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Will Brill
Will Brill (born July 11, 1986) is an American actor best known for his role as Scott Brown in '' The OA''. Brill grew up in Menlo Park, California, and graduated from Gunn High School and the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama. In 2020, Brill starred as an apparition come to life of William Shakespeare in the film ''The Scottish Play''. In addition to his television and film work, Brill has also appeared on Broadway, as part of the original cast of ''Act One'', as Ed in the 2014 revival of ''You Can't Take It with You'', and as Ali Hakim in the reimagined 75th-anniversary revival of ''Oklahoma!''. He has also appeared in off-Broadway productions of ''Tribes'' and ''Our Town'', both directed by David Cromer. Additionally, Brill also starred in ''Stereophonic'', a show on Broadway loosely based on the creation of the Fleetwood Mac album '' Rumours'', winning the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play is an honor presented a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
77th Tony Awards
The 77th Tony Awards were held on June 16, 2024, to recognize achievement in Broadway productions during the 2023–24 season. The ceremony was held at Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater in New York City, and aired on CBS. Ariana DeBose hosted for the third year in a row. Having already become the most nominated play in the history of the ceremony, ''Stereophonic'' went on to win 5 awards, including Best Play, winning the most awards of the season. The musical adaptation of ''The Outsiders'', which won Best Musical, garnered 4 awards in total, as did the Best Revival of a Musical recipient '' Merrily We Roll Along''; the closest to those three shows - in terms of awards received - was '' Appropriate'', which garnered three, including Best Revival of a Play. For the first time in the history of the ceremony, all eight winners in the performance categories were receiving the award for the first time, with six of them winning for their first career nomination. Ceremony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Award For Best Featured Actor In A Play
The Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play is an honor presented at the Tony Awards, a ceremony established in 1947 as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, to actors for quality supporting roles in a Broadway theatre, Broadway play. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the Tony Award Productions, a joint venture of The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing, to "honor the best performances and stage productions of the previous year." The award was originally called the Tony Award for Actor, Supporting or Featured (Dramatic). It was first presented to Arthur Kennedy (actor), Arthur Kennedy at the 3rd Tony Awards for his portrayal of Biff Loman in Arthur Miller's ''Death of a Salesman''. Before 10th Tony Awards, 1956, nominees' names were not made public; the change was made by the awards committee to "have a greater impact on theatregoers". Frank Langella holds the record for having the most wins in this category, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caught Stealing (film)
''Caught Stealing'' is an upcoming American crime thriller film produced and directed by Darren Aronofsky, from a screenplay written by Charlie Huston, and is based on Huston's book of the same name. The film stars Austin Butler, Regina King, Zoë Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D'Onofrio, Griffin Dunne, Bad Bunny, and Carol Kane. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Protozoa Pictures, ''Caught Stealing'' is scheduled to be released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing on August 29, 2025. Premise A former baseball player finds himself immersed in the criminal underworld of New York in the 1990s. Cast * Austin Butler as Henry "Hank" Thompson * Regina King as Roman * Zoë Kravitz as Yvonne * Matt Smith as Russ * Liev Schreiber as Lipa * Vincent D'Onofrio as Shmully * Griffin Dunne as Paul * Bad Bunny as Colorado * Carol Kane * Tenoch Huerta * D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai as Dale * Will Brill as Jason * Action Bronson * George Abud as Duane * Yur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To The Moon (2021 Film)
''To the Moon'' is a 2021 American psychological thriller film directed by Scott Friend, starring Friend, Will Brill and Madeleine Morgenweck. It was Friend's directorial debut. Cast * Scott Friend as Roger Lotz * Will Brill as Dennis Lotz * Madeleine Morgenweck as Mia Lotz Release The film premiered at Nightstream on 29 October 2021. It was released to Video on Demand on 20 September 2022. Reception Andrew Stover of ''Film Threat'' gave the film a score of 8/10 and called it "thoughtfully written and beautifully shot", as well as "singular and memorable", despite suffering from some "pacing issues". Cassandra Clarke of ''Comic Book Resources'' called the film "thrilling to watch" and wrote that the script "really pushes its core cast to embody all the tensions that come with a relationship built on lies." Alexandra Heller-Nicholas of the ''Alliance of Women Film Journalists The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) is a non-profit organization founded in 2006. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Test Pattern (film)
''Test Pattern'' is a 2019 American drama film written, directed, and produced by Shatara Michelle Ford (in her feature directorial debut). The film stars Brittany S. Hall, Will Brill, Gail Bean, and Drew Fuller. It follows an interracial couple whose relationship is put to the test after a black woman is sexually assaulted and her white boyfriend drives her from hospital to hospital in search of a rape kit. ''Test Pattern'' had its premiere at the 8th BlackStar Film Festival on August 4, 2019 and was released by Kino Lorber on February 19, 2021. The film received positive reviews from critics. Among other accolades, it was nominated for three Gotham Awards and three Independent Spirit Awards. Summary Renesha Bell is a beautiful black woman who, while out with her friends, is approached by Evan, a white man who asks for her number. Evan is a tattoo artist while Renesha works in the corporate world. They hit it off and quickly fall in love. Evan inspires Renesha to get more tatt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ride (2018 Film)
''Ride'' is a 2018 American thriller film written and directed by Jeremy Ungar and starring Bella Thorne, Jessie Usher and Will Brill. It is Ungar's feature length directorial debut. Plot Struggling actor James ( Jessie Usher) pays his bills by driving people around Los Angeles for a ride-sharing service. James' shift starts out like any other, until he hits it off with a beautiful woman named Jessica (Bella Thorne) whom he picks up. He drops her off at a local place to which she invites him inside for a drink. He refuses as he already has his next fare. At his next pick-up destination, James meets the fast-talking Bruno ( Will Brill), who has just suffered from a recent break-up with his girlfriend. He convinces James to invite Jessica along for a wild night out. They then head back to the club to find her but whilst James and Jessica talk inside, things take a shocking turn and Bruno drives off with the car to a random location. There he adjusts the doors and turns on the chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unsane
''Unsane'' is a 2018 American psychological thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer. The film stars Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard, Jay Pharoah, Juno Temple, Aimee Mullins, and Amy Irving. Matt Damon has a cameo appearance as a detective. The film follows a woman confined to a mental institution after she is pursued by a stalker. The film was shot entirely on the iPhone 7 Plus. ''Unsane'' had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival on February 21, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on March 23, 2018, by Soderbergh's production company Fingerprint Releasing and Bleecker Street. The film was a commercial success, grossing over $14 million on a budget of $1.5 million. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who mainly praised the performances, direction, cinematography and production values. Plot To escape a stalker, Sawyer Valentini moves away from her Boston home. Stil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slice (2018 Film)
''Slice'' is a 2018 American horror comedy film, written and directed by Austin Vesely. The film stars Zazie Beetz and Chance Bennett, with Rae Gray, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Katherine Cunningham, Will Brill, Y'lan Noel, Hannibal Buress, Tim Decker, Joe Keery, Chris Parnell, and Paul Scheer appearing in supporting roles. It follows the murders of several pizza deliverymen in the Ghost Town neighborhood of Kingfisher, and various townspeople's efforts to solve the crimes. It was theatrically released on September 10, 2018, by A24. Plot Kingfisher, U.S.A. is home to 40,000 ghosts — mostly victims of the former sanatorium — who live and work alongside the living, but are relocated by Mayor Tracy to an abandoned neighborhood. Perfect Pizza Base driver Sean Hammerschmidt makes a delivery to "Ghost Town", where his throat is slit by an unseen killer. ''Kingfisher Chronicle'' reporter Sadie Sheridan attends Tracy's press conference regarding Sean's murder, which is interrupted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piercing (film)
''Piercing'' is a 2018 American psychological horror-thriller film written and directed by Nicolas Pesce, based on the novel of the same name by Ryū Murakami. It stars Christopher Abbott, Mia Wasikowska, and Laia Costa, and features Maria Dizzia, Marin Ireland, and Wendell Pierce in supporting roles. ''Piercing'' had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2018 and was theatrically released on February 1, 2019, by Universal Pictures, to generally positive reviews from critics. Plot Reed stands over his infant daughter with an ice pick, while his wife sleeps across the room unaware. He has an overwhelming desire to stab his daughter with the ice pick, but is able to push the urge down in the moment. Later, while calming the baby, she looks up at him and says, "You know what you have to do, right?". He then decides that he must enact his murderous impulses upon a prostitute, so as to protect his daughter from himself. He has convinced his wife that he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eyes Of My Mother
''The Eyes of My Mother'' is a 2016 American Black and white, black-and-white horror film written, edited and directed by Nicolas Pesce in his List of directorial debuts, directorial debut. It stars Kika Magalhães, Olivia Bond, Diana Agostini, and Paul Nazak. The film was produced by Borderline Presents and Tandem Pictures and distributed by Magnolia Pictures, Magnet Releasing. ''The Eyes of My Mother'' premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was theatrically released in the United States on December 2, 2016, by Magnet Releasing. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and a polarizing reception from audiences. Plot Francisca and her parents live on a farm where they raise animals. A trained surgeon, Francisca's mother teaches her how to remove eyeballs from farm animals, as well as the legend of St. Francis of Assisi. One day, Charlie, a door-to-door salesman, asks to use the bathroom. Against her better judgment, Francisca's mother lets him into the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Worry Baby (film)
''Don't Worry Baby'' is a 2015 American comedy drama film written and directed by Julian Branciforte. The film stars John Magaro, Christopher McDonald and Dreama Walker. Plot Robert Lang (John Magaro) discovers his father Harry (Christopher McDonald) has a new child with a young woman named Sara-Beth ( Dreama Walker) only to discover he also had sex with Sara-Beth shortly before his father did. Robert and Harry become determined to find out who the father of the child is. Cast *John Magaro as Robert Lang *Christopher McDonald as Harry Lang * Dreama Walker as Sara-Beth *Talia Balsam as Miriam Lang Release The film was screened on April 16, 2015 at the Sarasota Film Festival and wide released on July 22, 2016. Reception Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 57% approval rating, with a rating average of 5.5/10, based on 7 reviews. On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 based on reviews from critics, the film has a score of 55 based on 6 reviews ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beside Still Waters (film)
''Beside Still Waters'' is an American comedy-drama film co-written, produced, and directed by actor Chris Lowell in his directorial debut. The film was released on November 14, 2014. Premise In the wake of his parents' deaths and about to sell their summer home, Daniel has one final weekend with his friends, reality TV star James, recently unemployed Tom, Martin and his wife Abby, Charley, and Daniel's ex-girlfriend Olivia and her fiancé Henry. Cast * Ryan Eggold as Daniel * Britt Lower as Olivia * Brett Dalton as James * Reid Scott as Henry * Beck Bennett as Tom * Will Brill as Martin * Jessy Hodges as Charley * Erin Darke as Abby Production The film was shot in Petoskey, Michigan. Release ''Beside Still Waters'' had its world premiere at the 36th Mill Valley Film Festival on October 12, 2013. The film screened at the Austin Film Festival on October 26, 2013 (where it won the Jury Prize and the Audience Award), and the Atlanta Film Festival The Atlanta Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
