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Unsane
''Unsane'' is a 2018 American psychological horror film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer. The film stars Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Matt Damon, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, and Amy Irving, and follows a woman confined to a mental institution after she is pursued by a stalker. The film was shot entirely on the iPhone 7 Plus. ''Unsane'' had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 21, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 23, 2018, by Soderbergh's production company Fingerprint Releasing and Bleecker Street. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $14 million on a budget of $1.5 million and received generally positive reviews from critics, who mainly praised the performances, direction, cinematography and production values. Plot Sawyer Valentini is a woman who moves away from her home in Boston to escape a stalker. However, she is still traumatized, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh (; born January 14, 1963) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor. A pioneer of modern independent cinema, Soderbergh is an acclaimed and prolific filmmaker. Soderbergh's directorial-breakthrough indie drama ''Sex, Lies, and Videotape'' (1989) lifted him into the public spotlight as a notable presence in the film industry. At 26, Soderbergh became the youngest solo director to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and the film garnered worldwide commercial success, as well as numerous accolades. His breakthrough led to success in Hollywood, where he directed the crime comedy ''Out of Sight'' (1998), the biopic ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000) and the crime drama ''Traffic'' (2000). For ''Traffic'', he won the Academy Award for Best Director. He found further popular and critical success with the ''Ocean's'' trilogy and film franchise (2001–18); '' Che'' (2008); ''The Informant!'' (2009); '' Contagion'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Greer (writer)
James Greer is an American novelist, screenwriter, musician, and critic. As a screenwriter, he is known for writing the children's comedies '' Max Keeble's Big Move'', '' Just My Luck'' and '' The Spy Next Door'', as well as the 2018 thriller '' Unsane''. He lives in Los Angeles. Career Musician/critic Greer was senior editor and senior writer at ''Spin'' magazine in New York City in the early 1990s. He wrote and played on the song "Trendspotter Acrobat" on the album Sunfish Holy Breakfast by Guided By Voices. He was the bassist in the band from 1995 to 1996. Greer started a band in 2012 with French musician Lola G. called DTCV. Pronounced "detective", it was an indie rock duo from Joshua Tree, California. After meeting Lola G. at a party in Hollywood, Greer began publishing songs with him, taking influence from stoner rock, garage, post-punk, and classic indie, and finally releasing their debut LP in 2012. In 2013, they released a double album called Hilarious Heaven, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Foy
Claire Elizabeth Foy (born 16 April 1984) is a British actress. She is best known for her portrayal of the young Queen Elizabeth II in the first two seasons of the Netflix series ''The Crown'' (2016–2017) for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Foy studied drama at Liverpool John Moores University and the Oxford School of Drama, then made her screen debut in the pilot episode of the supernatural comedy series '' Being Human'' (2008). Following her professional stage debut at the Royal National Theatre, she played the title role in the BBC One miniseries ''Little Dorrit'' (2008) and made her film debut in the American historical fantasy drama '' Season of the Witch'' (2011). Following leading roles in the television series '' The Promise'' (2011) and '' Crossbones'' (2014), Foy earned praise for portraying the ill-fated queen Anne Boleyn in the BBC miniseries ''Wolf Hall'' (2015), receiving a British Academy Television Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Leonard
Joshua Granville Leonard (born June 17, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and director, known for his role in ''The Blair Witch Project'' (1999). He has since starred in films such as '' Madhouse'' (2004), '' The Shaggy Dog'' (2006), '' Higher Ground'' (2011), ''The Motel Life'' (2012), ''Snake and Mongoose'' (2013), ''If I Stay'' (2014), ''The Town That Dreaded Sundown'' (2014), ''6 Years'' (2015), and ''Unsane'' (2018). Early life Leonard was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Joann, an author, and Robert Leonard, a theater professor at Pennsylvania State University. He was raised in State College, Pennsylvania. Leonard obtained his GED and at age 16 travelled to Chiapas, Mexico, where he taught at an elementary school and volunteered at an anthropological institute. Leonard then spent time in Seattle and London, where he developed an interest in photography, before settling in New York City at age 19. He is Jewish on his mother's side. Career In 1997, Leonard auditioned for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amy Irving
Amy Davis Irving (born September 10, 1953) is an American actress and singer, who worked in film, stage, and television. Her accolades include an Obie Award, and nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and an Academy Award. Born in Palo Alto, California, to actors Jules Irving and Priscilla Pointer, Irving spent her early life in San Francisco before her family relocated to New York City during her teenage years. In New York, she made her Broadway debut in '' The Country Wife'' (1965–1966) at age 13. Irving subsequently studied theater at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater and at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art before making her feature film debut in Brian De Palma's ''Carrie'' (1976), followed by a lead role in the 1978 supernatural thriller '' The Fury'' (1978). In 1980, Irving appeared in a Broadway production of ''Amadeus'' and the film '' Honeysuckle Rose'' (1980), receiving a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress. She was cast in Barbra Steis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Stiles
Sarah Grace Stiles (born June 20, 1979) is an American singer and actress known for her work in Off-Broadway and Broadway theatre, Broadway theatre. She performed the role of Kate Monster/Lucy the Slut in ''Avenue Q'', and performed in the musical ''Vanities, A New Musical, Vanities'', in which she played the character of Joanne. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2015 for her performance in ''Hand to God (play), Hand to God'' and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 2019 for her performance in ''Tootsie (musical), Tootsie''. She also voiced Spinel in ''Steven Universe: The Movie'' (2019), and ''Steven Universe Future'' (2020). She can also be heard as diva Emma Olivia in As the Curtain Rises', an original Broadway soap opera from the Broadway Podcast Network. Early life Stiles was born on June 20, 1979 in Massachusetts and was later raised in Strafford, New Hampshire attending Strafford Elementary School. After middle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raúl Castillo
Raúl Castillo Jr. (born August 30, 1977) is an American actor and playwright. He is known for his acting roles in ''Amexicano'' and ''Cold Weather'' and his role as Richie Donado Ventura in the HBO series ''Looking'' and its subsequent series finale television film, '' Looking: The Movie''. He received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film '' We the Animals''. His notable written plays include ''Border Stories'' and ''Between Me, You, and the Lampshade.'' His works are associated with the LAByrinth Theater Company and the Atlantic Theater Company. Early life Raúl Castillo Jr. was born to Raúl H. Castillo Sr. and Adela "Adelita" Rodríguez de Castillo. He has an older brother, Tony, and a younger sister. His parents are Mexican emigrants from Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico, who later moved to McAllen, Texas, where he and his siblings were raised. His hometown of McAllen was 90 percent Mexican-American. Living so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee Mullins
Aimee Mullins is an American athlete, actress, and public speaker. She was born with a medical condition that resulted in the amputation of both of her legs beneath the knee. She is the first amputee to compete against able-bodied athletes in National Collegiate Athletic Association events, and competed in the Paralympics in 1996 in Atlanta. In 1999, she began modeling, and, in 2002, she began an acting career. She has periodically spoken at conferences, including TED Talks. Early life and education Mullins was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania to an Irish father Bernard Mullins from Crusheen, County Clare, Ireland and mother Bernadette Mullins. She was born with fibular hemimelia (missing fibula bones). As a result, both her legs were amputated below the knee when she was one year old. Her parents were told she would likely use a wheelchair for the rest of her life and never walk, but by the age of two she had learned to walk with prosthetic legs. She took up sports and acting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Temple
Juno Temple (born 21 July 1989) is a British actress. She has appeared in the films ''Notes on a Scandal'' (2006), ''Atonement'' (2007), ''The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2008), ''The Three Musketeers'' (2011), ''The Dark Knight Rises'' (2012), '' Magic Magic'' (2013), ''Maleficent'' (2014), '' Black Mass'' (2015), ''Unsane'' (2018), and '' Maleficent: Mistress of Evil'' (2019). Temple also has starred in the television series ''Vinyl'' (2016), ''Dirty John'' (2018–2019), ''Ted Lasso'' (2020–present), '' Little Birds'' (2020), and ''The Offer'' (2022). Temple received the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2013. She was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards for her role as Keeley Jones in ''Ted Lasso'', in addition to being nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Satellite Award for her role as Bettye McCartt in ''The Offer''. Early life Juno Temple was born in the Hammersmith area of London on 21 July 1989, the daughter of film produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Pharoah
Jared Antonio Farrow (born October 14, 1987), better known by his stage name Jay Pharoah, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist. Pharoah was a cast member on NBC's sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 2010 to 2016. In 2015, he was ranked the 55th greatest ''Saturday Night Live'' cast member by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine. Early life Pharoah was born and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia. He began performing impersonations at age six and cites Gilbert Gottfried's character Iago in ''Aladdin'' as his first voice, explaining, "My father put me in a talent competition a couple of months later, and out of the whole thing I got fifth place." In 2005, Pharoah graduated from Indian River High School in Chesapeake. One of his characters, Principal Daniel Frye, is heavily influenced by IRHS's former principal, James Frye. Pharoah studied business at Tidewater Community College and Virginia Commonwealth University. Career Pharoah has been performing stand-up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Cherry
Zach Cherry is an American actor and improv comedian. He is known for his role as Dylan George on the Apple TV+ series ''Severance''. Life and career Zach Cherry was born in 1987. He attended Princeton Day School and Amherst College. He began taking improv lessons in 2011, and was placed on a house team at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York in 2017. In 2018, Cherry played a lead role in season one of Netflix's series ''You'', as bookstore clerk Ethan Russell. In 2022, Cherry had a lead role in the 2022 Apple TV+ series ''Severance''. He played Wolf on FOX's ''Duncanville'', Pete's manager Kevin on ''Crashing'' (2017–2019), and Norman on ''I Feel Bad'' (2018). He has also had minor roles on ''Succession'', ''Living with Yourself'', and ''Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings''. In August 2022, it was announced that Cherry and actress Ellie Kemper would host the sixth season of ''The Great American Baking Show'', an American adaptation of the baking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regency Enterprises
Regency Enterprises (commonly referred to as Regency onscreen and copyrighting as Regency Entertainment (USA), Inc. in the U.S. and Monarchy Enterprises S.á.r.l. overseas) is an American entertainment company formed by Arnon Milchan. It was founded in 1982 as the successor to Regency International Pictures (formerly known as Embassy International Pictures N.V.). History Origins (1982–1991) Arnon Milchan founded his company as Embassy International Pictures N.V. which held the name for 7 years until the named changed to Regency International Pictures. This company originally had no distribution deal producing films with various studios such as The Ladd Company, Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Warner Bros., Touchstone Pictures, Vestron Pictures, Universal Pictures and 20th Century Fox. This company produced films such as ''Once Upon a Time in America'' and '' Q&A''. This company was shut down in 1991. Regency Enterprises and New Regency Branding (1991–present) On J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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