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The Falls
The Falls may refer to: * ''The Falls'' (Oates novel), 2004 novel by Joyce Carol Oates * ''The Falls'' (Rankin novel), 2001 crime novel by Ian Rankin * The Falls (mall), an open-air shopping mall in Kendall, Florida * The Falls, Nova Scotia, a small community in Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada * The Falls, Queensland, a locality in the Southern Downs Region, Australia * ''The Falls'', a 2011 LGBT film trilogy directed by Jon Garcia * ''The Falls'' (1980 film), directed by Peter Greenaway * ''The Falls'' (1991 film), a Canadian documentary film directed by Kevin McMahon * ''The Falls'' (2021 film), a Taiwanese film by Chung Mong-hong See also * Fall (other) * Falls (other) * The Fall (other) * The Falls Road, a major road and district in west Belfast, Northern Ireland * The Falls Church The Falls Church is an historic Episcopal church, from which the city of Falls Church, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., takes its name. Establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falls (Oates Novel)
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels '' Black Water'' (1992), ''What I Lived For'' (1994), and ''Blonde'' (2000), and her short story collections ''The Wheel of Love'' (1970) and ''Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories'' (2014) were each finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel ''Them'' (1969), two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize (2019). Oates taught at Princeton University from 1978 to 2014, and is the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor Emerita in the Humanities with the Program in Creative Writing. From 2016 to 2020, she was a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she taught short fiction in the spring semesters. She now teaches at Rutgers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falls (Rankin Novel)
''The Falls'' is a 2001 crime novel by Ian Rankin. It is the twelfth of the Inspector Rebus novels. Plot summary A student vanishes in Edinburgh and her wealthy family of bankers has put Lothian and Borders Police under pressure to find her. The novel presents a difficult case, where the newly appointed Chief Super, Gill Templer, is trying to please her superiors and CID officers. In the course of the novel, DC Siobhan Clarke must decide whether to take a plum position offered her by DCS Templer or stick with investigation in the style of John Rebus. Two sets of clues, one dating from the nineteenth century, one from the twenty-first, appear. A carved wooden doll in a coffin found near the missing woman's East Lothian home leads Rebus to the National Museum of Scotland's collection of dolls in coffins found on Arthur's Seat in 1836, after the famous Burke and Hare murders in Edinburgh. Rebus also wanders into the Surgeons' Hall, where he meets several forensic pathologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falls (mall)
The Falls is an open-air shopping mall in Kendall, Florida. The mall has 111 upscale stores. The mall's anchor store is Macy's. Bloomingdale's was an anchor at this mall but closed on March 20, 2020, and it was replaced by Life Time Fitness center, which opened on August 4, 2023. This mall also features a movie theater, which is called Regal Entertainment Group (United Artists Falls 12), and is currently managed and 50% owned by the Simon Property Group. History The Falls opened in 1980 as an upscale, open-air plaza. As its name implies, the center is designed around a lushly landscaped man-made lagoon featuring numerous pools, waterfalls and bridges accented with modern sculpture pieces and decorative lighting. In 1984, the first anchor store, Bloomingdale's, was added, bringing the center to 450,000 ft². Bloomingdale's closed their two-story store temporarily in September 1992 after the store was severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew, but it later re-opened in late 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falls, Nova Scotia
The Falls is a community of about 100 people located in the northern part of Colchester County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is located six miles south of the village of Tatamagouche on Route 311 which leads to Truro, the county seat. Early records refer to the settlement as Tatamagouche River. The first permanent settlers were Highland Scots from the Parish of Clyne, Sutherland, Scotland Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ..., who first broke the forest in 1820. They were former crofters on the Sutherland Estate who were removed as part of an agricultural improvement scheme. The settlement became part of the Earltown district with inhabitants sharing a common culture, origin and language as the people of the whole district. Agriculture and lumbering were the main o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falls, Queensland
The Falls is a rural locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It borders New South Wales. In the , The Falls had a population of 51 people. History The location presumably takes its name from the Queen Mary Falls on Spring Creek within the locality. Ferndale Provisional School opened on 9 November 1948. In 1953 it became The Falls State School in 1953. The school closed on 26 August 1974. The school was located at 902 Spring Creek Road (). Demographics In the , The Falls had a population of 70 people. In the , The Falls had a population of 51 people. Education There are no schools in The Falls. The nearest government school is Killarney P-10 State School in neighbouring Killarney to the west. It provides primary schooling and secondary schooling to Year 10. For secondary schooling to Year 12, the nearest government secondary schools are Warwick State High School in Warwick to the west and Boonah State High School in Boonah to the north-east. Attr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Garcia (director)
Jon Erich Garcia (born July 18, 1979) is an American director, documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and musician based in Portland, Oregon. He has released two full length albums and produced ten feature films including ''The Falls trilogy'', '' Sex Weather'' and ''Love in Dangerous Times''. Garcia was nominated at the Emmy Awards in 2016, for his works for Oregon Public Broadcasting. Biography Early life and education Garcia was born to Alma Gloria and Domingo Serio Garcia, Jr., in 1979, in Corpus Christi, Texas. His mother was a school teacher and his father was a Vietnam veteran. He attended Gregory-Portland High School and graduated in 1998. Later, Garcia attended Our Lady of the Lake University and University of Texas where he studied psychology. He also attended Portland State University where he graduated in film studies, in 2009. Career In 2005, Garcia moved to Portland, Oregon where he began his professional music career by joining a regional band Slackjaw as a singer and g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falls (1980 Film)
''The Falls'' is a 1980 film directed by Peter Greenaway. It was Greenaway's first feature-length film after many years making shorts. It does not have a traditional dramatic narrative; it takes the form of a mock documentary in 92 short parts. Plot The world has been struck by a mysterious incident called the "Violent Unknown Event" or VUE, which has killed many people and left a great many survivors suffering from a common set of symptoms: mysterious ailments (some appearing to be mutations of evolving into a bird-like form), dreaming of water (categorised by form, such as Category 1, Flight, or Category 3, Waves) and becoming obsessed with birds and flight. Many of the survivors have been gifted with new languages. They have also stopped ageing, making them immortal (barring disease or injury). A directory of these survivors has been compiled, and ''The Falls'' is presented as a film version of an excerpt from that directory, corresponding to the 92 entries for persons who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falls (1991 Film)
''The Falls'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kevin McMahon and released in 1991. The film is an exploration of the cultural significance held by Niagara Falls in the collective imagination.Elizabeth Aird, "Extraordinary, absurd The Falls dubbed a must-see". ''Vancouver Sun'', October 15, 1991. According to McMahon, "It would have been very easy to do something trite and cheap and ironic — you know, making fun of Niagara Falls as a tourist trap. But I was interested in exploring the mythic side of it."Mark Bastien, "The Falls: Film shows beauty and beast". ''Ottawa Citizen'', October 26, 1991. Instead, he tried to make a film which encompassed all aspects of the Niagara Falls area, including poetic meditation on the power and force of the falls themselves, an acknowledgement of the tacky aspects of the Clifton Hill tourist district, and an exploration of the environmental consequences of pollution and hydroelectric development in the area, including the controversy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Falls (2021 Film)
''The Falls'' () is a 2021 Taiwanese drama film directed by Chung Mong-hong and written by Chung and Chang Yao-sheng. It stars Alyssa Chia and Gingle Wang, with Sung Shao-ching, Liu Liang-tso, Lee Lee-zen, Yang Li-yin, Waa Wei, and Chen Yi-wen in supporting roles. It follows a mother and daughter who, after having to quarantine together during COVID-19, are forced to confront their personal obstacles and relationship tensions. The film had its world premiere at the 78th Venice International Film Festival on September 6, 2021, and was theatrically released in Taiwan on October 29, 2021, by Sony Pictures. It received widespread critical acclaim and was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It earned eleven nominations at the 58th Golden Horse Awards, winning in four categories: Best Narrative Feature, Best Leading Actress (for Chia), Best Original Screenplay, and Best Original Film Scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fall (other)
Fall is another name for the season ''autumn''. Fall may also refer to: * Fall (surname), a surname * Fall (academic term), usually a semester or a quarter, occurring around the same time as the autumn season * Free fall, motion in classical mechanics * Fall (accident), including slipping or tripping Films * ''Fall'' (1997 film), an American romantic film written by, directed by, and starring Eric Schaeffer * ''Fall'' (2014 film), a Canadian drama film written and directed by Terrance Odette * ''Fall'' (2022 film), an American action-thriller film from Lionsgate Music Albums * ''Fall'' (Jon Foreman EP) (2007) * ''Fall'' (Overlake album) (2017) * ''Fall'' (Ride EP) (1990) * ''Fall'' (Clay Walker album) (2007) * ''Fall'' (Borknagar album) (2025) Songs * "Fall" (Justin Bieber song) (2012) * "Fall" (Davido song) * "Fall" (Eminem song) * "Fall" (Natalia Lesz song) * "Fall" (Clay Walker song) (2007) * "Fall", a 2022 song by Big Time Rush * "Fall", a song by Bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falls (other)
Falls may refer to: Places * Waterfalls or rapids * Falls, North Carolina, USA * Falls, West Virginia, USA Other uses * The ropes or wires, fed through davits, that are used to secure and lower a ship's lifeboats. * Falls (surname) * The sepals of the Iris flower * Falls in older adults See also * Meteorite falls * Belfast Falls (other) ** Falls Road, Belfast in Belfast, Northern Ireland ** Belfast Falls (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) ** Belfast Falls (UK Parliament constituency) * Falls Festival * Blood Falls, an outflow of an iron oxide tainted plume of melting salty water occurring at the Taylor Glacier in the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica * Falls Airport (other) * Falls City (other) * Falls Creek (other) * Falls River (other) * Falls Township (other) * The Falls (other) * Fall (other) * The Fall (other) * Falling (other) * Fals (other) Fals or ''variation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fall (other)
The Fall may refer to: * The fall of man in Abrahamic religions Comics and games * '' Assassin's Creed: The Fall'' (2010–11) a comic tie-in to the game series * '' Deus Ex: The Fall'' (2013), an iOS game set in the ''Deus Ex'' series * ''The Fall'' (video game) (2014), an adventure, puzzle solving, and side-scroller action game * '' The Fall: Last Days of Gaia'' (2004), a post-apocalyptic role-playing game for Microsoft Windows Film and television * ''The Fall'' (1969 film), a documentary film by Peter Whitehead * ''The Fall'' (1999 film), a thriller directed by Andrew Piddington * ''The Fall'' (2006 film), a fantasy film by Tarsem Singh, starring Lee Pace * ''The Fall'' (2008 film), an independent crime film * ''The Fall'' (TV series), a British-Irish TV series first broadcast in 2013, starring Gillian Anderson Literature * ''The Fall'' (Camus novel), a 1956 novel * ''The Fall'' (del Toro and Hogan novel), the 2011 second novel in ''The Strain'' trilogy * ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
