Ebertfest
Films -- 2011
Table:
Title

Director

Year

Starring

Notes

Metropolis

Fritz Lang

1927

Brigitte Helm, Gustav Fröhlich, Alfred Abel, Rudolf Klein-Rogge

2010 restoration. Alloy Orchestra played live accompaniment

Natural Selection

Robbie Pickering

2010

Rachael Harris

Post-film Q&A included Robbie Pickering and Rachael Harris

Umberto D

Vittorio De Sica

1952

Carlo Battisti

Post-film Q&A included Ignatiy Vishnevetsky and Omer Mozaffar

My Dog Tulip

Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Schuette Fierlinger

2010

Christopher Plummer (narrator)

Post-film Q&A included Paul Fierlinger and Sandra Schuette Fierlinger

Tiny Furniture

Lena Dunham

2010

Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, Alex Karpovsky, David Call

Post-film Q&A included David Call and distributor Ryan Werner

45365

Turner Ross and Bill Ross IV

2009

Townspeople of Sidney, Ohio

Post-film Q&A included Turner Ross and Bill Ross IV

Me & Orson Welles

Richard Linklater

2009

Christian McKay, Claire Danes, Zac Efron

Post-film Q&A included Richard Linklater

Only You

Norman Jewison

1994

Robert Downey, Jr., Marisa Tomei, Bonnie Hunt

Post-film Q&A included Norman Jewison

A Small Act

Jennifer Arnold

2010

Chris Mburu, Jane Wanjiru Muigai, Hilde Back

Post-film Q&A included Jennifer Arnold, Hilde Back and producer Patti Lee

Life Above All

Oliver Schmitz

2010

Khomotso Manyaka, Keaobaka Makanyane, Harriet Lenabe

Post-film Q&A included Oliver Schmitz, Khomotso Manyaka and distributor Michael Barker

Leaves of Grass

Tim Blake Nelson

2009

Edward Norton, Tim Blake Nelson, Susan Sarandon

Post-film Q&A included Tim Blake Nelson

I Am Love

Luca Guadagnino

2010

Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Marisa Berenson

Post-film Q&A included Tilda Swinton and Michael Barker

Louder Than a Bomb

Jon Siskel and Greg Jacobs

2010

Kevin Coval, Adam Gottlieb, Elizabeth Graf, Kevin Harris and other students

Post-film Q&A included Jon Siskel, Greg Jacobs, founder and artistic director Kevin Coval and Steinmetz High School poets Lamar Jorden, Charles Smith, She'Kira McNight, Kevin Harris and Jésus Lark

Looking at the accompanying table plus the supplementary paragraphs provided.

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Metropolis is a 1927 German expressionist science-fiction drama film directed by Fritz Lang . Written by Thea von Harbou in collaboration with Lang , it stars Gustav Fröhlich , Alfred Abel , Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Brigitte Helm . Erich Pommer produced it in the Babelsberg Studios for Universum Film A.G. ( UFA ) . The silent film is regarded as a pioneering science-fiction movie , being among the first feature-length movies of that genre . Filming took place over 17 months in 1925-26 at a cost of more than five million Reichsmarks . Made in Germany during the Weimar period , Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and follows the attempts of Freder , the wealthy son of the city master , and Maria , a saintly figure to the workers , to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes in their city and bring the workers together with Joh Fredersen , the city master . The film 's message is encompassed in the final inter-title : The Mediator Between the Head and the Hands Must Be the Heart . Metropolis met a mixed reception upon release . Critics found it pictorially beautiful and visually powerful - the film 's art direction by Otto Hunte , Erich Kettelhut and Karl Vollbrecht draws influence from Bauhaus , Cubist and Futurist design , along with touches of the Gothic in the scenes in the catacombs , the cathedral and Rotwang 's house - and lauded its complex special effects , but accused its story of naiveté . H. G. Wells described the film as silly , and The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction calls the film 's story trite and its politics ludicrously simplistic . The film 's alleged Communist message was also criticized . The film 's extensive running time also came in for criticism , and Metropolis was cut substantially after its German premiere , with a large portion of Lang 's original footage removed .
Friedrich Christian Anton Fritz Lang ( December 5 , 1890 - August 2 , 1976 ) was an Austrian-German-American filmmaker , screenwriter , and occasional film producer and actor . One of the best-known émigrés from Germany 's school of Expressionism , he was dubbed the Master of Darkness by the British Film Institute . Lang 's most famous films include the groundbreaking futuristic Metropolis ( 1927 ) and the also influential M ( 1931 ) , a film noir precursor that he made before he moved to the United States .
Brigitte Helm ( 17 March 1908 - 11 June 1996 ) was a German actress , best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double , the Maschinenmensch , in Fritz Lang 's 1927 silent film Metropolis .
Gustav Fröhlich ( 21 March 1902 - 22 December 1987 ) was a German actor and film director . He landed secondary roles in a number of films and plays before landing his breakthrough role of Freder Fredersen in Fritz Lang 's 1927 film Metropolis . He remained a popular film star in Germany until the 1950s .
Alfred Peter Abel ( 12 March 1879 - 12 December 1937 ) was a German film actor , director , and producer . He appeared in more than 140 silent and sound films between 1913 and 1938 . His best-known performance was as Joh Fredersen in Fritz Lang 's 1927 film , Metropolis .
Rudolf Klein-Rogge ( born Friedrich Rudolf Klein ) was a German film actor , best-known for playing sinister figures in films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as being a main-stay in director Fritz Lang 's Weimar-era films . He is probably best known in popular culture , particularly to English-speaking audiences , for playing the archetypal mad scientist role of C. A. Rotwang in Lang 's Metropolis and as the criminal genius Doctor Mabuse . Klein-Rogge also appeared in several important French films in the late 1920s and early 1930s .
Alloy Orchestra is a musical ensemble based in Cambridge , Massachusetts , United States , that performs its own accompaniments to silent films of the classic movie era . Percussionists Terry Donahue and Ken Winokur and keyboardist Caleb Sampson founded the group in 1990 . After Sampson 's death in 1998 , the band was joined by keyboardist Roger Miller , better known as the guitarist of post-punk band Mission of Burma . They have released four collections of film music and have toured both North America and Europe in support of cinematic shows .
Natural Selection is a 2011 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Robbie Pickering . It stars Rachael Harris , Matt O'Leary , John Diehl , and Jon Gries . The film was accepted by South by Southwest for the 2011 Narrative Feature Competition .
Rachael Elaine Harris ( born January 12 , 1968 ) is an American actress and comedian . She is known for her numerous television roles , such as starring as Dr. Linda Martin on Lucifer and as a guest star on TV shows such as Sister , Sister , Reno 911 ! , New Girl , Suits and The Good Wife .
Umberto D. ( pronounced [ umˈbɛrto di ] ) is a 1952 Italian neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica . Most of the actors were non-professional , including Carlo Battisti who plays the title role of Umberto Domenico Ferrari , a poor elderly man in Rome who is desperately trying to keep his rented room . His landlady ( Lina Gennari ) is evicting him , and his only true friends , the housemaid ( Maria-Pia Casilio ) and his dog Flike ( called 'Flag ' in some subtitled versions of the film ) are of no help . According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies , this was De Sica 's favorite of all his films . The movie was included in TIME magazine 's All-TIME 100 Movies in 2005 . The film 's sets were designed by Virgilio Marchi .
Vittorio De Sica ( /də ˈsiːkə/ də SEE-kə , Italian : [ vitˈtɔːrjo de ˈsiːka ] ; 7 July 1901 - 13 November 1974 ) was an Italian director and actor , a leading figure in the neorealist movement . Four of the films he directed won Academy Awards : Sciuscià and Bicycle Thieves ( honorary ) , while Yesterday , Today and Tomorrow and Il giardino dei Finzi Contini won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . Indeed , the great critical success of Sciuscià ( the first foreign film to be so recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ) and Bicycle Thieves helped establish the permanent Best Foreign Film Award . These two films are considered part of the canon of classic cinema . Bicycle Thieves was cited by Turner Classic Movies as one of the 15 most influential films in cinema history . De Sica was also nominated for the 1957 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for playing Major Rinaldi in American director Charles Vidor 's 1957 adaptation of Ernest Hemingway 's A Farewell to Arms , a movie that was panned by critics and proved a box office flop . De Sica 's acting was considered the highlight of the film .
Carlo Battisti ( 10 October 1882 - 6 March 1977 ) was an Italian linguist and actor , famed for his starring role in Vittorio De Sica 's Umberto D .
My Dog Tulip is a 2009 American independent animated feature film based on the 1956 memoir of the same name by J. R. Ackerley , BBC editor , novelist and memoirist . The film tells the story of Ackerley 's fifteen-year relationship with his Alsatian dog ( German Shepherd ) Queenie , who had been renamed Tulip for the book . The film - geared toward an adult audience - was adapted , directed and animated by Paul Fierlinger with backgrounds and characters painted by his wife , Sandra Fierlinger . Christopher Plummer narrated Ackerley 's voice , Isabella Rossellini provided the voice of the veterinarian , and Lynn Redgrave provided the voice ( in her last film performance ) of Ackerley 's sister Nancy . The film premiered at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 10 , 2009 and received Honourable Mention for Best Animated Film at the 2009 Ottawa International Animation Festival . The film won Grand Prix - best feature film award at the World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb - Animafest Zagreb in 2011 . As with the original book , the film gives detailed descriptions of the dog 's bowel movements and sex life - received as positively juvenile and helping the film achieve realism and avoid anthropomorphism . In 1988 , Colin Gregg had filmed Ackerley 's We Think the World of You ( 1960 ) - also about Ackerley 's relationship with his dog Queenie .
Paul Fierlinger ( born March 15 , 1936 as Pavel Fierlinger ) is a creator of animated films and shorts , especially animated documentaries . He is also a part-time lecturer at University of Pennsylvania School of Design .
Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC ( born December 13 , 1929 ) is a Canadian actor whose career has spanned six decades , beginning with his film debut in Stage Struck ( 1958 ) . He is known for portraying Captain Georg von Trapp in The Sound of Music ( 1965 ) , and has portrayed numerous major historical figures , including the Emperor Commodus in The Fall of the Roman Empire ( 1964 ) , Arthur Wellesley , 1st Duke of Wellington in Waterloo ( 1970 ) , Rudyard Kipling in The Man Who Would Be King ( 1975 ) , Mike Wallace in The Insider ( 1999 ) , Leo Tolstoy in The Last Station ( 2009 ) , Kaiser Wilhelm II in The Exception ( 2016 ) , and J. Paul Getty in All the Money in the World ( 2017 ) . Plummer has received various accolades for his work , including an Academy Award , a Genie Award , two Emmy Awards , two Tony Awards , a Golden Globe Award , a Screen Actors Guild Award , and a British Academy Film Award ; he is one of the few performers to receive the Triple Crown of Acting , and the only Canadian . He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 82 for Beginners ( 2010 ) , becoming the oldest actor to win an acting award , and he received a nomination at the age of 88 for All the Money in the World , making him the oldest person to be nominated in an acting category .
Tiny Furniture is a 2010 American independent comedy-drama film written , directed by , and starring Lena Dunham . The film premiered at South by Southwest , where it won the award for Best Narrative Feature , screened at such festivals as Maryland Film Festival , and was released theatrically in the United States on November 12 , 2010 . Dunhams own mother , the artist Laurie Simmons , plays Auras mother , while her real sister , Grace , plays Auras on-screen sibling . The actors Jemima Kirke and Alex Karpovsky would also appear in Dunham 's television series Girls .
Lena Dunham ( /ˈliːnə ˈdʌnəm/ ; born May 13 , 1986 ) is an American actress , writer , director , and producer . She is known as the creator , writer , and star of the HBO television series Girls ( 2012-2017 ) , for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards . Dunham also directed several episodes of Girls and became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing - Comedy Series . Prior to Girls , Dunham wrote , directed , and starred in the semi-autobiographical independent film Tiny Furniture ( 2010 ) , for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay . In 2013 , Dunham was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world . In 2014 , Dunham released her first book , Not That Kind of Girl : A Young Woman Tells You What She 's Learned . In 2015 , along with Girls showrunner Jenni Konner , Dunham created the publication Lenny Letter , a feminist online newsletter . The publication folded in late 2018 . Dunham has starred in feature films such as Supporting Characters and This Is 40 ( both 2012 ) and Happy Christmas ( 2014 ) . She voiced Mary in the 2016 film My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea , which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival . On television , aside from Girls , she has played guest roles in Scandal and The Simpsons ( both 2015 ) . In 2017 , she portrayed Valerie Solanas in American Horror Story : Cult .
Laurie Simmons ( born October 3 , 1949 ) is an American artist , photographer and filmmaker . Since the mid-1970s , Simmons has staged scenes for her camera with dolls , ventriloquist dummies , objects on legs , and people , to create photographs that reference domestic scenes . :9 She is part of The Pictures Generation , a name given to a group of artists from a 2009 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art that includes Cindy Sherman , Barbara Kruger , and Louise Lawler .
Cyrus Grace Dunham ( /ˈdʌnəm/ DUN-əm ; born January 28 , 1992 ) is an American writer and activist . Dunham appeared in the independent film Tiny Furniture ( 2010 ) , which was written and directed by their older sister , filmmaker and actress Lena Dunham .
Alexander Karpovsky is an American director , actor , screenwriter , producer and film editor . He is best known for playing Ray Ploshansky on the HBO comedy-drama series Girls and Craig Petrosian on the Amazon series Homecoming .
David Steven Call ( born August 14 , 1982 ) is an American actor .
45365 is a 2009 documentary film made by first-time directors and brothers Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross . The film is about the everyday life of the small town Sidney , Ohio , and the people living in it ; the title comes from the town 's ZIP Code . 45365 premiered at the 2009 South by Southwest Film Festival , where it won the Grand Jury Prize . It won the Roger and Chaz Ebert Truer than Fiction award at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards . Jeannette Catsoulis has described the film , A beguiling slice of Midwestern impressionism , 45365 drops in on the residents of Sidney , Ohio , to observe their lunches and haircuts , trials and transgressions .
Sidney is a city in Shelby County , Ohio , United States approximately 36 mi ( 58 km ) north of Dayton and 100 mi ( 161 km ) south of Toledo . The population was 21,229 at the 2010 census . It is named after English poet Sir Philip Sidney and is the county seat of Shelby County . As well , many of the city 's elementary schools are also named after famous writers , such as Emerson , Longfellow and Whittier . Sidney was the recipient of the 1964 All-America City Award . In 2009 , it was the subject of the documentary film 45365 .
Me and Orson Welles is a 2008 British-American period drama film directed by Richard Linklater and starring Zac Efron , Christian McKay , and Claire Danes . Based on Robert Kaplow 's novel of the same name , the story , set in 1937 New York , tells of a teenager hired to perform in Orson Welles 's groundbreaking stage adaptation of William Shakespeare 's Julius Caesar . He becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant . The film was shot in London and New York and on the Isle of Man in February , March and April 2008 , and was released in the United States on November 25 , 2009 , and the United Kingdom on December 4 , 2009 . McKay 's portrayal of Welles was recognized with a multitude of accolades , and Me and Orson Welles was named one of the top ten independent films of the year by the National Board of Review .
Richard Stuart Linklater ( /ˈlɪŋkleɪtər/ ; born July 30 , 1960 ) is an American filmmaker . He is known for films that revolve mainly around suburban culture and the effects of the passage of time . His films include the observational comedy film Slacker ( 1990 ) ; the coming-of-age comedy film Dazed and Confused ( 1993 ) ; the romantic drama Before trilogy , Before Sunrise ( 1995 ) , Before Sunset ( 2004 ) , and Before Midnight ( 2013 ) ; the music-themed comedy School of Rock ( 2003 ) ; the animated films Waking Life ( 2001 ) and A Scanner Darkly ( 2006 ) ; the epic coming-of-age drama Boyhood ( 2014 ) ; and the comedy film Everybody Wants Some ! ! ( 2016 ) . In 2015 , Linklater was included on the annual Time 100 list of the 100 most influential people in the world . Linklater is known to have a distinct style and method of filmmaking . Many of his films are noted for their loosely structured narrative ; several of his projects - the Before . films and Boyhood - feature the same actors filmed over an extended period of years .
Christian Stuart McKay ( born 30 December 1973 ) is an English stage and screen actor . He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Orson Welles in the 2008 film Me and Orson Welles , for which he was nominated for over two dozen awards including the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor . He also appeared in movies such as Florence Foster Jenkins , The Theory of Everything , Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Rush .
Claire Catherine Danes ( born April 12 , 1979 ) is an American actress . She is the recipient of three Emmy Awards , four Golden Globe Awards , and two Screen Actors Guild Awards . In 2012 , Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world , and she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2015 . Danes gained early recognition as Angela Chase in the 1994 teen drama series My So-Called Life . The role won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series . She made her film debut the same year in Little Women ( 1994 ) . Her other films include Home for the Holidays ( 1995 ) , Romeo + Juliet ( 1996 ) , The Rainmaker ( 1997 ) , Les Misérables ( 1998 ) , Brokedown Palace ( 1999 ) , the 1999 English dub of Princess Mononoke ( 1997 ) , The Hours ( 2002 ) , Terminator 3 : Rise of the Machines ( 2003 ) , Shopgirl ( 2005 ) , Stardust ( 2007 ) , and A Kid Like Jake ( 2018 ) . From 1998 to 2000 , Danes attended Yale University before dropping out to return to acting . She appeared in an Off-Broadway production of The Vagina Monologues in 2000 , and made her Broadway debut playing Eliza Doolittle in the 2007 revival of Pygmalion . In 2010 , she portrayed Temple Grandin in the highly acclaimed HBO TV film Temple Grandin , which won her a second Golden Globe and her first Primetime Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . Since 2011 , she has starred as Carrie Mathison in the Showtime drama series Homeland , for which she has won two Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series , two Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Television Series Drama , and the Television Critics Association Award for Individual Achievement in Drama .
Zachary David Alexander Efron ( /ˈɛfrɒn/ ; born October 18 , 1987 ) is an American actor and singer . He began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical trilogy ( 2006-2008 ) . During this time , he also starred in the musical film Hairspray ( 2007 ) and the comedy film 17 Again ( 2009 ) . Efron has since starred in the films New Year 's Eve ( 2011 ) , The Lucky One ( 2012 ) , The Paperboy ( 2012 ) , Neighbors ( 2014 ) , Dirty Grandpa ( 2016 ) , Neighbors 2 : Sorority Rising ( 2016 ) , Baywatch ( 2017 ) , The Greatest Showman ( 2017 ) and Extremely Wicked , Shockingly Evil and Vile ( 2019 ) .
Only You is a 1994 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Marisa Tomei , Robert Downey Jr. , and Bonnie Hunt . Written by Diane Drake and Malia Scotch Marmo ( uncredited ) , the film is about a young woman whose search for the man she believes to be her soulmate leads her to Italy where she meets her destiny . Upon its release the film received mostly mixed reviews , but critics praised Tomei and Downey 's performances .
Norman Frederick Jewison CC OOnt ( born July 21 , 1926 ) is a retired Canadian film director , producer , actor , and founder of the Canadian Film Centre . He has directed numerous feature films and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times in three separate decades for In the Heat of the Night ( 1967 ) , Fiddler on the Roof ( 1971 ) and Moonstruck ( 1987 ) . Other highlights of his directing career include The Cincinnati Kid ( 1965 ) , The Russians Are Coming , the Russians Are Coming ( 1966 ) , The Thomas Crown Affair ( 1968 ) , Jesus Christ Superstar ( 1973 ) , Rollerball ( 1975 ) , F.I.S.T . ( 1978 ) , .And Justice for All ( 1979 ) , A Soldier 's Story ( 1984 ) , Agnes of God ( 1985 ) , Other People 's Money ( 1991 ) , The Hurricane ( 1999 ) , and The Statement ( 2003 ) . Jewison has addressed important social and political issues throughout his directing and producing career , often making controversial or complicated subjects accessible to mainstream audiences . He has won accolades around the world , including numerous Golden Globe nominations , a BAFTA Award , the Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival , Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the Directors Guild of Canada and America , and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the 71st annual Academy Awards . In 2003 , Jewison received the Governor General 's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement for his multiple contributions to the film industry in Canada .
Robert John Downey Jr. ( born April 4 , 1965 ) is an American actor , producer , and singer . His career has been characterized by critical and popular success in his youth , followed by a period of substance abuse and legal troubles , before a resurgence of commercial success in middle age . In 2008 , Downey was named by Time magazine among the 100 most influential people in the world , and from 2013 to 2015 , he was listed by Forbes as Hollywood 's highest-paid actor . His films have grossed over $ 14.4 billion worldwide , making him the second highest-grossing box-office star of all time . At the age of five , he made his acting debut in Robert Downey Sr. 's film Pound in 1970 . He subsequently worked with the Brat Pack in the teen films Weird Science ( 1985 ) and Less Than Zero ( 1987 ) . In 1992 , Downey portrayed the title character in the biopic Chaplin , for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a BAFTA Award . Following a stint at the Corcoran Substance Abuse Treatment Facility on drug charges , he joined the TV series Ally McBeal , for which he won a Golden Globe Award ; however in the wake of two drug charges , one in late 2000 and one in early 2001 , he was fired and his character terminated . He stayed in a court-ordered drug treatment program shortly after and has maintained his sobriety since 2003 . Initially , bond completion companies would not insure Downey , until Mel Gibson paid the insurance bond for the 2003 film The Singing Detective . He subsequently went on to star in the black comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ( 2005 ) , the thriller Zodiac ( 2007 ) , and the action comedy Tropic Thunder ( 2008 ) ; for the latter he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . Downey gained wider recognition for starring as Tony Stark / Iron Man in ten films within the Marvel Cinematic Universe , beginning with Iron Man ( 2008 ) .
Marisa Tomei ( /toʊˈmeɪ/ , Italian : [ toˈmɛi ] ; born December 4 , 1964 ) is an American actress . She is the recipient of various accolades including an Academy Award and nominations for a BAFTA Award , two Golden Globe Awards , and three Screen Actors Guild Awards . Following her work on the television series As the World Turns , she came to prominence as a cast member on The Cosby Show spin-off A Different World in 1987 . After having minor roles in a few films , she came to international attention in 1992 with the comedy My Cousin Vinny , for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . She received two additional Academy Award nominations for In the Bedroom ( 2001 ) and The Wrestler ( 2008 ) . Tomei has appeared in a number of successful movies , including What Women Want ( 2000 ) , Anger Management ( 2003 ) , Wild Hogs ( 2007 ) , and Parental Guidance ( 2012 ) . Other films include Untamed Heart ( 1993 ) , Only You ( 1994 ) , The Paper ( 1994 ) , Unhook the Stars ( 1996 ) , Slums of Beverly Hills ( 1998 ) , Before the Devil Knows You 're Dead ( 2007 ) , Cyrus ( 2010 ) , Love Is Strange ( 2014 ) , The Big Short ( 2015 ) and The First Purge ( 2018 ) . She also portrays Aunt May in the Marvel Cinematic Universe , having appeared in Captain America : Civil War ( 2016 ) , Spider-Man : Homecoming ( 2017 ) , Avengers : Endgame ( 2019 ) , and Spider-Man : Far From Home ( 2019 ) . Tomei has also worked in theater . She was formerly involved with the Naked Angels Theater Company and appeared in plays , such as Daughters ( 1986 ) , Wait Until Dark ( 1998 ) , Top Girls ( 2008 ) , for which she received a nomination for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play , and The Realistic Joneses ( 2014 ) , for which she received a special award at the Drama Desk Awards .
Bonnie Lynn Hunt ( born September 22 , 1961 ) is an American comedian , actress , director , producer , writer and television host . Her film roles include Rain Man , Beethoven , Beethoven 's 2nd , Jumanji , Jerry Maguire , The Green Mile , Cheaper by the Dozen , and Cheaper by the Dozen 2 . Hunt has done voice work in A Bug 's Life , Monsters , Inc. , Monsters University , Cars franchise , Zootopia , Toy Story 3 , and Toy Story 4 . She starred in Grand and Davis Rules , as well as creating , producing , writing , and starring in The Building , Bonnie , and Life with Bonnie . From 2008 to 2010 , she hosted The Bonnie Hunt Show .
A Small Act is a documentary film produced by Harambee Media and HBO and directed by Jennifer Arnold . The documentary chronicles Chris Mburu 's search for his benefactor , whose sponsorship allowed him to continue secondary school in Kenya . He would go on to earn degrees from the University of Nairobi and Harvard Law School .
The Little Couple is an American reality television series on TLC that debuted May 26 , 2009 . The series features Bill Klein , a businessman , and Dr. Jennifer Arnold a neonatologist , who both have skeletal dysplasia . Arnold is 96.5 cm ( 3 ' 2 ) and Klein 122 cm ( 4 feet ) tall . They moved from New York City , after Jen completed her pediatric residency and masters of medical education at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center .
Life , Above All is a 2010 South African drama film directed by Oliver Schmitz . It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival . The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards and made the final shortlist announced in January 2011 . The film was adapted from the 2004 novel Chanda 's Secrets by Allan Stratton .
Oliver Schmitz ( born 1960 ) is a South African film director and screenwriter . His film Mapantsula was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival . His 2010 film Life , Above All was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and it was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards . It made the shortlist of nominations announced in January 2011 .
Leaves of Grass is a 2009 American black comedy film written and directed by Tim Blake Nelson . It stars Edward Norton as twin brothers , alongside Richard Dreyfuss , Nelson , Susan Sarandon , Melanie Lynskey and Keri Russell . Set in Nelson 's home state of Oklahoma , the film was actually filmed in northwestern Louisiana , which was selected for its generous film production incentives . Leaves of Grass was featured at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival , and had a limited domestic release by First Look Studios on just six screen April 2 , 2010 . It failed to impress at the domestic box office , earning a meager US $ 70,066 in ticket sales against a production budget of US $ 9,000,000 . Critical reception was slightly positive , but mixed , with Rotten Tomatoes critics giving it 61% and audiences 49% . The film faired much better internationally , earning US $ 948,687 .
Timothy Blake Nelson ( born May 11 , 1964 ) is an American actor , writer , and director . His most famous roles include Delmar O'Donnell in O Brother , Where Art Thou ? ( 2000 ) , Dr. Pendanski in Holes ( 2003 ) , Daniel Danny Dalton Jr. in Syriana ( 2005 ) , Dr. Samuel Sterns in The Incredible Hulk ( 2008 ) , Richard Schell in Lincoln ( 2012 ) , Buster Scruggs in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs ( 2018 ) , and Wade Tillman/Looking Glass in the HBO series Watchmen ( 2019 ) .
Edward Harrison Norton ( born August 18 , 1969 ) is an American actor and filmmaker . He has received multiple awards and nominations , including a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations . Born in Boston and raised in Columbia , Maryland , Norton was drawn to theatrical productions at local venues as a child . After graduating from Yale College in 1991 , he worked for a few months in Japan before moving to New York City to pursue an acting career . He gained immediate recognition for his debut in Primal Fear ( 1996 ) , which earned him a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination in the same category . His role as a reformed neo-Nazi in American History X ( 1998 ) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor . He also starred in the film Fight Club ( 1999 ) , which garnered a cult following . Norton emerged as a filmmaker in the 2000s . He established the production company Class 5 Films in 2003 , and was director or producer of the films Keeping the Faith ( 2000 ) , Down in the Valley ( 2005 ) , and The Painted Veil ( 2006 ) . He continued to receive critical acclaim for his acting roles in films such as The Score ( 2001 ) , 25th Hour ( 2002 ) , The Illusionist ( 2006 ) , Moonrise Kingdom ( 2012 ) , and The Grand Budapest Hotel ( 2014 ) . His greatest commercial successes have been Red Dragon ( 2002 ) , Kingdom of Heaven ( 2005 ) , The Incredible Hulk ( 2008 ) , and The Bourne Legacy ( 2012 ) . For his role in the black comedy Birdman ( 2014 ) , Norton earned another Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor .
Susan Abigail Sarandon ( née Tomalin ; born October 4 , 1946 ) is an American actress and activist . She has received an Academy Award , a British Academy Film Award , and a Screen Actors Guild Award , and has been nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards . Known for her social and political activism , she was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1999 and received the Action Against Hunger Humanitarian Award in 2006 . Sarandon began her career in the film Joe ( 1970 ) , before appearing in the soap opera A World Apart ( 1970-71 ) . In 1974 , she co-starred as a Zelda Fitzgerald surrogate in the TV movie F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles ' and in 1975 , she starred in The Rocky Horror Picture Show . She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for Atlantic City ( 1980 ) , Thelma & Louise ( 1991 ) , Lorenzo 's Oil ( 1992 ) , and The Client ( 1994 ) , before winning for Dead Man Walking ( 1995 ) . She has also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for The Client , and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress for Dead Man Walking . Her other films include : Pretty Baby ( 1978 ) , The Hunger ( 1983 ) , The Witches of Eastwick ( 1987 ) , Bull Durham ( 1988 ) , White Palace ( 1990 ) , Little Women ( 1994 ) , Stepmom ( 1998 ) , Enchanted ( 2007 ) , The Lovely Bones ( 2009 ) , Tammy ( 2014 ) , The Meddler ( 2015 ) , and A Bad Moms Christmas ( 2017 ) . She made her Broadway debut in An Evening with Richard Nixon in 1972 and went on to receive Drama Desk Award nominations for the Off-Broadway plays , A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking ( 1979 ) and Extremities ( 1982 ) . She returned to Broadway in the 2009 revival of Exit the King . On television , she is a six-time Emmy Award nominee , including for her guest roles on the sitcoms Friends ( 2001 ) and Malcolm in the Middle ( 2002 ) , and appearances in the TV films Bernard and Doris ( 2007 ) and You Do n't Know Jack ( 2010 ) . In 2017 , Sarandon portrayed Bette Davis in the first season of FX 's anthology series Feud , for which she was nominated for both acting and producing Emmys .
I Am Love ( Italian : Io sono l'amore ) is a 2009 Italian romantic drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino , set in Milan around the year 2000 . The film follows an haute bourgeois family through changing times and fortunes , and its disruption by the forces of passion . [ vague ] It is the first installment in Guadagnino 's self-described Desire trilogy , preceding A Bigger Splash ( 2015 ) and Call Me by Your Name ( 2017 ) . The cast is led by Tilda Swinton as Emma Recchi . Producers Swinton and Guadagnino developed the film together over an 11-year period . The film 's soundtrack uses pre-existing compositions by John Adams . The film premiered in September 2009 at the Venice Film Festival , followed by showings at various film festivals around the world . It first went on general release in Italy in March 2010 , followed by the UK and Ireland in April 2010 . In the United States it had only a limited release in June 2010 , before being released on DVD in October 2010 . The film received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design at the 83rd Academy Awards .
Luca Guadagnino ( Italian : [ ˈluːka ɡwadaˈɲiːno ] ; born 10 August 1971 ) is an Italian film director , producer , and screenwriter . He has collaborated a number of times with actress Tilda Swinton , including on the films The Protagonists ( 1999 ) , I Am Love ( 2010 ) , A Bigger Splash ( 2015 ) and Suspiria ( 2018 ) . For directing and producing Call Me by Your Name ( 2017 ) , Guadagnino received widespread critical acclaim and several accolades , including nominations for an Academy Award for Best Picture , Nastro d'Argento for Best Director , and BAFTA Award for Best Direction .
Katherine Matilda Swinton ( born 5 November 1960 ) is a British actress , known for her roles in both independent arthouse films and blockbusters . She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2007 film Michael Clayton . She also won the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actress for the 2003 film Young Adam , and has received three Golden Globe Award nominations . Swinton began her career in experimental films , directed by Derek Jarman , starting with Caravaggio ( 1986 ) , followed by The Last of England ( 1988 ) , War Requiem ( 1989 ) , and The Garden ( 1990 ) . Swinton won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Isabella of France in Edward II ( 1991 ) . She next starred in Sally Potter 's Orlando ( 1992 ) , and was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress . Swinton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in The Deep End ( 2001 ) . She followed this with appearances in Vanilla Sky ( 2001 ) , Adaptation ( 2002 ) , Constantine ( 2005 ) , Julia ( 2008 ) , and I Am Love ( 2009 ) . She won the European Film Award for Best Actress and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the psychological thriller We Need to Talk About Kevin ( 2011 ) . She is also known for her performance as the White Witch in The Chronicles of Narnia series ( 2005-2010 ) and the Ancient One in the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise . Swinton was given the Richard Harris Award by the British Independent Film Awards in recognition of her contributions to the British film industry . In 2013 , she was given a special tribute by the Museum of Modern Art .
Vittoria Marisa Schiaparelli Berenson ( born February 15 , 1947 ) is an American actress and model . She appeared on the front covers of Vogue and Time , and won the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Natalia Landauer in the 1972 film Cabaret . The role also earned her Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations . In 2001 , she made her Broadway debut in the revival of Design for Living . Her other film appearances include Death in Venice ( 1971 ) , Barry Lyndon ( 1975 ) , S.O.B . ( 1981 ) and I Am Love ( 2009 ) .
Louder Than a Bomb is a documentary film about Louder Than a Bomb , an annual youth poetry slam in Chicago . The film was directed and produced by Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel . It follows the stories of several high school teams and individuals leading up to Louder Than a Bomb 2008 and their experiences at the slam . It opened theatrically in New York City on July 30 , 2010 and opened in Los Angeles on August 6 , 2010 at the 14th Annual DocuWeeks .