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Unlovable
''Unlovable'' is a 2018 American comedy-drama musical film directed by Suzi Yoonessi, and written by and starring Charlene deGuzman. The film tells the story of Joy, a Filipino-American woman, her struggle with sex and love addiction, and her recovery through music and platonic friendship. The film also stars John Hawkes and Melissa Leo, and is co-written by Sarah Adina Smith and Mark Duplass. The film was produced by Duplass Brothers Productions and distributed by Orion Classics. The film premiered at SXSW and received special jury recognition for the LUNA Gamechanger Award. Background In an LA Times interview, deGuzman disclosed that she contacted Mark Duplass via Twitter DM about the initial script for Unlovable, which she first wrote as a pilot 30 days into a 12-step program for sex and love addiction. Duplass described her as "writing at the funeral, basically. It was all alive, and it was a learning process." Plot Joy is a sex and love addict. At the onset of the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzi Yoonessi
Suzi Yoonessi (born February 21, 1978) is an American filmmaker. She wrote and directed the award-winning feature film ''Dear Lemon Lima'', and directed the Duplass Brothers film '' Unlovable'' and '' Daphne and Velma'' for Warner Brothers. Yoonessi's short films ''No Shoulder'' and ''Dear Lemon Lima'' are distributed by Shorts International and Vanguard Cinema and her documentary film ''Vern'' is distributed by National Film Network and is in the permanent collection of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Biography Suzi Yoonessi was born in Buffalo, New York, where she attended Nichols School. Yoonessi was a member of Buffalo's first all-female band Bertha Mason during the Riot Grrrl movement in the early 90s. Yoonessi studied photography and film at the San Francisco Art Institute. Upon graduation, she worked for ''Surface (magazine), Surface Magazine'' in the editorial department and moved to New York to pursue filmmaking after being awarded a Jerome Hill, Jerome Founda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Adina Smith
Sarah Adina Smith is an American film writer, director, and editor. Films she has directed include ''Buster's Mal Heart'' (2016), and '' The Midnight Swim'' (2014). She also directed two episodes from the television series '' Room 104''. Her films often center around mysticism, spirituality and psychology, and the surreal. Early life and education Smith was born in Fort Collins, Colorado. She graduated from Poudre High School in 2001, and studied philosophy at Columbia University in New York. Career Smith's first feature as director, '' The Midnight Swim'', was released in 2014. The film was noted for its shifts in visual style, and won six awards on the festival circuit, including the audience award from AFI Fest. Her sophomore feature, ''Buster's Mal Heart'', premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, and stars Rami Malek, DJ Qualls, and Kate Lyn Sheil. Smith co-wrote the screenplay for the film '' Unlovable'', which screened at the SXSW festival in 2018. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orion Classics
Orion Classics started in 1982 as the distribution label for the then independent film production company Orion Pictures, now owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was relaunched in 2018. The original focus of 1980-era Orion Classics was on acquiring independent and foreign films for North American distribution, as headed by Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom. In addition it aimed to produce some arthouse films of its own. It was launched when Barker, Bernard and Donna Gigliotti moved from UA Classics, a United Artists specialty division. Among its most notable films were '' Babette's Feast'', Pedro Almodóvar's '' Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown'', Jim Jarmusch's ''Mystery Train'' and Richard Linklater's ''Slacker''. Since its relaunch Orion Classics has released Mike P. Nelson's '' The Domestics'' and Jim Cummings' '' The Wolf of Snow Hollow'', among others. History Orion Classics was formed by Orion Pictures in 1982 as an autonomous division for specialty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Fowlie
Jimmy Fowlie () is an American actor, writer and comedian who publishes YouTube content. Formerly of The Groundlings, he produced ''Go-Go Boy Interrupted'', an LGBT-themed comedy web series based on his live sketch comedy show of the same name. He is also known for writing and performing as Emma Stone in the one-woman Off-Broadway show ''So Long Boulder City''. Career Fowlie appeared on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', ''The Joe Schmo Show'', and online shorts by CollegeHumor and '' Nacho Punch''. He appeared on HBO's '' The Comeback'' in 2014, and is a participant in the ''CBS Diversity Showcase''. Fowlie began performing with The Groundlings around 2012, later teaching improv with the troupe. Starting in June 2014 he began performing ''Go-Go Boy Interrupted'', an LGBT-themed sketch comedy show, at The Groundlings theater. A few months later he adapted the show into a web series first shown on YouTube in October 2014. It chronicles the adventures of Danny Carter, a 30-year-old "washed up" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Duplass
Mark David Duplass (born December 7, 1976) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and musician. With his brother Jay Duplass, he started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions in 1996. Duplass has written and directed films, including '' The Puffy Chair'' (2005), '' Baghead'' (2008), ''Cyrus'' (2010), '' Jeff, Who Lives at Home'' (2011), and ''The Do-Deca-Pentathlon'' (2012). Duplass played the role of Pete Eckhart in the FX television series ''The League'' (2009–2015). He was also one of the stars of ''Safety Not Guaranteed'' (2012). Duplass co-wrote the horror film '' Creep'' (2014) and its 2017 sequel, and starred in both films. He co-wrote and co-produced the television anthology series '' Room 104'' (2017–2020). Duplass has also appeared in '' Humpday'' (2009), '' Greenberg'' (2010), ''The Mindy Project'' (2012–2014), '' Tammy'' (2014), '' The One I Love'' (2014), '' The Lazarus Effect'' (2015), '' Togetherness'' (2015–2016), ''Blue Jay'' (2016) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul James (actor)
Paul James is an American actor, best known for his role of Calvin on the ABC Family television show '' Greek''. James also starred in the movie '' The Architect''. James graduated from Syracuse University with a BA degree in Theatre. He also starred as Sean Egan on the Hulu TV series '' The Path''. Early life and education James was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in the neighboring suburbs of Maryland. He graduated from Quince Orchard High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland. His mother was a school teacher at Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland up until 2007. Career James starred on ABC Family The American cable television, cable and satellite television network that is now known as Freeform (TV channel), Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through several different owners (and s ...'s '' Greek'', which aired for four seasons. In the show James plays Calvin Owens, a gay member of Omega Chi Delta fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake McDorman
John Allen McDorman IV (born July 8, 1986) is an American actor. On television, he headlined the CBS comedy-drama '' Limitless'' (2015–2016) and was the male lead of the sitcoms ''Are You There, Chelsea?'' (2012) and ''Manhattan Love Story'' (2014). He was also a series regular on the ABC Family comedy-drama ''Greek'' (2007–2011), the fourth season of the Showtime comedy-drama '' Shameless'' (2014), the revival of the CBS sitcom ''Murphy Brown'' (2018), and the Disney+ historical drama '' The Right Stuff'' (2020) as Alan Shepard. Early life McDorman was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Deborah Gale (née Stallings) and John Allen McDorman III. He has a younger sister, Morgan, and an older half-sister, Amanda. McDorman studied acting at the Dallas Young Actors Studio and Nancy Chartier's Film and Acting Studio. He attended Richardson High School, Westwood Junior High and Northwood Hills Elementary in Texas. Career McDorman starred in the Fox sitcom ''Quintuplets'' from 2004 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alim Kouliev
Alim Kaisynovich Kouliev (born June 24, 1959) is a Soviet-born American actor, theatre director, and screenwriter of Balkar origin. Kouliev was born in Nalchik — a small city in USSR. His father was the Balkar poet Kaisyn Kuliev and his mother was his Ingush wife Maka. His older brother Eldar Kuliev was a Russian film director and a screenwriter. His younger brother Azamat Kuliev is a Russian painter, living and working in Istanbul, Turkey. At the age of seven, Kouliev was influenced by Vladimir Visotsky, an acclaimed Russian actor, poet, and singer, and one of his father's younger colleagues in the poetry field. Alim later decided to become an actor. Biography He studied acting at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow. After serving in the Soviet Army, he was studying stage directing in GITIS, and continued his education at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where he graduated from the acting class of Yevgeny Matveyev, an acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Fadem
Josh Fadem (; born July 19, 1980) is an American actor, writer, and comedian. Early life Fadem was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he attended Booker T. Washington High School. He has lived and worked in Los Angeles since 2000. Career He is known for playing film student Joey Dixon on the AMC series ''Better Call Saul'' and Liz Lemon's agent Simon Barrons on the NBC series ''30 Rock''. He has also appeared on the third season of ''Twin Peaks'' as Phil Bisby, ''Key & Peele'', ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'', ''The Whitest Kids U' Know'', and ''Comedy Bang! Bang! ''Comedy Bang! Bang!'' (formerly ''Comedy Death-Ray Radio'') is a weekly comedy audio podcast, which originally began airing as a radio show on May 1, 2009.A Special Thing Forums:Comedy Death-Ray Radio starts today! Popularly known as ''Hum ...''. He starred in the '' Misfits & Monsters'' episode "Patsy". Filmography Film Television References External links * 1980 births Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ellen Geer
Ellen Ware Geer is an American actress, professor, and theatre director. Personal life Geer was born in New York City, the daughter of actors Herta Ware and Will Geer. Her father was best-known for playing Grandpa Zebulon "Zeb" Walton on ''The Waltons''. She is married to children's musician Peter Alsop, and was previously married to actor Ed Flanders. She and Flanders had a son, Ian Geer Flanders. She and Alsop have two daughters, Megan and Willow. Career In 1963, Geer joined the Minnesota Theatre Company for the opening seasons of the original Tyrone Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, where, among other roles, she played the lead in Guthrie's production of Bernard Shaw's '' Saint Joan''. Geer began her film career appearing as a nun in the 1968 Richard Lester drama '' Petulia''. She followed this with an appearance in 1969's ''The Reivers'' with her father, Will Geer. In 1971, Geer played the deceased wife of the lead character in '' Kotch'', appearing throughout the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duplass Brothers Productions
Duplass Brothers Productions is an American independent film and television production company founded by Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass, two brothers who are also actors, directors, producers and writers. They have produced films such as ''The Puffy Chair'' (2005), ''Safety Not Guaranteed'' (2012), '' The One I Love'' (2014) and ''The Skeleton Twins'' (2014), and the HBO comedy-drama television series '' Togetherness'' (2015–2016) and '' Room 104'' (2017-2020). History Duplass Brothers Productions was founded in 1996, with the release of the first film by brothers Jay Duplass and Mark Duplass. The company originally produced low-budget mumblecore films, but has since expanded to studio projects. In 2015, the Duplass Brothers expanded into television with their first series '' Togetherness'', in which Mark also stars. In January 2015, Duplass Brothers Productions closed a four-picture deal with Netflix, involving financing from the company and, after a short theatrical run, the fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hawkes (actor)
John Marvin Perkins (born September 11, 1959), known professionally as John Hawkes, is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including two Independent Spirit Awards, and has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Hawkes is known for his roles in the films '' Winter's Bone'' (2010) and '' The Sessions'' (2012), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, respectively. Some of his other film credits include ''From Dusk till Dawn'' (1996), '' The Perfect Storm'' (2000), '' Me and You and Everyone We Know'' (2005), '' American Gangster'' (2007), ''Martha Marcy May Marlene'' (2011), '' Lincoln'' (2012) and ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017). He has also appeared in many television series, notably ''Deadwood'' (2004–2006) and ''Eastbound & Down'' (2009–2013). Early life Hawkes was born John Marvin Perkins in Alexandria, Min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |