A pioneer of Manchester's nightlife, Henry's Cafe Bar promised to add a little 'excitement' to the lives of its customers.
18.09.2023 - 14:29 / deadline.com
“Hi, I’m gonna kill myself,” an 11-year-old girl proclaims to her mom over a pay phone in what is clearly an attention-getting gesture. Alarming as this may sound, it’s just part of the oddly arresting dynamics of Janet Planet, the distinctive first produced screenplay by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker, making her cinematic directorial debut. This is an off-beat film to say the least, one rippling with modestly turbulent undercurrents that are presented in such a way that make parent-offspring relations at least as amusing as they are serious. Beyond that, there is an unusual dramatic approach at play that partly turns its back on normal verbal interchange, one that embraces out-of-the-blue remarks and sidelong comments at the partial expense of conventional exposition and character development. The result is both disarming and odd, a film both lovely for its observational aptitude and at times mildly annoying in its smarty-pants conversational cleverness. Whatever else you can say, it’s an absolute original.
Given the author’s clear enthusiasm for the cinema, it’s somewhat surprising that it’s taken her so long to finally write a script directly for the screen. Baker was showered with awards a decade ago for her play The Flick, which was about three female employees at a movie theater. The show won the Obie in the wake of its Off Broadway premiere at New York’s Playwrights Horizon in 2013 and the following year copped the Pulitzer for drama when it was produced in Chicago by the Steppenwolf Theater Company.
Surprisingly, not all that many playwrights have endeavored to direct film versions of their own plays and when they do, the results are variable. Among the most notable are Harold Pinter, Kenneth
A pioneer of Manchester's nightlife, Henry's Cafe Bar promised to add a little 'excitement' to the lives of its customers.
It seems that the magic of the dance floor on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing extends beyond the glitz and glamour, as several couples who met on the show have ended up starting families together. These heartwarming stories show that the connections formed on the Strictly Come Dancing stage can lead to beautiful and lasting partnerships beyond the dance floor. Let's take a look at all the Strictly bundles of joy that have come from the show.
Kim Kardashian has entered the “AHS” universe.
Warning: The following contains spoilers from tonight’s American Horror Story season 12 episode one “Multiply Thy Pain” directed by Jessica Yu and written by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Halley Feiffer.
Hunter Ingram A new season of “American Horror Story” is still TV’s best leap of faith. Each season, the FX anthology series takes pleasure in deploying a twisted new nightmare that offers up its cast of familiar faces to whatever fresh hell awaits.
The new season of American Horror Story is finally premiering TONIGHT and we’re taking a look at the cast of the latest installment.
Winning Time, it has been revealed.The new LA Lakers series, whose second season just finished airing, sees John C. Reilly portray former Lakers owner Jerry Buss in the basketball drama.Nicholson, a famous Lakers fan, is played by Max E.
King Charles III's niece Princess Beatrice now has a two year old daughter in little Sienna.The royal's Italian husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi posted a sweet tribute to their toddler on Instagram today, writing next to a rare picture of their little one wearing a sombrero: "Happy Birthday Baby Girl. You bring us so much love and joy every day," alongside three pink heart emojis.
Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi will no doubt be celebrating today as their daughter Sienna turns two.
Princess Beatrice's daughter Sienna Mapelli Mozzi is celebrating her 2nd birthday today (Monday, September 18) and will no doubt be celebrating with her family.The late Queen's great-granddaughter was born at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in 2021 to Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi and was named Sienna Elizabeth Mapelli Mozzi.The couple are also parents to Edo's son Christopher Woolf 'Wolfie' from his previous relationship with architect Dara Huang. While an official photograph of Sienna is yet to be released, her doting grandmother Sarah, Duchess of York often speaks about the youngster on her podcast, Tea Talks.
The #MeToo movement only started six years ago, but over that time, we’ve seen its massive impact on Hollywood. Mostly, this has been for the better, as predators are being named and (sometimes) held accountable for their actions.
Former Strictly Come Dancing star Aljaz Skorjanec has said it was 'hard to say goodbye' before leaving fans distracted with a video featuring his daughter. The dancer took to social media to share his sadness at having to says farewell to a few more family members.
Former Strictly Come Dancing star Aljaz Skorjanec has been told his drink of choice was 'deserved' as he was seen without his baby daughter for the first time. While it's not the first time he's had to be away from his first child, the new dad did appear to be enjoying a little date night with his wife Janette Manrara.
The Video Vanguard Award is the most prestigious honor a musician can take home from the MTV Video Music Awards.
Guy Lodge Film Critic Frank Marshall’s film “Alive” has never exactly been a classic, but for a certain bracket of moviegoers who saw it in 1993, it remains a vivid memory. A heart-in-mouth recreation of the 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash — from which 16 people eventually survived 72 days stranded in a remote, snowy stretch of the Andes in western Argentina, while 29 perished — it visualized the events past the remit of worldwide news reports and magazine stories.
They say time is a healer, and after rapper Stormzy and Love Island host Maya Jama were seen looking joyously happy and loved-up out and about on holiday in southern Greece, we’re convinced it must be true. Stormzy and Maya split back in 2019 after four years together, but last week the co-ordinated couple, both wearing white, were spotted walking hand-in-hand around Hydra island with eyes only for each other. He was reportedly encouraged to win her back by the other significant lady in his life, his mum Abigail Owuo, and it seems Stormzy, 30, has been giving Maya, 29, the relationship equivalent of the red-carpet treatment.
Janette Manrara has delighted fans by sharing a number of sweet photos from a recent family day out with husband Aljaž Škorjanec and their baby daughter Lyra. Former Strictly Come Dancing professionals Janette, 39, and Aljaž, 33, took baby Lyra, who was born in July, on a sunny walk through a stunning forest area, with the family-of-three making the most of the warm weather as they spent some quality time together.
Jaden Thompson Nathan Louis Jackson, a writer-producer on Netflix’s “Luke Cage” and the playwright behind “Broke-ology,” died on Aug. 22 at his home in Lenexa, Ks. He was 44.
Oscar-winning Polish cinematographer Janusz Kamiński, best known for his decades-long collaboration with Steven Spielberg, and Stephen Lighthill, who shot the Oscar-nominated doc Berkeley, will be the two special award recipients at this year’s Annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA).
Nathan Louis Jackson, the award-winning playwright who made a splash with the debut of Broke-ology in 2008 and who went on to write and produce TV shows such as Luke Cage, S.W.A.T., 13 Reasons Why and Shameless, died on August 22, according to multiple reports. While no cause of death was given, his wife told the New York Times that Jackson had had recent cardiac problems, including an aortic dissection and an aortic aneurysm. He was 44.