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South Mountain (film)
''South Mountain'' is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Hilary Brougher and starring Talia Balsam and Scott Cohen. Cast *Talia Balsam * Scott Cohen *Andrus Nichols *Michael Oberholtzer *Midori Francis *Macaulee Cassady *Violet Rea *Naian Gonzalez Norvind *Guthrie Mass *Isis Masoud Release The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2019. Reception The film has rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's critical consensus reads, "''South Mountain'' sifts through the wreckage of a broken marriage, finding quietly impactful resolutions through Talia Balsam's nuanced performance." Alex Saveliev of '' Film Threat'' gave the film a 9 out of 10. Eric Kohn of IndieWire graded the film a B+. Nick Schager of ''Variety'' gave the film a positive review and wrote that the film "demonstrates a realistically complex conception of stock ideas like 'vengeance,' 'moving on' and 'healing,' and Ethan Mass’s cinematography echoes the material’s dualities in its deli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hilary Brougher
Hilary Brougher is a screenwriter and director based in New York City. She is known for her 2006 feature film ''Stephanie Daley'' starring Tilda Swinton and Melissa Leo. Career Brougher's career began in 1996, when she wrote and directed her first feature film, '' The Sticky Fingers of Time.'' The film was an official selection at the Venice, Rotterdam, SXSW, and Toronto International Film Festivals. It was released theatrically in the U.S. in 1997. In 2006, she released her second feature ''Stephanie Daley'', starring Tilda Swinton, Amber Tamblyn, Melissa Leo, Tim Hutton and Denis O’Hare. The film won several accolades, including the ''Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award'' at the Sundance Film Festival. Amber Tamblyn received ''Best Actress'' at Locarno Film Festival for her role in the film as a sixteen-year-old girl accused of killing her newborn child. The film was bought by Lifetime Television and the title was changed to ''What She Knew''. In 2014, Brougher worked as directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talia Balsam
Talia Balsam (born March 5, 1959) is an American television and film actress. Early life Balsam was born in New York City on March 5, 1959, to actors Martin Balsam and Joyce Van Patten. Her ancestry is Russian Jewish (father) and Italian, Dutch, and English (mother). She is the niece of actor Dick Van Patten, actress Pat Van Patten and actor and director Tim Van Patten. Her cousin is actress Grace Van Patten. She attended a boarding school in Tucson, Arizona, in her adolescent years. Career Balsam began her career appearing in a recurring role on the ABC sitcom ''Happy Days'' and later appeared in a number of shows, including ''Dallas'', ''Taxi'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Family Ties'' and ''Magnum, P.I.''. Balsam also played female leading roles in films ''Crawlspace'' (1986) and ''In the Mood'' (1987). She also appeared in a number of made-for-television movies, including ''Kent State'' (1981), ''Nadia'' (1984), and '' Consenting Adult'' (1985). Balsam continued playing suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Cohen (actor)
Scott Cohen is an American actor. He is known for his portrayal of Wolf in the 2000 NBC miniseries ''The 10th Kingdom'', his performance as detective Steve Thomas in ''Perfect Murder, Perfect Town'', his recurring role as Lorelai Gilmore's love interest Max Medina on the WB series ''Gilmore Girls'', and his role as Josh in the indie romantic flick ''Kissing Jessica Stein''. Life and career In 1990, Cohen was offered a breakthrough role in Adrian Lyne's ''Jacob's Ladder''. In the video game ''Ripper'', he portrays protagonist Jake Quinlan. He appeared in the movie ''Gia'' with Angelina Jolie, as a parole officer in the Showtime original series '' Street Time'' with Rob Morrow, had a recurring role as Det. Harry Denby in the seventh season of ''NYPD Blue'', and was featured in the 2005 NBC series '' Law & Order: Trial by Jury'' as Det. Chris Ravell. In 2000 Cohen had a co-starring role as Wolf in the hit miniseries ''The 10th Kingdom'', where he played a mythical character fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South By Southwest
South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas, United States. It began in 1987 and has continued to grow in both scope and size every year. In 2017, the conference lasted for 10 days with the interactive track lasting for five days, music for seven days, and film for nine days. There was no in-person event in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, Texas; both years, there was a smaller online event instead. SXSW is run by the company SXSW, LLC, which organizes conferences, trade shows, festivals, and other events. In addition to SXSW, the company runs the conference SXSW Edu and the upcoming SXSW Sydney festival, and co-runs North by Northeast in Toronto. It has previously run or co-run the events North by Northwest (1995-2001), West by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midori Francis
Midori Iwama (born April 16, 1994), known professionally as Midori Francis, is an American actress. She began her career in theatre, earning NYIT, Obie, and Drama Desk Awards. She received a Daytime Emmy nomination for her role as Lily in the Netflix series '' Dash & Lily'' (2020). Early life and education Francis grew up in Rumson, New Jersey. She is the daughter of Joanne and Ken Iwama, the current chancellor of Indiana University Northwest. Named after her paternal grandmother, Francis is of Japanese descent on her father's side and Irish and Italian on her mother's. On growing up in a predominantly white town in the 90s and early 2000s, she commented "I was teased a lot for being Asian, I was bullied, made to feel like I was ugly or weird". She identifies as Hapa (a term for people of mixed European and Asian or Pacific Islander ancestry). Francis attended Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School, graduating in 2009. She went on to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naian Gonzalez Norvind
Naian González Norvind or Naian Norvind (February 9, 1992; Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress, and writer. She is the daughter of the Mexican actress Nailea Norvind. Early life Norvind was born to Fernando Gonzalez Parra and actress Nailea Norvind. She is the granddaughter of Norwegian-Mexican actress Eva Norvind, and through her she is of Finnish and Russian descent. Norvind is the younger half-sister of actress Camila Sodi and the older sister of actress Tessa Ía. Career She has performed on stage and acted in Mexican TV series and films. In her interview to Mexican newspaper ''Milenio'', she said that she was not afraid of shooting at Tepito (crime rate) for the Mexican show Crónica de castas. She is cast as Mad Hatter's sister Alice Tetch, in season 3 of '' Gotham''. She is cast as Christie Watkins in "Backstabbers" the 6th episode of the 6th season of the CBS police procedural drama '' Blue Bloods'' on October 23, 2015. She reprised the role in "Erasing His ... [...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] |
Fandango Media
Fandango Media, LLC is an American ticketing company that sells movie tickets via their website as well as through their mobile app, as well as a provider of television and streaming media information through its subsidiary Rotten Tomatoes. History On April 11, 2007, Comcast acquired Fandango, with plans to integrate it into a new entertainment website called "Fancast.com," set to launch the summer of 2007. In June 2008, the domain Movies.com was acquired from Disney. In March 2012, Fandango announced a partnership with Yahoo! Movies, making Fandango the official online and mobile ticketer for registered users of the Yahoo! service. That October, Paul Yanover was named President of Fandango. Fandango made its first international acquisition in September 2015 when it bought the Brazilian ticketing company Ingresso, which provides ticketing to a variety of Brazilian entertainment events, including the biannual Rock in Rio festival. On January 29, 2016, Fandango announced it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Threat
''Film Threat'' is an online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. It first appeared as a photocopied zine in 1985, created by Wayne State University students Chris Gore and André Seewood. In 1997, ''Film Threat'' was converted to a solely online resource. The current incarnation of ''Film Threat'' accepts money from filmmakers who are looking for a way to promote their films. Since 2011, those seeking a review from the site can pay between $50 and $400 for varying levels of service, ranging from a "guaranteed review within 7-10 days" to a package that includes a guarantee of "100K minimum impressions". Beginning The initial issues of ''Film Threat'' combined pseudopolitical ranting by Seewood and cinematic material and parody of mainstream film by Gore. In Gore's own words, "I thought, wouldn’t it be great t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IndieWire
IndieWire (sometimes stylized as indieWIRE or Indiewire) is a film industry and review website that was established in 1996. The site's focus was predominantly independent film, although its coverage has grown to "to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming." IndieWire is part of Penske Media. History The original IndieWire newsletter launched on July 15, 1996, billing itself as "the daily news service for independent film." Following in the footsteps of various web- and AOL-based editorial ventures, IndieWire was launched as a free daily email publication in the summer of 1996 by New York- and Los Angeles-based filmmakers and writers Eugene Hernandez, Mark Rabinowitz, Cheri Barner, Roberto A. Quezada, and Mark L. Feinsod. Initially distributed to a few hundred subscribers, the readership grew rapidly, passing 6,000 in late 1997. In January 1997, IndieWire made its first appearance at the Sundance Film Festival to begin their coverage o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American media company owned by Penske Media Corporation. The company was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933 it added ''Daily Variety'', based in Los Angeles, to cover the motion-picture industry. ''Variety.com'' features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, cover stories, videos, photo galleries and features, plus a credits database, production charts and calendar, with archive content dating back to 1905. History Foundation ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. As a result, he decided to start his own publication "that ouldnot be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film industry, film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly Wide-format printer, large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. Wilkerson, William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
