Kimberly Peirce

...an accent on miss. Scott Frank's intriguing neo-noir "The Lookout" generated a cult following, but highly anticipated films like Kimberly Peirce's "Stop-Loss" and Spike Lee's "Miracle at St. Anna" wound up impressing neither audiences nor...

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...young Australian named Abbie Cornish. She's since turned up in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" and doing a soft Texas accent in Kimberly Peirce's "Stop-Loss," making an underwritten character into something warm and urgent. Her...

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...in the early years of her reign. Abbie Cornish She was in "Elizabeth: The Golden Age" and did a soft Texas accent in Kimberly Peirce's "Stop-Loss," making an underwritten character into something warm and urgent. Her breakthrough role...

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...film. Watching it again, I was saddened to realize that, 10 years later, the scene doesn't seem as graphic as it used to. Director Kimberly Peirce was required by the MPAA to tone down some of the footage to avoid an NC-17 rating, yet the...

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...Film Institute and IF nominations and the FCCA award for "Candy" -- Was featured in such films as Ridley Scott's "A Good Year" and Kimberly Peirce's "Stop-Loss" Being a 'Bright Star' Despite the passage of close to two centuries, Abbie...

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...emotionally grueling performances, one as a drug addict with Heath Ledger in "Candy'' and another as a soldier's girlfriend in Kimberly Peirce's "Stop-Loss. '' If she wants to rap, she at least leaves you eager to hear what she'd say.

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...producer, who can oftentimes be a charlatan with made-up production credits." Citing Kimberly Peirce's hard-luck story, Martin says, "When she made the short-film version of 'Boys Don't Cry' called 'Take It Like a Man,' Kimberly ran into...

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Posted: Tue., Apr. 29, 2008, 3:34pm PT Kimberly Peirce set for Sarris Award Columbia festival to honor 'Stop-Loss' director

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...Peirce's last film was 1999's Boys Don't Cry, and its success seems to have intimidated her. This movie began as a documentary, as Peirce, below, sought to understand her brother's decision to sign up for military duty. It changed course...

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...relatives and girlfriends they haven't seen in months and drink and carry on all night. In these scenes, Peirce does a number of important things - and she does them all at the same time. She establishes the nature of the town, acknowledging...

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