Contents • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] Alice Harvey, a 28-year-old assistant book editor and aspiring writer, is tasked with handling the re-release of Milan Daneker's book Waking Eyes. Alice, the daughter of two successful, but neglectful, agents first met Milan as a teenager at one of her parents' parties. As she is forced to interact with him again she repeatedly flashes back to their interactions when she was a child when he forged a relationship with her under the guise of reading her work. When he later incorporated both her writing and intimate moments from their sexual relationship into his book she told her mother what had happened. Both her parents confronted Milan and chose to believe that she had an over-active imagination and a crush on Milan after Milan denied anything ever happened. In the present, Alice finds herself feeling jarred and out of control as Milan keeps inserting himself in her life. At her birthday party she meets Emmett, a community organizer, and the two begin dating. However, when her best friend's baby sitter makes an off-handed comment about how Waking Eyes doesn't interest him, she has sex with him and is quickly caught by her best friend Sadie. Emmett also finds out and dumps Alice. In order to convince Emmett to give their relationship another shot, Alice creates a blog listing 100 reasons why Emmett should take her back. In the meantime, she confronts Milan about what he did though he continues to insist that the relationship was what she wanted. In New York, an editor's assistant must confront her dark past when an aging novelist who seduced her as a teen re-enters her life. Watch trailers & learn more. Feb 23, 2016. Set in the cutthroat world of New York publishing, THE GIRL IN THE BOOK follows Alice Harvey (Emily VanCamp), the daughter of a powerful book agent, who finds herself trapped in a job as a junior book editor while trying to overcome her own writer's block. When Alice is unexpectedly asked to manage. She later skips Milan's book re-launch party to talk to Emmett who finally agrees to take her back. Afterwards, he figures out that she is 'the girl in the book' and Alice tells him that she isn't any more. Newly inspired she begins to write again for the first time since Milan betrayed her and titles her work, The Girl in the Book. • as Alice Harvey • as Young Alice • as Milan Daneker • as Emmett Grant • as Dad • as Mom • Ali Ahn as Sadie • Mason Yam as Tyler • Courtney Daniels as Lynn • Jordan Lage as Jack Production [ ] In June 2013, it was announced, and had joined the cast of the film, with making her directorial debut. Production on the film began in Mid-June of that same year, in. It was filmed during a five-week gap VanCamp had between seasons on. Post-production [ ] A campaign was set up to raise money for post-production, the goal was set at $65,000, the goal was met raising a total of $65,342. Rewards for donating included a behind-the scenes blog, and a coffee table book. And during a presentation for The Girl in the Book at the 2015 The film had its world premiere at the on June 13, 2015. In October 2015, it was announced, and acquired U.S distribution rights to the film. The film was released in a and through on December 11, 2015. Reception [ ] The Girl in the Book received positive reviews from critics. It holds a 91% rating on, based on 11 reviews, with an average rating of 7.4 out of 10. On, which uses an average of critics' reviews, the film holds a 69 out of a 100 based on 8 critics, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'. Despite finding minor complaints with the film's ending being too resolute, Sara Stewart of the called it 'a smart and pointed look at abuses of power and roles women too often play in the literary world.' Andy Webster of gave praise to both Mulvoy-Ten and VanCamp for their portrayal of Alice, calling the latter's performance of the adult version 'a rounded, winning blend of self-doubt and fitful initiative.' Stewart also found Cohn's handling of the film's final act too neat but was optimistic about her potential as a filmmaker, concluding that, 'Given her confident hand behind the camera and gift for rich female characters, you hope to see more portraits from her in the future.' Stephanie Merry of was also positive towards VanCamp's performance as being 'exceptional, eliciting our sympathy even when the character is making maddeningly self-destructive decisions.' Merry called Cohn's handling of the story's twists and dialogue 'a quietly devastating portrait of innocence lost too soon and adulthood delayed too long.' In a more negative review, Michael Rechtshaffen of the found Cohn's semi-autobiographical tale 'dramatically ponderous' with its standard emotional storyline beats and characters that are just believable enough, concluding that 'As a screen proposition, The Girl in the Book is ultimately unable to extricate itself from those written confines.' References [ ]. Retrieved December 12, 2015. • Rubin, Sam (December 8, 2015).. Retrieved December 11, 2015. • Siegel, Tatiana (June 13, 2013).... Retrieved December 12, 2015. • Siegel, Tatiana (June 13, 2013).. The Hollywood Reporter. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 26, 2013. • Berger, Laura... Retrieved November 30, 2015. June 17, 2013. Retrieved August 26, 2013. Retrieved December 12, 2015. • McNary, Dave.... Retrieved November 30, 2015. • Rubin, Sam (December 8, 2015).. 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Apr 3, 2011 - 3 min - Uploaded by Warner Movies On DemandWillkommen, bienvenue, welcome to Cabaret. The winner of eight Academy Awards, it. Cabaret Restaurant is casual dining in the heart of Buffalo's theater district. I picked this book up in Barns & Noble yesterday and I couldn't put it down. This book covered so much more than addiction and recovery for me. It covered relationships with God and spirituality. I could connect with these people and understand how they felt. Regardless of their accomplishments and awards, there was still an emptiness that wasn't dealt with until they entered recovery. Another thing that struck me was how they came to realize that they were not victims although all of them h I picked this book up in Barns & Noble yesterday and I couldn't put it down. This book covered so much more than addiction and recovery for me. Directed by Stev Elam. With Lyndsy Fonseca, Eric Roberts, Marguerite Moreau, Xander Berkeley. In this dark comedy, a repressed agoraphobic's daughter meets a hardened. It covered relationships with God and spirituality. I could connect with these people and understand how they felt. Regardless of their accomplishments and awards, there was still an emptiness that wasn't dealt with until they entered recovery. Another thing that struck me was how they came to realize that they were not victims although all of them had things that happened to them. They came to understand that they were doing the most damage to themselves. This book was really amazing. It's changed the way that I think about myself. I realize that I'll never be completely cured. I'm a work in progress (the main emphasis being on work). I have to keep working to be the person that I want to be. I also realized that I am pretty quick to forgive other people of their flaws and mistakes but I am not that way when it comes to my mistakes. Another thing that comes up in the book is fear. It makes you realize that fear is wasted energy. You can make it through the things you fear the most. You will be ok. I would recommend this book to anyone. I attended a fund raising event having been told that it would be a terrific night with an amazing speaker. I was late and missed hearing the introduction of the night's speaker. His handsome face as an actor was unknown to me but I was immediately engrossed by his voice. The audience went silent and with an eloquent delivery he spoke of family anecdotes and addictions. I was completely charmed by the man whose family members I soon recognized as those from an earlier 'Camelot' presidency. L I attended a fund raising event having been told that it would be a terrific night with an amazing speaker. I was late and missed hearing the introduction of the night's speaker. His handsome face as an actor was unknown to me but I was immediately engrossed by his voice. The audience went silent and with an eloquent delivery he spoke of family anecdotes and addictions. I was completely charmed by the man whose family members I soon recognized as those from an earlier 'Camelot' presidency. Lawford was surprisingly entertaining and is an impassioned and animated speaker. This book was provided for free for those guests that wanted a copy hence a lengthy line. From the end of the line I watched as people exchanged words with Mr. Lawford, who appeared unhurried as time elapsed and continued chatting amicably with every person in the line. Some people were trying to nudge him to a quicker pace. He stayed until each person who wished to speak to him was given their allotted time and continued to sign books. The fund raising people seemed quite happy that their speaker was taking his time with the audience as this is what it is about -raising money. It was my attendance at this evening that makes me give the book 5 stars - having heard him speak - when you read the book his personality resonates through the written words. This was an interesting read. Although the vast majority of people interviewed had primarily alcohol problems and were from a very small slice of humanity (the rich and famous), the book offers an invaluable window into some common issues that may occur on the path from addiction to long-term recovery. My impression is that the book presents a fairly one-sided (i.e., 12-step approach) approach to treatment, an approach that has been repeatedly demonstrated to be one of the more successful in tre This was an interesting read. Although the vast majority of people interviewed had primarily alcohol problems and were from a very small slice of humanity (the rich and famous), the book offers an invaluable window into some common issues that may occur on the path from addiction to long-term recovery. My impression is that the book presents a fairly one-sided (i.e., 12-step approach) approach to treatment, an approach that has been repeatedly demonstrated to be one of the more successful in treating substance abuser. Readers should be cautioned that there are other alternatives and also sensitive to the fact that the 12-steep approach is not a panacea. I was sorry not to see how Lawford asked questions or shaped the interview as this would have helped me better contextualize the interview, but clearly he is able to get people to talk about very sensitive and personal experiences. Granted, these are articulate individuals who have done a lot of self-reflection prior to sitting down with Lawford. They perhaps are not your 'average' addict in treatment, but I was still able to discern commonalities between Lawford's interviews and those I have read or conducted with people with addictions but who may be less psychologically minded. Ok, I get it. We in recovery all have a story to tell. Although I can 'identify' with Jamie Lee Curtis's addiction to Vicodin, I found the rest of the book very dry (if you will pardon the pun). Half of the people that shared their stories, I didn't even know and those that I did, I found it difficult to read through. Maybe it's because I don't have a house in Malibu and never won an Oscar, but I find I enjoy 'war stories' from us 'little people': people who had everything and lost it all and a Ok, I get it. We in recovery all have a story to tell. Although I can 'identify' with Jamie Lee Curtis's addiction to Vicodin, I found the rest of the book very dry (if you will pardon the pun). Half of the people that shared their stories, I didn't even know and those that I did, I found it difficult to read through. Maybe it's because I don't have a house in Malibu and never won an Oscar, but I find I enjoy 'war stories' from us 'little people': people who had everything and lost it all and are clawing our way back out into the light. It's hard, for me to take anyone seriously who was in and out of a $5,000.00 a day rehab like they were going to the supermarket to pick up milk and then went home to their huge house, adoring and supportive public and a million dollar bank account. God bless, Mr. Lawford for all the help he has done in bring addiction AND recovery to the public (yes, I do get a bit weepy at those Goodwill commercials), but maybe you should stick to your day job. I'm just saying. A collection of interviews with self-identified alcoholics and addicts (plus one man who doesn't identify as either, but who recognized he didn't want to add to his considerable troubles by drinking), each sharing the moment s/he knew it was time to quit. I'm always struck by the honesty of those in the recovery community, and these stories are no exception. They're told simply and undramatically; collectively, they shed light on the cunning, baffling, and powerful family disease of alcoholism, A collection of interviews with self-identified alcoholics and addicts (plus one man who doesn't identify as either, but who recognized he didn't want to add to his considerable troubles by drinking), each sharing the moment s/he knew it was time to quit. I'm always struck by the honesty of those in the recovery community, and these stories are no exception. They're told simply and undramatically; collectively, they shed light on the cunning, baffling, and powerful family disease of alcoholism, and how it disregards class, race, status, ability, and any other cultural differentiator. That said, I cop to reading the stories of the recognizable names first, which, personal issues aside, hints at the danger in breaking anonymity. It's tricky; just as with certain reality shows featuring the cautionary tales of the rich and (once) famous, there may be value in seeing that the mighty fall, too. Whatever gets people in the doors? Who am I to judge? I learned from this book that there are common threads for those that were interviewed in Christopher Lawford's book. That they are to be admired and respected for their strength. That it is a will to be alive that sometimes miraculously takes hold of their devestating existance. Through their hardships, they learn so much about themselves, and it appears that most, in order to stay in recover need to give back what they have learned in their journey. Though, they help others, they understand th I learned from this book that there are common threads for those that were interviewed in Christopher Lawford's book. That they are to be admired and respected for their strength. That it is a will to be alive that sometimes miraculously takes hold of their devestating existance. Through their hardships, they learn so much about themselves, and it appears that most, in order to stay in recover need to give back what they have learned in their journey. Though, they help others, they understand that they are a messenger and are not responsible for anyone elses recovery. It was reiterated for me, through this book, the strength and resilience of the human spirit. Thank you, Christopher Lawford, for this book. Moments of clarity is a compilation of recovery stories representing a broad range of folks. However, on the whole I found it a bit disappointing. Many of the stories caused me to question the sobriety of their creators, and others brought the standard southern declaration of failure “bless their heart”. That being said, there were a few that were quite inspiring. For these stories the moments of clarity were profound and universal. I especially liked Jamie Curtis, Earl Hightower, Thomas “Hollyw Moments of clarity is a compilation of recovery stories representing a broad range of folks. However, on the whole I found it a bit disappointing. Many of the stories caused me to question the sobriety of their creators, and others brought the standard southern declaration of failure “bless their heart”. That being said, there were a few that were quite inspiring. For these stories the moments of clarity were profound and universal. I especially liked Jamie Curtis, Earl Hightower, Thomas “Hollywood” Henderson, and Marie Morning-Glory. Ultimately the suggestion of always looking for similarities rather than differences makes this a worthwhile read. Subscribe to INDIE & FILM FESTIVALS: Subscribe to TRAILERS: Subscribe to COMING SOON: Like us on FACEBOOK: Follow us on TWITTER: Moments of Clarity Official Trailer 1 (2015) - Lyndsy Fonseca, Kristin Wallace Movie HD “Moments of Clarity” is a dark comedy introducing Claire Woods: a homeschooled socially awkward girl in her mid-twenties, who is subdued by her agoraphobic mother Henrietta. This repression infuriates her newfound friend Danielle, the daughter of the local pastor Paul (that Claire also has a crush on). After Claire accidentally breaks her vintage camera, Danielle convinces Claire to to steal Henrietta’s car to replace it. Once on the road, this new friendship leads to many revelations and the pursuit of Claire’s goal of speaking at the yearly church jamboree. A road-trip adventure filled with hilarity ensues that will change both girls and their parents - mismatched and in hot pursuit - forever. You're quite the artsy one, aren't you? 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Most people I know encountered it when they were in their teens or younger. I read it this year in the gap between delivering the final draft of a novel and anyone outside of my editor and agent reading it. It had been a hard book to write, it required huge amounts of time and attention on its structure, and I wasn't sure I'd got it right. It wasn't what I had set out to write and I was worried that not enough happened, that things didn't come together enough, that there wasn't enough of a resolution. In an attempt to distract myself, I picked up I Capture the Castle - a book totally different from the kind I'm usually attracted to. The first thing that struck me is that voice! From the famous first line – 'I write this sitting in the kitchen sink' - you know Cassandra is going to be right there, whispering into your ear the whole way through. 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And when we come towards the end of the book and a marriage proposal and happily-ever-after storyline seems to be in the offing, I was worried we were going to stray into that territory. But Smith is too good a writer, Cassandra too interesting a person to settle for this. And so the book finishes, unresolved, in a sense, its characters blithely unaware of the war just around the corner (full-blown while Smith was writing the book). It is a novel about the passions of a young girl that revels in irony and ambiguity, that reminds us it is in the tension between the familiar and the unexpected that so much of the pleasure of reading a novel lies. I came away from it reminded that it doesn't matter if a novel does not offer an absolute resolution. Far better to offer questions about the continued lives of the characters, meaning that it lives on in as many different ways as it has readers. Evie Wyld's 'All the Birds, Singing' is published by Jonathan Cape. 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UBlock • Click the uBlock icon. • Then click the big power button to whitelist the current web site, and its state will be remembered next time you visit the web site. • Then reload the page. Parents need to know that I Capture the Castle, a lost classic by the author of The Hundred and One Dalmatians, was originally published for an adult audience but is appropriate for today's young teens and older. A bestseller in 1948, the book was out of print for many years and subsequently gained a reputation as a favorite to pass from generation to generation and as being one of the most requested books at used book stores. Trumpeted by authors such as Christopher Isherwood, Armistead Maupin, Joanna Trollope, and J.K. Rowling, it was finally reprinted in 1996 (and made into a movie in 2004). Though much of the focus of the story is on the marital prospects of Cassie's older sister, the dated concept makes sense for the time period, and Cassie's own concerns about life and love are still entirely relatable. Cassie and her family moved to the castle and adjacent Belmotte Tower when her father was at the height of his writing success; since then their circumstances have been considerably reduced. With most of the furniture sold, the shabbiest of clothes, and barely enough to eat, Cassie wonders in the pages of her journal how anything will ever change. Enter Simon and Neil Cotton, the rich American young men who have recently taken up residency in nearby Scoatney Hall. Cassie herself notes the similarity to Jane Austen's and wonders if an advantageous match might be made for her older sister Rose. More important, however, the new neighbors give Cassie something to write about, and Cassie's journal is the platform that lets readers get to know the charming narrator and her eccentric family. Cassie's engaging voice in I CAPTURE THE CASTLE has a surprisingly contemporary feel for a novel written more than 60 years ago. Although Cassie will seem naive compared to a modern 17-year-old, her innocence is understandable given the time period and the isolation in which she was brought up (she states at one point that she knows no girls except her sister, her stepmother, and characters from books). Not what you'd call an action-packed novel, I Capture the Castle is nevertheless beautifully paced, with just the right mixture of introspection and action that moves the plot forward. • Families can talk about why I Capture the Castle is considered a lost classic. Why do some older books still resonate with today's young readers? • Cassie loved her home. What do you think best part about living in a castle be? What would the worst part be? • Not only did Cassie live in a time before computers and cell phones, the castle had no electricity! How would you pass the time if you lived in that situation? • When the Americans come to visit, it makes Cassie look at England differently, though she's always lived there. Has anything ever made you to look at your home in a new way? Books.google.com.tr - Launched in May 2011, the new global magazine Southern Innovator is about the people across the global South shaping our new world, eradicating poverty and working towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).They are the innovators.Issue 1 covered the theme of mobile phones. Southern Innovator Issue 3: Agribusiness and Food Security. Les cent trucs su Questa sera niente popcorn il Social Network sul Cinema, la community dove cercare e condividere le emozioni dei grandi film: trame, recensioni. Short Add a Plot ». A Hundred Tricks (1906). Les cent trucs (original title). 3min| Short, Comedy Add a Plot ». Les cent et un trucs du jardinier [Charles BOILEAU, 9] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Kate (Catherine Keener) has a lot on her mind. There’s the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store (and how much markup can she get away with?). There’s the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter (Sarah Steele) to want the expensive things that Kate wants. There’s the marriage problem of sharing a partnership in parenting, business, and life with her husband Alex (Oliver Platt) but sensing doubt nibbling at the foundations. And there’s Kate’s free—floating 21st century malaise—the problem of how to live well and be a good person when poverty, homelessness, and sadness are always right outside the door. Plus, there’s the neighbors: cranky, elderly Andra (Ann Guilbert) and the two granddaughters who look after her (Rebecca Hall and Amanda Peet). As Kate, Alex, and Abby interact with the people next door, with each other, and with their New York surroundings, a complex mix of animosity, friendship, deception, guilt, and love plays out with both sharp humor and pathos. Oct 19, 2010. Kate has a lot on her mind. There's the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store. And how much markup can she get away with? There's the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter to want the expensive things that Kate. Apr 26, 2010. It's fitting that a copy of New York Magazine figures prominently in a key scene in Please Give, since Nicole Holofcener's film seems geared to the same superficial, property-obsessed. Apr 28, 2010 The last words in “Please Give,” Nicole Holofcener’s latest comic drama of spiky manners, are “you’re welcome.” They’re uttered by Kate, a. Directed by Nicole Holofcener. With Rebecca Hall, Elizabeth Keener, Elise Ivy. In New York City, a husband and wife butt heads with the granddaughters of the elderly. PLEASE GIVE is writer/director Nicole Holofcener’s perceptive—and devastatingly funny—take on modern life’s contradictions, good intentions and shaky moral bearings. • Genre: • Director: Nicole Holofcener • Cast: Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall. Kate has a lot on her mind. There's the ethics problem of buying furniture on the cheap at estate sales and marking it up at her trendy Manhattan store. And how much markup can she get away with? There's the materialism problem of not wanting her teenage daughter to want the expensive things that Kate wants. There's the marriage problem of sharing a partnership in parenting, business and life with her husband Alex but sensing doubt nibbling at the foundations. And, there's Kate's free-floating 21st century malaise -- the problem of how to live well and be a good person when poverty, homelessness, and sadness are always right outside the door. Plus, there's the neighbors: cranky, elderly Andra and the two granddaughters who look after her. Here you have a one trick pony - something perhaps better suited as a TV sitcom. And it plays like one, sad to say. There's very little character development with each character a cardboard bit of archtype, providing very little tension as it slickly moves from predictable plot thread to predictable plot thread. In a nutshell, you have a New York couple who deal in 'reclaimed' furniture. The big secret is how they get said furniture. You see, the couple, aptly played by Platt and Keener swoop in on estate sales and the like, taking advantage of those in mourning or those just unaware; picking up prime pieces for peanuts and then later selling them at huge profits. The one trick pony is that Keener is feeling guilty. How very un-capitalistic of her! Of course she realizes that if she and her husband weren't doing it, someone else would be (as the film shows in one of the few bright scenes, where another dealer takes advantage of Keener's feeling of guilt, getting a table for 4k which he then sells at his own shop for 7 - ain't America great?). Thrown into the mix is the totally superfluous role of the 15 year old daughter - who has no real purpose, but somehow the director decides to make into a major character anyway (the repeated riff on the 200 buck pair of jeans is boring and repetitive - and to end the film with her receiving the holy grail attempts to give this not so subtle statement about consumerism far more weight than it should. Of course even here, the message is mixed, as it could equally be argued that you get what you pay for. After several attempts at cheaper jeans (which don't fit), the daughter finally wins out when the expensive pair fit her better - and give the daughter a much needed boost in her self esteem (ooh, another message!). There is attempted black humor as Platt and Keener are waiting for the 90 year old woman next door to die so they can buy her apartment and tear down the walls to make their place larger. The old bag is direct to a fault, ha ha, and when you add in her two granddaughters, one a mouse who cares for grandma, and the other a shrew who predictably ends up bedding Platt, you get the kind of plotting and script that might last a full season as a 'real life' sitcom. But as a feature film. You have every right to expect more. I walked away from this film without an ounce of caring for any of the characters - the film played so trite and felt so scripted and melodramatic that I simply cannot believe all the wonderful reviews this high school play has received. Unreal and phony - if this is what 'in the know' New Yorkers think is real - I'm eternally grateful I live on the opposite coast. In over 300 films reviewed, this one ranks near the bottom - not because it's spectacularly bad, but because it pretends to be art and a look at real life - and delivers neither one. Delightful dark comedy by Nicole Holofcener. Please Give is so rewarding because there's real pain behind the humor. The characters are very well layered: they're not the most likeable bunch (Amanda Peet's is just plain evil), but Holofcener somehow managed to make an affecting yet enjoyable film out of these obnoxious people. As was the case with the director's previous film, Friends With Money, the cast is superb. Frequent collaborator Catherine Keener, perpetually underrated Rebecca Hall and Ann Guilbert shine. |
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