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Arquette brings this tough but sweet woman to life with zero vanity and zero melodrama over the course of the 12 years the film spans — just a lot of humor, humility and heart.

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In China, seen by analysts as overtaking the U.S. as the world's largest box office in the coming years, Wang's entertainment business spans from cinemas to film production and theme parks.

Within the span of a year, the driver who is considered one of NASCAR's rising stars has voiced a character in a Hollywood blockbuster, had a cameo in a film helmed by an Academy Award - winning director, and appeared on an NBC television show.

Even if the near future doesn't unfold like the 2004 climate - gone - haywire film The Day After Tomorrow, scientists need to be able to produce accurate models of what abrupt change (more likely spanning hundreds or thousands or years, rather than days) would look like and why it might occur, explains Zhengyu Liu, lead author of the study and director of the University of Wisconsin — Madison's Center for Climate Research.

After his success in bodybuilding competitions, Reeves enjoyed a flourishing acting career that spanned 16 years and 18 films.

Covering a span of over twenty years in the entertainment industry, Rubin Executive Produced eleven films and miniseries for television.

The Upcountry History Museum is located in the Heritage Green along with the library, Greenville Theater and Children's Museum and being the fashion lovers that we are, we were looking forward to seeing some of the costumes that Katherine wore during her film career which spanned more than 60 years.

Well, to be fair, people just might not remember this film, which is so forgotten that it's emphatic about its starring Robert Donat, whose only had «The 39 Steps», «The Private Life of Henry VIII»... and 1934's «The Count of Monte Cristo»... within a three - year span... starting at his second year in the business, going for him.

By all accounts, Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained is a massive film in both scope and scale, boasting a large ensemble cast, a story that spans years, and a mix of locations and climates.

Richard Schickel, whose celebrated and prolific career spans 50 years, has been the film critic for Time and Life magazines, has written more than 20 books and has produced, written and directed numerous...

Moving from box office champ to box office chump in the span of a year, Sony (which releases films under the labels Columbia, TriStar, and Screen Gems) saw its global receipts decline by over a billion dollars from 2012 to 2013.

Starting as just a child, the film spans two decades of Marjane's life as she struggles to cope with all of the difficulties that come with adolescence, the teenage years and early adulthood; coupled with the strife of her nation.

The Criterion Collection capped one of their most exciting and prolific years to date with the release of 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912 - 2012, a box set for the ages that spans 53 films and 41 editions of the Olympic Gyears to date with the release of 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912 - 2012, a box set for the ages that spans 53 films and 41 editions of the Olympic GYears of Olympic Films: 1912 - 2012, a box set for the ages that spans 53 films and 41 editions of the Olympic Games.

Between his narrative and documentary features, director Kevin Macdonald is well on his way to banging out six films in the span of three years, and we now have our first look at the Last King of Scotland helmer's 2014...

Leaving a legacy of outstanding work spanning 35 years in film and television, he will be greatly missed and fondly remembered after succumbing to a lengthy yet mostly unpublicised battle with cancer.

Following the exploits of the Paris police department's «child protection unit,» Polisse (which screened early on) helped to establish this year's Croisette - spanning theme of children in peril, which could be found to varying extents in fellow Competition entries Michael (kidnapping and pedophilia), Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin (teenage sociopathy), Aki Kaurismäki's universally admired Le Havre (illegal immigration), and the Dardenne Brothers» Grand Jury Prize co-winner The Kid with a Bike (child abandonment); in the Directors» Fortnight entry Play (bullying); and in just about every film at the 50th - anniversary edition of the Critics» Week, from French actress - director Valérie Donzelli's opening - night Declaration of War (pediatric cancer) to Israeli actress - director Hagar Ben Asher's The Slut (pedophilia again), the fact - based 17 Girls (teen pregnancy), and the profoundly disturbing Snowtown, which recalled Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in its verité sketch of Australian serial killer John Bunting, who lured local youths into aiding and abetting his violent crimes throughout the Nineties.

Over the film's 20 - year span, Leigh renders the painter's life as a collage of moments, as we watch him chase his life to the finish line.

Backed with an irony - free soundtrack that spans the 2002 - 2003 school year, this was the first film of the year that really won me over and had me running back to see it for the second time.

The experimental film spans the emotional journey of a family over the course of 12 years with all the actors virtually aging in «real time» on - screen as the film chronicles the family.

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Fourteen years later, a literary and film franchise has grown from that first effort, spanning six text sequels and eight cinematic adaptations.

In the span of a year, the actor has gone from Sundance revelation to the star of the next Woody Allen film.

The IDA also presented the career achievement award on Saturday to Lourdes Portillo in recognition of Portillo's body of work which spans nearly 40 years and includes films about Latin American experiences and social justice issues.

Having a career that spans more than 20 years, Bassett is no stranger to taking on various film roles to make a director's character come to life.

Similarly, the film suffers from a common problem in biopics that span more than 50 years, in that the editing suddenly leaps forward to another time period, just as things are getting interesting — this is particularly frustrating in the depiction of the central romance, but it also short - changes the sequences set during the AIDS crisis.

Plot details for MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT are still under wraps but the Sony Classic Pictures film, thought to be a romantic comedy (so no change there) spanning 20 years during the 1920 / 30s, has a super cast that is led by Emma Stone and Colin Firth.

The film tracks her sexual awakening thanks to the help of Emma (Lea Seydoux) and their relationship over the span of a few years.

Take Shelter Over a career spanning twenty years, Michael Shannon has evolved from television bit player to an astonishing film talent.

In the span of only a few days, I received Mondo's first board game, a clever riff on John Carpenter's «The Thing» called Infection at Outpost 31, saw a Facebook ad for a screening of the 35 - year - old film hosted by the Chicago Film Critics Association, and read about a new Arrow Blu - ray release of the film coming in November.

Over a career spanning twenty years, Michael Shannon has evolved from television bit player to an astonishing film talent.

Spanning a century of film art and taken from various countries around the world, these posters show the evolution of movie promotion over the years, but more pertinently they also reveal a great deal about how blackness has been portrayed, exploited and indeed commoditised, throughout the history of cinema.

There's also a brief interview with Cimber, who speculates on why his film continues to resonate with audiences and a brief archival chat with Allen Schnitzer, who repeats several of the points made during the newer featurette, and star Richard Lynch, who talks about the evolution of his craft over a 50 - year span.

Keaton has starred in films that include The Godfather II, Annie Hall, The First Wives Club, Baby Boom and Manhattan, in a career that spans over 35 years.

In a career spanning almost 30 years, Oscar Micheaux became the most successful early black independent film producer and the first black film auteur.

This week Harry Potter fans can return to the wizarding world in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the first installment of what will eventually be a five film series, spanning 19 years of narrative time, all directed by David Yates and written by J.K. Rowling.

Burnett's career spans more than 50 years covering all areas of entertainment, including stage («Once Upon a Mattress»), television («The Carol Burnett Show»), and film («Pete «n» Tillie,» «Annie»).

Loosely based on a graphic novel, the film spans a brief but tumultuous period in Adèle's life, from her last years of high school till some time later, when she is a twentysomething adult pursuing a career as a teacher.

A hugely diverse range of original and exciting short films that will captivate audiences span the festival strands this year.

The film is set in the rugged and unforgiving rural north of British Columbia, Canada and the story spans an entire year in the lives of the characters.

With a career that spans nearly 40 years in film and television, Nighy established a solid reputation in his native England long before his international breakthrough role in the Golden Globe nominated rock comedy Still Crazy in 1998.

A prolific artist whose career spans nearly 20 years and 11 albums, his work has been featured on the soundtracks for «Whiskey Tango Foxtrot» (2016), «Demolition» (2015) and the Oscar - winning film «Little Miss Sunshine» (2006), among others.

The film spans 15 years and traces important cultural moments from the singer's perspective, starting in 1999 and ending in the present day.

As is to be expected, the film takes some liberties in telling Sonora's tale, namely by condensing events that took place over several years into a productive span at the budding of her womanhood.

From French North America, 2010's Incendies was like a brand new film for me, its illumination on love, hate and strength of spirit span beyond any given film year.

Additionally, only four black women, three Asian women and one Latina directed any of those 1,100 films over that span of 11 years.

It examines three specific films in which Charlie Chaplin explored the topic of war and the evolution of his personal views and his use of dark comedy, spanning almost thirty years from being pro-war in Shoulder Arms (1918), a pacifist and anti-war in The Great Dictator (1940), and Monsieur Verdoux (1947) is about the individual's war against society and business interests that provoked international wars.

«This year featured an extraordinary number of films that spanned the entire experience of the African diaspora,» said Black Reel Awards founder and FAAAF Executive Director Tim Gordon.

All in all, the film spans the final 25 years of Turner's life from 1825 to 1851.

After all, Swedish director Roy Andersson has only made four feature films over the span of his 45 year career, so it's safe to say a new one will be the kind of event any festival will want to host.

One of the true legends of Hong Kong cinema, Eric Tsang has made over 250 films in a career spanning over 40 years that shows no sign of stopping.