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Rooney Mara
Patricia Rooney Mara ( ; born April 17, 1985) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Born into the Rooney and Mara families, she began her career acting in television and independent films, such as the coming-of-age drama ''Tanner Hall (film), Tanner Hall'' (2009), and she gained further recognition for a supporting role in David Fincher's biographical drama ''The Social Network'' (2010). Mara had a career breakthrough when she starred as Lisbeth Salander in Fincher's thriller ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011 film), The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'' (2011), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her career progressed with leading roles in the thriller ''Side Effects (2013 film), Side Effects'' (2013), the science fiction romance ''Her (film), Her'' (2013), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Sundance Film Festival
The 2017 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 19 to January 29, 2017. The first lineup of competition films was announced November 30, 2016. Awards The following awards were presented: * Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic – ''I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore'' by Macon Blair * Audience Award: Dramatic – ''Crown Heights (film), Crown Heights'' by Matt Ruskin * Directing Award: Dramatic – Eliza Hittman for ''Beach Rats'' * Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – David Branson Smith and Matt Spicer for ''Ingrid Goes West'' * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Performance – Chanté Adams for ''Roxanne Roxanne'' * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Director – Maggie Betts for ''Novitiate (film), Novitiate'' * U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Cinematography – Daniel Landin for ''The Yellow Birds (film), The Yellow Birds'' * Grand Jury Prize: Documentary – ''Dina (film), Dina'' by Dan Sickles (director), Dan Sickles and Antonio Santi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisbeth Salander
Lisbeth Salander is a fictional character created by Swedish author and journalist Stieg Larsson in his award-winning ''Millennium'' series. She first appeared in the 2005 novel ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'', as an asocial computer hacker with a photographic memory who teams up with Mikael Blomkvist, an investigative journalist and publisher of a magazine called ''Millennium''. Salander reappears in ''The Girl Who Played with Fire'' (2006) and '' The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'' (2007), sequels that Larsson had written before he died in 2004. The character has been positively received, with David Denby writing that Lisbeth Salander clearly accounts for a large part of the ''Millennium'' series' success. In the various film adaptations of the novels, actresses Noomi Rapace, Rooney Mara, and Claire Foy have all received praise for their portrayals of the character. In 2013, publisher Norstedts Förlag commissioned David Lagercrantz to continue the ''Millennium'' serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmare Alley (2021 Film)
''Nightmare Alley'' is a 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres. It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting. In terms of context and co ... film co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, and based on the Nightmare Alley (novel), 1946 novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham. It is the second feature film adaptation of Gresham's novel, following the Nightmare Alley (1947 film), 1947 version. A co-production between Searchlight Pictures, TSG Entertainment, and Double Dare You Productions, the film stars Bradley Cooper as a charming and ambitious carny, carnival worker with a mysterious past who takes big risks to boost his career. Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins, Rooney Mara, Ron Perlman, Mary Steenburgen, and David Strathairn also star. Del Toro announced the film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for the latter. Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish-language films—such as '' Cronos'' (1993), ''The Devil's Backbone'' (2001), and ''Pan's Labyrinth—''and English-language films, including ''Mimic'' (1997), ''Blade II'' (2002), ''Hellboy'' (2004), '' Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (2008), ''Pacific Rim'' (2013), ''Crimson Peak'' (2015), ''The Shape of Water'' (which he later novelized), '' Nightmare Alley'' (2021), and the stop-motion animated film ''Pinocchio'' (2022). As a producer or writer, he worked on the films '' The Orphanage'' (2007), '' Don't Be Afraid of the Dark'' (2010), ''The Hobbit'' film series (2012–2014), ''Mama'' (2013), '' The Book of Life'' (2014), '' Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Magdalene (2018 Film)
''Mary Magdalene'' is a 2018 biblical drama film about the woman of the same name, written by Helen Edmundson and Philippa Goslett and directed by Garth Davis. It stars Rooney Mara, Joaquin Phoenix, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Tahar Rahim. The film had its world premiere at the National Gallery in London on February 26, 2018. It was released in the United Kingdom on March 16, 2018, by Universal Pictures, in Australia on March 22, 2018, by Transmission Films, and in the United States on April 12, 2019, by IFC Films. It is the last film score completed by composer Jóhann Jóhannsson before his death. Plot In the year AD 30 when Judea was under the control of the Roman Empire, a woman named Mary from the small town of Magdala begins to follow Jesus of Nazareth. Her family and father try to interfere with her departing from her home, but she sends them away. She accepts baptism from Jesus and accepts his charge for her and the other apostles to baptize in the name of the Father. She ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Magdalene
Mary Magdalene (sometimes called Mary of Magdala, or simply the Magdalene or the Madeleine) was a woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to crucifixion of Jesus, his crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus, resurrection. She is mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels, more than most of the Apostles in the New Testament, apostles and more than any other woman in the gospels, other than Jesus' family. Mary's epithet ''Magdalene'' may mean that she came from the town of Magdala, a fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Roman Judea. The Gospel of Luke Luke 8, chapter 8 lists Mary Magdalene as one of the women who traveled with Jesus and helped support his ministry "out of their resources", indicating that she was probably wealthy. The same passage also states that seven demons Exorcism, had been driven out of her, a statement which is repeated in Mark 16. In all the four can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Ghost Story
''A Ghost Story'' is a 2017 American supernatural drama film written and directed by David Lowery and starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara, with Will Oldham, Liz Cardenas Franke, Sonia Acevedo, and Rob Zabrecky in supporting roles; Kesha appears briefly and has a few lines during a party scene. It is about a man who becomes a ghost and remains in the house he shared with his wife. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 22, 2017, and was released by A24 in the United States on July 7, 2017. It received positive reviews from critics. Plot A woman mentions to her musician husband that she moved a lot as a child and took to hiding little notes wherever she lived. The couple are planning to move from the small house they rent in suburban Dallas to an apartment in the city. Occasionally, they hear strange noises, and one night there is a particularly loud bang whose source they are unable to define. The next morning, the husband is killed in a car a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lion (2016 Film)
''Lion'' is a 2016 Australian biographical drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by Luke Davies based on the 2013 non-fiction book '' A Long Way Home'' by Saroo Brierley. The film stars Dev Patel, Sunny Pawar, Rooney Mara, David Wenham, and Nicole Kidman, as well as Abhishek Bharate, Divian Ladwa, Priyanka Bose, Deepti Naval, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. It tells the true story of how Brierley, 25 years after being separated from his family in India, sets out to find them. It is a joint production between Australia and the United Kingdom. The film, which had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2016, was given a limited release in North America on 25 November 2016, by The Weinstein Company before opening generally on 6 January 2017. It was released in Australia on 19 January 2017 and in the United Kingdom on 20 January 2017. ''Lion'' was well-received by critics, with p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carol (film)
''Carol'' is a 2015 romantic drama period film directed by Todd Haynes. The screenplay by Phyllis Nagy is based on the 1952 romance novel ''The Price of Salt'' by Patricia Highsmith (republished as ''Carol'' in 1990). The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy, and Kyle Chandler. Set in New York City during the early 1950s, ''Carol'' tells the story of a forbidden affair between an aspiring female photographer and an older woman going through a difficult divorce. ''Carol'' had been in development since 1997, when Nagy wrote the first draft of the screenplay. British company Film4 Productions and its then-chief executive Tessa Ross financed development. The film had a troubled development period, facing problems with financing, rights, scheduling conflicts, and accessibility. Number 9 Films came on board as a producer in 2011, when Elizabeth Karlsen secured the rights to the novel. The film is co-produced by New York-based Killer Films, which joined th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Her (film)
''Her'' (stylized in lowercase) is a 2013 American science-fiction romantic drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Spike Jonze. It marks Jonze's solo screenwriting debut. The film follows Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), an artificially intelligent virtual assistant personified through a female voice. The film also stars Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, and Chris Pratt. Jonze conceived the idea in the early 2000s after reading an article about a website that allowed for instant messaging with an artificial intelligence program. After making '' I'm Here'' (2010), a short film sharing similar themes, Jonze returned to the idea. He wrote the first draft of the script in five months. Principal photography took place in Los Angeles and Shanghai in mid-2012. The role of Samantha was recast in post-production, with Samantha Morton being replaced with Scarlett Johansson. Additional scenes were fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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