'' (1992). Since January 2010, Rotten Tomatoes has been owned by Flixster, which was in turn acquired by Warner Bros in 2011. In February 2016, Rotten Tomatoes and its parent site Flixster were sold to Comcast's Fandango. Warner Bros. retained a minority stake in the merged entities, including Fandango. History Rotten Tomatoes was launched on August 12, 1998, as a spare-time project by Senh Duong. His objective in creating Rotten Tomatoes was "to create a site where people can get access to reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maryland Film Festival
The Maryland Film Festival is an annual five-day international film festival taking place each May in Baltimore, Maryland. The festival was launched in 1999, and presents international film and video work of all lengths and genres. The festival is known for its close relationship with John Waters, who is on the festival's board of directors and selects a favorite film to host within each year of the festival. Each U.S. feature screened within the festival is hosted by one or more of its filmmakers. The many internationally known filmmakers who have presented their work within Maryland Film Festival include Barry Levinson, David Simon, Kathryn Bigelow, Melvin Van Peebles, Lena Dunham, Lisandro Alonso, Bobcat Goldthwait, Amy Seimetz, David Lowery (director), David Lowery, Joe Swanberg, Greta Gerwig, Barry Jenkins, Todd Solondz, Anna Biller, and Jonathan Demme. In addition to forty or more new features and fifty or more new short films, each Maryland Film Festival includes one favo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cinema Guild
The Cinema Guild Inc. is a film distribution company. It was established by Philip and Mary-Ann Hobel, producers known for their work in documentaries and features, including the film ''Tender Mercies''. Since 1968, the Cinema Guild has been a distributor of both documentary and fiction films (narrative features and shorts), offering distribution in all markets, including educational, non-theatrical, theatrical, television, cable, internet, and home video. The Cinema Guild launched its own home video brand in March 2009. The company released its first Blu-ray, '' Marwencol'', in 2011. Internationally acclaimed filmmakers who have released films through the Cinema Guild include Claire Denis, Jacques Rivette, Agnès Varda, Pedro Costa, Béla Tarr, Hong Sang-soo, Alexander Sokurov, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Kazik Radwanski. The distributor has also worked with such U.S.-based independent filmmakers as Andrew Bujalski, Jem Cohen, and Matthew Porterfield. Releases * ''24 City'' (J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Putty Hill
''Putty Hill'' is a 2010 American independent drama film directed by Matthew Porterfield, and starring Sky Ferreira, Zoe Vance, and James Siebor. The plot focuses on friends and family who gather to remember a young man in the aftermath of his death and attempt to reconstruct his last days. Plot The film revolves around a community of friends and family as they cope with the untimely death of a young man named Cory in Baltimore, Maryland. Throughout the film the characters engage one on one with the camera discussing their relationship to Cory and their reactions to his death. Cast *Sky Ferreira as Jenny, Cory's Cousin; Spike's Daughter. *Zoe Vance as Zoe, Cory's Older Sister. *James Siebor as James, Cory's Brother. *Dustin Ray as Dustin, Cory's Best Friend. *Charles Sauers as Spike, Cory's Uncle; Jenny's Father; Cathy's Brother. *Cathy Evans as Cathy, Mother of Cory, Zoe, James and Marina; Spike's Sister. *Virginia Heath as Virginia, Cathy and Spike's Mom. *Cody as Cody, Dustin's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiffany Boone
Tiffany Boone (born August 27, 1987) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Roxy Jones in ''Hunters (2020 TV series), Hunters'', List of The Following characters#Mandy Lang, Mandy Lang in the The Following (season 2), second season of the Fox Broadcasting Company, FOX TV series ''The Following'' and for her supporting roles as Savannah Snow and Mimi in the fantasy film ''Beautiful Creatures (2013 film), Beautiful Creatures'' and the horror-comedy film ''Detention (2011 film), Detention'', respectively. Early life Boone was raised by her mother in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother works for the Social Security Administration. Her father was murdered in 1991, when she was three. In 2009, Boone graduated from California Institute of the Arts. Filmography Film Television References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Boone, Tiffany 1987 births Living people Actresses from Baltimore California Institute of the Arts alumni American film actresses American televi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Yorker
''The New Yorker'' is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. Founded as a weekly in 1925, the magazine is published 47 times annually, with five of these issues covering two-week spans. Although its reviews and events listings often focus on the Culture of New York City, cultural life of New York City, ''The New Yorker'' has a wide audience outside New York and is read internationally. It is well known for its illustrated and often topical covers, its commentaries on popular culture and eccentric American culture, its attention to modern fiction by the inclusion of Short story, short stories and literary reviews, its rigorous Fact-checking, fact checking and copy editing, its journalism on politics and social issues, and its single-panel cartoons sprinkled throughout each issue. Overview and history ''The New Yorker'' was founded by Harold Ross and his wife Jane Grant, a ''The New York Times, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Films
The following is an overview of events in 2006, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Evaluation of the year Legendary film critic Philip French of ''The Guardian'' described 2006 as "an outstanding year for British cinema". He went on to emphasize, "Six of our well-established directors have made highly individual films of real distinction: Michael Winterbottom's ''A Cock and Bull Story'', Ken Loach's Palme d'Or winner '' The Wind That Shakes the Barley'', Christopher Nolan's ''The Prestige'', Stephen Frears's ''The Queen'', Paul Greengrass's '' United 93'' and Nicholas Hytner's ''The History Boys''. Two young directors made confident debuts, both offering a jaundiced view of contemporary Britain: Andrea Arnold's Red Road and Paul Andrew Williams's London to Brighton. In addition the gifted Mexican Alfonso Cuaron came here to make the dystopian thriller '' Children of Men''." He also stated, "In the (Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Independent Films
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