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Praise (film)
''Praise'' is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by John Curran and adapted by Andrew McGahan from his novel of the same name. The film stars Peter Fenton and Sacha Horler and is about two outcasts who fall into an unlikely relationship. Plot Gordon, a 25-year-old chain-smoking asthmatic who unhappily works at a Brisbane bottle shop, moves into a run-down residential hotel. He becomes embroiled in a romance with Cynthia, a former co-worker who suffers from eczema and low self-esteem. Gordon and Cynthia occupy themselves with drink, drugs, sex, and Scrabble. A love triangle arises when Gordon's former love, Rachel, comes back into his life. Cast Release The film premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival. It was also screened as part of the Panorama section at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. Critical reception Elvis Mitchell of ''The New York Times'' wrote ''Praise'' "is uncanny and sizzling because it has the apparently aimless feel of a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Curran (director)
John Curran (born September 11, 1960) is an American film director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Utica, New York, Curran studied illustration and design at Syracuse University, then worked as an illustrator, graphic designer, and production designer in Manhattan before moving to Sydney, Australia in 1986. There he worked on television commercials before writing and directing the short film ''Down Rusty Down''. For his debut feature film, the 1998 drama ''Praise'', he was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Direction and won the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Director and the International Critics' Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Six years passed before Curran tackled his next project, the independent film ''We Don't Live Here Anymore'', for which he was nominated for the Grand Special Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. He followed this two years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrabble
''Scrabble'' is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles, each bearing a single letter, onto a game board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares. The tiles must form words that, in crossword fashion, read left to right in rows or downward in columns and are included in a standard dictionary or lexicon. The name ''Scrabble'' is a trademark of Mattel in most of the world, except in the United States and Canada, where it is a trademark of Hasbro, under the brands of both of its subsidiaries, Milton Bradley and Parker Brothers. The game is sold in 121 countries and is available in more than 30 languages; approximately 150 million sets have been sold worldwide, and roughly one-third of American and half of British homes have a ''Scrabble'' set. There are approximately 4,000 ''Scrabble'' clubs around the world. Game details The game is played by two to four players on a square game board imprinted with a 15×15 grid of cells (individually known as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964) is an American author, screenwriter, short-story writer, and director. Ellis was first regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack and is a self-proclaimed satirist whose trademark technique, as a writer, is the expression of extreme acts and opinions in an affectless style. His novels commonly share recurring characters. When Ellis was 21, his first novel, the controversial bestseller '' Less than Zero'' (1985), was published by Simon & Schuster. His third novel, '' American Psycho'' (1991), was his most successful. Upon its release the literary establishment widely condemned it as overly violent and misogynistic. Though many petitions to ban the book saw Ellis dropped by Simon & Schuster, the resounding controversy convinced Alfred A. Knopf to release it as a paperback later that year. Ellis's novels have become increasingly metafictional. '' Lunar Park'' (2005), a pseudo-memoir and ghost story, received positive reviews. ''Imperi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ... TV listings, listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Magazine, TV Guide Magazine LLC, in 2008. Corporate history Prototype The prototype of what would become ''TV Guide Magazine'' was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), who was the circulation director of Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications, MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Cowles Media Company – distributing magazines focusing on movie celebrities. In 1948, Wagner printed New York City area lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvis Mitchell
Elvis Mitchell (born December 6, 1958) is an American film critic, host of the public radio show ''The Treatment'', and visiting lecturer at Harvard University. He has served as a film critic for the ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', the ''LA Weekly'', ''The Detroit Free Press'', and ''The New York Times''. In the summer of 2011, he was appointed as curator of LACMA's new film series, Film Independent at LACMA. He is also currently a Film Scholar and lecturer at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Life and career Mitchell was born in Highland Park, Michigan, in the Metro Detroit area. He graduated in 1980 from Wayne State University, where he majored in English. He was a film critic for the ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', the ''LA Weekly'', ''The Detroit Free Press'', and ''The New York Times''. In the 1990s, Mitchell was part of a short-lived PBS show called ''Edge''. On the series, he provided film commentary and general criticism. In one segment, Mitchell offered a quick run-down ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
49th Berlin International Film Festival
The 49th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 10 to 21 February 1999. The festival opened with ''Aimée & Jaguar'' by Max Färberböck. The Golden Bear was awarded to Canadian-American film '' The Thin Red Line'' directed by Terrence Malick. The retrospective dedicated to Austrian-American theatre and film director Otto Preminger was shown at the festival. 70 mm version of Preminger's 1959 musical film ''Porgy and Bess'' served as the closing night film. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Ángela Molina, actress (Spain) - Jury President * Ken Adam, production designer (United Kingdom) * Paulo Branco, producer and actor (Portugal) * Assi Dayan, actor, screenwriter, director and producer (Israel) * Pierre-Henri Deleau, actor and producer (France) * Katja von Garnier, director (Germany) * Hellmuth Karasek, journalist, writer and film critic (Germany) * Michelle Yeoh, actress (Malaysia) Films in competition The fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Toronto International Film Festival
The 23rd Toronto International Film Festival ran from September 10 to September 19, 1998. A total of 311 films were screened during the ten-day festival, commencing with the opening gala, ''The Red Violin''. Awards Programmes Gala Opening Night * ''The Red Violin'' by François Girard Gala Closing Night * ''Antz'' by Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson Gala Presentations * ''August 32nd on Earth'' by Denis Villeneuve * ''Central Station'' by Walter Salles * ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' by Pat O'Connor * ''Dog Park'' by Bruce McCulloch * ''Elizabeth'' by Shekhar Kapur * ''Hilary and Jackie'' by Anand Tucker * '' Judas Kiss'' by Sebastian Gutierrez * ''The School of Flesh'' by Benoît Jacquot * ''L.A. Without a Map'' by Mika Kaurismäki * ''Lautrec'' by Roger Planchon * '' Little Voice'' by Mark Herman * ''Living Out Loud'' by Richard LaGravenese * '' Pleasantville'' by Gary Ross * '' A Simple Plan'' by Sam Raimi * ''A Soldier's Sweetheart'' by Thomas Michael Donnelly * ''Without Limits'' b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Herriman
Damon Herriman is an Australian actor. He is known for his film and television work in Australia and the United States. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Dewey Crowe in ''Justified (TV series), Justified''. In 2019, he portrayed the cult leader and criminal Charles Manson in both the Netflix series ''Mindhunter (TV series), Mindhunter'' and in the Quentin Tarantino film ''Once Upon a Time in Hollywood''. Early life Damon Herriman was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He began acting in local television commercials at the age of eight, but it was not until he was cast as Frank Errol in ''The Sullivans'' two years later that his career began to take off. He continued to work solidly as a child actor, with a return to ''The Sullivans'' a year later, as well as the Australian series ''The Patchwork Hero'', ''Sara Dane'', ''For the Term of His Natural Life'' and ''Taurus Rising.'' He received three Logie Award nominations for his performance in ''The Sullivans''. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Prior
Susan Prior is an Australian actress. Early life and education Susan prior graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney. Career Prior has worked extensively with the Sydney Theatre Company, including '' Riflemind'', as well as acting in films and television series. In early 2022 Prior played one of the lead roles, as Martha, in a State Theatre Company South Australia production of Edward Albee's ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'', to acclaim by critics. Awards She won the 2014 AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in '' The Rover'' and was nominated for the 2012 AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actress in a Television Drama for ''Puberty Blues''. She was twice nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play, in 2008 for '' Riflemind'' and in 2014 for '' Small and Tired''. Filmography TV * ''Aftertaste'' (2021) - Denise *'' Frayed'' (2019) TV series - Ruth (2 episodes) *'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynette Curran
Lynette Curran is an Australian actress known for many roles in Australian television series and films, including the soap opera '' Bellbird'', and the films ''Country Town'' (1971) and ''Bliss'' (1985). Theatre She started acting in the theatre in 1964. Theatre work includes ''The Country Wife'', ''Rookery Nook'', ''Richard II'', ''Just Between Ourselves'', and ''Ashes'' for the Melbourne Theatre Company. She also played in ''Steaming'' for the Seymour Centre in Sydney.Atterton, Margot. (Ed.) ''The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Australian Showbiz'', Sunshine Books, 1984. p 54 Film and television Curran was a cast member of soap opera '' Bellbird'' when it started in 1967. She left the series permanently in 1974; at the time she left she was the program's last remaining original cast member. Curran acted in the film version of the serial ''Country Town'' (1971). She made several other film appearances in the 1970s, with roles in sex comedy ''Alvin Purple'' (1973), and in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Clarke
Jason Clarke (born 17 July 1969) is an Australian actor. He has appeared in many TV series, and is known for playing Tommy Caffee on the television series ''Brotherhood''. He has also appeared in many films, often as an antagonist. His film roles include ''Zero Dark Thirty'' (2012), ''White House Down'' (2013), ''Dawn of the Planet of the Apes'' (2014), ''Terminator Genisys'' (2015), ''Everest'' (2015), '' All I See Is You'' (2016), ''Mudbound'' (2017), '' Chappaquiddick'' (2017), '' First Man'' (2018), and ''Pet Sematary'' (2019). In 2022, he starred in the HBO sports drama series '' Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty'' as former Los Angeles Lakers player turned coach Jerry West. Early life Clarke was born and brought up in Winton, Queensland. His father worked as a sheep shearer in rural South Australia outside a small township of Padthaway on the Limestone Coast. His family also lived in North Queensland, where Clarke completed his secondary schooling at Ignatius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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