#mr and mrs marielle scott

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marielle_scott Yesterday was such a dream. My big sister Laila planned the whole bridal shower and it was incredible!! A big thank you to @beebizyofficial for the talented vendors and being so cool with everything! (Not an Ad just want to shoutout a great woman owned business that makes party planning easier) also, sometimes I get a little overwhelmed in big groups, especially during this wild time in my life and everyone made me feel so warm and comfortable. My heart is full.

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[bunglecryptid]

Okay but this song is an absolute BANGER. It goes from chaotic dissonance to melodic funk jazz and I love it with my whole mf heart.

I've also been attempting to notate Thaumaturge (for violin) from the same album and dear god there are so many sharps and flats and my fingers get so confused. But it's probably my favourite song off the whole album.

[annemariewrites]

List of all the books I’ve read

just wanted to keep a list of what I’ve read throughout my life (that I can remember)

Fiction:

“The Outsiders,” SE Hinton

“The Weirdo,” Theodore Taylor

“The Devil’s Arithmetic,” Jane Yolen

“Julie of the Wolves series,” Jean Craighead George

“Soft Rain,” Cornelia Cornelissen

“Island of the Blue Dolphins,” Scott O’Dell

“The Twilight series,” Stephanie Mayer

“To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee

“Gamer Girl,” Mari Mancusi

“Redwall / Mossflower / Mattimeo / Mariel of Redwall,” Brian Jacques

“1984,” and  “Animal Farm,” George Orwell

“Killing Mr. Griffin,” Lois Duncan

“Huckleberry Finn,” Mark Twain

“Rainbow’s End,” Irene Hannon

“Cold Mountain,” Charles Frazier

“Between Shades of Gray,” Ruta Sepetys

“Great Short Works of Edgar Allan Poe,” Edgar Allen Poe

“Lord of the Flies,” William Golding

“The Great Gatsby,” F Scott Fitzgerald

“The Harry Potter series,” JK Rowling

“The Fault in Our Stars,” “Looking for Alaska,” and “Paper Towns,” John Green

“Thirteen Reasons Why,” Jay Asher

“The Hunger Games series,” Suzanne Collins

“The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” Stephen Chbosky

“Fifty Shades of Grey,” EL James

“Speak,” and “Wintergirls,” Laurie Halse Anderson

“The Handmaid’s Tale,” Margaret Atwood

“Mama Day,” Gloria Naylor

“Jane Eyre,” Charlotte Bronte

“Wide Sargasso Sea,” Jean Rhys

“The Haunting of Hill House,” Shirley Jackson

“The Chosen,” Chaim Potok

“Leaves of Grass,” Walt Whitman

“Till We Have Faces,” CS Lewis

“One Foot in Eden,” Ron Rash

“Jim the Boy,” Tony Earley

“The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox,” Maggie O’Farrell

“A Land More Kind Than Home,” Wiley Cash

“A Parchment of Leaves,” Silas House

“Beowulf,” Seamus Heaney

“The Silence of the Lambs / Red Dragon / Hannibal / Hannibal Rinsing,” Thomas Harris

“Cry the Beloved Country,” Alan Paton

“Moby Dick,” Herman Melville

“The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings trilogy / The Silmarillion,” JRR Tolkien

“Beren and Luthien,” JRR Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien

“Children of Blood and Bone / Children of Virtue and Vengeance,” Tomi Adeyemi

“Soundless,” Richelle Mead

“The Girl with the Louding Voice,” Abi Dare

“A Song of Ice and Fire series / Fire and Blood,” GRR Martin

“A Separate Peace,” John Knowles

“The Bluest Eye,” and “Beloved,” Toni Morrison

“Brave New World,” Aldous Huxley

“The Giver / Gathering Blue / Messenger / Son,” Lois Lowry

“The Ivory Carver trilogy,” Sue Harrison

“The Grapes of Wrath,” and “Of Mice and Men,” John Steinbeck

“The God of Small Things,” Arundhati Roy

“Fahrenheit 451,” Ray Bradbury

“The Night Circus,” Erin Morgenstern

“Sunflower Dog,” Kevin Winchester

“The Catcher in the Rye,” JD Salinger

“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” Sherman Alexie

“The Good Girl,” Mary Kubica 

“The Last Unicorn,” Peter S Beagle

“Slaughterhouse Five,” Kurt Vonnegut Jr

“The Joy Luck Club,” Amy Tan

“The Sworn Virgin,” Kristopher Dukes

“The Color Purple,” Alice Walker

“Their Eyes Were Watching God,” Zora Neale Hurston

“The Light Between Oceans,” ML Stedman

“Yellowface,” RF Kuang

“A Flicker in the Dark,” Stacy Willingham

“One Piece Novel: Ace’s Story,” Sho Hinata

Non-fiction:

“Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl,” Anne Frank

“Night,” Elie Wiesel

“Invisible Sisters,” Jessica Handler

“I Am Malala,” Malala Yousafzai

“The Interesting Narrative,” Olaudah Equiano

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” Rebecca Skloot

“Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” Harriet Jacobs

“The Princess Diarist,” Carrie Fisher

“Adulting: How to Become a Grown Up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps,” Kelly Williams Brown

“How to Win Friends and Influence People,” Dale Carnegie

“Carrie Fisher: a Life on the Edge,” Sheila Weller

“Make ‘Em Laugh,” Debbie Reynolds and Dorian Hannaway

“How to be an Anti-Racist,” Ibram X Kendi

“Maus,” Art Spiegelman

“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou

“Wise Gals: the Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage,” Nathalia Holt

“Persepolis,” and “Persepolis II,” Marjane Satrapi

“How to Write a Novel,” Manuel Komroff

“The Nazi Genocide of the Roma,” Anton Weiss-Wendt

“Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz,” Lucette Matalon Lagnado and Sheila Cohn Dekel

[thecozmoking]

Mr. Tammy Cho, Mr. Marielle Scott, Mr. Sara Rubin, finally I’ve collected them all.

[levyfiles]

4 months until I’m Mrs. Bergara 🥂 - Marielle Scott's instagram March 18th 2022

[morganarchived]

a rough list of favourite films i’ve watched (so far)

with thanks to strangers from the internet and my dad’s wicked collection

more detailed posts to come (when i get around to it)

generally rated from favourites onwards

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Michel Gondry (2004)

You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay (2017)

Metropolis, Rintaro (2001)

Over the Garden Wall, Nate Cash (2014)

Sound of Metal, Darius Marder (2019)

Paris Is Burning, Jennie Livingston (1990)

Jackass Forever, Jeff Tremaine (2022)

House of Gucci, Ridley Scott (2021)

10 Things I Hate About You, Gil Junger (1999)

Fantastic Mr. Fox, Wes Anderson (2009)

Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé, Beyoncé & Ed Burke (2019)

West Side Story, Robert Wise & Jerome Robbins (1961)

The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Jeff Feuerzeig (2005)

Romeo + Juliet, Baz Luhrmann (1996)

Once, John Carney (2007)

Grave of the Fireflies, Isao Takahata (1988)

Laputa: Castle in the Sky, Hayao Miyazaki (1986)

Kiki’s Delivery Service, Hayao Miyazaki (1989)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Hayao Miyazaki (1984)

Howl’s Moving Castle, Hayao Miyazaki (2004)

Princess Mononoke, Hayao Miyazaki (1997)

Spirited Away, Hayao Miyazaki (2001)

Little Shop of Horrors, Frank Oz (1986)

The Last Unicorn, Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr. (1982)

Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion, Hideaki Anno & Kazuya Tsurumaki (1997)

The Blair Witch Project, Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez (1999)

Akira, Katsuhiro Otomo (1988)

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Edgar Wright (2010)

Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson (2021)

The Batman, Matt Reeves (2022)

Ikiru, Akira Kurosawa (1952)

I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Charlie Kaufman (2020)

Belladonna of Sadness, Eiichi Yamamoto (1973)

I, Tonya, Craig Gillespie (2017)

It’s Such a Beautiful Day, Don Hertzfeldt (2012)

Kill Bill: Vol 1, Quentin Tarantino (2003)

Kill Bill: Vol 2, Quentin Tarantino (2004)

Inglourious Basterds, Quentin Tarantino (2009)

What Happened, Miss Simone?, Liz Garbus (2015)

The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Marielle Heller (2015)

Monster, Patty Jenkins (2003)

Charlie Countryman, Fredrik Bond (2013)

Whiplash, Damien Chazelle (2014)

The Triplets of Belleville, Sylvain Chomet (2003)

Requiem for a Dream, Darren Aronofsky (2000)

Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino (1994)

Pink Floyd: The Wall, Alan Parker (1982)

The Nightmare Before Christmas, Henry Selick (1993)

The Dark Crystal, Frank Oz & Jim Henson (1982)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Rodney Rothman & Peter Ramsey & Bob Persichetti (2018)

Parasite, Bong Joon-ho (2019)

Jackass 4.5, Jeff Tremaine (2022)

The Prestige, Christopher Nolan (2006)

There Will Be Blood, Paul Thomas Anderson (2007)

Nightmare Alley, Guillermo del Toro (2021)

Knives Out, Rian Johnson (2019)

It Follows, David Robert Mitchell (2014)

The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann (2013)

Ghost Stories, Andy Nyman & Jeremy Dyson (2017)

Sucker Punch, Zack Snyder (2011)

The Devil All the Time, Antonio Campos (2020)

Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve (2013)

Goodnight Mommy, Severin Fiala & Veronika Franz (2014)

The Poughkeepsie Tapes, John Erick Dowdle (2007)

Shoah, Claude Lanzmann (1985)

Ravenous, Robin Aubert (2017)

The Last Duel, Ridley Scott (2021)

Dave Made a Maze, Bill Watterson (2017)

If Anything Happens I Love You, Will McCormack & Michael Govier (2020)

Jojo Rabbit, Taiki Waititi (2019)

Memories of Murder, Bong Joon-ho (2003)

Midsommar, Ari Aster (2019)

Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach (2019)

The Fly, David Cronenberg (1986)

Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson (2015)

Hereditary, Ari Aster (2018)

Creep, Patrick Brice (2014)

Se7en, David Fincher (1995)

Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro (2006)

Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson (2018)

A Close Shave, Nick Park (1995)

[filmista]

The Queen’s Gambit (2020)

"Chess isn't always competitive. Chess can also be beautiful. It was the board I noticed first. It's an entire world of just 64 squares. I feel safe in it. I can control it. I can dominate it. And it's predictable, so if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame." 

It’s not often that something beautiful originates in the dark basement of an orphanage. Eight-year-old Beth Harmon (Isla Johnston) gets to know the stoic janitor Mr. Shaibel (Bill Camp) when she cleans board erasers over his leaking sink. 

There’s a wooden board on the table, and from the moment Harmon's gaze falls on Shaibel's chess pieces, her life is dominated by a want to understand and dominate in the age-old thinking game.

At night she imagines the positions of horses and runners sliding across black and white surfaces on the ceiling of her dormitory, a hallucination fuelled by the rigorous pattern of the Methuen Home in which the orphans are administered sedatives on a daily basis.

In her later life, this imagination always helps her to be a few moves ahead of her opponents, but the question remains whether she ultimately won’t succumb to addictive substances at the same time.

The Queen's Gambit tells the coming of age story of a chess prodigy. The series is based on the 1983 book of the same name by Walter Tevis. Tevis, who himself played chess competitively in his youth, named the book after a well-known opening maneuver of the game.

To laymen, such a storyline may sound boring, but the makers of The Queen's Gambit still managed to turn it into a compelling drama about a young woman who tries to get into a male stronghold in the 1960s. 

It’s admirable that the series really deals with all aspects of chess and that it does so in a visually compelling way. From scholar’s mate to the pitfalls of the Sicilian defence. Also discussed are the mental pressure, the tricks, the tics, the opening strategies, end games, seconds and the loneliness of being at the top.

At its core though, The Queen's Gambit is about addiction and obsession. Already at the orphanage, Beth at the age of 9 becomes dependent on sedatives that give her visions of imaginary chess games and winning strategies  on the ceiling. As a teenager, she also becomes an alcoholic which threatens her chance at a chess title. 

Anya Taylor Joy, previously seen as the sophisticated Emma (2020) in the film adaptation of Jane Austen's costume drama, stars in the role of the young adult Beth Harmon who struggles with an unbridled addiction. The series gains momentum when the 14-year-old orphan is adopted by the Wheatley couple, she trades the austere home for the floral wallpaper, stiff hairstyles and colourful dresses of the American 1960s.

The piano-playing foster mother Alma (Marielle Heller) fills the lack of perspective and the void left by her absent husband with wine and sedatives, a welcome discovery for Beth. When her foster mother finds out that there’s money to be made from chess tournaments, they travel the world together. The game between the stoic adolescent who wants to become a grandmaster at all costs and the foster mother who profits from her success and unscrupulously turns her dear daughter into a drinking buddy, is cleverly played out.

The characters aren’t just black and white. The manipulating foster mother also has a soft side, the childhood trauma that caused Beth to lose her biological mother becomes more apparent the more often she runs up against her own demons and limits. Yet it’s striking that director Scott Frank has chosen not to give the heavier themes the upper hand. 

The impact of the oppressive sexism and segregation of the 1960s remains, sometimes too much so, in the background. Frank's world of lively chess fanatics speaks especially of the love for the game, the hyper-concentration with which, the struggling Beth beats her opponents continues to fascinate.

Director Scott Frank who previously made Little Man Tate, about an exceptionally gifted little boy. He based his new series on the 1983 book by Walter Tevis (who also wrote The Hustler and The Man Who Fell To Earth). The author also struggled with addictions and a permanently displaced state of mind.

In seven parts the character of Beth, a star role by Anya Taylor-Joy, is thoroughly explored. The relationship with her stepmother is important, as is the absence of a father, in a parallel with chess geniuses Bobby Fischer and Gary Kasparov. 

The Queen's Gambit was a sought-after book among filmmakers for many years. One day Heath Ledger would make his directorial debut with it, but his death put an end to the project. Actually, the story lends itself quite well to a seven-part series, which extensively discusses the beautiful and more challenging sides of chess.

[beyond-the-yellowbrickroad]

movies watched in 2020 (part one)

1. Little Italy (2018) Directed by Donald Petrie

2. Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium (2007) Directed by Zach Helm

3. Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! (2017) Directed by Morgan Spurlock

4. Along Came Polly (2004) Directed by John Hamburg

5. Frozen II (2019) Directed by Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

6. Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019) Directed by Joachim Rønning

  7. The Two Popes (2019) Directed by Fernando Meirelles

8. It Takes Two (1995) Directed by Andy Tennant

   9. Last Christmas (2019) Directed by Paul Feig

10. Christine (2016) Directed by Antonio Campos

11. Head Over Heels (2001) Directed by Mark Waters

12. The Babysitter (2017) Directed by McG

13. Fry Day (2017) Directed by Laura Moss

14. Hair Love (2019) Directed by Bruce W. Smith, Matthew A. Cherry & Everett Downing Jr.

15. The Terminal (2004) Directed by Steven Spielberg

16. Bombshell (2019) Directed by Jay Roach

17. Thanks for Sharing (2012) Directed by Stuart Blumberg

18. The Edge of Democracy (2019) ‘Democracia em Vertigem’ Directed by Petra Costa

19. Klaus (2019) Directed by Sergio Pablos   

20. Little Women (2019) Directed by Greta Gerwig

21. Life Overtakes Me (2019) Directed by Kristine Samuelson, John Haptas

22. The Lego Batman Movie (2017) Directed by Chris McKay

23. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) Directed by Marielle Heller

24. Simply Irresistible (1999) Directed by Mark Tarlov

25. Airplane Mode (2020) ‘Modo Avião’ Directed by César Rodrigues

26. American Factory (2019) Directed by Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert

BONUS  

27. American Factory: A Short Conversation with the Obamas (2019) Directed by Julia Reichert

28. Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) Directed by Jake Kasdan

29. Cats (2019) Directed by Tom Hooper

30. Pain and Glory (2019) ‘Dolor y gloria’ Directed by Pedro Almodóvar 

   31. Missing Link (2019) Directed by Chris Butler

32. Nefta Football Club (2018) Directed by Yves Piat

33. Richard Jewell (2019) Directed by Clint Eastwood

34. Troop Zero (2019) Directed by Bert, Bertie

35. 1917 (2019) Directed by Sam Mendes

36. Labor Pains (2009) Directed by Lara Shapiro

37. Love Wrecked (2005) Directed by Randal Kleiser

38. I Lost My Body (2019) ‘J'ai Perdu Mon Corps’ Directed by Jérémy Clapin

39. Breakthrough (2019) Directed by Roxann Dawson

40. The Cave (2019) ‘غار’ Directed by Feras Fayyad

41. Corpus Christi (2019) ‘Boże Ciało’ Directed by Jan Komasa

42. For Sama (2019) Directed by Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts

43. Harriet (2019) Directed by Kasi Lemmons

44. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) Directed by Cathy Yan

45. Ad Astra (2019) Directed by James Gray

46. To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020) Directed by Michael Fimognari

47. Charlie’s Angels (2000) Directed by McG

48. Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle (2003) Directed by McG

49. Charlie’s Angels (2019) Directed by Elizabeth Banks

50. Overboard (2018) Directed by Rob Greenberg

51. Jenny Slate: Stage Fright (2019) Directed by Gillian Robespierre

52. The Rewrite (2014) Directed by Marc Lawrence

53. Looper (2012) Directed by Rian Johnson

54. Signs (2002) Directed by M. Night Shyamalan

55. Margaret (2011) Directed by Kenneth Lonergan

56. All the Bright Places (2020) Directed by Brett Haley

57. Beauty & the Briefcase (2010) Directed by Gil Junger

58. When in Rome (2010) Directed by Mark Steven Johnson

59. Beauty Shop (2005) Directed by Bille Woodruff

60. Vampires Suck (2010) Directed by Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer

61. So Undercover (2012) Directed by Tom Vaughan

62. Think Like a Man (2012) Directed by Tim Story

63. Think Like a Man Too (2014) Directed by Tim Story   

64. Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) Directed by Jeff Fowler

65. Across the Universe (2007) Directed by Julie Taymor

66. Bring It On Again (2004) Directed by Damon Santostefano

67. Bring It On: All or Nothing (2006) Directed by Steve Rash

68. The Invisible Man (2020) Directed by Leigh Whannell

69. The Hunt (2020) Directed by Craig Zobel

70. Step Sisters (2018) Directed by Charles Stone III

71. Swiped (2018) Directed by Ann Deborah Fishman

72. Just Friends (2005) Directed by Roger Kumble

73. Love Don’t Co$t a Thing (2003) Directed by Troy Byer

74. The Gentlemen (2019) Directed by Guy Ritchie

75. Onward (2020) Directed by Dan Scanlon

76. Dolittle (2020) Directed by Stephen Gaghan

77. Love Jacked (2018) Directed by Alfons Adetuyi

78. Two Night Stand (2014) Directed by Max Nichols

79. Hot Fuzz (2007) Directed by Edgar Wright

80. Nine Months (1995) Directed by Chris Columbus

81. Locke (2013) Directed by Steven Knight

82. The World’s End (2013) Directed by Edgar Wright

83. Imagine Me & You (2005) Directed by Ol Parker

84. Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Directed by Frank Oz

85. Bad Times at the El Royale (2018) Directed by Drew Goddard

86. Ibiza (2018) Directed by Alex Richanbach

87. Emma. (2020) Directed by Autumn de Wilde

88. Jexi (2019) Directed by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore  

89. Airplane! (1980) Directed by Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, David Zucker

90. The Half of It (2020) Directed by Alice Wu

91. The Wrong Missy (2020) Directed by Tyler Spindel

92. Possessor (2020) Directed by Brandon Cronenberg

93. Ingrid Goes West (2017) Directed by Matt Spicer

94. El Revenge (2017) ‘La Vingança’ Directed by Fernando Fraiha

95. Unfinished Business (2015) Directed by Ken Scott

96. Rough Night (2017) Directed by Lucia Aniello 

97. Ben Platt: Live from Radio City Music Hall (2020) Directed by Alex Timbers, Sam Wrench

98. Miss Americana (2020) Directed by Lana Wilson

99. The Lovebirds (2020) Directed by Michael Showalter

100. Hannah Gadsby: Douglas (2020) Directed by Madeleine Parry

[uneventfulhouses]

beebizyofficial An absolutely beautiful setup for a gorgeous bride to be!

Theme: Before we do. we dine

Congratulations Mari & Ryan! We are beyond excited to celebrate you two! @marielle_scott & @ryanbergara

[eggymovies]

Movies Watched in 2018

Here’s a list of every movie I watched in 2018 at home or in theaters, in order. Re-watches are listed as well so some things will appear move than one.

Mr. Roosevelt (Noel Wells) Call Me By Your Name (Luca Guadagnino) Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson) Jumanji (Jake Kasdan) Split (M. Night Shyamalan) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (David Yates) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (David Yates) The Post (Steven Spielberg) Good Time (Josh and Ben Safdie) I, Tonya (Craig Gillespie) Paddington 2 (Paul King) The Big Sick (Michael Showalter) Get Out (Jordan Peele) The Greatest Showman (Michael Gracey) Coco (Lee Unkrich) Black Panther (Ryan Cooler) Creed (Ryan Coogler) Black Panther (Ryan Cooler) Phantom Thread (Paul Thomas Anderson) Annihilation (Alex Garland) Thoroughbreds (Cory Finley) Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater) Before Sunset (Richard Linklater) A Wrinkle In Time (Ava Duvernay) Tomb Raider (Roar Uthaug) Justice League (Abrams/Snyder) Before Midnight (Richard Linklater) Game Night (John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein) Love, Simon (Greg Berlanti) Columbus (Kagonada) Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson) Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig) Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg) Pacific Rim: Uprising (Steve S. DeKnight) A Quiet Place (John Krasinski) Free Fire (Ben Wheatley) The Killing of a Sacred Deer (Yorgos Lanthamos) The Lovers (Azazel Jacobs) Blockers (Kay Cannon) Home Again (Hallie Meyers-Shyer) You Were Never Really Here (Lynn Ramsay) Lean on Pete (Andrew Haigh) It Comes at Night (Trey Edward Shultz) Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham) Beirut (Tony Gilroy) Avengers: Infinity War (Anthony and Joseph Russo) The Rider (Chloé Zhao) Kodachrome (Mark Raso) Tully (Jason Reitman) Rampage (Brad Peyton) Breaking In (James McTeigue) Life of the Party (Ben Falcone) Let the Sunshine In (Claire Denis) Book Club (Bill Holderman) Beast (Michael Pierce) Deadpool 2 (David Leitch) First Reformed (Paul Schader) Solo: A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard) The Seagull (Michael Mayer) On Chesil Beach (Dominic Cooke) Training Day (Antoine Fuqua) Upgrade (Leigh Whannell) Tully (Jason Reitman) The Beguiled (Sophia Coppola) The Social Network (David Fincher) Beatriz at Dinner (Miguel Arteta) Burnt (John Wells) Hereditary (Ari Aster) Ocean’s 8 (Gary Ross) Won’t You Be My Neighbor (Morgan Nelville) American Animals (Bart Layton) Hearts Beat Loud (Brett Haley) Incredibles 2 (Brad Bird) Tag (Jeff Tomsic) Faces Places (Agnes Varda, JR) Set It Up (Claire Scanlon) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J.A. Bayona) 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick) Sicaro:Day of the Soldado (Stefano Sollima) Mamma Mia (Phyllida Lloyd) The Last Movie Star (Adam Rifkin) The First Purge (Gerard McMurray) Uncle Drew (Charles Stone III) Four Weddings and a Funeral (Mike Newell) Leave No Trace (Debra Granik) Ant Man and the Wasp (Peyton Reed) Coco (Lee Unkrich) Sorry To Bother You (Boots Riley) Three Identical Strangers (Tim Wandel) Skyscraper (Rawson Marshall Thurber) Killing Them Softly (Andrew Dominik) Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (Brad Bird) The Equalizer 2 (Antoine Fuqua) Mamma Mia 2 (Ol Parker) Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot (Gus Van Sant) Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (Christopher McQuarrie) Hot Summer Nights (Elijah Bynum) Sleeping With Other People (Leslye Headland) Mission: Impossible 3 (JJ Abrams) Kicking and Screaming (Noah Baumbach) Jaws (Steven Spielberg) Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie) A Star Is Born (Frank Pierson) Enough Said (Nicole Holofcener) Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham) Christopher Robin (Marc Forster) Set It Up (Claire Scanlon) The Witch (David Eggers) The Spy Who Dumped Me( Susanna Fogel) Under The Tuscan Sun (Audrey Wells) Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig) The Miseducation of Cameron Post (Desiree Akhavan) Margot at the Wedding (Noah Baumbach) Out of Sight (Steven Soderbergh) Puzzle (Marc Turletaub) Never Goin’ Back (Augustine Frizzle) Crazy Rich Asians (Jon M. Chu) Like Father (Lauren Miller Rogen) Reality Bites (Ben Stiller) Before Sunrise (Richard Linklater) Gattaca (Andrew Niccol) Mission: Impossible - Fallout (Christopher McQuarrie) Please Give (Nicole Holofcener) Everybody Wants Some (Richard Linklater) We The Animals (Jeremiah Zagar) Before Sunset (Richard Linklater) Support the Girls (Andrew Bujalski) Juliet, Naked (Jesse Peretz) Operation Finale (Chris Weitz) Searching (Aneesh Chaganty) Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón) The Wife (Björn Runge) Before Midnight (Richard Linklater) Paterson (Jim Jarmusch) Columbus (Koganada) The Predator (Shane Black) Girls Trip (Malcolm D. Lee) Madeline’s Madeline (Josephine Decker) Black Panther (Ryan Cooler) The Land of Steady Habits (Nicole Holofcener) Edge of Seventeen (Kelly Fremon Craig) Slice (Austin Vesely) Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins) True Romance (Tony Scott) Blaze (Ethan Hawke) 20th Century Women (Mike Mills) A Simple Favor (Paul Feig) Colette (Wash Westmoreland) A Star Is Born (Bradley Cooper) The Old Man and the Gun (David Lowery) Free Solo (Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) Private Life (Tamara Jenkins) Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuarón) Venom (Ruben Fleischer) First Man (Damien Chazelle) Blue Valentine (Derek Cianfrance) Bad Times at the El Royale (Drew Goddard) Wildlife (Paul Dano) Beautiful Boy (Felix Van Groeningen) Halloween (David Gordon Green) Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen) mid90s (Jonah Hill) Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino) Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Marielle Heller) Bohemian Rhapsody (Bryan Singer) Boy Erased (Joel Edgerton) A Private War (Matthew Heineman) Burning (Lee Chang-dong) Green Book (Peter Farrelly) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel and Ethan Coen) Blood Simple (Joel and Ethan Coen) Border (Ali Abbasi) Widows (Steve McQueen) First Reformed (Paul Schrader) Hail Caesar (Joel and Ethan Coen) Creed II (Steven Caple Jr.) The Front Runner (Jason Reitman) A Serious Man (Joel and Ethan Coen) Thunder Road (Jim Cummings) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel and Ethan Coen) Ralph Breaks The Internet (Rich Moore, Phil Johnston) At Eternity’s Gate (Julian Schnabel) The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos) Copenhagen (Mark Raso) Roma (Alfonso Cuarón) Brad’s Status (Mike White) Shoplifters (Hirokazu Kore-eda) Minding The Gap (Bing Liu) La La Land (Damien Chazelle) Mary Queen of Scots (Josie Rourke) The Mule (Clint Eastwood) Minding The Gap (Bing Liu) Bumblebee (Travis Knight) Let The Sunshine In (Claire Denis) Spider-man: Into The Spiderverse (Bob Perischetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman) Crazy, Stupid, Love (Glenn Ficarra) Love, Actually (Richard Curtis) In Bruges (Martin McDonaugh) Momentum Generation (Jeff and Michael Zimbalist) If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) Aquaman (James Wan) Before We Go (Chris Evans) Vice (Adam McKay) Jackass 2 (Jeff Tremaine)

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Lady Bird (2017)

Cast:

Saoirse  Ronan

          -

Lady Bird McPherson

Laurie Metcalf

...

Marion McPherson

Tracy Letts

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Larry McPherson

Lucas Hedges

...

Danny O'Neill

Timothée Chalamet

...

Kyle Scheible

Beanie Feldstein

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Julie Steffans

Lois Smith

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Sister Sarah Joan

Stephen Henderson

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Father Leviatch (as Stephen McKinley Henderson)

Odeya Rush

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Jenna Walton

Jordan Rodrigues

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Miguel McPherson

Marielle Scott

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Shelly Yuhan

John Karna

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Greg Anrue

Jake McDorman

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Mr. Bruno

Bayne Gibby

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Casey Kelly

Laura Marano

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Diana Greenway

Marietta DePrima

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Miss Patty

Daniel Zovatto

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Jonah Ruiz

Kristen Cloke

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Ms. Steffans

Andy Buckley

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Uncle Matthew

Paul Keller

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Parish Priest (as Father Paul Keller C.M.F.)

Kathryn Newton

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Darlene Bell

Myra Turley

...

Sister Gina

Bob Stephenson

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Father Walther

Abhimanyu Katyal

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Friendly Banker

Chris Witaske

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Business Jock

Ben Konigsberg

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David from College

Gurpreet Gill

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Convenience Store Clerk

Richard Jin

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Cool Coffee Manager

Joan Patricia O'Neil

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Danny's Grandmother

Robert Figueroa

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Cast Removal Doctor

Carla Valentine

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Guidance Counselor

Roman Arabia

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Luis Cruz

Monique Edwards

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NYC Nurse

Matthew Maher

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NYC Man on Street

Anita Kalathara

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Prom Chairwoman

Debra Miller

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Saleswoman Joyce

Georgia Leva

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Senior Class Candidate

Derek Butler

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'Merrily We Roll Along' Performer

London Thor

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'Merrily We Roll Along' Performer

Shaelan O'Connor

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'Merrily We Roll Along' Performer

Christina Offley

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'Merrily We Roll Along' Performer

Sabrina Schloss

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'Merrily We Roll Along' Performer

Connor Mickiewicz

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'Merrily We Roll Along' Performer

Erik Daniells

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'Merrily We Roll Along' Performer

Cynthia Cales

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Immaculate Heart of Mary Teacher

Giselle Grams

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Immaculate Heart of Mary Teacher

Ithamar Enriquez

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Driving Instructor

Luisa Lee

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Young Lady

Danielle Macdonald

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Another Young Lady

Adam Brock

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Band Lead Singer

Bonnie Jean Shelton

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Fab 40s Realtor

Rebecca Light

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Mr. Bruno's Wife

Rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Joey Bell

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Prom Date (uncredited)

Beau Bielski

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Photographed Prom Goer (uncredited)

Adriana Castillo

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College Girl (uncredited)

Sheila Ellis

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Airport Business Traveler (uncredited)

Nick Fenske

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Airport Business Traveler (uncredited)

Sedona Feretto

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Jenna's Friend (uncredited)

Keenan Johnston

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Thrift Shopper (uncredited)

Slim Khezri

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Airport Business Traveler (uncredited)

Rebecca Knight

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Catholic School Girl (uncredited)

Suzanne LaChasse

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School Girl (uncredited)

Elester Latham

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Airport Business Traveler (uncredited)

Emily Merlin

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Prom Girl (uncredited)

Maxx Morando

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Drummer (uncredited)

Lucy Morningstar

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Musician (uncredited)

Brian Sampson

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Prospective Home-Buyer (uncredited)

Janet Song

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Administrator (uncredited)

Nicole Torres

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Prom Photo Girl (uncredited)

Brian VanGeem

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Prom Photographer (uncredited)

Carolyn Wilson

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Supervisor (uncredited)

Tomomi Yoshida

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Mother in Hospital (uncredited)

Produced by 

Eli Bush

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producer

Evelyn O'Neill

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producer

Scott Rudin

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producer

Jason Sack

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co-producer

Alex G. Scott

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co-producer

Lila Yacoub

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executive producer

Music by 

Jon Brion

Cinematography by 

Sam Levy

Film Editing by 

Nick Houy

Casting By 

Heidi Griffiths

Allison Jones

Toni Staniewicz

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(Sacramento Casting Director)

Jordan Thaler

Production Design by 

Chris Jones

Set Decoration by 

Traci Spadorcia

Costume Design by 

April Napier

Makeup Department 

Lara Cilento

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key hair stylist

Andrea Grande-Capone

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hair department head: New York

David Kalahiki

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makeup department head: New York

Jacqueline Knowlton

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makeup department head (as Jacqueline Marie Knowlton)

Aubrey Marie

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hair department head

Erin Walters

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key makeup artist

James Freitas

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makeup artist (uncredited)

Meghan Heaney

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hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management 

Danielle Blumstein

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unit production manager

Isabel Henderson

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post-production supervisor

Wednesday Standley

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production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director 

Teri J. Barber

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second second assistant director: Sacramento

Kate Hennessy

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additional second second assistant director

Brendan Lee

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second assistant director

Dana Nelson

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production assistant

Jonas Spaccarotelli

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first assistant director

Cedric Vara

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new york shoot

Art Department 

Geoffrey Brown

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assistant art director: Sacramento

Courtney Fain

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assistant art director

Kristen Granados

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on set dresser

Lesli Lytle

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set dresser

Erin McKenna

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painter

Perry Pascual

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property master

Maite Perez-Nievas

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art director: NY reshoot

Zebah Pinkham

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property master: new york unit

Alex Potter

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set dresser

Andre Rivera

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additional on-set dresser

Nic Weethee

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leadman

Sound Department 

Alex Altman

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pro tools playback mixer

Justine Baker

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foley editor

Scott Bardolf

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boom operator

Amanda Beggs

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sound mixer

Gail Carroll-Coe

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boom operator

Bryan Dembinski

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sound mixer: new york

Thomas Giordano

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production sound tech

Matt Hovland

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adr mixer

Paul Hsu

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re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor

Jesse Kaplan

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Utility Sound

Skip Lievsay

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re-recording mixer

Lee Salevan

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sound recordist

Nicholas Schenck

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dialogue editor

Jeffrey Lee Zimmeran

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pro tools music playback mixer

Visual Effects by 

Andrew Lim

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visual effects supervisor

Stunts 

Jeffrey T Ferguson

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precision driver

Christian Janner

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stunt driver

Chris O'Hara

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stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department 

Dave Anglin

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camera operator: additional "b" camera

Jesse Cain

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first assistant "b"camera

Ian Carre-Burritt

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lighting technician

Carlos Chavez

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grip

Benjamin Cumming

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lighting technician

Eric Fahy

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lighting technician

David Feeney-Mosier

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director of photography: 2nd unit/B camera operator

Chris Ford

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best boy electric

Sean Goller

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digital imaging technician

Greg Hatton

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b second assistant camera

Julien Janigo

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key grip

Cameron Jones

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grip

Eric Lichtenstein

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second assistant camera: new york unit

Stephen MacDougall

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first assistant camera

Merrick Morton

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additional still photographer

Reid Murphy

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Additional Camera Assistant

Casey Slade

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dolly grip

Maxwell Sloan

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second assistant camera: second unit

Jesse Smith

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lighting technician

Luke Taylor

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digital imaging technician: new york unit

Merie Weismiller Wallace

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still photographer

Casting Department 

Emily Buntyn

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casting associate

Rebecca Feldman

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casting assistant

Dann Fink

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adr voice casting: NY

Angie Glover

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extras casting

Ben Harris

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casting associate

Stacey McCain

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extras casting

Sydney Medlin

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extras casting

Toni Staniewicz

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casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department 

Coral Cunningham

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costumer

Katina Danabassis

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key costumer

Caroline McCosker

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costumer

Paulette Sladinski

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additional costumer: daily

Andi Wells

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costumer

Editorial Department 

Alex Bickel

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digital intermediate colorist

Peter Boychuk

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digital intermediate producer

Keith Jenson

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on-line editor

Crystal Platas

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assistant editor

Nicholas Ramirez

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assistant editor

Chris Van Duyn

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dailies operations: Technicolor

Denise Woodgerd

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dailies producer

Location Management 

Rachel Barth

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location supervisor: Sacramento

Jessa Ciel

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location assistant: Sacramento

Kristine Delgado

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assistant location manager

Thomas Fitch

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location assistant: Sacramento

Charlynne J. Hopson

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location manager: 2nd unit

Brian Johnson

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assistant location manager

James Kenny

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location manager: 2nd unit

Tyler Semons

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location assistant: Sacramento

Michael Edward Smith

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location manager

Hannah Caldwell

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location scout (uncredited)

Bob Craft

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location scout (uncredited)

Andrew Dunsmore

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assistant location manager (uncredited)

Manny Padilla

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location scout (uncredited)

Music Department 

Steve Bartek

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orchestrator

Daniel A. Brown

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music preparation

Mark Graham

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head of music preparation

Michael Hill

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music supervisor

Whitney Martin

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assistant orchestra contractor

José Miguel Ortegon

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composer: stock music

Suzana Peric

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music editor

Brian Ross

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music supervisor

Edward Trybek

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orchestrator

Joe Zimmerman

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music librarian

Gina Zimmitti

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orchestra contractor

Transportation Department 

David Christenson

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transportation captain

Louis Dargenzio

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transportation coordinator

Ted Joneson

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driver

Ian H. Overson

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driver

Brian Stackhouse

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driver

Ryan Thor

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driver

Other crew 

Brad Beedle

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set medic

Teddy Blanks

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title designer

James Corp

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set production assistant

A.J. Danna

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stand-in

Gabe de Kelaita

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production assistant: sacramento

Janet Dyer

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stand-in

Scott Ettin

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data manager

Nicole Favale

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production assistant

Joshua Freeman

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assistant: Scott Rudin & Eli Bush

Karen Gehres

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epk field producer

Joanna Glum

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office production assistant: sacramento

Ben Hall

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production assistant

Kyle Hamilton

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assistant: Scott Rudin & Eli Bush

Caleb Haydock

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additional production assistant

Tom Ishizuka

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assistant: Scott Rudin & Eli Bush

Jacqueline Lehr

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underwater tech

Gabriella Ludlow

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business & legal affairs / business affairs

Chrissy Maroon

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assistant to Saoirse Ronan

Jan McWilliams

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script supervisor

Meron Mogos

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assistant: Evelyn O'Neill

Dana Nelson

...

production assistant

Cameron Nicoll

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assistant: Scott Rudin & Eli Bush

Robert Pfeffer

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accounting manager

Julie M. Philips

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business affairs and legal

Heather Quick

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script supervisor: new york

Frank Ramey

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payroll accountant

Joanne Ramos

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production secretary

Kendra Rasmussen

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Assistant Production Coordinator

Jason Rico

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set medic

Javier Rojas

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craft service

Evan Scott Russell

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office production assistant

Susie Schelling

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medical consultant

Kelsey Schuyler

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post-production accountant

John Smart

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clearance administrator

Wednesday Standley

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production coordinator

Emily Steiker-Epstein

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production assistant

Niramon Ung

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accounting clerk

Daniel Unitas

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assistant: Scott Rudin & Eli Bush

  - In de film Lady Bird gaat Lady Bird naar een luxe school (waar ze zelf eigenlijk helemaal niet heen wilt) maar als Lady eenmaal op de school zit verandert haar leven want in plaats van heel christelijk zijn opgevoegd wordt ze uiteindelijk het tegenovergestelde van wat ze was voordat ze naar die school ging.

De acteurs waren goede acteurs dus de techniek was goed.

De film was niet origineel want het was heel vaak te voorspellen wat er ging gebeuren.

Ik heb geen idee waarom deze film is gemaakt waarschijnlijk om geld te verdienen maar dat is maar een vermoeden.

Ik heb geen enkele emotie gevoeld tijdens de film omdat alles te voorspellen was.

De muziek in de film paste goed bij de film want bij zielige stukjes was het zielige muziek en bij goede stukjes vrolijke muziek.

Ik vond het slecht dat we niet konden kiezen voor een film die wij ( de leerlingen ) leuk zouden vinden maar dat er in plaats van dat films voor ons werden gekozen.

Ik zou het niet aanraden want het was saai omdat we niet onze eigen film konden kiezen.

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I cannot wait until Mari and Ryan are Mrs. and Mr. Marielle Scott ❤️

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The Queen’s Gambit Review: A (Grand)masterful Portrait of Genius and Addiction

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This The Queen’s Gambit review contains no spoilers.

Did you know that a chess game can run so long that it gets adjourned? The player whose turn it is records their next move in a sealed envelope so that when both opponents next sit down, refreshed, they can proceed as if play has been unbroken. That is just one of the intricacies of chess revealed to the layman viewer in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, starring Anya Taylor-Joy as fictional chess prodigy Beth Harmon. Adapted from Walter Tevis’ 1983 novel, the miniseries—whose seven episodes are named for phases or moves of a chess game—itself resembles this form of match: Drawn-out in parts, but worth the necessary breaks, building to a complete and powerful experience by the end.

Spanning a decade (taking place in the 1950s and ‘60s) and ranging from Kentucky to Moscow, Scott Frank’s series is equal parts sports narrative, period piece, and character study of the gray area between genius and psychosis. Taylor-Joy is magnetic as the brilliant and aloof Beth, a savant who craves the control of a chess board while grappling with the addiction that allows her to tap into that preternatural headspace that makes her a champion and potentially a grandmaster. Orphaned at a young age by a mother whose own mathematical brilliance is overshadowed by untreated mental illness and self-destructive tendencies, Beth learns self-reliance through her ability to scan through the algorithmic possibilities of a chess board. But because her entire sense of self is wrapped up in the identity of chess prodigy, and because she relies on tranquilizer pills (first handed out at the orphanage) to unlock that level of play, her need to win is much more desperate than that of her opponents.

Despite Beth’s insistence on stoic loneliness, The Queen’s Gambit boasts a stellar cast of supporting characters. Bill Camp is a standout as the orphanage’s gruff janitor Mr. Shaibel, who first nurtures young Beth’s fledgling talent. Among Beth’s professional opponents are former child stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Game of Thrones) as the cowboy-shtick Benny, and Harry Melling (Harry Potter) as the more sensitive Harry Beltik. Like an exquisitely carved set of chess pieces, each character augments Beth’s personal and professional paths. As fellow orphan Jolene, Moses Ingram commands each scene, though one might wish that her appearances weren’t so conveniently timed to breaking points in Beth’s life (yet the series also lampshades that). Then there’s Marielle Heller, perhaps best known as director of recent films like Can You Ever Forgive Me? and A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, who brings that same affecting ache to her portrayal of Beth’s adoptive mother Alma Wheatley: A ‘60s housewife whose own creative impulses are stifled by her homemaker duties, she represents the kind of future Beth staunchly wishes to avoid.

Though Beth herself becomes something of a role model for her female peers, she is utterly frustrated with the gender dimension of her narrative in a way that feels entirely authentic. For her time, she is considered exceptional because she’s a girl trouncing all the men at chess; yet she would rather be exceptional, period. Add to that her growing addiction to the pills, while taking after both of her mothers via alcoholism, and it only fuels her impostor syndrome—a term that hadn’t even been invented when this story takes place—and guilt at wasting this incredible, life-changing opportunity.

One of the most fascinating aspects of Beth’s career trajectory is witnessing how she steadily outpaces her male opponents. As Beth rises in the rankings, some of the previously mocking or dismissive men begin dropping off the tournament circuit, opting to examine the game from another, non-player perspective or to leave it behind altogether. These encounters both strengthen Beth’s conviction in her talent and challenge her to reconsider how healthy her single-minded obsession is.

Some of these former opponents also return as love interests, another notable aspect of Beth being the sole girl in the boys’ club. The miniseries handles this type of occupational hazard with sensitivity and respect, managing to depict Beth’s fumbling explorations of her sexuality without ever demeaning her character.

It helps that sometimes a chess match is foreplay, playful and existing only between the two participants. Other times, it’s an anxiety attack, mentally moving pieces back and forth while scrambling to predict what the other person will do. Just as it demystifies the structure of a chess match, The Queen’s Gambit also takes great care in dramatizing, in incredibly engaging fashion, the gameplay itself. The casual viewer won’t necessarily be able to follow every lightning-fast move, but the flow and the narrative of every game is clear. The cinematography is superb, especially the recurring visual motif of Beth manifesting a chess board out of shadows on her bedroom ceiling, the ghostly pieces blinking in and out of reality as she trains herself to anticipate moves.

It’s a rare series that can accurately render a particular form of genius without alienating the viewers who will always be the spectators. Beth’s struggles with addiction, and with the systems into which she was cosmically placed as some sort of powerless pawn, ground her brilliance without punishing her for it. Hers is a messy, poignant underdog story with the important takeaway that even if one becomes the queen, there’s no use in standing alone on an empty board; you’re nothing without the rest of the set.

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The Queen’s Gambit premieres October 23 on Netflix.

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New from Kevin Wozniak on Kevflix: What’s Streaming This Month? – June

At the end of May, HBOMax launched and really elevated the streaming services to a new level.  Along with Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and the Criterion Channel, HBOMax is another streaming service that is loaded with infinite content.

Even with so many streaming services, the quality of content coming to streaming is possibly the best I’ve seen in a long, long time.  Some true classics will be available for viewing, along with some fun genre fare and some new 2020 films.

Here are my picks for the best movies coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Disney+, the Criterion Channel, and HBOMax in June.

          NETFLIX

Full list of everything coming to Netflix in June can be found here.

    CAPE FEAR (Martin Scorsese, 1991)

Underrated in every way: an underrated Scorsese picture, an underrated Robert De Niro performance, and an underrated remake.

    CASPER (Brad Silberling, 1995)

A silly, childhood classic that is still a technical marvel 25 years later.

    CLUELESS (Amy Heckerling, 1995)

A timeless classic that could be argued as the greatest Shakespeare adaptation ever made.

    DA 5 BLOODS (Spike Lee, 2020)

Spike Lee’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning BlackKklansman is a look at a group of African American vets who return to Vietnam to find the remains of their fallen Squad Leader and the gold fortune he helped them hide.  One of my most anticipated movies of 2020.

    THE DISASTER ARTIST (James Franco, 2017)

James Franco gives a brilliant, uncanny performance as the legendary Tommy Wiseau in this look at the creation of the midnight classic, The Room.

    E.T. THE EXTRA TERRESTRIAL (Steven Spielberg, 1982)

Not much to say about this one other than it’s one of Spielberg’s best and bonafide cinematic masterpiece.

    INSIDE MAN (Spike Lee, 2006)

Spike Lee’s fun and twisty heist thriller features a trio of stellar performances from Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, and Jodie Foster.

    THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (Jonathon Demme, 1991)

As good as thrillers get, Jonathon Demme’s Oscar-winning masterpiece is one of my all-time favorite movies.

    STARSHIP TROOPERS (Paul Verhoeven, 1997)

My favorite Paul Verhoeven film is a delirious, violent, darkly funny war satire.

    WEST SIDE STORY (Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise, 1961)

A bright, lively, beautiful, stunning musical.

    ZODIAC (David Fincher, 2007)

One of David Fincher’s best films, Zodiac is one of the best movies of the 2000’s.

    AMAZON PRIME

Full list of everything coming to Amazon Prime in June can be found here.

    CRAWL (Alexandre Aja, 2019)

A fun little thriller about a woman trying to survive a siege of alligators during a hurricane.

  DIRTY DANCING (Emile Ardolino, 1987)

An 80’s classic.

    GROWN UPS (Dennis Dugan, 2010)

It’s stupid and peak Sandler-is-on-vacation-movie, but it’s mindless, funny entertainment.

    HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, 2010)

As good as any Pixar movie, How to Train Your Dragon doesn’t get nearly the love it deserves as one of the best animated movies of the 2010’s.

    KINGPIN (The Farrelly Brothers, 1996)

Featuring a great performance from Woody Harrelson and a scene-stealing performance from Bill Murray, Kingpin is the best Farrelly Brothers movie and a great sports movie.

    KNIVES OUT (Rian Johnson, 2019)

One of the best movies of 2019, Rian Johnson’s whodunnit gets better with every viewing.

    MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (Brad Bird, 2011)

Featuring one of the best action sequences of the last decade where Tom Cruise climbs the tallest building in the world, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol is one of the great action movies of the 2010’s and a perfect mix of a maniac director working with a maniac actor.

    THE NATURAL (Barry Levinson, 1984)

One of the great baseball movies and a great Robert Redford performance.

    SEX DRIVE (Sean Anders, 2008)

A wildly under-seen and utterly hilarious sex comedy.

    WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE (Spike Jonez, 2009)

A visually stunning, emotional adaptation of a childhood classic.

    HULU

Full list of everything coming to Hulu in June can be found here.

    THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT (Rob Reiner, 1995)

A charming political romance featuring a pair of lovely performances from Michael Douglas and Annett Benning.

    A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (Marielle Heller, 2019)

Tom Hanks becomes Mr. Rogers in Marielle Heller’s beautiful movie about love and forgiveness.

    BUFFALOED (Tonya Wexler, 2020)

One of my favorite movies of 2020, Buffaloed is a wild and crazy crime film featuring an off-the-wall, brilliant performance by Zoey Deutch.

    CASINO (Martin Scorsese, 1995)

A sprawling gangster epic from the crime maestro Martin Scorsese.

    CHARLIE WILSON’S WAR (Mike Nichols, 2007)

A solid movie, but worth the watch for some solid Aaron Sorkin dialog and a top-tier Phillip Seymour Hoffman performance.

    CLEMENCY (Chinonye Chukwu, 2019)

Alfre Woodard and Aldis Hodge are outstanding in this powerful, heart-wrenching look at the relationship between a warden and a death row inmate.

    I AM LEGEND (Francis Lawrence, 2007)

A smart and intense movie bolstered by a one-man showcase performance by Will Smith.

    OUT OF SIGHT (Steven Soderbergh, 1998)

One of Soderbergh’s best, Out of Sight is a stellar crime film features George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez at their absolute best.

    TRUE ROMANCE (DIRECTORS CUT) (Tony Scott, 1993)

Quentin Tarantino’s writing plus Tony Scott’s plus an all-star ensemble equal one of the wildest movies of the 90’s.

    YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN (Dennis Dugan, 2008)

One of Sandler’s weirder movies, but really entertaining and funny.

  DISNEY+

Full list of everything coming to Disney+ in June can be found here.

    ARTEMIS FOWL (Kenneth Branagh, 2020)

Director Kenneth Branagh and a stellar cast of Colin Farrell, Josh Gad, and Judi Dench look to bring this YA adaptation to life.

    PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTING THIEF (Chris Columbus, 2010)

A fun but forgotten adventure film.

    TARZAN ( Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders, 1999)

A late-90’s animated classic with a banging soundtrack.

    CRITERION CHANNEL

Full list of everything coming to Criterion Channel in June can be found here.

*The Criterion Channel does things a little differently than every other streaming service.  The Criterion Channel, a wonderful streaming service that focuses on independent, foreign, and under-appreciates movies, doesn’t just throw a bunch of random movies to stream.  They get more creative, by having categories like “DOUBLE FEATURES” or “FILMS FROM…”, giving us curated lists of films that somehow blend together or feature a specific artist.*

  DOUBLE FEATURES

  CITIES OF SHADOW:

The Naked City (Jules Dassin, 1948)

In a Lonely Place (Nicholas Ray, 1950)

A pair of noir murder mysteries presented by directors Josh and Benny Safdie.

    FIGURES IN LANDSCAPES

Museum Hours (Jem Cohen, 2012)

Columbus (Kogonada, 2017)

Two movies that look at unexpected human connection between two people in which art, architecture, and environment serve as characters themselves.

    DIRECTED BY MIKE LEIGH

Mike Leigh is a huge blindspot director for me.  I’ve seen a couple of movies of his, all of which I’ve liked, yet have dove more into his filmography.  Thanks to Criterion, nearly his entire filmography (the only films missing are his last two films, Mr. Turner (2014) and Peterloo (2018)) will be available to view, which has me very excited.

Meantime (1984)

High Hopes (1988)

The Short and Curlies (1987)

Life Is Sweet (1990)

Naked (1993)

Secrets & Lies (1996)

Career Girls (1997)

All or Nothing (2002)

Vera Drake (2004)

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Another Year (2010)

    SCORSESE SHORTS

Criterion just dropped this on Blu-Ray not too long ago.  The collection features five Martin Scorsese short films from his time at NYU to through the early 60’s.  Martin Scorsese is my favorite director ever, so seeing his early films has me very intrigued and excited.

    JAZZ SHORTS 1929-1939

Another short film series, this one focusing on tune-filled shorts, featuring some of the greatest jazz musicians of all time in their electrifying prime.  These films were made as preludes to accompany feature films and feature the legends of Jazz like Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday.

Black and Tan (Dudley Murphy, 1929)

St. Louis Blues (Dudley Murphy, 1929)

I Surrender Dear (Mack Sennett, 1931)

A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (Aubrey Scotto, 1932)

A Bundle of Blues (Fred Waller, 1933)

Sing, Bing, Sing (Babe Stafford, 1933)

Cab Calloway’s Hi-De-Ho (Fred Waller, 1934)

Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (Fred Waller, 1935)

Artie Shaw’s Class in Swing (Leslie M. Roush, 1939)

Hoagy Carmichael (Leslie M. Roush, 1939)

    HBOMAX

Full list of everything coming to HBOMax in June can be found here.

*HBOMAX is brand new, but it has already changed the game of streaming services.  The content is so extensive and features something for everyone, whether its a Hiayao Miyazaki masterpiece, an Oscar winner from the last couple years, or a Hollywood classic, HBOMAX has it and their library is so expansive, it’s easily worth the price.*

    AD ASTRA (James Gray, 2019)

One of the very best movies of 2019, James Gray’s moody space drama sticks with you long after it’s over.

    ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING (Chris Colombus, 1987)

This 80’s gem is also a Chicago classic.

    DOCTOR SLEEP (DIRECTORS CUT) (Mike Flanigan, 2019)

One of 2019’s most underrated films is a bizarre, haunting sequel to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.

    FIRST MAN (Damien Chazelle, 2018)

Damien Chazelle showed us the difficulty and horrors of going to the moon in 1969 in stunning fashion.

    FORD V FERRARI (James Mangold, 2019)

Another one of my favorite movies of 2019, Ford v Ferrari is a classic American sports tale featuring a pair of dynamic performances from Matt Damon and Christian Bale.

    HE GOT GAME (Spike Lee, 1998)

Spike Lee’s powerful look at basketball, redemption, and family.

    THE IRON GIANT (Brad Bird, 1999)

One of the greatest animated movies ever made.

    MCCABE AND MRS. MILLER (Robert Altman, 197

A Robert Altima Western starring Warren Beatty and Julie Christie.  What else do you need?

    SPEED RACER (Lily and Lana Wachowski, 2008)

Panned on its initial release, Speed Racer is a gloriously bizarre and visually astounding triumph that needs to be revisited by all.

    TITANIC (James Cameron, 2007)

A movie that literally has everything.  It’s a big, bold, epic movie with romance, action, comedy, and drama and I love all 194 minutes of it.

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